Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort
Halloween Time 2026
Confirmed detail for the 2026 run. The permanent guide to how this event works lives on the main Halloween Time page.
Confirmed · Checked September 2026
Overlay install and reopen dates, Space Mountain overlay status, and Plaza de la Familia window from Disney’s official Halloween Time and Plaza de la Familia pages (viewed September 2026); overlay reporting cross-checked against the OC Register and Mousedining.
- Dates
- August 21 – October 31, 2026
What is different in 2026
- Runs 21 August through 31 October 2026 across both parks, the resort hotels, and Downtown Disney, included with regular admission.
- Plaza de la Familia and A Musical Celebration of Coco return as part of the season.
- Haunted Mansion closes August 8–20 for its holiday overlay install and reopens August 21 as Haunted Mansion Holiday, on the season’s first day.
- Space Mountain runs its Hyperspace Mountain overlay through the Halloween season; the Ghost Galaxy Halloween overlay, last run in 2018, is not returning in 2026.
- Plaza de la Familia at Disney California Adventure runs August 21 through November 2, extending past Halloween to cover Día de los Muertos.
How the event works
This part does not change year to year, so it is kept in one place.
The pattern
- Typically starts
- late August
- Typically ends
- 31 October
- Nights
- ~70 (63–75)
- Nights of the week
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
- Hours
- Every operating day in the window during regular park hours. The Guardians of the Galaxy evening variant runs only after dark, and the seasonal fireworks appear on select nights rather than nightly.
The permanent version of all this
Height requirements, ride mechanics, accessibility detail, and permanent dining live on our evergreen guide, our year-round sister site. They do not change with the season, so we do not repeat them here.