Getting to Paradise Pier for breakfast ADR

[Ms.Grumpy]

Hey! I'm a WDW vet, BUT this is my first visit to DL and I am in need of help. How do I get to Paradise Pier for a 10:50 am ADR, after I park our car? Thanks in advance.

 

[ParkHopper1]

If you park in Mickey and Friends garage, tram will drop you in DTD. You backtrack into DTD rather than head towards the parks and you can either cut through the Grand Californian Hotel Lobby which is just past Jamba Juice then out the front of the Grand and across the street or walk all the way through DTD towards the Disneyland Hotel and turn left at Earl of Sandwich to the PPH Hotel.

If you park in Toy Story Lot...same thing, you just have to walk from the bus drop off, through checkpoint at the Esplanade then over to DTD.

Grand Californian route is fastest by just a bit, DTD route allows you to see all of DTD. Since you are new, go in one way and out the other so you get to check out both DTD & the Grand lobby. (Exit the BACK of PPH Hotel to get to the DTD walkway towards the DLH, exit the front of the PPH to cut over to the Grand)

Unlike WDW, everything in DL is literally a stone's trow away by comparison.

 

[BadPinkTink]

at that time of the morning, you most likely should be directed to Mickey and Friends Parking lot.

1. Park your car and take the escalator down to the ground
2. Walk forwards from the escalator to the shuttle buses
3. Get on next available shuttle bus which will take you to Downtown Disney
4. Get off the shuttle bus and walk through Downtown Disney towards Disney Plaza
5. Got through bag search and security check at Disney Plaza
6. Once through turn right and walk towards California Adventures entrance gates
7. Use your Disneyland ticket to enter California Adventures
8. Walk forwards through Beuna Vista Street , all the way along, then continue up past Cathy Circle restaurant.
9. Keep walking, following the road, past Bugs Land and Wine Country Trattoria
10. Keep walking past the entrance to Cars Land and continue on to the water area
11. Wlak a bit further until you can see The Little Mermaid Ride, which is a corner building. The entrance to Paradise Pier is just opposite The Little Mermaid ride

 

[ParkHopper1]

The entrance to Paradise Pier is just opposite The Little Mermaid ride

Pretty sure the OP ment Paraide Pier HOTEL...don't think you can get and ADR for the soft serve ice cream or Turkey Leg cart!

 

[jammyjam25]

I also assumed they meant Paradise Pier Hotel but technically they could be talking about either since there are also Ariel's Grotto ADR's available at that time and it *is* right at the entrance to Paradise Pier.

 

[Ms.Grumpy]

If you park in Mickey and Friends garage, tram will drop you in DTD. You backtrack into DTD rather than head towards the parks and you can either cut through the Grand Californian Hotel Lobby which is just past Jamba Juice then out the front of the Grand and across the street or walk all the way through DTD towards the Disneyland Hotel and turn left at Earl of Sandwich to the PPH Hotel.

If you park in Toy Story Lot...same thing, you just have to walk from the bus drop off, through checkpoint at the Esplanade then over to DTD.

Grand Californian route is fastest by just a bit, DTD route allows you to see all of DTD. Since you are new, go in one way and out the other so you get to check out both DTD & the Grand lobby. (Exit the BACK of PPH Hotel to get to the DTD walkway towards the DLH, exit the front of the PPH to cut over to the Grand)

Unlike WDW, everything in DL is literally a stone's trow away by comparison.

Thank you! Time to locate a map of DTD to familiarize myself with those landmarks.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

The OP can also park at the PPH for her breakfast. Parking will be validated for at least 2 hours, if not 3. Then, after breakfast, the OP can move the car to M&F or TS for the rest of the day.

 

[starry_solo]

Park at Mickey & Friends (if you don't want to park at PPH and repark into structure)

Instead of taking tram, walk across street to DTD. Then take pathway past DLH into PPH. They have signs to direct you.

 

[hlbtimes2]

Where are you staying? Will you be going to the parks before your meal? Or to the parks after?

 

[Ms.Grumpy]

Where are you staying? Will you be going to the parks before your meal? Or to the parks after?

I am staying at Days Inn, and have an ADR at 10:30am so it will be my first stop that day. I will have a car.