- What's new at Disneyland in 2020?
I'm Chris, this is Yellow Productions.
I do travel guides that are
fun, informative and entertaining.
This video is part of my series on Disneyland,
including Things to Know, Cheap Eats.
If you want to see more videos on Disneyland,
you'll find links in the description
or at the end of this video,
but in this video,
I'm going to be telling you everything new
that opened in 2019
and what's to come in 2020,
so if you're planning a trip here to Disneyland pretty soon,
you'll know all of the new things.
And certainly, the most new thing that everybody knows,
that's big is Galaxy's Edge,
the Star Wars themed land.
I'm definitely going to talk about this.
I'll talk about this at the end.
We'll go through the Disneyland things
that are new,
then the California Adventure things that are new,
the things that are new in Downtown Disney
and I'll conclude with all the new things here
in Galaxy's Edge.
Probably the most noticeable thing,
when you walk in Disneyland is Sleeping Beauty's castle.
It received a full makeover in 2019.
The most noticeable difference are the new,
bright blue roof tiles.
In the spring of 2020,
Disneyland will be debuting a new parade
called Magic Happens,
celebrating awe-inspiring moments of magic,
both large and small
that are at the heart of so many Disney stories.
Disney says,
"Magic Happens reminds us we don't need wings to fly,
shooting stars you're made to wish upon
and magic doesn't stop at midnight."
If it's before spring,
check out the Disney blog for more information.
In Toon Town in just a few more years, 2022,
there's going to be a new ride called
Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
"Chris, why are you talking about this
when it's in 2022?"
Well, it's exciting because it'll be the first ride
at Disneyland that actually features Mickey
and if you can't wait 'til 2022,
well you can check it out in Disney World
in Orlando, Florida.
It'll be opening there in 2020.
To coincide with the release of Frozen two,
you'll find lots of new Frozen foods at Disneyland.
I don't mean frozen as in the supermarket area.
I mean Frozen inspired,
so be on the lookout for lots of blue colored food items.
Now that we've seen everything new and coming soon in
Disneyland, with the exception of Star Wars
Galaxy's Edge,
let's check out what's new
and coming soon in Disney's California Adventure park.
Probably the most exciting thing in 2019
is that World of Color,
the nighttime spectacular has finally reopened
and you can get the Fast Passes via Max Pass now,
so make sure to do that,
so you actually get a time and a reserved ticket
to see this show.
It's a good one.
In 2019, Disney California Adventure opened one new ride
in the Pixar neighborhood here.
Right in the middle of the roller coaster is the
Inside Out emotional whirlwind,
a spinning balloon type ride.
It doesn't go too fast,
so suitable for the young ones in the family.
The Sunset Showcase theater in the Hollywood land
has a new show,
Disney's Philharmagic.
It's a 12 minute show hosted by Donald Duck.
It's a 3D showcase with wind affects
and light affects.
It's a pretty neat show
and they do a pretty good job with the 3D animations.
It's certainly worth your 12 minutes
and it's a great way to get out of the hot summer weather
and enjoy some air conditioning.
This is the theater that they used to do movie previews in
and they still do movie previews.
Philharmagic in the daytime, movie previews at night.
(joyful orchestral music)
Opening sometime in 2020,
is the Avengers campus.
It's replacing the Bugs Land.
It's right behind me with those gray walls.
When it opens,
it will have three rides:
The Worldwide Engineering Brigade,
a Spiderman attraction where you use the webslinger
to collect spiderbots,
the second new ride,
you're going to step on board a quinjet
and fly alongside the Avengers in an epic adventure
to Wakanda and beyond
and the third ride in the Avengers campus,
it's actually open,
it's the Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout
that used to be the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
That one is just gonna basically be connected
to this Avengers campus.
That ride, not new,
been open for a couple years.
Now that we've seen what's new in both the theme parks,
let's check out what's new in Downtown Disney
and by the way,
I'm gonna come back to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at the end,
so we'll be back in Disneyland.
