How to divide a park day

[Skimassey]

We will be in the parks the weekend before Thanksgiving. On the Friday before Tgiving, I was planning on DCA, we are planning on DL on Sat. so we can take advantage of MM, but I'm not sure what to do with Sunday. We will probably want to hit both parks one last time. At which park would you recommend we begin the day? I'm hoping to have WOC, F!, and Wishes taken care of already as we tend to stay in the parks until closing, taking breaks during the day as needed.

Would it be less crowded at the parks on that Sunday or that Monday? We are planning one day away from the parks, and I thought Monday would be best because I anticipate it getting more crowded the closer it gets to Tgiving.

 

[MouseEXP]

From my experience Magic Morning can be quite crowded and I would always recommend to my guests to avoid it, but I also don't recommend Early Entry in general. Unless you have one day to see the best of both parks.

I always say start with the park that does not have the Early Entry.
Plus to me Disneyland is a better park to start your vacation with.
An additional plus is that by moving Disneyland to Friday you will have less guests during the early part of the day.

The first two days at one park is a great idea, with the third day being a best of type of day.

 

[cmpeter]

I would start with DL because they open earlier and I don't want to miss out on any available park time.

We usually do 1 day at DCA, 1 at DL and then base our third day on the rides we missed or want to re-do...but start with the DL rides first.

DL also gets more crowded than DCA, so I like to try and get there early to try and stay ahead of the crowds.

 

[Skimassey]

Thanks! I'll plan on starting our 3rd day at DL. The crowds and earlier start times make sense.

I keep going back and forth between whether or not to start our 1st day, Friday, at DL or DCA. I had originally planned for DL on Friday, but I switched it thinking we'd want to take advantage of the MM on Sat. to ensure we were able to hit FL rides, which, with older children, we will only need to do once. Our kids favorite attractions are in DCA, so I know they'll enjoy beginning the trip there, but I personally would enjoy to begin our trip at DL. It's a surprise trip, so I can't ask them to verify.

Oh well... it'll be a great trip either way! It's so easy to overanalyze these things when you are SLOWLY counting down the days!!!