Gay Days returns to Disneyland on a new weekend after a pandemic pause – Press Telegram – California News Times

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park will once again be filled with a sea of ​​red Gay Days T-shirts as an informal annual event celebrating LGBT pride returns to Anaheim’s theme parks after a 2020 pandemic pause. ..

The informal Gay Days Anaheim Mix-in event will return to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on September 17-19, featuring theme park meet-ups, trivia quizzes, scavenger hunts, megagroup photos, and parties.

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The· 412 days coronavirus closure Disneyland and DCA forced the cancellation of Gay Days 2020 on the first weekend of October.

Plans to move Gay Day from October to September are underway since 2018 with the goal of avoiding the increasingly crowded Halloween season. Gay Days 2021 was always aimed at being the first year of a new weekend in September, after more than 20 years in October.

Mini Gay Day in early March 2020 was the last major pre-blockade event at Disneyland. Gay Days 2021 will be the first major post-blockage event in the park.

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The first Gay Days Anaheim attracted about 2,500 people in 1998. Today, an independent annual event, more than 30,000 Gay Days attendees gather at Disney Park in Anaheim during the three-day event.

Gay Days Orlando attracts more than 100,000 attendees to Walt Disney World in Florida each June.

The annual Gay Days Anaheim Mixin Event brings plenty of red T-shirts to Disneyland and DCA each year. The official Gay Days Anaheim T-shirt for 2019 has a Star Wars theme with a stormtrooper on the front and the slogan “May the Fierce Be With You”.

Gay Days 2021 has not been scheduled yet, The past few years serve as a guide What do you expect?

Friday is the arrival date. Saturdays are all about Disneyland. Sunday is reserved for Disney California Adventure Park.

Disneyland events typically feature a scavenger hunt, a hijacking of attractions on the Mark Twain Riverboat, and a captivating Chiki Room with a large group photo in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle. Lunch is typically served at four Disneyland restaurants: Plaza Inn, Alien Pizza Planet, Rancho del Zocalo, and Hungry Bear.

DCA events usually include more vehicle hijackings (Grizzly River Run, Mickey’s Philharmonic, Silly Symphony Swings) and group photos at Pixar Pier. BingBong’s Sweet Stuff is a popular selfie spot throughout the day.