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Star Wars Lands open in 2019

Disney finally announced today that Star Wars Land at BOTH Disneyland and Disneyworld will be opening in 2019. These Star Wars themed Lands are the biggest ever single-themed land expansions at Disneyland or Disneyworld. You can read about it over at the Disney Parks Blog.

I’m hopeful that they do as good of a job on the Star Wars Lands as they did with Cars Land – I LOVE Cars Land, they did an excellent job on Cars Land. It is one of my favorite Lands and one of the main reasons we have for going back to Disneyland over Disneyworld. (that and Disneyland is closer! ha!)

It also tells me that I will NOT plan a trip to Disneyland in 2019. It is already too busy at Disneyland. Can you imagine the crowds after Star Wars Land opens?!? It’ll be crazy! I’ll probably wait a year or so! I don’t think Disneyworld will be as bad crowd wise, because there is lots more to do at Disneyworld, the crowds never seem quite as terrible as Disneyland.

Are you excited about the new Star Wars Land? I know most of my family is!!

Legoland California Hotel

My Husband and kids have wanted to stay at the Legoland hotel for years now. Well, on our last trip to Disneyland, we finally were able to make time for a trip to Legoland to stay at the hotel (we have been to Legoland MANY times, just not the hotel). It was for my son’s birthday, so it was a fun birthday treat for him.

To rate the hotel, I have to not think about Disney, because it simply can’t compare to the Deluxe Disney hotels. So I will try my best not to compare the two.

You pull up to the hotel and Legos decorate the entire place. We checked-in early, and they surprisingly had a room ready – score! We were on the first floor, in one of the castle rooms. The rooms were larger than an average hotel room, but I think they could have been a bit bigger. Many “suite” hotels are bigger (rooms at the Great Wolf Lodge are bigger). You enter the room and there is the kid’s area – bunk beds, a trundle bed, and tv. Then there is the bathroom, which had a fun shower curtain and lots of fun lego touches. The bathroom was small though. However, we LOVED that there was a build in child potty seat!! Having a 3-year-old that often uses a potty seat, this was soooo nice! It is something we’d never seen in a hotel!  The “Parents” area had a king size bed and not a lot of other room in there. There was a tv and dresser of course. The “closet” area was open, across from the bathroom. There was a refrigerator as well. There was also a “safe” by the door. You’ll also find buckets of legos in the room to play with.

The first thing we did was travel around the hotel to find the combination for the safe. That was a fun scavenger hunt. There were some Mixel sets in the safe for the kids to take home.

We then had to ride the elevator. It is probably the most fun you’ll ever have in an elevator.

We then spent some time in the pool. I was VERY underwhelmed with the pool. Yeah, they have some employees playing music and games for the kids, but other than that, it was a lame pool. You had to check out towels. I had to put a lifevest on my 5-month-old baby to take him in. That annoyed me. HELLO?!?! He wasn’t leaving my arms. They wouldn’t let him get in the pool without it. Lame. I am all for life jackets, but when you are HOLDING a SMALL baby, that they don’t even have the right size life jacket for – yeah, that’s annoying. They didn’t have small lifevests, so he was uncomfortable and miserable. No fun. I didn’t end up staying with him for long and went back to the room while my husband played with the older kids in the pool. We’ve had so many better hotel pools, that this one was a terrible letdown.

The kids enjoyed the lobby and play areas. They have shows there too, that my kids took part in and enjoyed. They were cheesy, but they had fun. They enjoyed getting in the big piles of legos and building. They had a dance party in the evening, which was fun as well. They’ll have random characters roaming around through the day as well. They also had a movie at the pool, which my husband and 3 older kids went two after the 2 small ones went to bed.

The breakfast that is included with your stay was delicious. Lots of choices and options. It is nice that they have a full buffet with tons of choices included with your stay. That is a nice perk. I liked the yummy breakfast.

You also get into the park early! YAY! My son was picked to open the park!! This was definitely a highlight of the trip! Something you’d only get if you stayed at the hotel, since only hotel guests can get early entry to the park.

Would I stay here again? Maybe. If I got a good deal and my kids REALLY wanted to. The breakfast was good and the decor was fun, but the rooms could have been bigger and the pool really was lame. You could simply go into the hotel, see all the sights/shows and ride the elevator for free and get most of the effect of the hotel. If you are a big lego fan (like my family is) and you get a good deal, It is fun to do at least once.

