Here are my observations and notes from our first three days in the park.
2 adults, 13 year old and 10 year old
Genie+ and DAS
The parks are crowded but using Genie+ has been great at navigating the crowds. The first three days we arrived at the security gates at 7am and the lines were long, almost to the street (the security gates were not open yet). Once the security gates opened the lines moved efficiently. More lining up at the park gates but I think those opened about 7:30. Then lining up at the rope drop, ropes removed at 8am. We opted to do Matterhorn the first day at rope drop and were on the first cars out going from the right side of the hub - walking.
We returned back our hotel for lunch and rest, leaving the parks at about 11:30am and returning to the parks about 5pm for dinner and leaving at about 8pm. We also took frequent breaks in the parks. Good spots for a break:
- behind Harbour Galley
-Top floor of Hungry Bear closest to Galaxy's Edge
-Near the Lion King Theatre (when show isn't playing)
Although we have Genie+ with the photopass, we noticed that the lines for the photopass photographers tended to be long.
We tried for the parade, found a great spot across from the train station beside the reserved section but it was going to be about a 2 hour wait and after about an hour it started to really fill up and that was not going to work for me so we left.
With Genie+ and Das we were able to ride quite a few attractions even with the limited time we are actually in the parks. We have 5 day park hoppers, we hopped the first 2 days but not the third.
I find California Adventure really difficult to navigate crowd wise. I did find a great spot, behind/under the silly swings so spent some time there while others rode some attractions. Avenger's Campus is wall to wall people, and hot! We tried for the spiderman show but it was too hot and crowded so we left. Today, our 4th day, we start again in California Adventure but we've opted to sleep in a bit today as we need a bit of a break from the morning rush. We'll go a bit later and use Genie+ for a couple of attractions.
2 adults, 13 year old and 10 year old
Genie+ and DAS
The parks are crowded but using Genie+ has been great at navigating the crowds. The first three days we arrived at the security gates at 7am and the lines were long, almost to the street (the security gates were not open yet). Once the security gates opened the lines moved efficiently. More lining up at the park gates but I think those opened about 7:30. Then lining up at the rope drop, ropes removed at 8am. We opted to do Matterhorn the first day at rope drop and were on the first cars out going from the right side of the hub - walking.
We returned back our hotel for lunch and rest, leaving the parks at about 11:30am and returning to the parks about 5pm for dinner and leaving at about 8pm. We also took frequent breaks in the parks. Good spots for a break:
- behind Harbour Galley
-Top floor of Hungry Bear closest to Galaxy's Edge
-Near the Lion King Theatre (when show isn't playing)
Although we have Genie+ with the photopass, we noticed that the lines for the photopass photographers tended to be long.
We tried for the parade, found a great spot across from the train station beside the reserved section but it was going to be about a 2 hour wait and after about an hour it started to really fill up and that was not going to work for me so we left.
With Genie+ and Das we were able to ride quite a few attractions even with the limited time we are actually in the parks. We have 5 day park hoppers, we hopped the first 2 days but not the third.
I find California Adventure really difficult to navigate crowd wise. I did find a great spot, behind/under the silly swings so spent some time there while others rode some attractions. Avenger's Campus is wall to wall people, and hot! We tried for the spiderman show but it was too hot and crowded so we left. Today, our 4th day, we start again in California Adventure but we've opted to sleep in a bit today as we need a bit of a break from the morning rush. We'll go a bit later and use Genie+ for a couple of attractions.