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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: <TBD>
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 2 (Tue): Last Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout Period
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 (likely including A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe...In Holiday Magic Fireworks, WoC: Season of Light, Festival of Holidays, Viva Navidad, Princess Elena's Musical Grand Arrival, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Jingle Cruise)
Jan 11-14 (Thu-Sun): Star Wars Half Marathon - The Light Side
Jan 15 (Mon): Martin Luther King Junior Day
Jan 25-28 (Thu-Sun): NAAM Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
*Three Kings' Day Celebration in DCA
*Last Day for It's a Small World Holiday
February 2018 (Check-In)
Feb 4 (Sun): Superbowl
Feb 8 (Thu): DCA's 17th Anniversary
Feb 13 (Tue): Mardi Gras
Feb 14 (Wed): Valentine's Day
Feb 16 (Fri): Lunar New Year
Feb 19 (Mon): President's Day
Feb 23-25 (Fri-Sun): JR Spirit [Cheer] Championship (Anaheim Convention Center)
*Start of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA
March 2018 (Check-In)
Mar 7-11 (Wed-Sun): Natural Products Expo West 2018 (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 17 (Sat): St. Patrick's Day
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 23 (Fri): Start of SoCal Select AP Spring Blockout
Mar 24 (Sat): Start of SoCal AP Spring Blockout
*Orange County Restaurant Week
*DCA Food & Wine Festival
*Mini-Gay Days
*First Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (2017 Disboard Thread)
April 2018 (Check-In)
Apr 1 (Sun): Easter (2017 Info)
Apr 7 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 8 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 21-22 (Sat-Sun): Spring Dapper Days
May 2018 (Check-In)
May 5 (Sat): Cinco De Mayo
May 13 (Sun): Mother's Day
May 28 (Mon): Memorial Day
Grad Nights: May May 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29 & 30
*May the 4th Be With You (2016 Info)
*Bats Day in the Park
*Tinkerbell Half Marathon
*Taste of Anaheim (Not a Disney Event, but Some DTD Restaurants Participate)
June 2018 (Check-In)
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 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
*CHOC Walk in the Park
*Disneyland Half Marathon
September 2018 (Check-In)
Sep 3 (Mon): Labor Day
*Start of HalloweenTime (2017 Disboard Thread)
*Start of Día de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
October 2018 (Check-In)
Oct 8 (Mon): Columbus Day
Oct 31 (Wed): Halloween
*Gay Days
*UEA Convention (Utah schools out of session)
*End of HalloweenTime
*Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Haunted Gingerbread House Workshops
November 2018 (Check-In)
Nov 11 (Sun): Veteran's Day (Observed Nov 12 (Mon))
Nov 22-23 (Thu-Fri): Thanksgiving
*Dapper Day Fall Soiree
*Super Heroes Half Marathon
*Start of Christmas/Holiday Season (2017 Disboard Thread)
*Holiday Parade Filming
December 2018 (Check-In)
Dec 2-10 (Sun-Mon): Hanukkah
Dec 25 (Tue): Christmas
Dec 26-Jan 1 (Wed-Tue): Kwanzaa
Dec 31 (Mon): New Year's Eve
*Candlelight Processional (usually first weekend in December)
*First Day of SoCal and SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout
*First Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout
*First Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout
*Raver Days
*Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Holiday Gingerbread House Workshops
*TubaChristmas
2019
<Forthcoming>
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: <TBD>
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 2 (Tue): Last Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout Period
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 (likely including A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe...In Holiday Magic Fireworks, WoC: Season of Light, Festival of Holidays, Viva Navidad, Princess Elena's Musical Grand Arrival, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Jingle Cruise)
Jan 11-14 (Thu-Sun): Star Wars Half Marathon - The Light Side
Jan 15 (Mon): Martin Luther King Junior Day
Jan 25-28 (Thu-Sun): NAAM Show (Anaheim Convention Center)
*Three Kings' Day Celebration in DCA
*Last Day for It's a Small World Holiday
February 2018 (Check-In)
Feb 4 (Sun): Superbowl
Feb 8 (Thu): DCA's 17th Anniversary
Feb 13 (Tue): Mardi Gras
Feb 14 (Wed): Valentine's Day
Feb 16 (Fri): Lunar New Year
Feb 19 (Mon): President's Day
Feb 23-25 (Fri-Sun): JR Spirit [Cheer] Championship (Anaheim Convention Center)
*Start of Lunar New Year Celebration in DCA
March 2018 (Check-In)
Mar 7-11 (Wed-Sun): Natural Products Expo West 2018 (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 17 (Sat): St. Patrick's Day
Mar 23-25 (Fri-Sun): WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center)
Mar 23 (Fri): Start of SoCal Select AP Spring Blockout
Mar 24 (Sat): Start of SoCal AP Spring Blockout
*Orange County Restaurant Week
*DCA Food & Wine Festival
*Mini-Gay Days
*First Day of Egg-Stravaganza in DLR (2017 Disboard Thread)
April 2018 (Check-In)
Apr 1 (Sun): Easter (2017 Info)
Apr 7 (Sat): Last Day of SoCal AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 8 (Sun): Last Day of SoCal Select AP Spring Break Blockout
Apr 21-22 (Sat-Sun): Spring Dapper Days
May 2018 (Check-In)
May 5 (Sat): Cinco De Mayo
May 13 (Sun): Mother's Day
May 28 (Mon): Memorial Day
Grad Nights: May May 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29 & 30
*May the 4th Be With You (2016 Info)
*Bats Day in the Park
*Tinkerbell Half Marathon
*Taste of Anaheim (Not a Disney Event, but Some DTD Restaurants Participate)
June 2018 (Check-In)
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 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
*CHOC Walk in the Park
*Disneyland Half Marathon
September 2018 (Check-In)
Sep 3 (Mon): Labor Day
*Start of HalloweenTime (2017 Disboard Thread)
*Start of Día de los Muertos (DL and DCA)
October 2018 (Check-In)
Oct 8 (Mon): Columbus Day
Oct 31 (Wed): Halloween
*Gay Days
*UEA Convention (Utah schools out of session)
*End of HalloweenTime
*Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Haunted Gingerbread House Workshops
November 2018 (Check-In)
Nov 11 (Sun): Veteran's Day (Observed Nov 12 (Mon))
Nov 22-23 (Thu-Fri): Thanksgiving
*Dapper Day Fall Soiree
*Super Heroes Half Marathon
*Start of Christmas/Holiday Season (2017 Disboard Thread)
*Holiday Parade Filming
December 2018 (Check-In)
Dec 2-10 (Sun-Mon): Hanukkah
Dec 25 (Tue): Christmas
Dec 26-Jan 1 (Wed-Tue): Kwanzaa
Dec 31 (Mon): New Year's Eve
*Candlelight Processional (usually first weekend in December)
*First Day of SoCal and SoCal Select AP Holiday Blockout
*First Day of Deluxe AP Holiday Blockout
*First Day of Signature AP Holiday Blockout
*Raver Days
*Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Holiday Gingerbread House Workshops
*TubaChristmas
2019
<Forthcoming>
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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