After he opened Legoland for the day!

restaurant

restaurant

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One of the many lego pieces around the hotel

Participating in one of the shows

TONS of legos to build with

Lobby/Front Desk

Pool, with an annoyed baby in a life jacket that was way too big

Carpet in the “Parent” area

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Front of the hotel

Parents Bed

Kids TV

Bunk beds (you can see the trundle bed tucked under my daughter’s leg)

Shower Curtain

Shower Curtain

This was my favorite thing in the bathroom

bathroom

New Disneyland FastPass options

DisneyParksBlog announced some new FastPass options for Disneyland.

First, the good news. They will be adding FastPasses to Toy Story Mania and Matterhorn. YAY! This is GREAT news! I’ve been wanting fastpass on Toy Story Mania for so long. I love having it at Disneyworld and it will be a nice addition to Disneyland.

Second, I haven’t decided whether it is good or bad news. I need more information about it before I decide yay or nay! Disneyland will be adding MaxPass option later this year. The good: Only $10 for unlimited PhotoPass photo downloads for the day. That is an awesome deal! The I’m not sure: You’ll have the option to book your fastpasses via the app.

I LOVE the idea of booking your fastpass via the app because I loved doing it at Disneyworld. No running around to get your fastpasses. However, unless they have a family rate/option, a $10 upcharge PER PERSON is outrageous. Plus my kids don’t all have their own smartphones. How would I book their fastpasses if we have to do it all separately? At Disneyworld, it is FREE and all our magic bands were consolidated to my account, so I was able to book everyone’s fastpasses at the same time, all together, for FREE. So I am reserving my option on this until more information is released. If I have to pay an additional $10 per person (even kids!) for this, that would run my family $60 ($70 when the baby is older) upcharge PER day! Yeah no… If they had a family option, that would make it totally worth it. I’ll just head to Disneyworld instead, where I can get that for free. For $60+ a day for my family, it would make WDW much cheaper option, even with the further travel. Depending on how they structure this, it could be a REALLY cool and a nice addition, or it could suck and be such a large upcharge, that we will be just heading to WDW from now on…

What are your thoughts on it?

Goofy’s Kitchen

We did one of my favorite Character Meals when we were at Disneyland a few months ago – Goofy’s Kitchen! It is my favorite Character Meal at Disneyland with Minnie & Friends at the Plaza Inn a close second. We decided on Goofy’s this time because we had time to fill on a Saturday that we weren’t at the park (and switching hotels) and didn’t have to use valuable park time for a Character Meal this visit.

We went around 12:30 on Saturday. This is a FANTASTIC time to go!! I am not a big breakfast person, so this time allows us to basically eat lunch, but it is at the Breakfast prices! YES! This is great for us, because I much prefer a large lunch to a large breakfast or dinner! (plus, saves money!)

The buffet was FANTASTIC – at least by buffet standards. We all really enjoyed it! The Eggs Benedict? YUM! I ate like 2 of them alone! All sorts of yummy foods, that there is something for everyone! There is a kids buffet full of kid-friendly foods. There is of course, an extensive dessert bar too!

The Character interaction was FANTASTIC! Since we were there toward the end of their operating hours for the morning/afternoon, the characters came and interacted with our kids often because there weren’t many people left in the restaurant! We got plenty of time, several different times, with each character. Since we weren’t worried about getting back to the parks, we were able to enjoy the time with all the characters (trying to get our money’s worth!).

Our baby was a favorite of the characters! Since there were not many people left in the restaurant, they all kept coming back to love on him. It was adorable. I even took a video of them not wanting to let him go. When we were finally getting ready to leave, all the characters there kind of circled around us, admiring him and cooing (well, silently cooing, since they don’t talk) at him. It was something we’ll always remember! Chip even walked us out of the restaurant holding his hands and didn’t want to let him go when we got to the exit. Of course, our baby ate it up! He loved it. He was all smiles and laughs, which encouraged the characters more! We have loved and enjoyed all of our character meals, but this one was especially memorable thanks to the amazing Character interaction with all our kids, but especially our baby! Something we will always cherish and remember!

Many wonder and I am often asked if Character meals are worth the money, and I say “Yes!!!!” It is worth the money to splurge once during your trip! It will give you great memories and an experience you’ll always remember!

