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In 2014, Disboard poster Geemo started a thread that listed the major conventions, events, and school breaks at or near DLR. Dis'ers seemed to find the thread helpful, so a 2015 version, a 2016 version, and a 2017 version were created. This is a continuation of those threads, but for 2018!
This is NOT an official Calendar, for reference only. This is also not an all inclusive list, but I will do my best to keep it up to date. Please let me know if you hear of anything to add to the list.
Post #1: Events, Activities, and Holidays At/Around/Near Disneyland Resort
Post #2: School Breaks/Recesses
Post #3: Other Dates
Last updated: December 11, 2018
Events, Activities, and Holidays At/Around/Near Disneyland Resort
January 2018 (Check-In)
Jan 1 (Mon): Last Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 1 (Mon): Rose Parade and Rose Bowl
Jan 2 (Tue): Last Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 4-7 (Thu-Sun): Three Kings' Day Celebration in DCA
Jan 5 (Fri): Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Opens in DTD
Jan 6 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day of Christmas/Holiday Season (including A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe...In Holiday Magic Fireworks, WoC: Season of Light, Festival of Holidays, Viva Navidad, and Haunted Mansion Holiday [reopen: 1/19])
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day for California Screamin', Mickey’s Fun Wheel, Games of the Boardwalk, Sideshow Shirts, Ariel’s Grotto Restaurant, and the Cove Bar
Jan 11-14 (Thu-Sun):Star Wars Half Marathon - The Light Side [Cancelled]
Jan 15 (Mon): Martin Luther King Junior Day
Jan 18 (Thu): First Disneyland After Dark After Hours Event
Jan 22 (Mon): Last Day for It's a Small World Holiday
Jan 25-28 (Thu-Sun): NAAM Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
Jan 26 (Fri): Start of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA (Ends Feb 18)
February 2018 (Check-In)
Feb 1 (Thu): Opening Day for Splitsville in DTD (Maybe) [Delayed from 1/29]
Feb 3 (Sat): Micechat Gumball Rally
Feb 4 (Sun): Superbowl
Feb 6-8 (Tue-Thu): MD&M West Convention (Anaheim Convention Center)
Feb 8 (Thu): DCA's 17th Anniversary
Feb 10-11 (Sat-Sun): LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
Feb 11 (Sun): DLR Ticket Price Increase
Feb 13 (Tue): Mardi Gras
Feb 14 (Wed): Valentine's Day
Feb 16 (Fri): Lunar New Year
Feb 16-18 (Fri-Sun): Showstopper Dance Competition (Disneyland Hotel)
Feb 17 (Sat): Celebrate Gospel in DCA
Feb 18 (Sun): Last Day of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA (Starts Jan 26) (Food Guide)
Feb 19 (Mon): President's Day
Feb 23-25 (Fri-Sun): JR Spirit [Cheer] Championship (Anaheim Convention Center)
March 2018 (Check-In)
Mar 2 (Fri): Start of DCA Food & Wine Festival (Ends Apr 12) (Foodie Guide)
Mar 3 (Sat): Mini-Gay Days
Mar 4-10 (Sun-Sat): Orange County Restaurant Week
Mar 7-11 (Wed-Sun): Natural Products Expo West 2018 (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 16 (Fri): First Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (2018 Disboard Thread) (Ends Apr 1)
Mar 17 (Sat): St. Patrick's Day
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): (Fri-Mon): Showstopper Dance Competition (Disneyland Hotel)
Mar 23 (Fri): Start of SoCal Select AP Spring Blockout
Mar 24 (Sat): Start of SoCal AP Spring Blockout
April 2018 (Check-In)
Apr 1 (Sun): Easter (2017 Info)
Apr 1 (Sun): Last Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (Starts Mar 16)
Apr 7 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 8 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 12 (Thu): Last Day of DCA Food & Wine Festival (Starts Mar 2)
Apr 13 (Fri): Start of Pixar Fest
Apr 21-22 (Sat-Sun): Spring Dapper Days
Apr 29 (Sun): MouseAdventure Spring 2018 (Disboard Thread)
May 2018 (Check-In)
May 3 (Thu): Disneyland After Dark Event - Star Wars
May 5 (Sat): Cinco De Mayo
May 5-6 (Sat-Sun): Bats Day in the Park
May 9 (Wed): Disneyland After Dark Event - Star Wars
May 12 (Sat): Disney Channel GO! Fan Fest
May 13 (Sun): Mother's Day
May 17 (Thu): Taste of Anaheim (Not a Disney Event, but Some DTD Restaurants Participate)
May 24 (Thu): Last Day to Use 2018 SoCal Resident Ticket Offer Tickets
May 28 (Mon): Memorial Day
