Disneyland at Home: Bringing Home the Magic When You Can’t Go There

There are those bright shining Zip-a-dee-doo-dah days when there’s nowhere you would rather be. Here’s how to have the magic of Disneyland at home.

Disneyland at Home: Bringing Home the Magic When You Can’t Go There

You can experience Disneyland at home with very little effort. Sure it doesn’t beat the real thing, but sometimes you have to get that magic fix. Even when you have stuck thousands of miles away. If it’s a Zip-a-dee-doo-dah day and you have nowhere else to go, sit back and use these proven methods to bring out the joy of Disneyland at home.

Stream Disneyland Inspired Playlists (or buy the official album)

The best way to fill your home with the wonderful world of Disney is to flood the airwaves with Disney park music and music playlists inspired by the Disney parks. Attraction soundtracks, background music, Disney movie soundtracks, and more are a great way to capture the feeling of Disneyland at home. The official Disneyland album (link above) is the best collection of Disneyland recordings to bring you back to that magical place.

Plan an Imaginary, or Future Trip

Disneyland has an official website that is ideal for planning your next Disneyland vacation, real or imagined. It includes an interactive map of the parks, full menus for every restaurant, and lots of other planning features. Even if you can’t really go to Disneyland, you can see what you would do if you could be there right now. It’s fun to fantasize about the perfect Disneyland trip, whether you wind up booking that magical vacation or not.

Make Your Favorite Disney Treats and Eats

There is a wide assortment of Disney cookbooks to choose from for enjoying the food of Disneyland at home. You can DIY your own Disney treats using promising inspiration from the web, or follow official recipes like Walt Disney’s favorite chili. Enjoying your favorite Disney foods is a great way to experience Disneyland from afar, even if the recipes don’t come out perfectly. It’s fun to try.

Manipulate Your Memories

The best way to take you back to a time when you were actually at Disneyland is to stimulate those memories using special blends of scents. There are crafty designers on Etsy that make specialized candles that smell like environments unique to Disneyland. It’s no secret that Disney uses pumps to fill the air with specialized scents. You can use the same principle at home to feel like you are there.

Watch Disney Media

• Attraction POV Videos
• Disneyland Vlogs
• Disney Plus Disneyland Specials

You can also use our Disney Movie Bingo printable to watch some of your favorite Disney movies. 

It is so easy to get a Disney fix just by logging into your computer or turning on the TV. You can have the vicarious bliss of riding your favorite Disneyland attractions by watching videos on youtube that show first-person POV ride through. There are also plenty of vlogs that provide looks inside the parks. Fresh Baked is the best source of regular Disneyland content that consistently highlights the beautiful surroundings Disneyland has to offer.

Disney Plus subscribers can benefit from so much Disney content, including shows that inspired the park and shows inspired by the Disney parks. You can watch Disneyland specials hosted by Walt Disney and even a whole series on the history of Imagineering.

Watch To Watch On Disney+ That’s Disneyland Related

Here’s a list of movies and series you can watch on Disney+ that will remind you of Disneyland. 

MAIN STREET, U.S.A.

• America’s Heart and Soul
• America’s National Parks
• Encore!, ep 112 “Ragtime”
• Glory Road
• Invincible
• Lady and the Tramp
• Lady and the Tramp (Live-Action)
• Mary Poppins
• Miracle
• Old Yeller
• Pollyanna
• Remember the Titans
• Secretariat
• The Greatest Game Ever Played
• The Rookie

TOMORROWLAND

• Apollo: Missions to the Moon
• Expedition Mars: Spirit & Opportunity
• Finding Dory
• Finding Nemo
• Mars Inside Spacex
• Miles from Tomorrowland
• Mission to the Sun
• Phil of the Future
• Science Fair
• The Rocketeer
• Toy Story 1-4
• Tron
• Tron: Legacy
• WALL-E
• Year Million
• Zenon Girl of the 21st Century

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FANTASYLAND

• Aladdin
• Alice in Wonderland
• Babes in Toyland
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Dumbo
• Escape to Witch Mountain
• Fantasia
• Frozen 1-2
• Onward (Streaming April 3)
• Pete’s Dragon (1977)
• Peter Pan
• Pinocchio
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Tangled
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
• The Little Mermaid
• The Sword in the Stone

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FRONTIERLAND

• Davy Crockett: And the River Pirates
• Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
• Encore!, ep 105 “Annie Get Your Gun”
• Encore!, ep 106 “Oklahoma!”
• Pocahontas
• Sheriff Callie’s Wild West
• Spin and Marty
• Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
• The Adventures of Huck Finn
• The Journey of Natty Gann
• Those Calloways
• Tom and Huck
• White Fang

MICKEY’S TOONTOWN

• A Goofy Movie
• An Extremely Goofy Movie
• Chef Donald
• Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers
• Donald’s Tire Trouble
• DuckTales (1990)
• DuckTales (2017)
• Fun and Fancy Free
• Goof Troop
• Hawaiian Holiday
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Pluto and the Gopher
• Steamboat Willie
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE

• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Wars: A New Hope
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars: Rebels
• Star Wars: Resistance
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
• The Mandalorian

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CRITTER COUNTRY

• A Bug’s Life
• Bambi
• Brother Bear
• Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet
• Piglet’s Big Movie
• The Fox & the Hound
• The Incredible Dr. Pol
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Unlikely Animal Friends (Season 1–2)
• Winnie the Pooh
• Zootopia

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NEW ORLEANS SQUARE

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• The Haunted Mansion
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• The Princess and the Frog

ADVENTURELAND

• African Cats (Disneynature)
• Aladdin
• Aladdin (Live Action)
• Aladdin: The King of Thieves
• Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
• Chimpanzee (Disneynature)
• Lion King’s Timon & Pumbaa
• Lost Cities with Albert Lin
• Lost Treasures of the Maya
• Moana
• Swiss Family Robinson
• Tarzan
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• The Lion King
• The Lion King (Live Action)
• The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride