Disney Dreamlight Valleyhas consistently included holiday-themed events since the game’s launch in 2022. From trick-or-treating to wintery gift giving,Disney Dreamlight Valleyincludes not only great holiday-themed gift giving for these new events, but new holiday-themed items in the season’s Star Path. WhileDisney Dreamlight Valleytends to do large updates in preparation for a new season rather than smaller refreshes throughout a season of the game,Disney Dreamlight Valleycould up its holiday festivities by including a new event based on one celebration in particular.
There is some precedent for this celebration inDisney Dreamlight Valleyalready. With a few pre-existing items already available in the game, it makes perfect sense forDisney Dreamlight Valleyto expand New Year’s and New Year’s Eve festivities into a full-blown event of some kind.
Ring in the New Year in Disney Dreamlight Valley
This past New Years Day,Disney Dreamlight Valleyadded a new premium bundle to its Premium Shop to celebrate 2025. The New Year Celebration Bundle includes a Party Confetti Machine, a Party Photo Backdrop, a Party Disco Ball, and a Neon Symbol Signshaped like Mickey Mouse. These furniture items can be hung up by players wherever they’d like around the Valley or in the game’s new Floating Islands to create their own pseudo-celebration of the New Year.
One of the most memorable aspects of any New Year’s celebration is fireworks. Fortunately for players who would like to ring in the new year,Disney Dreamlight Valleyhas a couple of firework items in the game. The most obvious example is the Fireworks Mount, which was added inDisney Dreamlight Valley’s A Rift in Time expansion. This craftable furniture item is part of the Eternity Isle Crafting and Furniture Sets Collections.
Players also had the chance to obtain Stage Fireworksduring the Night Show Star Pathif they purchased the Premium Rewards track. This Tier 4 item is interactive and triggers a small fireworks animation that functions indoors and outdoors. If players missed out on the Night Show Star Path or don’t have the Rift in Time expansion, they can spend 1,200 Moonstones in the Premium Shop to buy a Fireworks Display from Scrooge McDuck himself.
While the New Year Celebration Bundle andDisney Dreamlight Valley’s various firework items are available for players who would like to celebrate the new year with their favorite simulation game, this method is a tad lackluster in comparison to other holiday celebrations in the game. The New Year Celebration Bundle was also released after New Year’s Eve, well after when festivities tend to occur. Fortunately for Gameloft and Disney, another hit simulation game could serve as inspiration for a New Year’s Eve event inDisney Dreamlight Valley.
Animal Crossing’s Fireworks Show Could Inspire Disney Dreamlight Valley’s New Year’s Celebrations
WhileAnimal Crossing’s Fireworks Showis not exclusively a New Year’s celebration, the festivities could certainly be a great model forDisney Dreamlight Valley. The Fireworks Festival became anAnimal Crossingtradition in its first installment, with fireworks exploding throughout town every Saturday throughout August.
The Fireworks Festival has remaineda summer festivity inAnimal Crossingtitles, but the game notably also shoots off fireworks at the end of its New Year’s Eve countdown. LikeAnimal Crossing,Disney Dreamlight Valleyis synced to a player’s real world local time. Shooting off fireworks at midnight on New Year’s Day is a small, but memorable way to celebrate an upcoming year that could boost realism in the game and expand the holiday.
IfDisney Dreamlight Valleytruly wanted to emulateAnimal Crossing,Scrooge could essentially take overthe role Redd holds during the Fireworks Show. Players could stumble across Scrooge selling fireworks, which they could shoot off alongside the programmed fireworks animations at midnights. Other objects like confetti cannons or party poppers could be great items for this hypothetical feature.
With so much content inDisney Dreamlight Valley, it’s understandable that not every single holiday gets its own full-fledged event. But as players venture into 2025, perhapsDisney Dreamlight Valleycould consider how it will celebrate 2026.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley is a hybrid between a life-sim and an adventure game rich with quests, exploration, and engaging activities featuring Disney and Pixar friends, both old and new.Once an idyllic land, Dreamlight Valley was a place where Disney and Pixar characters lived in harmony—until the Forgetting. Night Thorns grew across the land and severed the wonderful memories tied to this magical place. With nowhere else to go, the hopeless inhabitants of Dreamlight Valley retreated behind locked doors in the Dream Castle.Now it’s up to you to discover the stories of this world and bring the magic back to Dreamlight Valley.Free the Dream Castle from the insidious grip of the Forgetting, and unlock the unique Realms of well-loved Disney and Pixar characters, including great queens and kings such as Anna and Simba. Each Realm contains unique challenges with puzzles to solve in the quest to bring friendship back to the Valley.You’ll start your adventure in the Valley, but your journey will take you to infinity… and beyond! Explore what lurks in the Forest of Valor and brave the deepest caverns as you take on challenges from iconic Disney and Pixar heroes and villains. Who knows who—or what—you might discover.
