The season runs August 21 through October 31. Haunted Mansion Holiday reopens today after a two-week installation, and Halloween Screams fireworks return tonight.
Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort opens today.
The season runs August 21 through October 31, and it arrives with three things landing at once.
Haunted Mansion Holiday reopens today. Halloween Screams fireworks return tonight. Plaza de la Familia begins its run.
Haunted Mansion Holiday is open again
The overlay is back after its annual installation window.
Disneyland closed the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square on August 8 and kept it dark through August 20 while Imagineers converted it.
The overlay is inspired by Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, bringing Jack Skellington, Sally, and the residents of Halloween Town into the mansion. It blends Halloween and Christmas and stays up until the new year.
The conversion takes roughly two weeks each direction, which is why the ride disappears in August and again after the holidays.
What else runs during Halloween Time at Disneyland
The season stacks several separate things, and only some of them cost extra.
Halloween Screams fireworks run above Disneyland for the duration of the season, included with regular admission.
Plaza de la Familia at Disney California Adventure runs August 21 through November 2, celebrating Día de los Muertos with Coco-themed music, food, and storytelling.
Oogie Boogie Bash is the separately ticketed after-hours party, running select nights from August 18 through October 31. It is a record 33 nights this year, and it includes the new Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake street party.
Halloween decorations have already been appearing around California Adventure ahead of today.
What is closed at Disneyland right now
A few things to plan around if you are visiting this week.
Main Street Cinema is closed for refurbishment and reopens August 28.
The Frontierland Shootin’ Exposition is closed and reopens September 10.
The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure at California Adventure has construction walls, scaffolding, and scrim around portions of its exterior.
Pixie Hollow is on a limited schedule, closing Tuesdays and Thursdays through September 5.
When Christmas starts at Disneyland
For anyone planning further out, the calendar is already set.
A Christmas Fantasy Parade returns November 13. The Holiday Season officially begins November 18 and runs through early January.
Halloween Time ends October 31, Plaza de la Familia runs two days past it, and the parks turn over in the gap between.
Seventy-two days of Halloween, which is roughly a fifth of the year, at a resort where the season now starts before most schools go back.
Article compiled with the help of the Pirates & Princesses newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
Disneyland Resort published calendar, the Halloween Time, Plaza de la Familia, and Holiday Season dates
WDWInfo (August 2026), the Haunted Mansion closure and reopening dates, the overlay details, and the current construction and refurbishment list
MousePlanet (August 18, 2026), the Halloween Screams return date, the Main Street Cinema and Frontierland Shootin’ Exposition reopening dates, and the Christmas Fantasy Parade timing
Inside the Magic (July 2026), the Pixie Hollow limited schedule
Disney Tourist Blog (2026), the Oogie Boogie Bash night count and the Madame Leota street party