You’re going to have to get up pretty early if you want to get your hands on the Disneyland candy canes that have become holiday cult classics among the die-hard fans willing to wait all day to take part in the tradition that has been going on for more than half a century.
The limited-time seasonal candy canes will be sold Dec. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 and 24 at the Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen in Disneyland and Dec. 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20 and 25 at Trolley Treats in Disney California Adventure.
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Disneyland and DCA will once again use a mobile waitlist system for candy cane purchases. Sweet cravers can add their names and phone numbers to the mobile waitlists at the candy cane locations in the parks to be notified by text of their return times to make their purchases.
Availability of the always hard-to-get candy canes has been cut in half in recent years. Sales that used to start during Thanksgiving week now don’t begin until the first week of December. The number of dates has dropped from as many as 28 days in 2018 to just 14 days this year, according to MousePlanet.
“If you have the luxury of being able to go any day you want, your best bet is to pick a weekday when candy canes are being released at Disney California Adventure, which tends to have lower crowds,” according to MousePlanet.
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The worst days to go: Sundays on Dec. 3, 10 and 17.
The best days to go: Dec. 20, 24 and 25 when the fewest annual passholders are in the park.
MousePlanet recommends showing up an hour before the official park opening to secure your candy cane. Daily visitors and passholders can and should enter Main Street USA and Buena Vista Street 30 minutes before park opening with the hotel early entry guests.
Walk briskly — no running please — as soon as the gates open to the Candy Kitchen or Trolley Treats to get…
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