Disneyland will try a new location, time of year and name for its Disney Junior kids festival geared toward preschoolers and their families returning for a second year to Disney California Adventure.
This year’s Disney Junior & Friends Playdate running on Aug. 18-20 will include parades, shows, food, music and games at Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney.
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Disneyland launched the inaugural Disney Junior kids festival geared toward 2-to-7-year-olds in April 2022 at a different time of year and under a slightly different name. Last year’s event — dubbed Disney Junior Fun Fest — kicked off just a few days after the DCA Food & Wine Festival and was set at the edge of Paradise Bay. This year’s event moves to Hollywood Land and kicks off just before the start of DCA’s festival season that typically runs from September to April.
Highlights of this year’s event on Aug. 18 at DCA include a Playdate Party Parade with Disney Junior characters, a “Disney Junior Live Playdate” stage show at the Hollywood Backlot Stage and the world-premiere of the new Disney Junior TV series “Playdate with Winnie the Pooh.”
The Playdate Play Zone will offer meet-and-greet opportunities with Doc McStuffins, Vampirina and other Disney Junior characters.
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Kids can also take part in Alice’s Wonderland Bakery Unbirthday Party cupcake decorating course — a mainstay of the DCA Food & Wine Festival. The Animation Academy will have Disney artists teaching kids how to draw characters from the “Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures” children’s animated TV series.
The “Disney Junior Dance Party” stage show in DCA’s Hollywood Land will continue during the Playdate event.
Disney Junior Playdate specialty food offerings will include Honey Pot Caramel Apples and Tigger Marshmallow Tails at…
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