Help a WDW girl out!

[lilolove]

I would take a look at this thread: Where to Buy Tickets and then ask over there about how way.com's tickets work. It sounds like they might have switched ticket types recently, so it might be a bit before anyone reports back about how it's working now.

Thanks for the link. Hopefully we'll be able to make a decision before a supposed (inevitable) ticket price hike. As always, thank you!

As Eastcoasters & regular WDW visitors we finally headed West last summer for combo CA/DL trip. I had been needing a change from WDW & had been (as you said) " yearning" to check out DL/DCA.

It was,so worth the heat (jul/aug), the crowds (summer/60th celebration), & the learning curve. I say learning curve because although DL/DCA is smaller, everything was new & we wanted to not feel rushed. "Smaller" definitely didn't mean less time needed (for us); I believe there are just as many rides in 2 parks as WDW's 4 parks.

We had 4 days which was perfect. We stayed onsite, used all the early entries, rope drop, legacy fast pass system (!), & afternoon breaks to swim ( basically same as we do at WDW). Loved the easy proximity park to park & hotel to park. Loved not going through frantic meal reservation planning (we walked in everywhere with exception of 15 min wait for Cafe Orleans ).

Basically if you can fit it in- do it! But by all means do not skip Radiator Springs Racers in DCA and enjoy the differences between DL & WDW's Pirates & Indy & Small World. World of Color water show at DCA is a unique experience as well.

Yeah, it's funny...I never really gave DL a thought, ever. Then the urge hit me out of nowhere and it's all I can think about.

We can deal with heat pretty well, that doesn't deter me. Crowds...still a little nervous but less nervous than I would be if we'd be going during refurb season and missing out of some cool stuff. I also hate spoilers and like seeing things with my own eyes for the first time so I'm going to somehow need to get my bearings and learn how to tour the park without ruining surprises for myself. So I also agree that 'smaller parks' aren't an issue as it's going to be completely foreign to us.

4 days makes me feel good too. 2 days for each park. We personally can't justify the cost of staying onsite, so we'll take the hit there in time and atmosphere, but I'm itching to get my hands on those fastpasses!!! I guess I'm in the unpopular camp of loving to make dining reservations, but I can still do that here, with less time and competition, so it's all good.

Thanks for sharing your story! We are definitely excited to head out west!