If you are attending both days, a multi-day ticket can save you some green, especially if you purchase through your favorite froggy friends! Multi-day tickets can be used any available days within 14 days, even weekend days! Based on park hours, The California Resident Promo 3-day ticket can be used any three days by Sept 30, 2021. No matter what crowds are like, it's safe to say you should purchase tickets in advance and make your theme park reservations ASAP. With more people being let in, but a reservation system keeping the parks from being too busy, it makes it hard to predict crowds this year. Mid-September is normally a more quiet time than early October (when Arizona schools are on break). The advance theme park reservation system is still in place to control park capacity. With the park reservation system in place, these days sell out early. You'll want to book early to visit during Gay Days. When Gay Days aligned with Columbus Day weekend in 2018, there were massive crowds - we saw 300-minute waits for Haunted Mansion Holiday! But other years, such as 2019 when it did not collide with a holiday weekend, it was not as busy. Even though Disneyland does not present Gay Days, the event's sponsors include Disney’s Aulani Hotel, Adventures by Disney, Disney Vacation Club and Disney Pride, which is the company’s LGBT diversity group.ĭisneyland Gay Days do bring in quite a few people, and the impact it has on crowds is growing - along with the general higher crowds the parks see on weekends. You don’t need a special ticket to visit the parks for Gay Days. Because this is an unofficial event, the parks are still open to the public. You might see special photo-ops (we did not encounter the photo op signs in 2021). The resort is supportive of the events and the many guests that Gay Days brings to its parks, hotels and restaurants. Disney does put out rainbow merchandise and adds special foods to the menus. As such, Disney does not offer information about the festivities. Disney does not endorse any group that meets during regular park hours. The Gay Day events are not presented by Disney. You can find all of the fabulous details on the Gay Days Anaheim website. Whether you are planning to attend Disneyland Gay Days or just visit the parks this same weekend, here are some important details to get you ready! There are family-friendly events, in-park meetups, informal chats, celebratory cocktails, a concert and other events. But you'll see attendees park hopping throughout the weekend as well. 17 at Disneyland and Sunday, Sept 18 at Disney California Adventure. There is a schedule of events for each day of Gay Days, with one park playing "host" each day during normal operating hours. More people come again in March for "Mini Gay Day." (It's for those who need a little red shirt boost in the spring.) Mini Gay Days fell on March 5, 2022. This year, Disneyland Gay Days takes place Sept. And in 2021, it shifted from early October to mid-September. It draws crowds of over 30,000 people annually. Pixar is also casting for their first transgender character showing that Disney/Pixar keeps attempting to provide a more progressive representation of the LGBTQ+ community in their shows and movies.Gay Days is one of the most popular "unofficial" events at Disneyland.
There have been several LGBTQ+ characters in their shows and movies, and some characters that fans, and the actors who portrayed them, believe to be gay, but haven't been explicitly stated as such. Updated on June 28th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: In recent years, Disney has been attempting to have more LGBTQ+ representation in their movies and shows, and although there are some notable attempts and fleeting moments, Disney still falters overall in this area. Hopefully, in the future, there will be more, and better, representation from Disney. Unfortunately, not every aspect of the LGBTQ+ community has been represented due to a lack of characters within the Disney canon, and some representation has fallen flat. The LGBTQ+ community has become more represented in media in recent years and Disney is just one of many companies hopping aboard that train as well.
It's happened over and over, a man and woman falling in love, but Disney has started to change that, particularly the purely heterosexual aspect. When fans think of Disney movies and the Disney television channel, they may think of a tale as old as time in which a princess marries a prince, and then they live happily ever after.