Disneyland Egg-stravaganza, 2015

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Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

It’s almost Easter – that means it’s time for the annual Egg-stravaganza Easter Egg Hunt at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. (It is also being held at Epcot at Walt Disney World.) This year the event runs from Friday, March 27-Sunday, April 5, or while supplies last.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

The Easter Bunny has placed large Easter eggs, decorated like Disney characters, around the parks, and guests get to find them. Luckily the Easter Bunny has also provided a map. 🙂 There are different maps for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. The maps are available are various locations in both parks, at a cost of $5.35, including tax.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

There’s a sheet of stickers included, with pictures of the various character eggs. Once you find the egg, you apply the appropriate sticker onto the designated space on the map.

In each park there is a redemption location, and the maps can be redeemed there for a character Easter egg – there are six different characters available. You don’t have to complete the map to get your egg – you can redeem it at any time. You get to keep the map no matter what: a cast member will stamp it on the back to show that you have received your prize. I saw a number of people purchase their maps and then immediately get their prizes.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

We started at Disneyland, figuring (correctly) that it would be the busier of the two parks as the day went on. We purchased our map at Disney Showcase on Main Street.

The maps give you approximate locations of the eggs, but not an “x marks the spot” kind of thing. For example: “Emporium (Outside)”, “Emporium (Inside)”, “Frontierland (Entrance)”. There were quite a few other people also hunting for them, so sometimes it was easier to just watch for a small crowd of people. 🙂 Cast members were also happy to provide clues – we had a couple who told us one of the eggs (which was harder to spot than many of them) was at an “Eggs-it”. (Groan.)

I’ll have spoiler photos at the bottom of this blog – with plenty of warning in case you don’t want to know where the eggs are located.

We had fun hunting the eggs – we did it while wandering the park doing other things, so we weren’t just going from egg location to location all of the time. Once we’d finished we went to the redemption center, next to Disney Showcase on Main Street. There were several tables set up, each with six eggs of different sizes and colors set up. You point to the egg you want, and the cast member picks it up to reveal the egg you have won – though you receive a new packaged egg from one of the bins behind them.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

The different eggs are: Goofy, Pluto,Tinker Bell, Thumper, White Rabbit, and Mr. Toad.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

If you want a specific egg, you can just watch for a while and see what other people choose, and determine which egg to pick. It’s not a shell game – the cast members don’t rearrange the eggs in between guests. 🙂

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

After we’d finished in Disneyland we went over to Disney California Adventure. There weren’t quite as many people hunting eggs over there – in general the park was a lot less busy than Disneyland. We bought our maps in Elias & Co, which is also where the redemption center was located. This time we went ahead and redeemed the map for the prize before actually hunting the eggs.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Most of the character eggs were the same in the two parks, but there were a couple of differences: Disneyland had Mr. Toad and Tinker Bell, and instead of those two DCA had Mater and Lightning McQueen. The prize eggs were identical, though.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza


Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

It seemed to me that the hunt at DCA was a little easier, but neither of them was difficult. Though it would be a lot harder at night, since there’s no lights on any of the eggs and they would be hard to see.

We really enjoyed this – it was a fun way to spend a few hours in the parks. We saw a lot of other adults on the hunt also – I think there were more adults than kids! I thought the price was reasonable, too. I ended up with the Mr. Toad egg, and Lee got Pluto.

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Mickey at the Emporium.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Minnie in the toy section of the Emporium – this was hard to find.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Goofy near the Astro Orbitor.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Tink near Pixie Hollow.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Chip in Snow White’s Grotto.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Mr. Toad at Dumbo.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Dale behind Stromboli’s Wagon.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

White Rabbit at Fantasy Faire gifts.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Donald Duck, near the Frontierland entrance.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Daisy at the Adventureland Bazaar.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Thumper near the fountain in New Orleans Square.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Pluto at the “Eggs-it” of Haunted Mansion

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Mickey above the entrance to Trolley Treats.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Minnie at Disney Jr.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Dale in the window of Tower Gifts.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Chip on the wall outside Tower of Terror.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Thumper at It’s Tough to be a Bug.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Mater on the roof of the jukebox.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Lightning McQueen watching the cars at Radiator Springs Racers – I thought this one was very creatively placed.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

White Rabbit at Ghirardelli.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza


Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Daisy at Treasures in Paradise.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Pluto at Boardwalk Games.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Donald at Silly Symphony Swings.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

Goofy at the Embarcadero.

Disneyland Egg-stravaganza

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Laura Gilbreath is a native of San Diego, CA. She has been making the trek up Interstate 5 to Disneyland since she was a small child and terrified of talking tikis and hitchhiking ghosts. She and her husband Lee enjoy trips to Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as sailings on the Disney Cruise Line.

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2 Replies to “Disneyland Egg-stravaganza, 2015”

  1. Wow. THanks for the great pictures and hints. 🙂 I would love to visit the parks during Easter so I can grab an egg or two that look so cute.

    Laura replies: Disneyland does some fun things to celebrate Easter, though the parks are busier than usual because it’s Spring Break.