Halloween is one of the BEST seasons to visit Disneyland Resort, especially if you head on over to Disney California Adventure. That’s right, it’s finally time to kick off the Halloween season!

One of the best ways to celebrate the season is Oogie Boogie Bash! This after-hours event is a full night of Halloween fun with special snacks and all of your favorite villains. We’re here for the first party of 2026, and we’re showing you EVERYTHING you need to know!

 

The Basics

Oogie Boogie Bash runs on select nights from August 18th to October 31st and is a separately ticketed event in Disney California Adventure where the park is completely transformed into a Halloween spectacular. The event is five hours long, but with lower crowds than normal, there’s SO much you can get done!

Tickets range from $139 to $199, with nights closer to Halloween being the most expensive. The event starts at 6 PM and runs until 11 PM. You can get into the park as early as 3 PM with an event ticket, but the official party fun doesn’t start until 6 PM.

Crowds

These after-hours parties can be pretty busy, and we were expecting long lines for exclusive merchandise and characters. However, when we visited the party on opening night, we noticed that the crowds were not as intense as we expected. Even all the treat trail lines moved pretty quick!

We made sure to pick up our wristband first thing, and then we were ready to party!

These wristbands are how Cast Members check and make sure you’re supposed to be in the park for the party, so be sure to keep yours visible at all times.

Event Guide

Make sure you grab an event guide when you get to the park! This map will show you where to find all the characters, treat trails, snacks, and more. Photo locations for PhotoPass are also listed, and you get FREE access to them all night with your party ticket, so our advice? Take advantage of each and every one!

The event guide is a great souvenir, but it’s also PACKED full of information for the evening. You can use this event guide to help plan out your evening and see where everything is located in the park.

In fact, we recommend stopping to look over the map the moment you grab it, rather than waiting until later at night.

Merchandise

Who doesn’t love exclusive merchandise? We know we’re suckers for it every year! There are tons of exclusive merchandise you can find throughout the event, although one of our favorites had to be these Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie Ears!

Make sure to dedicate some of your time at Oogie Boogie to explore all the great merchandise!

Treat Trails

One unique part about Oogie Boogie Bash is the immersive treat trails. You can grab free candy while walking through themed trails with some of your favorite villains. Disney provides a free candy bag when you arrive at the event, but you can also bring another one if you’d like. In fact, you can walk through these trails as many times as you’d like! 

These are some of the best ways to see some super rare Disney Villains. While they’re not traditional meet-and-greets (in order to keep the lines moving), we still find it super cool. It’s a big draw each year, so expect to see some long lines — they do traditionally move fast, though! First up, we saw  Yzma at her treat trail in Grizzly Peak. She is a brand-new character this year, and we were thrilled to see her make an appearance at Oogie Boogie.

You can also spot the host himself, Oogie Boogie, at his treat trail over in the Disney Animation building in Hollywood Land.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb has returned this year with a treat trail at the Disney Junior Theater in Hollywood Land.

You can find Ernesto de la Cruz singing to guests at the treat trail located just outside Avengers Campus in Hollywood Land.

There is also a treat trail in Pixar Pier featuring Syndrome. 

It was Agatha all along! You can find Agatha Harkness over in Avengers Campus.

Over in Grizzly Peak, you can find a treat trail featuring the Mistress of All Evil, Maleficent. 

You can also spot everyone’s favorite temperamental villain Hades!

Finally, you can visit Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit near Hollywood Lounge in Hollywood Land.

Villains Grove

Redwood Creek Challenge Trail is the place to be for a full walkthrough experience with some of the best Disney Villains around.

This year, the sections you’ll get to explore are:

• Frollo’s Sanctuary
• Maleficent’s Will
• Queen of Hearts Garden
• Scar’s Elephant Graveyard
• Dr. Facilier’s Friends on the Other Side
• The Wicked Queen’s Lightning Forest
• Home of the Wisps
• Dawn

While this is a bit spookier, no one is intentionally trying to scare you, and there aren’t any jump scares. Still, it may be helpful to prepare younger kiddos for what they’re going to experience, and perhaps go through when it’s still light outside if you’re concerned.

Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake – A Haunted Mansion Street Party

This year, the beloved Frightfully Fun Parade has been replaced by a new offering, Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake – A Haunted Mansion Street Party, due to construction around the backstage area.

This is a new parade of its own kind, full of spooky music, energetic dancing, and spirited Characters. If you’re a big fan of Haunted Mansion, we’ve got a feeling you’ll LOVE this!

We absolutely loved this experience, so be sure to check your guide for times and prioritize seeing this during your time at Oogie Boogie!

Food

This year, there have been tons of Halloween eats announced for Disneyland Resort, but none of them are only available during Oogie Boogie Bash! Regardless, we did choose to snag a few treats during the party to give them a try. We headed over to Schmoozies! first to snag the Matcha Mickey-shaped Waffles filled with banana custard.

From the Cappuccino Cart, we snagged the Mickey-shaped Waffle Macaron. This is a Mickey-shaped macaron filled with salted maple buttercream, maple syrup, and chocolate-coated waffle pieces.

Click here for FULL REVIEWS of all the Disneyland Halloween Treats we tried this year!

 

Attractions

Three attractions in Disney California Adventure change to a Halloween theme, and we recommend adding these to the top of your list during the night!

• Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree
• Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween
• Guardians of the Galaxy — Monsters After Dark

We will continue to keep you posted on ALL the Disneyland Halloween news, so stay tuned to Disney Food Blog so you never miss anything!

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Are you going to Oogie Boogie Bash this year? Let us know in the comments!