 

Marriott Courtyard Theme Park Entrance & Surfside Waterpark

Marriott Courtyard Theme Park

On our recent trip to Dinseyland, we HAD to stay at the NEW Marriott Courtyard Theme Park Entrance. My kids are all about the pools/waterparks at hotels. To them, that is all that matters. So they REALLY wanted to stay here and try the place out.

It met my criteria of being within walking distance of Disneyland entrance, and it is a nice looking hotel, which if you’ve seen some of hotels near Disneyland, you know they are not all very good on the “nice/clean/decent scale.”

Now, I am still going to highly recommend to HOJO Anaheim to people, but I have to say this is my new favorite hotel within walking distance of Disneyland. The rooms are AMAZING and large enough for a bigger family! SCORE! Not to mention the awesome waterpark – the kids favorite! It is bigger than the HOJO, and has larger slides for the big kids. It is missing the other pool that HOJO has though. (really, you can’t go wrong with either hotel!).

The biggest downside is having to pay for valet parking. Lame. At the Hojo, you get free parking, which I like much better! Other than that, the hotel amenities are similar.

The hotel rooms are amazing. They are large and easily accommodated our family. 2 Queen Beds, Bunk Beds, 1.5 bathrooms, a large table, refrigerator, microwave, desk. Having the 2 showers/bathroom areas was nice, however having a second toilet would have been nice to have as well. The shower was HUGE – seriously could easily fit our entire family. The bunk beds are fun for the kids. There is a table/eating area that is larger than I expected. You’ll also find the traditional refrigerator and microwave that is fairly standard in most hotel rooms now (I won’t stay in a hotel unless they have a refrigerator). There are lots of fine and nice touches that make you feel like you are staying in a nice hotel.

Marriott Courtyard Theme Park

Whole family easily fit into the giant shower

The waterpark was great for the kids. The dump bucket play area has 3 waterslides for the little kids – a small side by side “racing” one, and then 2 separate enclosed ones. Plus lots of water guns, buckets, and water features for the kids to play with. There is a kiddie wading pool as well.

The larger waterslides have a 40″ height restriction. My 3 older kids really enjoyed them (kid #4 was barely tall enough, but chicken. He preferred the smaller ones). There is a lifeguard at the top to help with safety. There is also a lap type pool. It isn’t huge, but fun to play in as a family. There is a hot tub to soak away the sore feet and tiredness of the day. You will get bracelets for the waterpark when you check into your room. You can check in early and enjoy it before your room is ready and enjoy it until the end of the day that you checked out. We had nothing to do after checking out, until our late flight, so we just hung out and swam! Great way to spend time without spending more money or the kids getting bored.

You can also watch the fireworks from your room or out at the pool area. We were out swimming when the fireworks were going, and thoroughly enjoyed watching them out there while sitting the hot tub!

If you have a larger family, like us, or just want plenty of space to spread out in a NICE hotel, I highly recommend staying at the Marriott Courtyard Theme Park Entrance. We will be staying here again when the opportunity arises, as it will fit our family, is within walking distance, the rooms are amazing and nice, and the waterpark is AWESOME! Big hit with our family. Now if we just didn’t have to pay for parking there, I’d be perfect!

 

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Shutting Down a Ride

I am realizing that having 5 kids makes it much harder to get posts written – especially with a now mobile infant around!

I had to write about one of our memorable events on our last trip! Have you ever shut down a ride???? Well, after dozens and dozens of trips to Disney, we can now say we have! Achievement Unlocked!

My 3-year-old rode all of the 40″ Roller Coasters (and all the 40″ rides). He LOVED them, and I mean LOVED them. He wanted to ride them all day long. He even rode Tower of Terror. Came off it happily, not bothered by it at all, and thought it was great.

Well, the end of Day 3 at Disneyland (day 4 at the resort, also had been to Universal Studios and Legoland at this point), we were heading to ride Dumbo, but he saw the carousel, and REALLY wanted to ride it. We had already ridden it a few times this trip, but he really wanted to ride it again. Ok, sure, there was no line, so why not?

We get him on his horse and the baby on his. The other kids and the aunts are somewhere else on the carousel. Take pictures and get ready for the ride. I start to video the baby, because baby on carousel = adorable fun! I turn to get the 3-year-old on video and well…. see above video….

I promise you he was perfectly fine before we got on the carousel and all day/all vacation.

