City filings for a brand-new address next to the Golden Vine House call for a retaining wall 130 feet long and up to 16 feet 6 inches tall, with electrical work. Disney hasn't said a word about it.
Something is coming to the hillside next to the Golden Vine House at Disney California Adventure, and Disney hasn't announced what.
MiceChat reported Monday, Nov. 9, that a filing with the city of Anaheim calls for a retaining wall 130 feet long and up to 16 feet 6 inches tall along the park's performance corridor, the route parades and cavalcades use. The filing also includes electrical work.
That's a lot of wall for a patch of grapevines. For scale, 16 and a half feet is taller than a standard basketball hoop stacked on top of a 6-foot person. (Our math, not Disney's.)
The spot even has a new address. The Golden Vine House's official address is 777 W. Katella Ave., No. 421, MiceChat said. A brand-new No. 422 has been created right next door.
MiceChat also found two more filings for the same space. Neither one has a public description, so they don't say much.
PNP hasn't seen the filings ourselves yet, and we couldn't find another outlet reporting them. Disney hasn't commented.
Here's a look inside the Golden Vine House, from when it opened in 2024:
What could Disney be building next to the Golden Vine House?
Disney isn't saying, so here's MiceChat's best guess, labeled as exactly that.
MiceChat's theory: Disney is cutting into the vineyard slope at the base of Grizzly Peak to make flat ground along the parade route. That flat ground could hold a patio, more seating or a festival booth with power.
A retaining wall is what you build when you dig into a hill and need the dirt to stay put, so the theory at least fits the paperwork.
MiceChat pointed to a few clues:
The empty stretch: Festival of Holidays booths are already set out along the corridor, but the stretch in front of the vineyard is empty this year.
Last year's booth: A festival booth stood across the corridor from that spot last year.
The lost flex space: Across the corridor, a new spot has taken over the open space that used to hold festival booths, Halloween candy trails and VIP tour groups. MiceChat said seating over there is thin.
Put those together and the corridor could use a new home for booths and tables. That's still MiceChat's read, not Disney's.
What is the Golden Vine House?
It's the Disney Vacation Club Welcome Home Center at Disney California Adventure, and it opened in summer 2024.
The building has had a few lives. It started as part of the Golden Vine Winery area when the park opened in 2001. It later served as the Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar preview center, which opened in 2008, and then as part of Disney Imagination Campus, WDWNT and Laughing Place reported.
Today it's open to DVC members and to anyone curious about joining. Inside, you'll find:
Resort models: Aulani and the Villas at Disneyland Hotel, plus a Disney Wish cruise ship model.
DVC guides: Offices where you can sit down and talk timeshares.
Light snacks: Laughing Place listed them among the welcome perks.
Passholder perks: Magic Key holders have picked up free prints there.
The grapevines on the slope outside are the spot in question. If MiceChat's theory is right, part of that hillside is about to get a lot flatter.
When does Disney Festival of Holidays start?
Friday, Nov. 13. Disney Festival of Holidays runs at Disney California Adventure through the end of the holiday season on Jan. 6, 2027.
Here's what Disney has announced:
Six Festive Food Marketplaces around the park.
A Sip and Savor Pass with six digital coupons for select food and nonalcoholic drinks at the marketplaces and some restaurants.
Entertainment: Holiday Toy Drummers, the "Mickey's Happy Holidays" cavalcade, "Mirabel's Gifts of the Season" on select days and Disney Viva Navidad.
MiceChat said the menus posted at the booths now show prices, which Disney's online festival guide didn't. If you've been waiting to budget your holiday snacking, now you can.
What else is happening at Disneyland this week?
The holidays officially arrive at the Disneyland Resort on Nov. 13, the same day the festival starts. Decorations are already going up around both parks.
MiceChat's Nov. 9 update also covered the Cars-style parking robots Disney showed at its Nov. 3 Accelerator Demo Day, which PNP covered on Nov. 4.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
MiceChat (Nov. 9, 2026), the city filings, the No. 422 address, the retaining wall details, the patio and booth theory, the booth clues and the posted menu prices
Disneyland Resort (Aug. 2026), Festival of Holidays dates, marketplaces, Sip and Savor Pass and entertainment
Laughing Place (July 25, 2024), the Golden Vine House's history and what's inside
WDWNT (July 28, 2024), the Blue Sky Cellar background and the vineyard photo
MouseInfo on YouTube (2024), the Golden Vine House video
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