Disneyland on $67 per day? Special discount rate offered to Southern California residents

Disneyland heads into its 65th year with a discounted admission that carries a savings more than $100 for Southern California residents and “kids everywhere,” just in time for the opening of a highly anticipated new “Star Wars” themed ride.

Southern California residents can purchase a three-day ticket for $199 – just under $67 per day – which allows the guest to visit one park per day through May 18. Tickets can be used on consecutive or separate days through May 21.

Guests can purchase up to five tickets per person, per day.

The price carries a savings of at least $101 per person over the regular cost of a three-day pass.

The tickets – priced the same for all ages – include one “Magic Morning” early admission to Disneyland, which gets guests into the park an hour before it opens, officials announced on Tuesday.

Qualifying residents must live within 90000-93599 ZIP codes in California or the Northern Baja California ZIP codes of 21000-22999.

Tickets can be purchased online at Disneyland.disney.go.com/3-day-southern-california-ticket-offer or through a travel agent.

Families visiting the park from outside Southern California can take advantage of the $67 admission prices for children ages 3 to 9, with the purchase of a three-day, one-park per day ticket.

New experiences await in 2020

On July 17, Disneyland – the only Disney theme park Walt Disney was involved with creating from start to finish – marks its 65th anniversary.

This year promises a variety of new rides and experiences at both Anaheim parks, starting with the scheduled Jan. 17 opening of “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.”

Rise of the Resistance – billed by Disney as “one of the most ambitious, advanced and immersive experiences ever undertaken by Walt Disney Imagineering” – recently opened to rave reviews at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., and is the second ride for “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” Disneyland’s newest “land” which opened in May.

Guests board a full-size transport shuttle that is captured by a Star Destroyer, placing them in the middle of a climactic battle between the dark side of the First Order and the light side of the Resistance, including BB-8 and Rey.

Along the way, guests will come face-to-face with some fan favorite “Star Wars” characters including Resistance heroes Poe and Finn, as well as Kylo Ren and General Hux of the First Order.

“The adventure blurs the lines between fantasy and reality on a scale never seen before in a Disney attraction,” officials say.

Here's what's also coming in 2020:

Lunar New Year

Celebrate the Year of the Mouse at California Adventure with a festival from Jan. 17 through Feb. 9 with a variety of offerings, including “Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession and the return of “Hurry Home – Lunar New Year Celebration” prior to “World of Color;” a Lucky Wishing Wall; foods inspired by Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures, and more.

'Magic Happens' parade

The parade is scheduled to debut at Disneyland on Feb. 28, featuring an energetic musical score and a new song, co-composed by singer-songwriter Todrick Hall.

The all-new daytime parade celebrates awe-inspiring moments of magic that are at the heart of many Disney stories and feature floats, costumes, and beloved Disney characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” and “Moana,” plus “Coco,” “Sleeping Beauty” and more, all led by Mickey Mouse and his pals.

Welcome to the Avengers Campus

The campus is set to open at Disney California Adventure Park, though an actual date has not been announced.

The campus, set up by the Avengers to recruit the next generation of Super Heroes, will open with the first Disney ride-through attraction to feature Spider-Man. Guests will enter the attraction at the Worldwide Engineering Brigade – WEB.

During an open house at WEB, aspiring inventors will invite guests along for a test drive of their latest invention: the Web-Slinger vehicle, which allows guests to sling webs like Spider-Man as they help the superhero collect Spider-Bots that have run amok across the campus.

Avengers Campus will also feature Pym Test Kitchen, an eatery where Ant-Man and The Wasp will use their growing and shrinking technology, Pym Particles, to create big and little foods.

Throughout the campus, guests will have opportunities to interact with legendary Super Heroes, including Ant-Man, The Wasp, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther and his elite guards, as well as Thor and Iron Man.

Additionally, guests will get caught up in the middle of incredible action around the Avengers Headquarters, as Super Heroes such as Black Widow and Black Panther battle intruders and save the day.

The iconic Avengers Headquarters building will become the entrance to a new attraction to come, officials said.

Desert Sun reporter Sherry Barkas covers the cities of La Quinta, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert. She can be reached at sherry.barkas@thedesertsun.com or (760) 778-4694. Follow her on Twitter @TDSsherry