**July 2025 Check-in Thread!**

[MonocularVision]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

The best way to answer this question is “Why are you asking?” Are you planning on changing your trip/reservations if the answer is “No”? If not and you will be going regardless, it is best to have a plan and go in with that plan over pre-worrying over how busy it might be. The only thing that could do is set you up for disappointment. You never know with DL these days.

 

[LKing]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

Imagine and Enchant are blocked most of the summer. Were you referring to Inspire & Believe?

MK have been open all summer. Yesterday it was so crowded in Disneyland that you couldn't walk, yet MK reservations were open all day.

 

[Erin M]

Can a more experienced DL visitor answer this question. We're going to be at DLR July 27, 27 and 29. Right now, the reservation calendar for single day, Imagine and Inspire keys show all these dates still available. Is that an indication that park days could be lighter?

Take this with a grain of salt, but I just checked dining reservations for those dates as we will also be there, and there was almost full availability. Only Blue Bayou was booked out. I remember a time when you had to scramble at 60 days to get a Cafe Orleans or Lamplighter reservation. Now, it’s been a year since my last visit, so things are probably different, but it seems odd to me that so many reservations are available this close.

Even this coming Monday has quite a bit still available.

Things change in an instant though, so maybe things will pick up. As a locals park it’s a little more of a free for all.

 

[katyringo]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

 

[maleficent55]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

So exciting! 6 sleeps for us!

Wishing you a very magical trip, what’s the first thing you envision yourself doing after entering the parks?

 

[momtohms]

5 sleeps for a trip I already postponed for 6 weeks...::!!

Yay! We’re right there with you! 4 sleeps until we leave for CA, 5 sleeps until our first Disney park day!!

 

[katyringo]

So exciting! 6 sleeps for us!

Wishing you a very magical trip, what’s the first thing you envision yourself doing after entering the parks?

Actually a really good friend of mine whose lives in another state is going to be there for a work conference. My first day is her last day so we are meeting at DCA for the evening. No set plans...

 

[LKing]

No set plans...

Aren't you a Lamplight nacho fan?

 

[katyringo]

Aren't you a Lamplight nacho fan?

Oh yes- I have no set plans the first night- but have reservations for boardwalk the next day

 

[Wilcojoe]

One more sleep (here at The Knotts Hotel) before we check in at the DLH tomorrow morning for EE. Had a great day at Knotts yesterday after flying in from Dallas yesterday morning. The Fast Pass was worth every bit of the $118. I was super skeptical of paying that much but we never waited more than 5 minutes and hit every major ride in the park (some 3x). The regular lines were between 60-90 minutes after the first hour. We also bought the all day dining package and joked that they should have a fast pass for that too. We did not get our moneys worth on that as the food and drink lines were insane. Really makes you appreciate the operations (specifically mobile ordering) at Disney after experiencing that.

Very impressed by the price point and convenience of The Knotts Hotel. Makes for a great beginning to a Disney vacay.

 

[RainyDayPixie]

I’m excited for all of you with upcoming trips! We had such a lovely time. I loved all the nighttime entertainment. I’m a huge Mary Blair fan and Tapestry was a highlight. I watched it three times!

 

[maleficent55]

3 sleeps!!!

We arrive on the day that Trader Sam’s is releasing the sale of the mermaid lagoon tiki mugs and we have a dinner reservation at 6pm

Will they last all day until we get there? As a huge Peter Pan fan I’m feeling like I might have to get one

When they’ve released limited edition tiki mugs like this in the past do they ever last past the first day?

 

[MagicallyEmilyLouise]

3 sleeps!!!

We arrive on the day that Trader Sam’s is releasing the sale of the mermaid lagoon tiki mugs and we have a dinner reservation at 6pm

Will they last all day until we get there? As a huge Peter Pan fan I’m feeling like I might have to get one

When they’ve released limited edition tiki mugs like this in the past do they ever last past the first day?

What time do you arrive? Maybe I’m misunderstanding but looks like you may be able to mobile order the mug if you are around the property before your dinner reservation!

 

[maleficent55]

Naybe

What time do you arrive? Maybe I’m misunderstanding but looks like you may be able to mobile order the mug if you are around the property before your dinner reservation!

maybe I misunderstood

I thought you could only mobile order on Thursday 7/24 (won’t be there) then starting 7/25 they’d be available AT Trader Sams

?

 

[maleficent55]

What time do you arrive? Maybe I’m misunderstanding but looks like you may be able to mobile order the mug if you are around the property before your dinner reservation!

So there is mobile ordering on Friday?
That would be great

Though it was just Thursday?

EDITED: just checked the app. It’s only available for mobile ordering on Thursday from 8:00am - 5:00pm

And not available AT Trader Sam’s until Friday

 

[Supermavs]

Taking my son for a Mom/son post 8th grade trip. I've done this with 3 of my other older kids so far (one daughter missed out due to covid shut down). We drive down Friday and will be at DCA on Saturday the 26, and DL on Sunday the 27th! Sad to see the insane crowd levels this Monday and Tuesday but crowded or not, we will have a great time.

 

[momtohms]

Made it to Anaheim this morning after a very early flight from Seattle! Our first park day isn’t until tomorrow so we spent most of the afternoon in DTD exploring, eating (Black Tap, Salt & Straw, a frozen mint julep at Beignets Express) and shopping. My now 13 year old daughter bought a Baymax Balloon from a balloon seller near the Lego store which was a fitting callback to her first Disneyland trip ten years ago and our quest to find her a Baymax Balloon back then - tl,dr version: it was much easier this time around than the trip in 2015!

There was also a little bit of duckling drama with four baby ducks stuck in one of the water fountains and mama duck all in a tizzy. When we last passed by the cast members were attempting to build a ramp to help them out. Hopefully they are successful!

All in all a good first day so far and from what I’m seeing in the app, the wait times aren’t nearly as crazy as yesterday (and Incredicoaster has been running!)

Can’t wait for tomorrow! Hope you who are here this week or traveling are having a great time and safe travels.

 

[Erin M]

One more sleep before we hop on a flight to SNA! Hope everyone has been having a great time this week. The weather has been looking fantastic! We'll be in the park on Sunday and can't wait to get back to the magic.

 

[maleficent55]

I am back from my trip, just slow going on here. It was a wonderful trip and a stressful one. My mom (who was watching out house and 6 cats) was hospitalized on the 3rd day of our trip. She's ok and home now, but she does have cancer and is my best friend and I'm fiercely protective of her so it made the rest of the trip very hard for me to focus and fully relax/have fun. I was met with some respiratory virus, luckily on check out day, but with the stress of my mom it hit me hard and I am finally feeling like there is a light at the end of this...

So overall it wasn't my favorite trip yet it was also wonderful if that makes sense. GCH was amazing, I got my mermaid lagoon tiki mug, we had incredible food and snacks and made great memories.

 

[LKing]

I am back from my trip, just slow going on here. It was a wonderful trip and a stressful one. My mom (who was watching out house and 6 cats) was hospitalized on the 3rd day of our trip. She's ok and home now, but she does have cancer and is my best friend and I'm fiercely protective of her so it made the rest of the trip very hard for me to focus and fully relax/have fun. I was met with some respiratory virus, luckily on check out day, but with the stress of my mom it hot me hard and I am finally feeling like there is a light at the end of this...

So overall it wasn't my favorite trip yet it was also wonderful if that makes sense. GCH was amazing, I got my mermaid lagoon tiki mug, we had incredible food and snacks and made great memories.

I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope both of you are on the mend.