Originally Posted By ABBY Taking a fun one day DL trip with my little brother on Jan 9th. The plan was for me to fly down to John Wayne where he would pick me up at 7:30am (he lives in Laguna Beach). We would then drive on to Disneyland!! I have never used the new Mickey and Friends parking structure. The park opens at 9 that day, when does the structure open? I have heard a lot of negative things about the parking structure. ie: it doesn’t open until a half hour before the park, you have to wait in line for up to 30 minutes to park, and tram lines can be 15 minutes or more. I am one of those, be at the gate at LEAST 15 minutes before park opening, people. Is this possible when parking at the structure? Any inside tips would be appreciated. We are also thinking about an alternative I fly in Thursday night, he will still pick me up and we would just stay the night at a hotel, probably HOJOS as they will let us keep our car there while at the park on Friday.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb With the park opening that late I wouldn't be surprised if the lot is open an hour before. I have never waited very long for a morning tram, the evening tram yes. But not the morning one. If the wait does look long, the walk isn't that bad.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 The 9th is a Friday and it's after the holiday season so even if you get there 30 minutes before the park opens, you should be in the park by rope drop. I've had to wait a while to park on really crowded days but it's not necessarily a reflection of how crowded it will be inside. As far as trams, I've never waited more then 10 minutes. Even on really crowded days. All in all, I've had good experiences with the structure. I wouldn't stress too much over it.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I think it's actually great change compared to the parking situation pre-structure. And I fear change too! Trust me! Have fun!
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM I've never used the parking structure BUT...on the way to the airport last sunday, we made a wrong turn on the freeway, and wound up driving THROUGH the parking structure to get back on the road. I must say...the structure is lovely, and the CM who gave us directions back to the freeway didn't laugh at us once.
