Snow has landed on the Disneyland entrance gates, a week before the holiday season even starts. Guests walking up on Friday, November 6 found the tops of the entrance gates covered in a thick layer of white, with oversized snowflakes rising above them. Over in the Downtown Disney District, Anna, Elsa and Olaf went up overnight, surrounded by a small forest of freshly decorated Christmas trees.
Holidays at the Disneyland Resort run from November 13, 2026 through January 6, 2027, so the crews are getting the big pieces in place with a week to spare. The welcome signs on the esplanade have already switched over too. They now read “The Holidays Begin Here” with the Nov. 13 to Jan. 6 dates, flanked by two holiday panels. One shows Sleeping Beauty Castle glowing in icy winter lights, and the other shows the Pixar Pal-A-Round wheel lit up over Pixar Pier at night.
I’m so ready 🥹
— Matt Desmond (@DisneyScoopGuy) November 6, 2026
A Snowy Welcome At The Gates
The snow sits along the top of the entrance gates from one end to the other, with clusters of white snowflakes and frosty scrollwork spaced across the roofline. Under Friday’s clear blue sky, the white trim stands out from all the way across the esplanade, with a crowd already gathered at the turnstiles below.
It’s snowed on the entrance gates of Disneyland!
— Matt Desmond (@DisneyScoopGuy) November 6, 2026
Anna And Elsa Arrive In Downtown Disney
The Frozen sisters stand together in one of the Downtown Disney planters, with Olaf at their side and big white snowflakes around them. The planters nearby are now packed with Christmas trees, some dressed in white and silver, others in red ornaments and bows, with more snowflake sculptures and white flowers filling in the beds below.
Anna and Elsa went up overnight in Downtown Disney and we already have so many Christmas trees!
— Matt Desmond (@DisneyScoopGuy) November 6, 2026
Downtown Disney has been dressing up all week. Earlier, we saw It’s A Small World’s clock get its Santa hat back as snowflakes filled Downtown Disney.
What Comes Next
Once the season starts on November 13, Downtown Disney adds nightly “snowfall,” live music on the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage and Chip and Dale’s Ornament Trail. The same day, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, the Believe… in Holiday Magic fireworks, Haunted Mansion Holiday and “it’s a small world” Holiday return to Disneyland park, and World of Color – Season of Light comes back to Disney California Adventure. Santa will greet guests through December 24 at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in Disney California Adventure and at a new spot in Mickey’s Toontown, the Trolley Barn near Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin. Holiday food arrives with the season as well, and our Disneyland holiday food guide has everything from the Holiday Leftover Burrito to the French Dip Grilled Cheese.
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