Getting into parks with a CityPass

[nina11319]

I just bought Southern Califonia CityPasses that include 3 day park hopper passes. What is the process for getting into the parks using the CityPass? Do I need to go to the ticket booth or straight the turnsiles? Also, I am hearing that there have been problems/delays entering the parks because people need to get their pictures taken for their tickets, is this for everyone??

We are going to be at DL from Sat. March 23-25. What time should we arrive on Saturday for Magic Morning? Is 6:30 early enough, or will the crowds be crazy?

Thanks! I'm a first time visitor!

 

[bcla]

You go straight to the turnstiles with your card. Nobody checked to see it if the CityPASS card was signed. The CM specifically went through every step that was going to happen and that once we had our actually Disneyland tickets issued, we wouldn't be needing the original CityPASS card until we visited Universal or SeaWorld. It was specifically noted that the actually Disneyland tickets (my wife's had Minnie and mine had Lightning McQueen) would be the ones we used to reenter. The CM also handed my wife a pen and instructed her to print our names on each ticket. I'm not sure if this step is still there, but apparently they will ask for a photo to match with each ticket.

 

[nina11319]

How early should I arrive? I would like to take advantage of the while magic morning.