CAN resident tickets - no EMH for CA?

[Disney Addicted]

I thought I had this all planned out. Set my park dates and started booking dining reservations - only to realize I don't believe we will get early access to CA as we are staying off-site.

For some reason I thought the tickets included 1 MM for DL AND 1 EMH for CA. When I google, the only way I see to get early access to CA is by being an on-site guest.

Is that correct? I must be staying on-site to get early access to CA?

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

That is correct. EMH for Disney California Adventure is only available to guests who stay at the Grand, DLH, or Paradise Pier.

 

[wilkeliza]

The 1 MM is for DL only. EMH is for onsite guests only and is at both DL and EMH. Also make sure you are checking the MM hours and not EMH hours since MM is not offered every day at DL.

 

[Disney Addicted]

All right, thanks!

I have my schedule set up to be at CA for Wed Feb 1, which I now realize we will not get in early. That's ok. And our two DL days for Thurs, Feb 2 and Fri, Feb 3rd. The Thursday we can use our MM to get in early.

It looks like it will be much cheaper and easier for me to purchase 4-day tickets instead of 3-day ($38 difference), and we'll go into CA early evening on Tues, Jan 31st for a few hours. Try and do "low line" rides that evening so the next day we can hit the attractions we really want when the park opens. I need to figure out which rides will be best to hit up on Tuesday evening now.

 

[chaysmom]

We just got back - we arrived Weds night and then had 3 full days in-park. I was on the fence on whether to buy a 3 or 4 day pass, but ultimately bought 4 days. (Same thing, found a deal that made it cost effective) I am glad we did. We were only in park 2 1/2 to 3 hours, but we got a lot accomplished and it took some of the pressure off the other days.