Jason's Thoughts & Observations

2023 Year In Review & Look Ahead to 2024

Jason @disneygeek.com

Happy New Year Everyone!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our site/blog and hope you enjoy our pictures and find the information we share interesting and useful.  Below I share some stats from my year then a quick listing of Disney Parks openings from 2023 and what’s planned for 2024.

2023 Stats

Since we are geek’s here.. here are some stats from my 2023 Disney Parks experiences. I was able to visit three resorts, 8 parks, this year spending 55 days at Disney.

Looking Back @ 2023

A quick listing of major openings this past year at the Disney Parks –

  • Disneyland Resort
    • January 27 – World of Color – One
    • January 27 – Wondrous Journeys
    • January 27 – Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
    • February 24 – Magic Happens Parade Returns
    • March 19 – Mickey’s Toontown Reopening
    • June 30 – Rogers: The Musical (Closed August 31)
    • August 31 – San Fransokyo Square
    • September 28 – The Villas at Disneyland Hotel
    • November 10 – Adventureland Treehouse
  • Walt Disney World Resort
    • April 3 – TRON Lightcycle / Run @ Magic Kingdom
    • April 3 – Happily Ever After Returns @ Magic Kingdom
    • October 16 – Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana @ EPCOT
    • December 5 – World Celebration Gardens @ EPCOT
    • December 5 – Luminous the Symphony of Us @ EPCOT
    • December 4 – eet @ Disney Springs
    • December 14 – Summer House On the Lake @ Disney Springs
  • Tokyo Disney Resort
    • April 15 – Disney Harmony in Color
  • Disneyland Paris
    • January 28 – Avengers: Power the Night
    • February 17 – The Royal Pub @ Disney Village
    • July 15 – TOGETHER: a Pixar Musical Adventure
    • December 8 – Brasserie Rosalie @ Disney Village
  • Hong Kong Disneyland
    • November 20 – World of Frozen (Frozen Ever After & Wandering Oaken’s Sliding Sleighs)
  • Shanghai Disneyland
    • December 20 – Zootopia Themed Land (Zootopia: Hot Pursuit)

Looking Ahead to 2024

A quick listing of upcoming Disney Parks openings, returns and closings:

  • Disneyland Resort
    • January 22 – Haunted Mansion Closes and will remain closed a majority of the year for renovation work
    • January 30 – Pixar Place Hotel
    • April 26 – Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration! Parade @ Disney California Adventure
    • April 26 – Together Forever – A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular Returns to Disneyland
    • May 24 – Fantasmic! Returns
    • Star Tours New Adventures
    • Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Fireworks Experience
    • Downtown Disney – Din Tai Fung, Paseo, and Céntrico
    • Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
  • Walt Disney World Resort
    • Epcot CommuniCore Hall & Plaza
    • County Bears Musical Jamboree @ Magic Kingdom
    • Star Tours New Adventures @ Disney’s Hollywood Studios
    • Reimagined “The Little Mermaid” Show @ Disney’s Hollywood Studios
    • Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Opens @ Magic Kingdom
    • Fort Wilderness DVC Cabins
    • Polynesian Village Resort DVC Tower
  • Tokyo Disney Resort
    • June 6 – Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Opens
      • Attractions – Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey, Fairy Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies, Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure and Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival
    • July 31 – Space Mountain Closes for construction of a new version
  • Disneyland Paris
    • January 8 – Disney Electrical Sky Parade
    • January 25 – Disneyland Hotel Reopens
    • February 10 – A Million Splashes of Colour
    • Spring – Alice in Wonderland Show @ Walt Disney Studios Park
    • Star Tours New Adventures
  • Hong Kong Disneyland
    • Nothing major planned, Frozen themed land opened in Nov 2023
  • Shanghai Disneyland
    • Nothing major planned, Zootopia themed land opened in Dec 2023
  • Disney Cruise Line
    • December 21 – Disney Treasure
    • June 8 – Disney Fantasy will make inaugural cruise to Lighthouse Point