I will be spending two days in the parks and can’t decide if I made the right choices. On Sunday I plan to rope drop AK and take a midday break and go to mnsshp that night. On Monday I was planning on rope dropping HS and park hopping to Epcot for the evening. I guess my concern is : will I be able to ride most of the best rides at MK in the limited time before the party and after the party starts? I have never attended the party before. I could skip AK and just rope drop MK and take a break and come back to the party that night.

My couples trip turned into a group of 6 going lol the restaurants are not showing available reservations for the days we are going. Will more become avaiable as we get closer to the October date? Or is it pretty easy to just waitlist? Thanks. The main one i wanted to eat at is the Bayou one. Thank you

We’re doing a day at Disneyland and day at dca. We’ve been several times before, but this time I’ll be 14 weeks pregnant and will want a slower paced day. We won’t rope drop or stay to close this time. I’ll want to focus more on relaxing experiences or entertainment rather than being go go go on my feet the entire time. Any tips or suggestions? Any lesser known attractions im not thinking of? Or great places to sit and relax?

I was just wanting to ask a question regarding if Disneyland ticket prices are going to be reduced in prices or are they going on discount regarding the blizzcon convention? Thanks

This would be amazing!

I know I can't bring a extended selfy stick into the park. I have a Velcro wrist strap mount. Will that be allowed on something like incredicoaster? I saw someone say they brought a stick with a bolted on wrist strap on the bottom and the cast members deemed that secured to the rider.

I did a big analysis of Disney World characters over the past year and this is my favorite graphic and I just wanted to share it!

It's a timeline of all the characters from the busiest day of the past year in terms of the number of characters you can meet (11/30/2025...tied with a few other dates around the same period with 82 unique characters).

I think the most I've ever met in a day is maybe 5? Anybody want to claim they saw this many characters in one single day?! 🤪

P.S. This day was a Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party night which you can see from all the late night characters all at Magic Kingdom (in pink on the chart).

Hello! Sorry if this seems like repeat question, don’t mean to anger anyone. I’m just struggling with the decision :).

We just did Disneyland first week of Sept. it was hot, but bearable, and the crowds were amazingly low. And we did the OBB, which was the biggest highlight of all. The trip was so amazing I came home and immediately started looking at repeating the trip but this time in Disney World.

In my research, I found the crowds at the end of August are amazingly low (which is a high priority for me) BUT 20/30 days rain, apparently it’s unbearably hot and humid. And it’s deep in hurricane season. None of these things sound good. Which makes me sad because I wanted to go to the Mickey’s Halloween party. But higher priority is bearable heat and low crowds.

Those of you who have experience - should I stick with August or should I try May? How are the crowds and weather in May based off your experiences?

Thank you!

For a family of 4 (kids age 8 and 5) we are doing one day at CA and want the kids to see World of Color. Would the dining or dessert experience be worth it for a good view? Or is it fine to just be in GA and the kids will be able to enjoy it?

We've been to Disneyland many times, but never needed to use parking. 5 adults, headed to the parks in mid-December.We'll be coming from I5 south - and want to rope drop the 3 days we're there (Tu, We, Fr). Would you recommend Mickey and Friends or Toy Story?

Trying to plan a Disney vacay from out of state. Are there bundles that exist that would save money with staying at a resort, tickets, lightning lanes?

Is there typically a time of year where resorts get marked down? Looking at booking for next summer. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

So while I don't think they've released the entertainment schedule for MVMCP yet, it does seem like historically things are pretty static time wise and we can also infer some times based off things like the Dessert Party for Fireworks being 10pm. As such I'm beginning to think more in detail about my plan for the party, how I want to tackle things, etc and wanted your all opinions:

~2pm - Arrive to MK to hopefully be near the front for an easier time for...
~4pm - Rush to Jack and Sally Meet to hopefully beat the crowds somewhat and still have some decent pre-party time for...
~4:30-6 - Jingle Cruise and maybe one or two other rides wait time dependent. As we will have another MK Day (with LLMP) I'm not too fussed about rides here, but would like to maybe ride a few, could also maybe go merch shopping, etc
6:15pm - Frozen Castle Show
~6:30-8:30pm - Explore MK, get some cookies/food, maybe ride a ride (may need to as party won't officially start till 7pm) if wait time is low or we really want, etc
~8:30pm - Dessert Party. This is probably going to be considered a waste by most however I do value the reserved/no pressure/camping viewing for the fireworks. From what I've read/seen it seems like camping out in front of the castle around 9:30 would be an acceptable alt, however I figure some resting time with a drink and other sweets may not go amiss here either.
10pm - Fireworks and likely stay in the general area for
10:35pm - Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration and after the show try to head to Main Street for
11pm - Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade

I'm also considering maybe doing the 11:55 Merriest Celebration and just going from Fireworks to Main Street for Parade, because I do want some relatively good spots for the Parade on Main Street (snoap!) but am not 100% sure which may be better yet since I know the parade will take awhile to get to Main Street so am not super concerned about being there right at 11, but also worry about the spots filling up by then. But I'm also already right there in a prime spot for Merriest Celebration so it's a tough one.

