Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure

Monday, January 31, 2022

Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure

This weekend we visited the Lunar New Year festival at Disney California Adventure.

The festival has been taking place at the Disneyland Resort for over a dozen years, gradually morphing from a few decorations to a much more elaborate event, complete with entertainment, a parade, and special food booths.

First, though, we took a ride on Web Slingers at the Avengers Campus. This was only our second time to ride it; the first time was last fall at the Oogie Boogie Bash.

The Stark Industries decor seen in the interior ride queue is wonderful!

Then it was on to the festival...

...celebrating the Year of the Tiger.

This was my first time at the festival since 2019. It did take place early in 2020 but I was recovering from knee surgery at the time and missed it. The parks were closed by the state in the first half of 2021 so the festival did not take place last year.

For lunch we enjoyed sampling some of the items from the food booths. We thought the Spicy Chicken and Rice from Red Dragon Spice Traders was excellent!

I also enjoyed the spicy corn on the cob. Three of us also shared a pretzel stuffed with sliced hot dogs, which was much less successful, as the hot dogs were only mildly warm.

Magic Key Holders received these pretty buttons.

Mulan's Lunar New Year Procession is a short but very nice parade which takes place several times a day. This year Tigger is the guest of honor for the Year of the Tiger.