Originally Posted By seasidegang How do you gain early entry, how early is early and what is open for you? Always wondered about this.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Fantasyland and a select few other attractions are open. Entry is gained by pre-purchasing your tickets just about anywhere.
Originally Posted By seasidegang Hi SuzieQ, What about an AP holders? Is there any other way to obtain one?
Originally Posted By jodiefra It has changed some over the years. It used to be a one-hour early entry into the whole park and they would open select rides (usually Fantasyland and all the "E Tickets" around the rest of the park). The last time we went to DL (Oct. 2005), though, there were two early entry "events" available to us. One was a one-time one-hour early entry to Fantasyland. There were a few days during our stay it was happening and we had to choose one. If I remember correctly, everything in Fantasyland was open, including the Matterhorn. It was TOTALLY worth it to us...we were able to ride literally every ride in Fantasyland in that hour. We actually walked on just about everything except Dumbo. The other was "Mickey's ToonTown Madness." That gave us one entry one hour early into Toon Town (on a different day). For that, we rode everything there plus got to see all the characters without much wait. They also gave us "honorary citizen" buttons and had a "street party" with musicians, etc. My understanding is that "Disneyland resort guests" get the early entry options. We have always stayed on property (DLH or DGC) but I think you get the benefits if you book through Disney travel and stay at a "good neighbor" hotel too. We are booked for a September vacation and have been told the early entries are the same as our last trip (one in Fantasyland and one in Toon Town). Hope that helps a little : )
Originally Posted By SuzieQ You get the benefit if you buy your tickets at Safeway. It's very easy to get. The only way for AP holders to get early entry is to stay at a resort hotel.
Originally Posted By sobal What days is early entry available? Do they still have the rope drop on days without early entry?
Originally Posted By karenandkids Sorry to confuse the matter and maybe this belongs on another thread, but I too am baffled by early entry. We go to DL every year and no matter how early we arrive for early entry to Fantasyland, it seems like there are always tons of people who got there a lot earlier than us. How do they do it? Is it faster to hop on the Monorail at Downtown Disney, jump off at Tomorrowland and then run over to Dumbo? Or do those super early people just arrive at bag check before the crack of dawn? Someone should publish a "Disneyland for Dummies" book. Come to think of it, they probably already have. LOL.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was under the impression that Early Entry was also available to anyone buy passports of three or more days.
Originally Posted By Mickeys Gal Early entry is 1 hr before dl opens. It is for 3+ days tickets & guest of the disneyland hotels only. FL & TL are open.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins FL was packed this past Tuesday's EE. Why? Are they giving EE away to too many? Didn't it used to be just for Disney hotel guests or DTC packages? It was our first EE that we couldn't fit in all the FL attractions. Lines of a few were 30 minutes!
