The Lunar New Year 2026 Celebration is underway at Disney California Adventure, with special character meet and greets, entertainment, festival food, merchandise, and more to commemorate the Year of the Horse.
Lunar New Year is celebrated at Disney California Adventure from Friday, January 23 through Sunday, February 22, 2026. The actual new year begins on Tuesday, February 17.
The festival mostly takes place in Performance Corridor and Paradise Gardens, but Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession travels through the park and dining locations throughout offer special food items.
Celebration Guide
The Lunar New Year Celebration Guide includes information about the festival, including a map of festival offerings.
The season’s Disney California Adventure guidemap also features Lunar New Year.
Decorations
Signs, red lanterns, table covers, and more Lunar New Year decorations are throughout the park. Check out our tour of Lunar New Year decorations.
Entertainment
Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession
Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession travels from Hollywood Land through Performance Corridor to Paradise Gardens. It begins at these times:
12:45 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
Watch our video:
Hurry Home – A Lunar New Year Celebration Water Short
Hurry Home is a pre-show performed before World of Color Happiness! The nighttime spectacular begins at 9 p.m. and Hurry Home is about 6 minutes, so guests can catch it beginning at 8:54 p.m.
Watch our video:
Live Musical Performances
These groups perform at the Paradise Gardens Bandshell:
Fortunes: representing Chinese culture
Jie Ma: representing Chinese culture
Loc Hong: representing Vietnamese culture
Vocal Seoul: representing Korean culture
Character Meet and Greets
Up to date character meet and greet times are available in the Disneyland app.
Meet Horace Horsecollar, Goofy & Clarabelle, or Donald & Daisy
Horace Horsecollar, Goofy and Clarabelle Cow, and Donald Duck and Daisy Duck meet at a Lunar New Year backdrop in Grizzly Peak. Horace, wearing a Chinese-inspired red and gold costume, meets every day, alternating times with the couples.
Guests will find Goofy and Clarabelle meeting on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. They wear Vietnamese-inspired outfits in green (Goofy) and pink (Clarabelle).
Donald and Daisy will appear in their Chinese-inspired hanfu on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Meet Mickey & Minnie or Mulan & Mushu
Mickey and Minnie alternate with Mulan and Mushu in the Paradise Gardens gazebo. Both pairs appear daily.
Mickey and Minnie are in Korean-inspired outfits. Mickey’s costume is shades of blue while Minnie’s is mostly pink.
Meet Red Panda Mei
For the first time, Disney California Adventure guests can meet Mei from Turning Red in her red panda form. She’s meeting at the Pixar Pier Bandshell.
Activities
Guests can put their new year wishes on the Lunar New Year Wishing Wall in Paradise Gardens.
Chinese calligraphy artists located in Paradise Gardens can artistically write guests’ new year wishes for guests to keep as souvenirs.
Food and Beverage
Sip and Savor Pass
The three Sip and Savor Pass designs pay homage to Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean cultures with artwork by Ann Shen. Passes are $49 each ($46 for Magic Key holders) and include six digital coupons for select food and non-alcoholic beverages. Check out our guide to the Sip and Savor Pass.
Menus & Reviews
Check out the full Lunar New Year menus, plus our reviews of all the NEW food for Lunar New Year 2026 as well as reviews of all the festival food.
The festival marketplaces are:
Bamboo Blessings
Longevity Noodle Co.
Lucky 8 Lantern
Prosperity Bao & Buns
Red Dragon Spice Traders
Wrapped with Love
These locations also have special menu items:
Carthay Circle Restaurant
Trolley Treats
Award Wieners
Churros at Hollywood Land
Hollywood Lounge
Schmoozies!
Studio Catering Co.
Pym Test Kitchen
Cozy Cone Motel 5 – Popcone
Aunt Cass Café
Boudin Bread Cart
Lucky Fortune Cookery
Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff
Lamplight Lounge
Lamplight Lounge – Boardwalk Dining
Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta
Paradise Garden Grill
Smokejumpers Grill
Outdoor Vending Carts
Novelties
There is a Lunar New Year tumbler and straw clip, both featuring Horace. They are available at various dining locations.
Merchandise
The merchandise collection includes a Mickey plush, pins, ear headband, Spirit Jersey, and more, plus a Magic Key-exclusive t-shirt and pin. Check out our full list (with prices) of Lunar New Year merchandise.
Magic Key Button
Magic Key holders can pick up an exclusive Lunar New Year 2026 button featuring Horace Horsecollar daily during the festival.