May 28 (Mon): Last Day for Cove Bar (Slated to Re-Open as the Lamplight Lounge)
Grad Nights: May 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29 & 30
*Tinkerbell Half Marathon [Cancelled]
June 2018 (Check-In)
Jun 3 (Sun): Raver Days
Jun 8 (Sat): First Day of SoCal Select AP Summer Blockout
Jun 12-14 (Tue-Thu): E3 Expo (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Jun 17 (Sun): Father's Day
Jun 20-23 (Wed-Sat): VidCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Jun 23 (Sat): Debut of Pixar Pier
Jun 29 (Fri): First Day of SoCal AP Summer Blockout
Grad Nights: June 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 & 9
July 2018 (Check-In)
Jul 4 (Wed): Fourth of July
Jul 17 (Tue): Disneyland's 63rd Anniversary
August 2018 (Check-In)
Aug 19 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal and SoCal Select AP Summer Blockout
Aug 26 (Sun): CHOC Walk in the Park
*Disneyland Half Marathon [Cancelled]
September 2018 (Check-In)
Sep 3 (Mon): Labor Day
Sep 3 (Mon): Last Day of Pixar Fest
Sep 4 (Tue): Last Day for a bug's land
Sep 7 (Fri): Start of HalloweenTime (2018 Disboard Thread) (Foodie Guide)
Sep 7 (Fri): Start of Día de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
Sep 13 (Thu): CM Service Celebration (DCA Early Closing)
October 2018 (Check-In)
Oct 5-7 (Fri-Sun): Gay Days
Oct 8 (Mon): Columbus Day
Oct 18-19 (Thu-Fri):UEA Convention (Many/Most Utah schools out of session)
Oct 31 (Wed): Halloween, End of HalloweenTime
*Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Haunted Gingerbread House Workshops
November 2018 (Check-In)
Nov 2 (Fri): Last Day for Dia de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
Nov 2-3 (Fri-Sat): BlizzCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Nov 4 (Sun): Dapper Day Fall Soiree
Nov 9 (Fri): Start of Christmas/Holiday Season (2018 Disboard Thread) (Foodie Guide) (FotH Foodie Guide) (Candy Guide)
Nov 11 (Sun): Veteran's Day (Observed Nov 12 (Mon))
Nov 15 (Thu): Holiday Parade Filming (Not Announced In Advance)
Nov 17-25 (Sat-Sun): SoCal Select AP Blockout
Nov 18 (Sun): Mickey's 90th Anniversary Celebration
Nov 22-23 (Thu-Fri): Thanksgiving
*Super Heroes Half Marathon [Cancelled]
December 2018 (Check-In)
Dec 1-2 (Sat-Sun): Candlelight Processional (Disboard Thread)
Dec 2-10 (Sun-Mon): Hanukkah
Dec 12 (Wed): First Day of SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 20 (Thu): First Day of SoCal AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 21 (Fri): First Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 22 (Sat): First Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 25 (Tue): Christmas
Dec 26-Jan 1 (Wed-Tue): Kwanzaa
Dec 31 (Mon): New Year's Eve
Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Holiday Gingerbread House Workshops: Dec 8 (Sat), 15 (Sat), 16 (Sun)
*TubaChristmas
2019
2019 Calendar Thread
Notes
This list does not include all of the conventions/events scheduled at the Anaheim Convention Center. It is only a partial listing. A full listing is available on the Anaheim Convention Center Calendar.
http://www.anaheim.net/calendar.aspx?CID=26,
In terms of the conventions, for the most part, it doesn't seem like the conventions necessarily increase crowds in the parks. Large conventions are more likely to impacts availability at area hotels/motels and crowds in DTD (primarily in the evenings). There maybe some impacts of the days immediately before or after the conventions, but only a few conventions seem to actually result in Dis'ers reporting higher than expected crowds in the parks themselves. So, while large (or at least ones that look large on the calendar) conventions are listed in the calendar above, it does not mean that the parks will be busier than expected.
The Honda Center may also host events that could impact crowds at Disneyland.
http://www.hondacenter.com/events/
Tom Bell maintains a list of Disneyland Events on wdwinfo.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/events.html
There are a number of unofficial park days that happen throughout the year. Some are fairly large and can impact park crowds (e.g., Gay Days), while others (most) are fairly small and most guests won't notice that they are occurring.
http://unofficialparkdays.com/calendar/
*Starred events have historically began/occurred in that month, but the dates for 2018 have not yet been announced.
