Need a reality check

[DizFan13]

Now that the time for our summer sojourn to CarsLand is quickly approaching, I need to get a few opinions. The closer I get, the less secure I am in two of my choices:

First of all, I have booked a 12:30 ADR at CCR for our arrival day. We typically plan a late breakfast/early lunch on the day we arrive, as we take the early flight from PDX to LGB and usually land and have our rental car by 10:15a.m. For instance, in May DH and I arrived, picked up the car, drove to the HoJo, received keys to our room, dropped off the luggage and we were in time for our 11:30a.m. res at Goofy's. I deliberately added an hour to our plan this trip since the crowds will be larger, but I am concerned that I haven't left enough time, mainly because we will have to visit a ticket booth to purchase a blockout pass for DS15, who has a DAP. Thoughts? Should I try to call and move the res a little? I don't want to end up in the park with three starving men glaring at me and blaming me for their empty stomachs, and I also don't want to miss our chance to try CCR. I should also note that this will be the first time we've flown in on a Saturday instead of a Thursday or Friday, so I'm not sure how traffic from LGB will be impacted.

Secondly, I need opinions about wardrobe. For any other time of the year, I know how to pack, but this is our first visit to Anaheim in July. I have packed only shorts, t-shirts, one pair of long pants each, and some light sweatshirts for each person. Is this realistic? We will be in the parks late several evenings, and I am worried that I am expecting the evenings to be warmer than they will be.

Also, with the recent weird weather, should I bring umbrellas? We always pack them, but at the moment they are stored in the closet, as I was relying on the average level of rain in July being virtually non-existent.

TIA!

 

[skiingfast]

I think your reservation is fine. Because it will be later in the morning the ticket booths should have short waits and the transaction will be quick.


A front came through it's gone now. If the forecast isn't hinting at rain don't worry about it. I'd check the lows and decide if a t shirt will be enough.

 

[DizFan13]

Thanks, skiingfast, for the reassurance. It looks like the lows will be more than tolerable, and I am glad that the weather has passed. I am never confident about relying too heavily on weather sites, for the exact reason that they did not seem to know about the front or adverse weather until it was happening.

Can anyone who has recently visited the ticket booths on a Saturday give me some idea of how long that process took? I just looked at the flight info compared to previous flights and realized this flight departs/arrives a half hour later. Don't know how I missed that! I just booked the earliest flight out of habit and didn't pay attention to the particulars, I guess. This means we will probably be leaving the airport at 10:45 or so instead of 10:15. Hopefully it is still enough time.