Cutting through GCH??

[iKristin]

So can anyone cut through GCH to enter DCA? I am going to be staying at PPH so will I be allowed to use the special entrance?

 

[trodrigue]

Absolutely no problem. They may ask for a key at opening, but otherwise anyone can pretty much come and go as they wish. Of course it doesn't open until DCA opens, which is later than DL.

 

[bumbershoot]

At the very opening of the entrance they often limit it to Disney hotel guests, but as a PPH guest you qualify for that.

Of course this only helps you if you want to go to DCA first...if you're starting your day at DL it doesn't do much for ya.

 

[splash5]

When you check into the hotel, they will give you a small piece of paper (a charge slip) You can use this to access Magic Morning and also when you go into the GCH entrance to DCA. Or as was previously stated, a room key works too.

 

[Sherry E]

When you check into the hotel, they will give you a small piece of paper (a charge slip) You can use this to access Magic Morning and also when you go into the GCH entrance to DCA. Or as was previously stated, a room key works too.

They don't give out the charge slips anymore. Everything that would have been on the charge slip is now charged to the new room key (as of August 2008), which is called the Key to the Magic. You use it as a key AND you can charge any purchases or meals on to it if you wish to (they attach it to your credit or debit card info), as well as for Magic Mornings and the GCH entrance to DCA.

So when any DLR hotels guests use the GCH entrance to DCA in the morning when DCA opens, you show your ticket or AP as well as the Key to the Magic. (Usually, you can get into DCA about 15 or 20 minutes earlier than when DCA officially opens - sometimes more than that.) Later in the day, as previously stated, they get a little looser with letting people in, and don't always ask for the Key to the Magic. They pretty much just let everyone in, though I would suggest keeping your Key with you just in case they suddenly start asking to see it at 5:00 p.m. or something!

 

[iKristin]

Yeah I know nothing about staying at the hotel and the perks hahaha the last time I stayed at the resort was in 1989 when I was 4 because I lived in So Cal most of my life so I never had to stay at the hotels. Soooo what's the Magic Morning's?

 

[DangerMouse]

Yeah I know nothing about staying at the hotel and the perks hahaha the last time I stayed at the resort was in 1989 when I was 4 because I lived in So Cal most of my life so I never had to stay at the hotels. Soooo what's the Magic Morning's?

Sat, Sun, Tues, Thurs.

 

[Disney Princess]

Yeah I know nothing about staying at the hotel and the perks hahaha the last time I stayed at the resort was in 1989 when I was 4 because I lived in So Cal most of my life so I never had to stay at the hotels. Soooo what's the Magic Morning's?

On certain days of the week, Disneyland park opens an hour earlier than the scheduled opening time. This MM is available to DLR hotel guests. MM is also available on park hoppers of 3+ days. Usually only one MM is available on these park hoppers, but resort guests can go every day it is available if they want. Usually the days are S and T days - Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

 

[iKristin]

ooo neato! Thanks

 

[Hound 109]

Yeah I know nothing about staying at the hotel and the perks hahaha the last time I stayed at the resort was in 1989 when I was 4 because I lived in So Cal most of my life so I never had to stay at the hotels. Soooo what's the Magic Morning's?

All of the above posters offer great info.

& here's a link that has all the info on MM that anyone might need:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1675403


& here's a one day report (we stayed at the PP) that in addition to commando techniques & cool jedi moves describes meals, walking routes, parking & other bits of info regarding the Paradise Pier that you might find helpful:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=28021351#post28021351


Have a great time at Walt's Park.