This is NOT an official Calendar, for reference only. This is also not an all inclusive list, but I will do my best to keep it up to date. Please let me know if you hear of anything to add to the list.
Post #1: Events, Activities, and Holidays At/Around/Near Disneyland Resort
Post #2: School Breaks/Recesses
Post #3: Other Dates
Last updated: December 11, 2018
Events, Activities, and Holidays At/Around/Near Disneyland Resort
January 2018 (Check-In)
Jan 1 (Mon): Last Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 1 (Mon): Rose Parade and Rose Bowl
Jan 2 (Tue): Last Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 4-7 (Thu-Sun): Three Kings' Day Celebration in DCA
Jan 5 (Fri): Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Opens in DTD
Jan 6 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout Period
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day of Christmas/Holiday Season (including A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe...In Holiday Magic Fireworks, WoC: Season of Light, Festival of Holidays, Viva Navidad, and Haunted Mansion Holiday [reopen: 1/19])
Jan 7 (Sun): Last Day for California Screamin', Mickey’s Fun Wheel, Games of the Boardwalk, Sideshow Shirts, Ariel’s Grotto Restaurant, and the Cove Bar
Jan 11-14 (Thu-Sun):
Jan 15 (Mon): Martin Luther King Junior Day
Jan 18 (Thu): First Disneyland After Dark After Hours Event
Jan 22 (Mon): Last Day for It's a Small World Holiday
Jan 25-28 (Thu-Sun): NAAM Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
Jan 26 (Fri): Start of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA (Ends Feb 18)
February 2018 (Check-In)
Feb 1 (Thu): Opening Day for Splitsville in DTD (Maybe) [Delayed from 1/29]
Feb 3 (Sat): Micechat Gumball Rally
Feb 4 (Sun): Superbowl
Feb 6-8 (Tue-Thu): MD&M West Convention (Anaheim Convention Center)
Feb 8 (Thu): DCA's 17th Anniversary
Feb 10-11 (Sat-Sun): LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
Feb 11 (Sun): DLR Ticket Price Increase
Feb 13 (Tue): Mardi Gras
Feb 14 (Wed): Valentine's Day
Feb 16 (Fri): Lunar New Year
Feb 16-18 (Fri-Sun): Showstopper Dance Competition (Disneyland Hotel)
Feb 17 (Sat): Celebrate Gospel in DCA
Feb 18 (Sun): Last Day of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA (Starts Jan 26) (Food Guide)
Feb 19 (Mon): President's Day
Feb 23-25 (Fri-Sun): JR Spirit [Cheer] Championship (Anaheim Convention Center)
March 2018 (Check-In)
Mar 2 (Fri): Start of DCA Food & Wine Festival (Ends Apr 12) (Foodie Guide)
Mar 3 (Sat): Mini-Gay Days
Mar 4-10 (Sun-Sat): Orange County Restaurant Week
Mar 7-11 (Wed-Sun): Natural Products Expo West 2018 (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 16 (Fri): First Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (2018 Disboard Thread) (Ends Apr 1)
Mar 17 (Sat): St. Patrick's Day
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): (Fri-Mon): Showstopper Dance Competition (Disneyland Hotel)
Mar 23 (Fri): Start of SoCal Select AP Spring Blockout
Mar 24 (Sat): Start of SoCal AP Spring Blockout
April 2018 (Check-In)
Apr 1 (Sun): Easter (2017 Info)
Apr 1 (Sun): Last Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (Starts Mar 16)
Apr 7 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 8 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 12 (Thu): Last Day of DCA Food & Wine Festival (Starts Mar 2)
Apr 13 (Fri): Start of Pixar Fest
Apr 21-22 (Sat-Sun): Spring Dapper Days
Apr 29 (Sun): MouseAdventure Spring 2018 (Disboard Thread)
May 2018 (Check-In)
May 3 (Thu): Disneyland After Dark Event - Star Wars
May 5 (Sat): Cinco De Mayo
May 5-6 (Sat-Sun): Bats Day in the Park
May 9 (Wed): Disneyland After Dark Event - Star Wars
May 12 (Sat): Disney Channel GO! Fan Fest
May 13 (Sun): Mother's Day
May 17 (Thu): Taste of Anaheim (Not a Disney Event, but Some DTD Restaurants Participate)
May 24 (Thu): Last Day to Use 2018 SoCal Resident Ticket Offer Tickets
May 28 (Mon): Memorial Day
May 28 (Mon): Last Day for Cove Bar (Slated to Re-Open as the Lamplight Lounge)
Grad Nights: May 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29 & 30
*
June 2018 (Check-In)