I didn't forget about that.
First up in 2019,
the World of Disney,
Disneyland's biggest gift shop completed
a total remodel and makeover.
The store is really impressive.
When you're inside,
it almost feels like a theme park
in and of itself.
They always have a big holiday section in the middle.
This is what it looked like at Halloween 2019.
Big pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, projection screen,
they've really gone all out on this gift shop.
In 2019, Downtown Disney welcomed two new restaurants,
Black Tap Craft Burgers and Shakes from New York City
and Ballast Point Brewery and Kitchen from San Diego.
Black Tap is a counter service,
fast casual restaurant that serves
pretty good burgers.
They start at $16 and include french fries.
They also have Instagrammable shakes
and they're really good for your Instagram feed,
they are not good for your wallet
because the shakes can cost just as much as the burgers
at $15 for their crazy shakes.
Ballast Point is just upstairs from Black Tap.
It's a sit down restaurant
which means it's going to be a bit more expensive,
but they do have thirty beers on tap,
starting at about six bucks for a eight ounce beer.
Though, I think their coolest seating is
the upstairs balcony
and it's also got a few standup tables on barrels
where you can have a view of Downtown Disney right below.
The Naples Restaurant and Bar received a full makeover
in 2019, giving it a fresh, modern look
and then just next to it,
they opened a Napolini Pizzeria.
It's a fast fire pizza place where you can go in
and get some pizza on the quick.
And yes, Disney truly thinks of everything.
They've got trash cans in front of these pizza places
that are big enough for pizza boxes.
There's now a second Starbucks location
just next to the monorail stop
and next to that Starbucks
is Sugarboo and Company,
Dealer in Whimsy.
What used to be the ESPN Zone
and then became the pop-up Disney Instagram exhibit,
is now closed again.
The former Rainforest Cafe is still closed
and empty and the former AMC movie theater,
also closed and empty.
If you're driving into Disneyland,
there's a new parking structure.
It's the Pixar Pals parking structure
that now has 6,500 new parking spaces.
It's right adjacent to the Mickey and Friends
parking structure and
the Pixar Pals parking structure has 6 floors.
This is, I think,
the best place to park at Disneyland.
The trams, you'll see one right here,
they drop off here
and the trams pick up right back there,
underneath the Pixar Pals parking structure
through security.
That's the easiest way to get in the park from here,
but another cool thing that they've added here
is the bridge over Magic Way,
so now you can walk to the park
without having to cross the street,
over this bridge.
That bridge crosses the street
and will spit you out in what used to be
the Downtown Disney parking lot.
This is another change.
This parking lot is no longer for Downtown Disney.
This parking lot is now for employees only.
If you're looking for the Downtown Disney lot,
well now it's moved that way,
on the other side of the Paradise Pier Hotel.
It's what they call the Simba lot.
That's where you'll find the hourly
Downtown Disney parking with validations
for Downtown Disney.
The Pixar Pals, the Mickey and Friends structure,
that's $25 a day to park.
This is your first time to Disneyland,
my suggestion is to take the tram into the park
and then when you're done at night,
walk back through Downtown Disney
to the parking structure,
cross this bridge the other way
because I think Downtown Disney is actually best at night
and it's open pretty late.
Just outside of Disneyland,
two new luxury hotels are opening soon:
the JW Marriot Anaheim,
located right next to the Garden Walk shopping center,
is opening in early 2020
and over by the convention center,
there's the Westin Anaheim,
opening in summer of 2020.
Right next to that JW Marriot is the
Anaheim Garden Walk shopping center.
This shopping center has gone through some challenges
in the past,
with a lot of stores closing,
but they're expecting a lot of new store openings in 2020,
so if you haven't been through the Garden Walk in awhile,
check it out in 2020 for the new stores
that are opening up.
I mentioned I would get back to it,
so let's hop back into Disneyland
to check out Star Wars Galaxy's Edge.
