Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 Which is the best day to use Early Entry? We will be at DL from Friday through Thursday in September. Thanks!
Originally Posted By 4Disnee We have used the EE on a Thursday and a Saturday and we really like both days but the Sat seemed to be a bit less crowed on the times that we went but maybe that was just a fluke. We are always up early so the EE days are wonderful for us. Have a great trip.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe >> We are always up early so the EE days are wonderful for us. << Ugh..even on weekends they're up early! The only thing that is going to get me up early on a weekend...Disneyland! We always get there before opening and stay until after closing. We like to try and be the last family out at least once every trip!! As far as early entry goes, we have had good luck any day we have used it.
Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 Thank you 4Disnee and mickenewe! We will be arriving Friday after a VERy early flight (and probably little sleep) so I wasn't sure if we would be too tired by Saturday to make it to the EE or if we should just sleep in. But if all days are good, then maybe we can just try on Monday if Saturday doesn't work out. We are the opposite of you as far as getting up early, but MAYBE Mickey and the gang will be enough pull to drag us out of bed early...LOL. Thanks so much again for the help. It really seems worth it, so we will give it a try!
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Hello disneyfan4ever54, You are so very welcome! Just being at DL is so magical it is hard for me not to get up early every day. LOL I wish that they had EE everyday. LOL I hope that you have a wonderful trip!
Originally Posted By JAYDOE I think it is so funny how DL can get me up at the crack of dawn!!! :0) I really don't consider myself a "early bird"...To get me out of bed for work is like pulling teeth. However, getting out of bed for DL.....NOW WE'RE TALKING!!! :0) lol
Originally Posted By drawbridge Saturday EE are the best! Only us crazies are up and in line at 7AM. You can have the place to yourself practically. So worth it, even if you need a nap later.
Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 Okay, you and everyone have convinced me...LOL. We will definitely go on Saturday and then take a nap, etc. if we get tired. I think you are right that it will be very worth it, and since the parks are open late on Saturday, we can return later in the day.The regular hours are 9 a.m. in September, so will early entry be at 8 a.m.? When should we be in line? Thanks again!
Originally Posted By mamacita Waking up early for EE is so worth it. If EE starts at 8 am I would be in line by 7:45, that means through security etc. and ready to enter by 7:45.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee The last time that we did EE on a Sat we had to leave for home that morning so we had to make the best of what time we had. So we ate breakfast at Carnation Cafe and went on 8 rides and were on the freeway heading home by 9:30. Yeah I know that day totally rocked. You will not regret getting up early on that Saturday! We are looking forward to doing the same thing on our next trip in Sept.
Originally Posted By JAYDOE So are you guys saying that a Saturday EE is usually less crowded than any of the other days it's offered? We will have one EE day and I just assumed it would be better to use it during the middle of the week, but if Saturday seems less crowded, I may change my mind.
Originally Posted By GoofBall Disneyfan - another reason for you to do it Saturday is you will have more energy and enthusiasm early in your trip, you will spring out of bed! If you wait until Thursday you might be draggin' by then JAYDOE - In our experience Saturday EE has been very light. I think mostly because of the extended weekend hours, its just that much earlier in the day, too early for some. If you are going off-season and want to use EE on a weekday its not until 9AM. It just seems like everyone else is there too and the lines get pretty long at the gates.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I wouldn't spend early entry on fastpass attractions. We do Fantasyland for early entry. There are so many and the park is already getting crowded when we finish all of the Fantasyland attractions. The Peter Pan line is usually long even in early entry. I advise to do that last. Since you're going to have to wait anyway, don't waste the time that you could quickly go on many of the other Fantasyland attractions.
Originally Posted By Dalia3001 I was wondering about that. My group and I will be at Disneyland for only one early entry day, and one of us will be leaving after lunch on that day. I would like to cram as much as possible into that morning. Everyone seems to say that Peter Pan should be first, then Mr. Toad's then Alice. We would like to do these rides, as well as Pinnochio and Snow White. Think we can fit them in to our EE hour? Or as nemoposppoins said, would it be btter to do that last as we could cram in a lot of other stuff first with no wait at all? This will be on Tuesday, September 12th, so not at the height of the season. We are using ridemax, so we need to be ready to get in line for our first ride of the day at 10, optimaly. Any suggestions?
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I agree with stagemomx3, but I still stand by doing Peter Pan last (for reason previously stated).
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 When we did EE we did Peter Pan first and walked right on. I am interested to see how much more crowded EE feels when the Matterhorn goes down for refurb.
Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 We will be going to DL on Sept. 8th during the refurb. of Matterhorn, so that is a good question on how the closure will affect EE. I will let you know when we get back. I also was wondering what attrations to do in what order and when to do Peter Pan. I'll have to see what everything looks like when we are there. We will be using EE on Saturday, Sept. 9th.
