To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Shanghai Disney Resort is hosting a resort-wide celebration from January 15 through February 16, 2022, featuring festive decor, merchandise, special food and drink plus brand new Spring Festival-themed events and entertainment. Let’s take a look!
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Characters
2022 is the Year of the Tiger, so it is only fitting that Tigger features prominently during the New Spring Festival. Guests will be able to spot Tigger in his New Year costume and Goofy, who will be in his God of Fortune costume. Guests will also be able to see their favourite characters as they celebrate the New Year wearing brand new stylish looks that incorporate elements of tiger and traditional Chinese culture.
Decorations
Shanghai Disneyland and Disneytown will feature brand new decorations to help immerse guests into the Luna New Year Celebration. The Garden of the Twelve Friends will transform into the annual New Year’s Wishing Garden, featuring Chinese traditional tiger-head elements, arches and beautiful lanterns in stunning shades of red and gold. Guests can take pictures in front of a new social wall near Il Paperino, with many other selfie spots throughout the park.
At the specially decorated Tigger mosaic, guests can write down their New Year wishes on special wishing cards which they can hang throughout the garden to usher in a year of good fortune and luck.
Entertainment
The resort is offering a number of unique shows and entertainment throughout the day during the festival period.
- “Mickey Avenue Drum Ceremony”
- Occurs every morning during the festival
- Features Tigger, Mickey and Minnie Mouse
- “Lion Dance”
- Presented from February 2 to 1, 2022.
- A colorful traditional dance presented in the Gardens of Imagination
- “Mickey Avenue Shanghai Swing!”
- Staged at intervals during the late mornning and early afternoon on Mickey Avenue
- “Illumination! A Nighttime Celebration“
- Features a special presentation of “Our Families” following the main show
Special Food and Drink
Shanghai Disneyland always goes all out when it comes to limited-time themed food and drink. Guests attending the park during the celebration can indulge in New Year-themed desserts, afternoon tea and dinner packages. They are also selling New Year popcorn buckets and other collectables.
Merchandise
It wouldn’t be a Disney celebration without merchandise! The Spring Festival Mickey and Friends collection consists of cute plush toys of Mickey, Minnie and Donald wearing traditional costumes, accessories and apparel for children and adults that incorporate tiger elements. Lucky gift bags will be available, filled with exclusive merchandise and red packets containing prices to bring luck, happiness and prosperity. A Duffy and Friends collection will also be available at a later date during the festival period.
Information and images from Shanghai Disneyland.
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