snuggly duckling
Well… I do like ducklings!
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2012
All tickets now do photos, including one-day park hoppers.
Grand California entrance is much much faster than DTD. And far fewer people.
As for attractions I would check the wait times as you are about to enter. Recommended options would be Ariel, Mater, or Monsters Inc. You can even consider something in A Bug's Land (Heimlich is the cutest in my opinion).
Also, wait times at the end of the night tend to not get updated at DLR, so something may say 20 minutes when it's really a walk on!
At least DCA is fairly compact so it's easy to get to any of those and then get across esplanade. A couple weekends ago I had a FP for GotG from 9:30-10, but wanted to see the fireworks in DL at 9:30. So I watched those from the end of Main Street then walked out of park and across to DCA (couldn't even go as fast as I wanted because I had blisters) and up to GotG-was able to get on ride before 10!
For checking prices make sure to consider the food and merchandise discounts. At DLR most permanent food places (QS and TS) have AP discounts, unlike WDW where there's a much more limited list.
Grrr on the ticket photos. Guess we won't save time there.
We will definitely use the GCH entrance then, and I think Mater or Heimlich would be ideal. Both are family favorites and theoretically would have shorter lines!
I've started working the math on the tickets versus APs. I need to figure out how much $ credit we get for our existing APs towards the price of the Premier Pass. I've got a question in on Robo's ticket thread to find out. And I also need to figure out if August 29th (or any of our days) are considered value or regular season at DL since that impacts the one-day ticket price too. In the most favorable math, upgrading one of the adults to a Premier Pass might be only $149 (or $141 for the kids) which would totally be worth it for the discounts. Worst case math, it would be $294 to upgrade one of the adults (or $286 for one of the kids.) Still might be worth it for the discounts.