Jun 3 (Sun): Raver Days
Jun 8 (Sat): First Day of SoCal Select AP Summer Blockout
Jun 12-14 (Tue-Thu): E3 Expo (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Jun 17 (Sun): Father's Day
Jun 20-23 (Wed-Sat): VidCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Jun 23 (Sat): Debut of Pixar Pier
Jun 29 (Fri): First Day of SoCal AP Summer Blockout
Grad Nights: June 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 & 9
July 2018 (Check-In)
Jul 4 (Wed): Fourth of July
Jul 17 (Tue): Disneyland's 63rd Anniversary
August 2018 (Check-In)
Aug 19 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal and SoCal Select AP Summer Blockout
Aug 26 (Sun): CHOC Walk in the Park
*
September 2018 (Check-In)
Sep 3 (Mon): Labor Day
Sep 3 (Mon): Last Day of Pixar Fest
Sep 4 (Tue): Last Day for a bug's land
Sep 7 (Fri): Start of HalloweenTime (2018 Disboard Thread) (Foodie Guide)
Sep 7 (Fri): Start of Día de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
Sep 13 (Thu): CM Service Celebration (DCA Early Closing)
October 2018 (Check-In)
Oct 5-7 (Fri-Sun): Gay Days
Oct 8 (Mon): Columbus Day
Oct 18-19 (Thu-Fri):
Oct 31 (Wed): Halloween, End of HalloweenTime
*
November 2018 (Check-In)
Nov 2 (Fri): Last Day for Dia de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
Nov 2-3 (Fri-Sat): BlizzCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Nov 4 (Sun): Dapper Day Fall Soiree
Nov 9 (Fri): Start of Christmas/Holiday Season (2018 Disboard Thread) (Foodie Guide) (FotH Foodie Guide) (Candy Guide)
Nov 11 (Sun): Veteran's Day (Observed Nov 12 (Mon))
Nov 15 (Thu): Holiday Parade Filming (Not Announced In Advance)
Nov 17-25 (Sat-Sun): SoCal Select AP Blockout
Nov 18 (Sun): Mickey's 90th Anniversary Celebration
Nov 22-23 (Thu-Fri): Thanksgiving
*
December 2018 (Check-In)
Dec 1-2 (Sat-Sun): Candlelight Processional (Disboard Thread)
Dec 2-10 (Sun-Mon): Hanukkah
Dec 12 (Wed): First Day of SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 20 (Thu): First Day of SoCal AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 21 (Fri): First Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 22 (Sat): First Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout
Dec 25 (Tue): Christmas
Dec 26-Jan 1 (Wed-Tue): Kwanzaa
Dec 31 (Mon): New Year's Eve
Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Holiday Gingerbread House Workshops: Dec 8 (Sat), 15 (Sat), 16 (Sun)
*TubaChristmas
2019
2019 Calendar Thread
Notes
This list does not include all of the conventions/events scheduled at the Anaheim Convention Center. It is only a partial listing. A full listing is available on the Anaheim Convention Center Calendar.
http://www.anaheim.net/calendar.aspx?CID=26,
In terms of the conventions, for the most part, it doesn't seem like the conventions necessarily increase crowds in the parks. Large conventions are more likely to impacts availability at area hotels/motels and crowds in DTD (primarily in the evenings). There maybe some impacts of the days immediately before or after the conventions, but only a few conventions seem to actually result in Dis'ers reporting higher than expected crowds in the parks themselves. So, while large (or at least ones that look large on the calendar) conventions are listed in the calendar above, it does not mean that the parks will be busier than expected.
The Honda Center may also host events that could impact crowds at Disneyland.
http://www.hondacenter.com/events/
Tom Bell maintains a list of Disneyland Events on wdwinfo.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/events.html
There are a number of unofficial park days that happen throughout the year. Some are fairly large and can impact park crowds (e.g., Gay Days), while others (most) are fairly small and most guests won't notice that they are occurring.
http://unofficialparkdays.com/calendar/
*Starred events have historically began/occurred in that month, but the dates for 2018 have not yet been announced.
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....they won't be arriving till around the 19th or 20th of February, so I think they should be good....