I had NOTHING on me. Everything was on the stroller. I tried to calm him. Tried to get him to wait. I knew it was fruitless. I grabbed his shirt and pulled it up over his mouth, so it didn’t shoot out everywhere. Tried to contain it a bit.

So the ride ends. We get the aunts to tell the ride operator. I don’t think the ride operators for the carousel really get this often, because I don’t think he knew what to do at first. He did shut down the ride and sent everyone in the queue away. Sorry people!!! At least there is never a long line, so they weren’t waiting long.

We got off the ride. Aunt went to buy him a new shirt and I used a ton of baby wipes to clean him up. Then off to the closest bathroom to wipe him down. He got all cleaned up and new shirt. He is wearing that shirt as we speak. He loves it and pretty much wears it constantly now…

It was the end of the day at least. We were just hitting up the last rides of the day anyway. We were tired after all that and just headed back to our Condo. Of course, the 6-year-old got a bloody nose on the walk back. Doh! Yeah, good time to head back – we were done for the day!

So now we can say we’ve shut down a ride. The carousel of all rides! Kind of amusing… He totally rode Tower of Terror the next day with no problems. He was perfectly fine later that night and the next day. Sigh.. Guess it was just a fluke. Good Times… 🙂

Wizarding World of Harry Potter & Universal Studios Hollywood

I have several items to write about from our latest trip. We had a fabulous time, but it will probably take me awhile to get all the items written up that I want to talk about! I thought I would start with what I have been asked about the most: “How was the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and how does it compare to the one in Orlando?”

I am going to split the post into 2 parts: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and the rest of Universal Studios Hollywood.

The Wizarding World was fantastic. To me, it seemed exactly the same as the one in Orlando, with the exception of not having the dueling Dragon ride and Ollivanders is in a different spot. There is, of course, no Diagon Alley either. Otherwise, even the stores seemed the same. Each store we went in reminded me of the one in Orlando. The Castle queue for the Forbidden Journey ride – the same. We didn’t have a line for the ride, so we quickly just walked through the whole castle, but still got to see/enjoy the experience. The child swap area even seemed the same.

The Hippogriff ride seemed the same to me too. A fun little roller coaster my little boys loved. They let you child swap right on the platform. You go by Hagrid’s hut while in the line.

The Three Broomsticks seemed smaller here, but that is probably just my perception, they are probably similar in size. Ollivanders had a much better queue here, as I am sure they planned for the popularity better here after Orlando.

We, of course, had several butterbeers – so good! Nothing like drinking down $5 of a sweet drink in a matter of minutes. We had several entrees, but my favorite was the Bangers and Mash! It was surprisingly soooo good. I would almost go as far as to say it was the best entrée we had on our entire trip. Maybe I just like caramelized onions and mashed potatoes together.

We had the sticky toffee pudding. We had to eat it first, since it had ice cream on it. Yeah, that really bummed out my kids *sarcasm* – YAY for dessert first! It was good, but to be honest, I make a better sticky toffee pudding. We also ordered the Butterbeer potted cream. This was less than stellar. To be honest, it just tasted like a thick Butterscotch pudding. Between the 6 of us, we barely finished it off. It was just ok. We did get to keep the cute container though, so not a total loss!

We planned to get the interactive wands for our little boys, since our big kids already have wands from our trip to Orlando. However, it got soooo busy in there, we skipped paying the extra $10, because it was impossible to move around and actually get to the places where the wands would work. They didn’t want to wait in another line, just to use their wands. They were happy just watching and seeing what the other people’s wands did. We ended up buying them just regular wands and they were happy with that. They were still $40, so not a cheap souvenir! (and people think Disney is expensive!). We also picked up a decoy detonator. We had several other things from our other trip in Orlando, so we didn’t need too many items.

We are HUGE Harry Potter fans, and I am glad we went for the experience because it is really cool! However, we will not be going back to the one in Hollywood, and now I’ll explain the rest of the park….

The rest of the park is LAME. I remembered why we haven’t been there in about 12 years. There is a reason we have purposefully not gone back. Now that we have seen the Wizarding World, we will not be back again (at least not for many years!) If we want to see Harry Potter again when the little ones get older, we will be going in Orlando.

The problem with the rest of the park is that there is only like 5-6 other rides in the ENTIRE park. If you’re used to Disney and riding rides all day, this is a HUGE downer. Because there are so few rides, they have LONG lines. They don’t have fastpass either. They have a pass that they CHARGE you for, to get you to the front of the line. It is like $30-50 a day. Lame. We were there in the off-season, but they all still had 20-50 minutes waits.

