Five days until we leave for Disneyland!

[hasakahat]

I've read and read until I think I'm cross eyed, yet I still have a few questions. LOL

Our first day at the park will be Sunday the 14th. I know this is the only night for Fantasmic and I think the electrical parade in DCA. Can someone please tell me the best way to hit both of the parades? My children are 9, 6, and 2 so I want to make it as easy as possible. I'm sure my hubby will be willing to either leave the parade early or miss it so we can have good seats for Fantasmic (where should we sit btw).

The weather appears to be low to mid 70's while we are out there with low chances of rain, please tell me this sounds right (sometimes the local forecast is different from the online ones for our area).

We are spending 2 days in San Diego after 4 at Disneyland. Last time we were there we ate at a Mexican restaurant in Old Town that had big, bigger and as big as your head (or so it seemed) margaritas, anyone know the name of the place? I saw that something in that area was closing and I really hope it isn't this place!

Any last minute words of advice? We are going an extra day so we can leave the park around noon to go back to the hotel for a break (staying at Paradise Pier) and let my youngest nap. I want the kids to have a good time and not be crabby and tired at the end of the day.

Thank you to all the regular posters on this board. All of your wisdom and advice have helped us plan this trip and hopefully it will be everything I hope for and more!

Heather

 

[iceskatejen]

To see both the EP and Fantasmic (which isn't a parade, a light show, a water show or a fireworks show--it's all those things except a parade, plus live action, btw), be at DCA's Sunshine Plaza area for the EP (near the entrance) at least 1 hour before. As soon as the flag float goes by (that's the last one), head over to DL. It might be a good idea to take the train to the Frontierland/New Orleans Square station so you can avoid the conjestion in the hub for the fireworks (or you can walk down Main Street and get into the hub on the Frontierland side to watch the fireworks (that's really the place to be for them; I can't imagine watching them from the River for this particular show), then go through Frontierland to get a spot for Fantasmic. They'll hold people back to allow those exiting from the first Fantasmic (people usually just stay in their spots for the fireworks since they start 2 minutes after Fantasmic is over) to get out through Adventureland. Try to have the bridge over the entrance to POTC to your right a bit as you face the river.