Celebrate with your sweetie, best pal, dearest friends or cherished family members at Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite. Disneyland Park will transform into a celebration of love with unique entertainment, Disney Characters, specialty food and beverages, shorter attraction wait times and so much more.
Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite Tickets & Dates
Tickets for Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite are now on sale on Disneyland’s website for all nine event nights: January 22, 25, 27 and February 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17 2026.
Each Sweethearts’ Nite will take place from 9pm to 1am but also includes early admission to Disneyland Park three hours before the event begins. Guests with a ticket to the event will not need to make theme park reservations on their ticketed event night if they enter Disneyland Park at 6pm or later. Ticket holders will receive a souvenir keepsake such as a Sweethearts’ Nite credential and an event guide map, plus unlimited digital downloads of Disney PhotoPass photos taken throughout the event.
Sweethearts’ Nite takes place on nine different nights in 2026. There are a limited number of tickets available for each night (available while supplies last) and ticket prices for each event night are as follows:
| January 22, 2026 | $169 |
| January 25, 2026 | $169 |
| January 27, 2026 | $159 |
| February 3, 2026 (sold out) | $159 |
| February 5, 2026 (sold out) | $169 |
| February 8, 2026 | $185 |
| February 10, 2026 | $185 |
| February 12, 2026 | $185 |
| February 17, 2026 | $159 |
New and Returning Things to Do
During each Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite, get ready to celebrate love and romance with themed foods, entertainment and more.
Themed Foods
Sweethearts’ Nite will include specialty themed food for a night of romance and fun. Specialty menu items will be available at these table-service restaurants: Cafe Orleans, River Belle Terrace, and Carnation Café, subject to availability. Reservations are recommended for table-service restaurants and can be booked on Disneyland’s website closer to the event dates.
At Galactic Grill, a triple berry slushy with a Mickey-shaped glow cube will be new for the 2026 event nights. Returning favorites include surf n’ turf loaded fries at Red Rose Taverne and a Mickey-shaped strawberry cream puff at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante.
The full list of themed foods available for the 2026 Sweethearts’ Nites will be announced at a later date so please check back.
Themed Entertainment
Get ready for some new and returning entertainment during each Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite in 2026. Here’s a look at what guests can experience:
- New for 2026 will be the Celebrate Love Cavalcade honoring best friends, soulmates, and family alike. Look for Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and their pals to fill the air with love during this enchanting procession down Main Street, U.S.A.
- Also new for 2026 will be Once Upon a Dream – A Musical Journey Through the Disney Songbook show, a musical look at love and romance, featuring live singers and a variety of Disney royalty that culminates in a nighttime ball beneath the stars.
- Another new entertainment experience will be Disney Duets at The Golden Horseshoe in Frontierland where you can pair up to sing popular karaoke duets.
- Returning entertainment includes a Live Mariachi band with beautiful vocals accompanied by string and brass instruments in traditional Mexican musical form.
- Swing, sway, and twirl to your heart’s content with Donald Duck and Daisy Duck at the Valentine’s Dance Party at Tomorrowland Terrace. A DJ will energize the night with lively music while Disney Characters dance the night away.
- Experience a floating “under the stars” nightclub as the Mark Twain Riverboat transforms into Lou-Ray Jazz Club and sails around the Rivers of America, treating you to jazz music beneath the night sky.
- Get a photo with some of your favorite Disney couples and friends during special Character Experiences including:
- Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse
- Winnie the Pooh & Friends
- The Madrigal Sisters—Mirabel, Luisa and Isabela from Encanto
- Milo Thatch and Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Belle and Beast from Beauty and the Beast
- Snow White and Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella
- Disney PhotoPass photographers will be on-hand to snap your picture with scenic Photo Backdrops throughout the park. Step into scenes from some of your favorite films such as Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Aristocats, Tangled, Aladdin, Lady and the Tramp, and more.
Sweethearts’ Nite Merchandise
Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite will include new merchandise available only to attendees during each event night. This year’s collection includes a Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse ear headband, trading pin, T-shirt, zip-up hoodie and tumbler.
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As always, I’ll “see ya real soon” Mouseketeers!
