{"id":316014,"date":"2026-05-14T21:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316014\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:15:11","slug":"new-memories-made-bluey-arrives-at-disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316014\/","title":{"rendered":"New Memories Made: Bluey Arrives at Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The writer\u2019s son celebrates seeing Bingo at Disneyland.
Photos by Charly SHELTON<\/p>\n

By Charly SHELTON<\/p>\n

There are certain moments as a parent when you realize a character has crossed from \u201cTV show\u201d into something much bigger. For a lot of families right now, that character is Bluey.<\/p>\n

Disneyland recently introduced a new Bluey-themed show and gathering area, complete with photo ops and games and snacks and (of course) merchandising opportunities. And judging by the reactions around the park, the little blue heeler may currently be more powerful than half of the Disney catalog \u2013 combined. Small children were sprinting across pathways like they\u2019d just spotted The Beatles in 1964.<\/p>\n

I took my two sons to the park for my younger son\u2019s second birthday \u2013 his request was to meet Spidey-Man and Mickey; Bluey was an added bonus \u2013 and while I expected him to be excited for Bluey, I underestimated just how strongly he\u2019d react to Bingo.<\/p>\n

The moment Bingo appeared, he let out a tiny warrior yell before charging forward through the crowd with complete determination. Not Bluey; Bingo \u2013 the little sister.<\/p>\n

\"\"Disneyland recently introduced a new Bluey-themed show and gathering area at the park.<\/p>\n

Being a younger sibling himself, he seemed to deeply understand Bingo\u2019s role in the show: constantly getting swept into big-kid chaos but making the best of it with oblivious optimism that is a bulwark of his personality. Through all the toys and the repeated viewings of the series on Disney Plus, I never put it together that he was more into Bingo or that he would identify with her so strongly. Not until Disneyland.<\/p>\n

The Bluey offering itself is fairly simple \u2013 more character interaction and dance-party energy than a full-scale show \u2013 but that simplicity is part of why it works. The show understands the audience. Little kids don\u2019t need elaborate storytelling or cutting-edge technology. They just want to dance, wave, yell character names and maybe emotionally process life through animated Australian cattle dogs.<\/p>\n

And Disneyland, to its credit, understands that too.<\/p>\n

\"\"Families watched the show at Disneyland.<\/p>\n

It felt strangely unifying seeing dozens of toddlers simultaneously lose their minds while exhausted parents stood nearby clutching coffee. In a park built around nostalgia, Bluey currently represents something more immediate: a franchise today\u2019s kids are actively building memories around in real time.<\/p>\n

The rest of the Disneyland day unfolded as expected \u2013 rides, snacks, crowds, strollers being driven with the tactical aggression of Roman chariots \u2013 but the Bluey moment was the thing that stuck with me afterward.<\/p>\n

Not because it was elaborate or groundbreaking but just because it was genuine.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the magic at Disneyland isn\u2019t the interactive technological elements that you can purchase to enhance your ride experience or the billion-dollar attractions that break down every 20 minutes because the ride system developed was too complex to be run by theme park employees. For those of us who grew up with Disneyland, the magic memories that we return to come from living your favorite dream in real life \u2013 meeting Mickey at his house, flying with Peter Pan, sailing on a jungle adventure or joining a pirate crew. The magic at Disneyland comes from the connection to the characters and the stories that make a difference in your life. And sometimes, the magic is a 2-year-old screaming \u201cBINGO!\u201d with the passion of a medieval battle cry as the torch is passed to a new generation who will make magic memories to keep the spirit of what is Disneyland really: alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The writer\u2019s son celebrates seeing Bingo at Disneyland.Photos by Charly SHELTON By Charly SHELTON There are certain moments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-316014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}