Originally Posted By markedward We are planning a trip to Disneyland in April, and I was hoping people in the know can give some information and advice about some morning issues. The everyone-plays-for-the-kids-price park hoppers include one early admission. Is this usable every day, or are the parks open early only on certain days? If that's so, can anyone tell me what days the early admission can be used at Disneyland? What time does the park open on early days? I have read in guide books that Disneyland sometimes opens earlier than its posted times on busy days. (We'll be there during Spring Break.) Can anyone tell me if that still happens? If so, what are the details generally? Are there any parts of the park that open late? When we went quite some time ago, Toon Town and the Hollywood Pictures Backlot both opened late. Did I read somewhere that Mickey takes up residence at his house late in the morning? Is it true that certain lines to get into Disneyland move faster than others? Or is that another Disneyland urban legend?
Originally Posted By berol All the entry lines move pretty fast now that they do security checks before the ticket booths, doesn't matter much which one you get in.
Originally Posted By hlbtimes2 EE is offered on Monday, Tues, Thurs and Saturday mornings. It is one hour before regular park opening. Sometimes they will open the gates a little early and let you on to mainstreet. Toon town opens one hour after the park. Not sure about Hollywood back lot, we've never bothered to be at DCA at opening. We always end up going there late morning or mid day.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ And you get one early entry per ticket. Not one entry per day it's offered. Yes, some of the entrance lines move faster than others, though you are talking about saving 1 minute or so when the lines are really long. If you want to go this route, look for the lines that split after they pass the monorail supports (I want to say gate 21 or 26 for some reason). On days when DL opens later than 8 am, the front gates are opened either 60 or 30 minutes early. I no longer set an alarm at DL, so I forget which one it is. The shops on Main Street are open and there is a rope across Main Street at Coke Corner, so that's as far as you can enter the park. Yes, Mickey arrives at his house in the late morning. ToonTown opens later than the rest of DL, but I think the Backlot opens at the regular DCA opening time now that Tower is there.
Originally Posted By markedward One more question. When Disneyland has early entry (7 am), how busy is the park by opening time (8 am)? Assume a busy day, the first day of spring break during the 50th Crowd-a-palooza.
Originally Posted By roberts1398 No matter how busy the season, I've never found the park to be busy at all before 10 am. When you first get in, it seems packed with the rush of people. But after they disperse, you find that you can ride anything with little of any wait. This is the perfect time to do the Fantasyland rides.
