Theme Park Bits: Pixar Pier Edition - New Pixar Pier Glimpses, Interactive Pixar Ball, ‘Inside Out’ Candy Apples
In this (mostly Pixar Pier-related) edition of Theme Park Bits:
Cast Members are currently training inside of Lamplight Lounge as they prepare for the opening of#PixarPieron June 23rd!pic.twitter.com/lF79ugNCMr
— WDW News Today (@WDWNT)June 25, 2025
Disney California Adventure underwent the last bit of preparation this week for Pixar Pier’s opening on June 23. As mentionedlast week, there will also be a brand spanking new Incredibles float joining the Paint the Night Parade on this same date. Below, you may see that float coming to life.
If you want to actually meet the Incredibles, you’ll be able to do that in the Incredibles Park area. Pixar Pier will also have an interactive Pixar ball, as you can see below.
In case you missed it, there’s a first look at the overhauled California Dreamin' roller coaster from California Adventure Park that has been turned into The Incredicoaster. A video takes you through the ride and surrounding environmentover here.
On the way into Pixar Pier, guests will encounterfour billboardswith Pixar characters and messages that read, “The Adventure Is Down There!”, “Find Your Special Moment!”, “Still No Arrests?”, and “How Come, Chief Willoughby?”
Actually, we don’t know the messages or designs of those last two billboards yet, but it’s not often I get the opportunity to referenceThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouriin Theme Park Bits, so I’ll take my wins where I can get ‘em.
Lamplight Lounge prices are up there 📈 🤑#PixarPierpic.twitter.com/bPhuKs2Iqd
— Guy Selga (@guyselga)July 24, 2025
One thing we do know about Pixar Pier is that its Lamplight Lounge will not be catering to budget travelers. $21.00 for a Grilled Chicken Salad? Yowza. At least the restaurant has a nice decor.
Lamplight Lounge isn’t the only option for food in Pixar Pier, of course. Full menus for Adorable Snowman Frozen Treats, Jack-Jack Cookie Num Nums, Poultry Palace, Senor Buzz Churros, Angry Dogs, and Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff are availablehere. There’s a foodie guide up over onDisney Parks Blogwith pictures of some of the offerings at these places.
We’re obsessed with these Inside Out-themed candy apples from Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff opening at#PixarPier:https://t.co/itWaUdLtVVpic.twitter.com/b1vkwo6nhJ
— Oh My Disney (@OhMyDisney)July 13, 2025
Bing Bong’s will actually open later in the summer, and when it does, you’ll be able to getInside Out-themed candy applesthere. How do you like them apples?
A lot of work has gone into the reimagining of Paradise Pier as Pixar Pier. Above, you can get a feel for some of that as Walt Disney Imagineers talk about their collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios.
A few random bits, not related to Pixar Pier:
The Enchanted Tiki Room is celebrating is 55th anniversary on June 23 with exclusive food andFunko Pop figures.
Walt Disney Worldbus times are now availablethrough the My Disney Experience app.
Disappearing ink is one thing, butmagic transparent walls? That’s sorcery!
WDW News Todayreports that Epcot’s Frozen Ever After ride “will be cloned and appear almost unchanged at both Hong Kong [Disneyland] and [Walt Disney Studios] Paris.” Both of these parks haveFrozen-themed lands coming to them in the future,as does Tokyo DisneySea, but the same site reports that DisneySea “has decided to build something original and more lavish related toFrozen.”
Finally, here’s a quick round-up of other recent theme park-related stories you might have missed on /Film:
