Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, February 20, 2015 taking a look at the Happy Lunar New Year Celebration! at Paradise Gardens in Disney California Adventure. This event ran from Thursday, February 19 through Sunday, February 22.
A description of how some how some families celebrate the event:
The tablecloths in the arts and crafts area
Arts and Crafts: making a lantern
Character greetings: The line was between 45-60 minutes when I was there and they were rotating Mushu, Mickey/Minnie and Chip/Dale through. There was no guarantee which character you would meet.
Mushu was greeting when I first walked by.
A face-painting area near the grill/restrooms.
There was an outdoor vending cart with some special food offerings for the event.
Decorations and props around the bandstand.
I returned to the entrance to find a spot for a guest performing group – the Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Association Lion Dance performers.
A video clip from their performance
Video of most of their performance.
A video clip of the guest performer on the bandstand. I missed his name.
Mickey and Minnie were greeting guests
Bayside Brews had some decorations and special offerings.
A t-shirt for the event on sale at the kiosk near Corn Dog Castle.
Chip and Dale arriving for photos.
The back of a Cast Member’s shirt.
Another guest performing group at the Bandstand
A processional featuring Mulan, Mushu and performers, making its way to the performance area.
Mulan and Mushu
Fan Dancers
A dragon dance is performed
A ribbon dance performance
Video of the full performance.
Hope you enjoyed this look at the Lunar New Year Celebration at the Disneyland Resort. For my full photo set and details from this trip you can check out the full Disneyland Update I posted on my site, http://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.
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