I avoided it last year by taking a break in the afternoon but getting back into Disneyland well before the CP started and then just stayed in the back of the park for the rest of the night. At one point, I tried to maneuver down main st. to get something out of our locker and that was just terrible, so move between lands and not across the hub.
Thanks...if I was going to be there longer, I might "try" to sneak a peak. But we will only be there for 2 days. I will propably just end up in California Adventure duing that timeframe.
The rest of the park really isn't bad during CP. Like I said, you just want to avoid main street. So don't feel like you need to miss out on all of Disneyland during that entire time.