Another New Year's Eve Question

[333laura]

Hi, all. We'll be staying in LA from 12/29/09 to 1/2/10 and will be on a chartered flight to the Rose Bowl. Four adults and my seven-year-old DD will be visiting. It will be my DD's first visit to a Disney park of any kind. We won't have much time in California, and had hoped to visit DLR on 12/30 and 12/31. But now I'm reading that NYE is the busiest day of the year and that the crowds can be scary. No one in our party handles that type of atmosphere particularly well.

So, here's my question, if you were in our shoes, would you:

1. do a one-day pass for the 12/30 and see whatever you could in just one day?
2. do a two-day pass and focus only on CA on 12/31?
3. come up with another plan that I'm not thinking of (keeping in mind that we 12/30 and 12/31 are the ONLY days we can visit).

One additional note ~ we would only be staying at the park until late afternoon on 12/31. We have another commitment related to the Rose Bowl at our LA hotel on NYE.

Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide. Our trip was just confirmed a week ago, and now I'm scrambling to figure out how to plan! (insert crazed smilies here).

 

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Sounds to me like you have the best plan possibe for those days (2 day pass DCA the 31st) Someone else more expert will tell you the best choice of tickets. My best idea is get to the park well before opening so you get in right away. Pick the most important rides for your family and do those first, gathering fastpasses for other ride in whatever area you are in at the time as soon as u are able to, it says on the ticket when u are able to get another one. Catch the fireworks and snow on main street on the 30th. Do the less crowded rides like jungle cruise, Winnie the pooh, buzz lightyear, tiki hut in the afternoon when it gets busy...