If you like to watch shows, they have a few of those, but we were not interested in any of them. I mean, who even saw the movie “Waterworld?”

We enjoyed the Simpson’s land, because we are big Simpson’s fans. We actually REALLY liked the Lard Lad donuts! They were surprisingly good! At $5 each, they are one of the best deals in the parks too! We bought 2 large donuts and it easily fed the 8 of us all a snack. I think the big pink one tasted the best. I could go for another one of them right now actually!

Once you got on the rides, they were pretty good. If you don’t enjoy 3D rides, then you aren’t going to like any of the rides, since all but the Jurassic Park, the Mummy, and the Hippogriff ride, are 3D rides.

I will give them credit, we all enjoyed the Studio Tour. If it weren’t for Harry Potter, Simpsons, and the Studio Tour, it would have been a terrible day. The Studio Tour is about an hour, and it works well for a break on your feet and as a ride. Plus the ENTIRE family could go on it. The baby nursed and slept the whole time. We all actually enjoyed the Studio Tour – some things were the same as 12 years ago, but there were some different and fun additions too.

All rides there are at least 40 inches. I really think I should get a refund on the admission I paid for on my 3-year-old. They probably wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t paid for him anyway… but being honest and all… He did ride the hippogriff ride, which is only 39″. At Disney, he was able to ride ALL the 40″ rides. Well, even though they would measure him at the beginning, saying he was fine, they would always kick him off when we were getting on the ride. Arg! He did manage to get on the Simpsons ride. Since there are absolutely NO family rides, other than the Studio Tour, they really should charge based on height, not age. So keep in mind, if you have kids around or under 40″, there is NOTHING for them to ride at Universal Studios in Hollywood. I would not consider this park family friendly at all. At least in Orlando, there are other rides and things to do – they have more than 7-8 rides in the ENTIRE park. If you are going to spend the money, you get much more bang for your buck in Orlando.

I felt like I ended up paying over $10 per person, per ride for the day. Lame. I have no plans to pay that or go back again. Too busy. Too many people. Too few rides and things to do.

I would probably recommend to people of they really want to see the Wizarding World once, then yes, it is worth the trip – ONCE. Don’t expect much or anything from the rest of the park and just know you are paying experience Harry Potter. I won’t be going back – I’ll pay the money and go to Orlando instead, much better park overall. Even though we didn’t think much of the rest of the Orlando park either, it was still better than the rest of the Hollywood park.

Think I am being too harsh? Maybe… Perhaps I am just spoiled by Disney. Legoland is much superior too, especially for little kids, in my opinion (way more rides/things to do/experience). All I know is, now I remember why we haven’t been in 12 years. It was worth it to experience Harry Potter again and to compare the 2 parks, but I’m good now and just can’t see us paying the money to go back to that park again anytime soon.

If going to Orlando isn’t in your budget/future and you really want to see the Wizarding World – then go! It is worth it once to experience the Wizarding World and drink some expensive butterbeer. The Harry Potter part is Amazing. The Studio Tour is good too! Just tell yourself you are paying for Harry Potter, and anything else in the park is just gravy on your day 🙂 And don’t go if you only have small children (we have a wide range of ages, so this doesn’t work for us… but if all of our kids were say 5 and under, we’d wait to go)

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Butterbeer

These brooms were about $300 each. My son tried to convince me he needed one for his birthday… Hahaha! Sorry kid. Never gonna happen

Sticky Toffee Pudding

Sticky Toffee Pudding

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Butterbeer Creme

Flight of the Hippogriff and the outside wand stand

Surprisingly delicious Lard Lad Donut!

Our last name is not Butterfat, but the rest of the name is the same (down to the initial) of our baby!

Disney changes

Wow! It has been awhile since I have been on here! Oops! I think there was something about having baby #5 and then kids being home for summer! Since we are leaving for Disney again in less than 2 weeks, thought I would give you an update on some of the biggest changes that have happened at Disneyland this week – it’s alot!

It was just announced that Disneyland is building a new parking structure and transportation hub. In doing this, they will create a pedestrian bridge across Harbor Blvd. I knew when Disney bought the Carousel Inn they had plans. Who knew it would be to get rid of it? Too bad – it was one of the nicer hotels along Harbor, One of the 3-4 I would actually recommend staying at. Bummer. However, this new hub and parking lot should help with traffic, congestion, and pedestrian traffic. To read more about it, head on over here to the Disney Parks Blog.

