Final thoughts about the park. 10/31-11/2/2019

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We also love the parks at night. As your kids get older, you might find that they have an easier time in the parks in the evening and at night. I find that all the stimulus can be easier for me to process when I'm not also trying to deal with the heat and bright sunshine (oh, sooo bright, even with sunglasses -- which are helpful, but another stimulus to deal with on my face and head...). The parks at night are just easier somehow. Less visually harsh. No need for sunblock (another irritant). Air quality can be better, too.
Another DAS tip: in DCA, if there is a very short line or no line at Chamber of Commerce, get return times there -- the a/c is a nice plus! (And with First Aid right next door, you'll have a Companion Restroom for your kids if needed.) Not so easy to find City Hall in DL with no line, but it can happen! And sometimes, a CM outside cruising the line will give me a return time quickly.

Thanks. Great tips. Didn’t think about sunblock, etc. That is extra sensory needed for the day too. Although we’d need at pool too. my kids need ear muffs. They don’t work with glasses. I’m testing a pair of silicone ear plugs for my oldest. I don’t know they’ll fit the youngest. I have a few mos to figure it out.

I went to first aid in dca Friday and it was a zoo at chamber of commerce. I was shocked.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

... I went to first aid in dca Friday and it was a zoo at chamber of commerce. I was shocked.

Another plus for evenings -- often, the line to COC and to CH can be shorter during the evenings. The lines might come and go, but they can be shorter or nonexistent.

 

[Aurora0427]

We also love the parks at night. As your kids get older, you might find that they have an easier time in the parks in the evening and at night. I find that all the stimulus can be easier for me to process when I'm not also trying to deal with the heat and bright sunshine (oh, sooo bright, even with sunglasses -- which are helpful, but another stimulus to deal with on my face and head...). The parks at night are just easier somehow. Less visually harsh. No need for sunblock (another irritant). Air quality can be better, too.
Another DAS tip: in DCA, if there is a very short line or no line at Chamber of Commerce, get return times there -- the a/c is a nice plus! (And with First Aid right next door, you'll have a Companion Restroom for your kids if needed.) Not so easy to find City Hall in DL with no line, but it can happen! And sometimes, a CM outside cruising the line will give me a return time quickly.

We just started going to Disneyland in June, so it’s been hot every trip, and even warm most nights. I took my girls Friday and we needed a change of scenery, so we headed over to DCA for dinner and a few rides. The sun was setting and it was chilly and we all decided we love DCA at night when it’s cool! Every other time we’d been was during the day and hot. That park in particular is much more enjoyable at night when it’s cool!!!

 

[Aurora0427]

Did you at least try the fuzzy tauntaun?

I think that’s what I was going to order last time when my kid fell asleep and I had to leave. To be fair I may enjoy Oga’s a lot more without my kids and my husband who doesn’t drink. I need to go with my parents and my sister when they visit and leave the husband and the kids in Fantasyland!

 

[WonkaKid]

Last weekend I saw someone vaping in SWGE. but that was the only time I’ve seen that after the smoking ban. Even before the smoking ban I would see people vaping all over.

I used to see people smoking/vaping/cheating with far more regularity before the ban than I do now. Certainly I haven’t seen a single smoker although occasionally I’ll still see a vaper. Someone I know works security at DL and he tells me that it’s common to catch smokers or vapers - it happens almost daily. He said that they simply remind such guests of the park’s policy. I can’t recall if they ever see them doing it again. I suspect it’s not unknown. Actually, now I do recall smelling smoke once. It was on the day the ban went into effect. We were in the park near the gates, not far from City Hall. But not once since. Hopefully it remains that way.