Opening day of Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure came with a handful of changes around the park. Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from Zootopia are meeting guests in Hollywood Land, Beef from Hexed has joined the Animation Academy lineup, and the first showing of the Mickey’s Happy Holidays cavalcade did not go out as scheduled.
Nick And Judy Are Meeting In Hollywood Land
Nick and Judy from Zootopia are now meeting guests near the Festival of Holidays stage in Hollywood Land:
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Nick and Judy have a holiday photo spot near the Festival of Holidays stage in Hollywood Land. Their backdrop is a pastel city skyline framed by an archway covered in garland and colorful ornaments, with oversized wrapped presents along the front. Nick is wearing a pink shirt and Judy is dressed in blue.
The pair are part of the holiday characters Disney is scheduling in Hollywood Land this season, so they should be a regular sight through the end of the festival on January 6, 2027.
Mickey’s Happy Holidays Skipped Its First Show
The first showing of Mickey’s Happy Holidays cavalcade has been canceled:
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The first run of Mickey’s Happy Holidays on the season’s opening day was canceled. The cavalcade was scheduled for 11:15 AM along Hollywood Boulevard, with two more performances on the day’s schedule at 12:50 PM and 3:00 PM, so guests who missed the first one still had chances to see it.
Beef Is On The Animation Academy Board
Beef on the board at Animation Academy. If you are not familiar with this character, he is the three-eyed cat in the upcoming Disney animated feature, Hexed.
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Animation Academy, where an artist teaches guests to draw a Disney character in a class that runs 20 to 30 minutes, has added Beef, the three-eyed cat from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Hexed, to its daily board. Beef has the 6:00 PM class, sharing the board with favorites like Grogu, Stitch, Agent P, Olaf, Baymax, Goofy and Minnie Mouse. Hexed opens in theaters November 25.
Avengers Campus Gets A Sign And Some Repairs To Do
Two broken things at Guardians: the plaque beneath the Collector’s statue, and the animatronic Vyloo. Rocket has returned to the left-side office, though:
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In the queue for Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission: BREAKOUT!, the plaque beneath the Collector’s statue is broken and the animatronic Vyloo is out of order. There is good news in the same queue, though, as Rocket is back in his spot in the left-side office, perched above the pipes.
After 5 years, someone decided that the photo op at the Ancient Sanctum in Avengers Campus needed a sign to help guests find it.
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Also, concrete is being poured in front of the future Stark Flight Lab, presumably as part of a walkway:
Five years after Avengers Campus opened, the photo spot at the Ancient Sanctum finally has a sign pointing it out. The new “Photo Spot” marker stands at the edge of the black and white checkered floor where guests line up their shots.
Nearby, concrete is being poured in front of the future Stark Flight Lab, behind blue construction walls with a tall green crane still rising over the site. It looks like the start of a walkway leading to the new attraction. Avengers Campus has another big date coming up first, as the Fantastic Four arrive in the land on November 20.
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