Most of the Disney Halloween lineup at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea is unchanged for 2026. Here is what is new, what is returning, and how to plan a visit.
Urayasu, Japan — Oriental Land Co. has announced the 2026 Disney Halloween season at Tokyo Disney Resort, running September 16 through October 31 at both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. The Coco-inspired Lazos de la Familia event at Tokyo DisneySea runs slightly longer, September 16 through November 2.
The 2026 lineup is largely a return of what ran in 2025. The overnight Villains’ parade, Mediterranean Harbor’s boat-based Halloween greeting, the annual Haunted Mansion Nightmare Before Christmas overlay, Night High Halloween fireworks, and the two costume windows all come back unchanged. Five items are new, and one of them is the resort’s biggest fall entertainment story of the year.
What’s new for 2026
1. Lazos de la Familia expands to a wider area of Lost River Delta. The Coco-inspired event debuted at Tokyo DisneySea in 2025 as a first-year offering centered on a single bridge in the Lost River Delta area of the park. For 2026, Oriental Land says the event will expand across additional parts of Lost River Delta and adds an illuminated marigold-covered bridge as a new nighttime effect. It runs September 16 through November 2.
2. Miguel from Coco gets a two-look character greeting. Miguel appeared at Lost River Delta in 2025 in a semi-formal, drop-in greeting format. For 2026, the greeting is formalized and Miguel changes costumes during the day: his Land of the Living look in the mornings, his Land of the Dead look in the afternoons.
3. The D-Groovationz4 Live premieres at Showbase on September 30. This is the fall entertainment headline. The new stage show at Tokyo Disneyland’s Showbase venue replaces Club Mouse Beat, which ran from July 2021 through its final performance on March 31, 2026. D-Groovationz4 is a new performance troupe of four singers and 12 dancers, and it marks the first-ever Tokyo Disney Resort stage-show appearances of Vanellope from Wreck-It Ralph and Baymax from Big Hero 6. It is not strictly Halloween-themed, but it launches during the fall season and was included in the July 13 announcement.
4. Two new debut menu items. At Miguel’s El Dorado Cantina in Lost River Delta, a spicy tortilla-wrapped cheese dog debuts alongside Lazos de la Familia. At Tokyo DisneySea’s Lookout Cookout, a Halloween-themed snack box is billed as a new menu item.
5. New photo spots and a Palazzo Canals mural. Tokyo Disneyland is adding new photo spots at the park entrance and in Toontown. Tokyo DisneySea is adding new pumpkin decorations at the entrance and a mural of Mickey and Minnie in Italian-area outfits at Palazzo Canals in Mediterranean Harbor.
What’s returning for 2026
The following are back for another year, but if visitors experienced them in 2025 they will find them familiar.
The Villains’ Halloween “Into the Frenzy” parade returns to Tokyo Disneyland for its third consecutive year. The 45-minute daily parade features six floats, flame and smoke effects, and the same lineup of villains it launched with in 2024: Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog, Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook, Maleficent, Jafar, and Ursula, along with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy. It is sponsored by Daiwa House Industry Co. and stops in the Westernland and Fantasyland area, the Plaza, and again in Tomorrowland and Toontown.
Disney Halloween Greeting returns to Mediterranean Harbor at Tokyo DisneySea. The 15-minute boat-based show runs twice daily with Mickey, Minnie, Duffy, ShellieMay, and other Disney friends in Halloween treat-inspired costumes. Guests can join a trick-or-treat themed dance.
Haunted Mansion “Holiday Nightmare” returns to Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland for its annual Nightmare Before Christmas overlay, running September 15, 2026 through January 7, 2027.
Night High Halloween returns to both parks with short fireworks displays set to Halloween music.
Duffy and Friends’ Autumn Surprise! takes over the recurring Duffy autumn program slot at Tokyo DisneySea’s Cape Cod area from August 25 through November 1. The 2026 story features Gelatoni painting the autumn sunset, StellaLou dancing as autumn flowers, CookieAnn creating fizzing candy, and Duffy dropping a box of leaves and origami.
Merchandise, hotel menus, Resort Line day passes, and Ikspiari decorations all return as annual items with refreshed designs.
Dates and costume policy
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea will accept full character costumes on two specific windows: September 15 through September 30, and October 16 through October 31. The middle window, October 1 through October 15, is a costume blackout during which guests are requested to refrain from wearing full character costumes. This is not a new restriction. The resort ran the same pattern in 2025.
Merchandise, special menus, the Haunted Mansion overlay, and the first costume window all begin September 15, one day before the event itself opens on September 16. Oriental Land followed the same one-day offset last year.
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