They also announced the end of the popular Paint the Night Parade. I am so glad we will be there for some of the last showings! I am excited to see it.

With that also came the announcement that the Electrical Parade is returning to Disneyland! This makes me happy! I LOVE this parade. It is the only one we wait for and actually wait to see. I saw it way back when it was originally at Disneyland (I was a kid). I saw it a few times when it was at California Adventures and then each time we have been at the Magic Kingdom at Disneyworld, we’ve made time to watch it! I’ve also seen the Spectromagic Parade at Disneyworld, which is also very similar (and soon I’ll see Paint the Night too!). The Electrical Parade will always be my favorite and I am glad to see it return to its original home.

It has also been announced that Tower of Terror in California will be closing and re-themed to Guardians of the Galaxy! So this will be our last chance to ride it as the Tower of Terror – in California at least!

So many changes at the Happiest Place on Earth. I am always excited for change – it keeps me coming back year after year.

Hopefully, I’ll have some fun updates when we get back in a few weeks!

 

Ticket Prices Increasing – buy your Tickets today!

Disney Ticket Prices usually increase every February. I bought our tickets for our trip this year, last weekend, with the anticipation of a ticket price increase coming soon. Today, Disney announced on their blog that this was the case – STARTING TOMORROW! One website, showed multi-day tickets going up $20 to Disneyland, starting tomorrow. So because I bought our 5 day tickets for the 6 of us last weekend, I saved $120 by buying ahead! So if you are planning a trip to Disneyland or World this year, buy your tickets TODAY!!!

 

From the blog:

As regular readers know, it’s an exciting time to visit Disney Parks as new fan favorites come to life at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort.

New Star Wars experiences have already opened at both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. And, this year, several new experiences are expected to open on both coasts, such as the new Soarin’ Around the World at Disney California Adventure park and Epcot, a “Frozen”-inspired musical at Disney California Adventure park, new nighttime experiences at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the Frozen Ever After attraction at Epcot and a new stage show at Magic Kingdom Park.

As you may have read in the news, the demand for Disney Parks continues to grow, particularly during peak periods. At the same time, we have an unwavering commitment to exceeding the expectations of all our guests. That is why we continue to expand our parks with new attractions like those noted above, as well as entire new themed lands based on AVATAR, Star Wars and “Toy Story.”

It is also why we continue to look for ways to help spread out visitation. So, beginning tomorrow, we are shifting to seasonal pricing for 1-Day tickets. It’s an approach that you are probably familiar with from many other areas, including sports, entertainment and travel.

How does it work? Each month is divided into value, regular and peak days with an 8-11 month calendar available for viewing online. Here’s an example, if guests plan their visit for September, they’ll have a variety of options, including many days in the value period, which will give them the opportunity to pay less for a 1-Day ticket. If they plan to visit during a peak period, like the winter holidays, they will pay more. Purchasing a 1-Day ticket in a non-peak period, or choosing multi-day tickets and annual passes, will provide additional flexibility and value.

Seasonal pricing for a 1-Day ticket and price increases for multi-day tickets go into effect at Disney Parks on Sunday, Feb. 28. You can check out our Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort pages for more details.

Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters

Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters is opening March 7th at Disney’s California Adventures! YAY! I am excited to try this ride out in a few months. There is no height restriction listed, so I hope there is not one (They claim it for the entire family). Looks like it will be a fun ride that will be different every time you ride, which always makes it more interesting!

Disney Parks Blog:

As we told you last year, Luigi has invited his cousins from Carsoli, Italy, to Radiator Springs for a special celebration! Today, I’m very eccitata to tell you that the celebration will begin when Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters, presented by Alamo, opens March 7 at Disney California Adventure park.

In this all-new attraction, Luigi will turn the tire storage yard behind his Casa Della Tires into a dance floor! Cars Land guests will be able to ride along with Luigi’s cousins as they move and spin to upbeat Italian music, performing the traditional dances of their hometown village.

Each dancing car will have its own high-spirited personality and signature dance moves – making every ride unpredictable, as you won’t know which way they will turn and spin next! Take a look at how Walt Disney Imagineering created this carefully choreographed dance in this behind-the-scenes video: