Our impromptu trip to Disneyland yesterday

[Stephanie Isaacson]

We are in CA celebrating my grandmothers 90th birthday, and we decided to make a day trip to Disney. My uncle's family worked for Disney, so we were able to get all but 2 kid's passes for free. Here are some of my tips we discovered.

1. Rope drop. We got in right at 8, and got Indiana Jones Fast passes, and was able to ride pirates, splash mountain, thunder mountain, Hauntee mansion, Indiana Jones, Snow White, Pinocchio, Bobsleds, Buzz and star tours all before lunch at 12:30. There was nobody in adventure/frontier land for the first 1-2 hrs. And Fantasyland was crowded, but wait times for everything but Peter Pan were low.

2. Use Disneyland app and utilize FP! We wanted to go on the Bobsleds. The wait time was 40 minutes. I hopped on to the app and saw that they had FP immediately. We grabbed a FP and waited 5 minutes for our time and practically walked on. I noticed it happened a lot. A line would have a 30 plus minute line, but FP were available right then and there!

3. Prepare for rides breaking. Indiana Jones went down a lot. Space mountain was down for a full hour. Whenever I checked my app, something was always down!

We were able to ride almost every ride in DL we wanted. Unfortunately, I had 3 kids under 7 and two tired grandparents, so we didn't explore DCA, but overall, we had an awesome day!

 

[luulu1999]

Awesome, Indiana goes down alot ALL the time! I LOVE mornings at Disneyland, we have a 2 hr time difference so we usually can be up early when we are there, we try to do mornings go back to the hotel and rest and come back late afternoons for the night, I found a lot of times last visit my kids didnt want to go back and rest lol

 

[4forWDW]

Thanks for the tips! We will be there next month and can't wait.
Also, Happy 90th Birthday to your Grandmother. How special to be able to spend it at DL with her family.