How early do ticket booths open?

[sugarplumfairy]

Also, what time does Mickey & Friends parking open? Going for my b-day and want to be in the park as early as possible! Thanks!!

 

[DLR29]

Depends on which day you are going.

If you are going on a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, these are MM (Magic Morning) days, which means people who stay at the official DLR hotels and those with 3 or more day park hoppers get to enter an hour earlier. This also means that the Mickey and Friends parking structure opens 30 minutes before MM starts, which is 1 hour and 30 minutes before "official park opening". Also the ticket booths will open at the same time: 1 hour and 30 minutes before "official park opening".

If you are going on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, these are not MM days and everyone enters at the same time. This means that Mickey and Friends opens 30 minutes before "official park opening" and the ticket booths will open 30 minutes before "official park opening".

So if you go on a MM day, you will have plenty of time to park and get tickets before you will be allowed in at "official park opening", but people will already in the park in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Read this for how to use MM to your benefit if you do not have MM (from my MM superthread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1675403 ):

What if I don't have MM. Should I still go to DL on a MM day? Will it be already extremely crowded when I enter?
Definitely start at DL on a MM day even if you don't have MM. Only Fantasyland and some Tomorrowland rides are open, so you can still get an equal rope drop for the Adventureland/Frontierland side of the park. Then later in the day, hop over to DCA if you want. If you are only going for 1 day, try to avoid MM days; however, multiple day visitors should not.

If I don't have MM, how can I use MM for my advantage?
On MM days, DL has specific gates designated for MM and others that say "Entrance". Those who have MM can enter through the MM gates all the way up until official park opening. Those without MM usually line up at the gates marked "Entrance". HOWEVER, if you arrive early enough and wait by the gates marked "MM", oftentimes some of those MM gates will turn into Entrance gates as the time approaches official park opening. If you do it right, when a MM gate turns into an Entrance gate, you can actually be one of the first ones in line at a gate.

If you go on a non-MM day, it will be tough to park AND get tickets AND make it in time for "official park opening".