My rehashed Disneyland return in March 2026… any ideas or suggestions?

[hardcorestitch]

After a botched December 2025 bid… I’m now shifting the return to the week of St Patrick’s Day in March 2026. Since it falls during the week I have spring break, it will be 18+. My preliminary script looks like this:
-includes both 3/17 DCA and 3/18 DLR window

-3/13 late kickoff - Jack in the Box or El Pollo Loco time permitting…

-3/14 Lucille’s???

-3/15 Downtown Disney including Din Tai Fung (4pm kickoff)

-3/16 Grand Californian (8am early kickoff) > Downtown Disney > DCA (12pm kickoff), to include Turtle Talk with Crush, Web Slingers, Incredicoaster (after 5:30pm)… characters include Anna and Elsa

-3/17 DLR (rope drop kickoff) to include Snow White’s Enchanted Wish, ROTR, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters… characters to include Moana and Jasmine

-3/18 Ducks vs Flyers (3/18 - 7pm PT, will view over KCOP-TV from hotel if sold out otherwise)

-3/19 Disney/Pixar Hoppers screening @ AMC GardenWalk (possibly after 5pm)

-3/20 end of window late

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Impossibilities?

 

[BriannaRuth]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your plan is, but it looks like on the 16th you're planning on being at the hotel and DTD in the morning and not going to DCA until noon? You want to be in the parks as early as you can. Morning is by far the best time to be there, definitely rope drop that day if you can unless you're doing a character breakfast at the GCH. Are you staying at the GCH? If you want to do DTD, do it after lunch.

You should be able to get most or all of Fantasyland done first thing in the morning on your DL day if you rope drop Fantasyland.

Other than that, I think you plan for DL/DCA looks very doable with some free time for attractions not on your list. Are you buying LLMP?

 

[hardcorestitch]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your plan is, but it looks like on the 16th you're planning on being at the hotel and DTD in the morning and not going to DCA until noon? You want to be in the parks as early as you can. Morning is by far the best time to be there, definitely rope drop that day if you can unless you're doing a character breakfast at the GCH. Are you staying at the GCH? If you want to do DTD, do it after lunch.

You should be able to get most or all of Fantasyland done first thing in the morning on your DL day if you rope drop Fantasyland.

Other than that, I think you plan for DL/DCA looks very doable with some free time for attractions not on your list. Are you buying LLMP?

No LL for me this visit! I’ll be doing strictly standby and going with the flow from there. I’m not spending $40+ to skip a line! The queues are a part of the experience in my view.

As for the GCH part, this is just the resort hop portion of my visit. I’ll just be hanging out in the Craftsman Grill during the early part. DCA is smaller plus RSR isn’t in my script.