Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Effective July15, Disney Hotel Resort Guests can access Both theme parks one hour early every day of the week thru 9/13/2012
Originally Posted By nikibee Looking at the park hours page on disneyland.com for Aug 31/Sept 1st, I see for each day one of the parks says early admission not available that day. I wonder why??
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Labor Day Weekend is race weekend for the Disneyland Half Marathon. Running in the parks early.
Originally Posted By CDF2 Seems right that hotel guests should get a benefit for their expensive hotel rooms.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I know that they weren't really sure what was operationally feasible until recently, but it seems strange that they've announced this so late in the game. I don't remember what it was, but there was a similar mid-summer announcement for hotel guests last year, so this seems to be a theme. I guess they don't have any issues filling the rooms, but if they advertised these benefits earlier in the ballgame, they could probably get away with charging more
Originally Posted By TP2000 A couple of weeks ago Al Lutz said this exact thing was coming, and according to him it's mostly due to the fact that very few APs are showing up for their 7AM Early Entry slots. So instead of trying to woo the APs who aren't as into Disneyland as they often claim to be (only after work or for a few hours when it's more convenient for them), they are letting the Disney Hotel guests in seven days per week. Effectively, they are backfilling all those empty AP Early Entry slots with hotel guests.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "So instead of trying to woo the APs who aren't as into Disneyland as they often claim to be (only after work or for a few hours when it's more convenient for them), they are letting the Disney Hotel guests in seven days per week." I, for one, am shocked that the group of people who have less of a need to maximize their time at the parks haven't taken advantage of an opportunity to maximize their time at the parks. Disney haters! Revoke their passes!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I would love to take advantage of the AP offer, but the best time for me to have done it was last week when I was down there for a few days, but I didn't have my pass long enough to reserve our spot 3 days in advance. In order to get to the parks at opening I need to set my alarm for 5 AM, so to make it to early entry I'd need to set it for 4 AM. No thanks!
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^ That would be pretty darm early. If i were staying at a Disney hotel there is little to no chance i would be at the parks early everyday. I like to be there around 9am and when im staying until 11 or 12 and dont go to sleep past 1am i dont feel like being at the gates at 7am.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "^^ That would be pretty darm early. If i were staying at a Disney hotel there is little to no chance i would be at the parks early everyday. I like to be there around 9am and when im staying until 11 or 12 and dont go to sleep past 1am i dont feel like being at the gates at 7am." Why do you hate Disneyland?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I bet that hotel guests coming from the east coast (who have a 3 hour time change) like it though!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I discovered something today that makes the early entry a little more interesting. If you buy your tickets online, all tickets 3 days or longer include early entry. I don't know if this offer is available at the ticket booths on property, but it's very clear on the DL website. I also don't know if this is standard procedure, or it's a reaction to the lower-than-expected morning crowds, but I thought it was an interesting addition to the discussion.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl "I, for one, am shocked that the group of people who have less of a need to maximize their time at the parks haven't taken advantage of an opportunity to maximize their time at the parks. Disney haters! Revoke their passes!" <roflm**o> Were I to finally reinstate my pass (and what I've seen lately in both DL and DCA, I'm more inclined to do so than ever, even though I'm not quite ready yet), I'd be far more interested in after-hours passholder parties than early entry.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I was overly critical in my prior post... I must have been having a lousy day.< Me either, at least not every day. On my last trip a week ago I used my AP early entry at DCA at 7am. And yeah, that's really REALLY early. But it was so much fun seeing the new stuff without the shoulder to shoulder crowd that jammed the place later in the day!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I discovered something today that makes the early entry a little more interesting. If you buy your tickets online, all tickets 3 days or longer include early entry. I don't know if this offer is available at the ticket booths on property, but it's very clear on the DL website. I also don't know if this is standard procedure, or it's a reaction to the lower-than-expected morning crowds, but I thought it was an interesting addition to the discussion." i ALWAYS BUY TICKETS ONLY ONLINE WHEN WE GO TO DISNEYLAND, AND THEY ALWAYS INCLUDE ONE EARLY ENTRY WITH 3 DAY OR LONGER TICKETS. JUST ONE DAY THOUGH, NOT EVERYDAY, SO IF IT'S EVERYDAY, THAT'S NEW. OOPS EXCUSE MY CAPS!!!!
Originally Posted By LacyBelle One day of early entry has been available on multi-day passes for years. Nothing new. It's only valid for early entry at DL through the summer, though. No early entry to DCA on those tix, although I would expect that to be opened up at some point.
