Originally Posted By stitchcrazy My husband and I seem to be really confused about early entry to the two parks at DLR (if there is any). We're just used to extra magic hours at WDW. Husband thinks he read that we get early entry at both parks just for staying at the GCH. I thought I'd read something different like that it had to do with your tickets. Basically we are staying this Sunday-Wednesday at the GCH. We also have 3 day park hoppers that we'll be using Sunday night-Tuesday and would be looking for early entry Monday & Tuesday to either or both parks. Any help clearing this up for me last minute would be very much appreciated!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss You are correct; it is tied to your tickets. It is only available for Disneyland park on Monday, Tuesday, Thusday, and Saturday.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ However, in the past there have been times when GCH guests have been admitted to DCA early to ride Soarin'. It varies as to availability, so check with the hotel when you get there.
Originally Posted By stitchcrazy Thank you very much trekkeruss and SuzieQ! Is there ever much difference attendance wise that would make it preferable to use the early entry on Monday over Tuesday or vice versa? (Taking into consideration I suppose that this is the off-season and both days are week days...)
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Hello Stitchcrazy, We have used the EE twice once on a Thur & Sat. They were both great days. But we did find that the Saturday was not quite a busy I guess do to the fact that the EE was at 7 or 7:30. It was oh so cool. We rode 8 rides and ate breakfast at the Carnation Cafe and had to leave on that Sat. We were on the freeway heading home at 9:30 A.M. So we think that EE is wonderful reguardless what day it is its worth doing espically if you are on a mission. lol
Originally Posted By tooele13 I agree with 4Disnee. We used ee on sat, monday and thursday. Park opened to general public at 8,10, and 10 respectively. EE on staurday seemed to be the most productive day (we rode every ride in fantasyland (except the boat cruise) more than once. I guess it was just too early for some people. When we did it on Monday & Thursday, fantasyland seemed filled with much more people and lines were longer. We probably only did 4-5 rides. In terms of early entry to both parks, I'm not sure. I know my dad and my husband did a brisk walk through DCA before it opened and they had a chance to ride soarin before the park opened.
Originally Posted By StyledSugar I have a question. We get one early entry pass (for the three of us) with our park hopper purchase. How far in advance does this get us into the park? Would you suggest having breakfast first or doing some rides? We'll be using it on a Tuesday and we want to get the most out of our extra time. Thanks.
Originally Posted By dzy76 Does early entry only apply to disney hotel guests? Or is it on the park hopper passes themselves? I'm guessing there is no early entry for AP's?
Originally Posted By SuzieQ No early entry for APs. Don't waste your ride time having breakfast. Ride rides. When the park opens to the public, do your breakfast then. Personally, I would eat breakfast before EE, because more rides open once the park is open to the public. That's the time to grab those other E tickets rides!
Originally Posted By DEDE71755 The last time we went we booked through AAA. Not only did we get the early morning in but we also got Mickey's Morning Magic. This is where you get into toontown 1 hour before it opens. Only available though AAA. What we did is picked a day where both were going on. We went and did EM and then got in line for MMM and that worked really well for us.
Originally Posted By drawbridge My experience has been that any park hopper, whether purchased through AAA, Disney or Getaway etc., will get you ONE EE and ONE MMM. Usually the perk of AAA is the multiple fastpass.
Originally Posted By drawbridge EE gets you in one hour to a designated Land. Which is the past has been all of Fantasyland and some of Tomorrowland. Definitely have your breakfast before or after, you will get alot done in this hour.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy At least for now, guest staying at either of the 3 resort hotels get EE everyday it is available. This is subject to change at anytime, but as of last weekend it was still in effect. Make sure you have your white hotel identifaction card with you - a hotel key won't do it.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Yes, we used our Monorail pass (issued by the DLH) to get early entry into the park. The hotel clerk told us EE is available to hotel guests Mon, Tue, Thur & Sat... for the time-being.
Originally Posted By crazy4mickey2 MomofPrincess, I've never heard of a Monorail Pass. Where you do get and what is it good for?
Originally Posted By hlbtimes2 If you are a guest at one of the disney hotels you get priorty boarding at the monorail. You use your room charge slip to show them you are an onsite guest. Great for that last monorail out of the park at night!
Originally Posted By dlkozy Too bad in the morning that DLR guests don't get priority boarding TO DL! :0)
Originally Posted By hlbtimes2 I think you do get priority both ways. The mornings we used it there wasnt very many people waiting, so I'm not sure.
Originally Posted By dzy76 We stayed at DLH one Sept. and I noticed a separate line area or hotel guests at the DTD station, but there was so little line each time we took it that we never bothered. I can see in the summer it might be a good thing to have. I preferred to walk though because I love entering through the front gates, at least in the morning anyway.