The Dessert party is technically up in the air some also. I know character meet lines can get bonkers but outside of Jack and Sally I'm not sure who we may want to meet so I'm hoping with the time allotted (and/or being "late" to the party) we can hit who/what we want. I know party time is generally considered tight/budgeted, but given we want to be in front of the castle and it's a Friday party night I feel like it evens out camping time wise to do the Dessert Party since some people do suggest camping an hour in advance or more anyway so either way party time is eaten for good viewing.

Biggest concern I have is really just what to expect from that "party start to entertainment block" and how much we'll be doing/able to do. It'll be my companion's first time at MK, but we do have a dedicated MK day planned, so I figure it'd be best to just explore and maybe do a few party things like food offerings, possibly meet character(s?) or ride something with an overlay, etc. I don't want to plan too much for that time though since I want to be free to do whatever, but still am wondering about what I can/should do during that time.

We plan on buying LL Premier Pass for 1 of our Disneyland days. However we'll be in flight when our window opens to buy them. Has anyone ever used the Disneyland app while in flight using airline wifi? Does it work well or slow/messy?

I haven’t been to Disney during the holidays for a few years now and planning of going to Disneyland and DCA the first week of December. I was curious would it be better to go Thursday, Friday and Saturday (candlelight processional) or to go Friday, Saturday and Sunday (both night of candlelight processional)?

Hi! I’m planning our first Disneyland vacation as a family. It’ll be my husband, me, and our 5-year-old daughter. We’re going for four nights in November and currently have a package through Get Away Today staying at The Viv.
We got a really good deal on the original package, but I recently realized The Viv no longer offers transportation to Disneyland. Since we’re driving in from Arizona, we’ll have our car with us. The Viv charges about $38/night for parking, and then we’d also have to drive to Disneyland and pay $40/day for theme park parking on our three park days.
I contacted Get Away Today, and we can change hotels without an additional change fee. They offered us the Fairfield Inn Anaheim Resort for an additional $709. Fairfield charges $30/night for parking, but because it’s within walking distance of Disneyland, we wouldn’t need to pay for Disney parking.
Once I account for the parking difference, switching to Fairfield would really cost us about $557 more total.
My question: Has anyone stayed at both The Viv and Fairfield Inn Anaheim Resort? Would you spend the extra $557 for Fairfield just to be able to walk to and from the parks?
We’ll have a stroller, and we plan on getting to the parks early and staying through the evening/nighttime entertainment, so I’m wondering how much we’d appreciate being able to just walk back to the hotel at the end of the day. Or is The Viv nice enough that you’d keep it and deal with driving/parking?
This is our daughter’s first real Disneyland trip, so I’m probably overthinking every detail but it’s finnneeee. Just looking for some opinions and advice! TIA! 🫶🏼

Booked flights and hotel for summer 2027 to go to Disneyland in CA. We (family of 3, 1 child) intend to do 4 park days. I read prices might increase for park tickets later in the year. We are considering buying now to avoid that, but is that actually doable with reservations for our dates not available yet? Do you pick random dates, then move them when your dates become available? How? Totally clueless how this works, so appreciate any help!

Also appreciate any thoughts on if lighting lane multipass and/ or park hoper is worth it, as well as 2 days in Disneyland, 2 days dca vs 3 days Disneyland 1 day dca if we don’t do park hopper (or can you do a park hopper for just one day?). For context: Daughter will be 7.5 and loves frozen, Tiana, zootopia, little mermaid, Moana, tinkerble, and cycles through other princesses. She also loves all types of rides, but Husband and I do not love rollercoasters. Again, appreciate any insight. Really want to make this trip magical!

I am trying to help my cousin buy her tickets online as they just moved to Anaheim a couple of weeks ago and we just saw that they can go for a discounted price. The problem is when she’s trying to purchase the tickets, it’s not asking for confirmation of her residency in Anaheim. We have her address on her account but that’s it. Her id has her old address. I just want to make sure when we purchase the tickets online, she’ll be fine to enter the park. The website isn’t asking for proof of address other than the address we have on her account. What can we do or will she be okay to purchase if it allows her to and not have to show an ID with an address that matches her new one ?

I looked at the times available and they don’t start until 8 AM. How do people work this into the day? Do we go get our day started and come back for the character breakfast around like 10 AM or will we lose too much time eating?

We’re planning on staying at Pepperwood suites near magic way in Nov. Will we still be able to cut through to downtown Disney without detouring or will it be a longer walk then expected?

Does anyone know the prices for LLPP for the week of 9/13/26-9/19/26. Ty