There are three entrances into Galaxy's Edge,
but I think the best one to walk through
is the one in Critter Country,
right next to the Hungry Bear restaurant.
There are no signs towards any of these entrances.
You just have to know where they are.
I think they try to create this mystique
related to this new land.
As you walk into Galaxy's Edge,
the cheery music of the rest of Disneyland fades away.
You're treated to jungle sounds
and sounds of creatures from a planet far, far away.
The first kind of Star Wars-ish thing
that you'll see is some Star Wars space craft
and then to the left,
opening in January of 2020,
will be the Rise of the Resistance.
Disney bills this as Disneyland's most immersive ride ever.
Just beyond the Rise of the Resistance,
you'll find two shipping crates
that are selling Resistance merchandise.
Pick up your Resistance attire here.
Beyond the Resistance,
you're going to find this big structure.
This is the Outpost Marketplace.
It's the equivalent of Batu's shopping mall.
You'll find most of the souvenir shops in there.
They've done a really great job theme-ing this hall
and it really feels like you're on another planet.
Galaxy's Edge has two main eateries.
You'll find the quickest one right here,
Ronto Roasters, serving Ronto wraps
just behind this engine
that's roasting the Ronto main.
The second eatery is called Docking Bay Seven.
It's just around the corner.
It's got a pretty big inside
and it's themed like you're eating
inside a docking bay with lots of cargo containers.
Pro tip: if the lines too long,
use mobile ordering to place your order on your phone
and then pick it up at the counter.
Just beyond Docking Bay Seven,
you'll find the second ride at Galaxy's Edge.
This is the Millennium Falcon Smuggler's Run.
Right now, they're just doing single rider
and standby lines.
They've not started doing Fast Passes yet.
The Millennium Falcon itself is right here.
There's another line over here
if you want to take pictures with the Millennium Falcon
and looking down this way,
you'll find Oga's Cantina,
here on the left
which is the bar inside Galaxy's Edge,
serving alcoholic beverages.
If you're planning to visit Oga's Cantina,
do make a reservation online in advance.
They take reservations up to 14 days ahead.
If you want to buy a prebuilt lightsaber,
you can buy it from Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities
or if you want to make one,
you can do that just outside around the back.
This is the entrance to Savi's Workshop
where you would make your own lightsabers.
You need to reserve a time online.
You can just search for Savi's Workshop reservations
and you'll find it on Disney's website
or you can check here for availability the day of.
Well, if you didn't get that reservation
to make a lightsaber,
you can make a droid in the Droid Workshop right next door,
99 bucks, custom made droids,
but no trip to Galaxy's Edge would be complete without
a cup of their blue milk
or the green milk,
the signature drink from Batu, $7.99
Definitely Disney priced.
What is it?
It's like coconut and rice milk
and a little bit of tropical flavoring
and you'll find that stand right there.
So these are all the things that I've noticed is new
and I know are coming soon,
but I ran into some fellow explorers from Canada
that come to Disneyland almost every year
and I asked them what I've missed,
what they've noticed is new.
- Hi, I'm Brian from Calgary, Alberta.
- And I'm Crystal from Calgary, Alberta.
- And so some of the things we noticed new this year,
since we came last year was,
we noticed some changes in the apps.
It's become a little bit more cumbersome to use.
We liked it when it was a bit more streamlined
and you could select the characters
and the attractions
and kind of get them in a snapshot,
so--
- It's different and Galaxy's Edge,
pretty cool, lots of stuff to buy, for sure.
So fellow explorers and Disneyland regulars,
what did I miss?
Did I miss something?
Let me know in the comments below.
Well hey, so if you're coming to Disneyland in 2020,
you might enjoy watching some of my other videos
about Disneyland, you'll find one right here
and you'll find one right here
or more in the description.
My entire Disneyland series playlist,
as usual, I won't say goodbye
because I'm going to see you in one of those videos.