Realistic plans for August 11, 12 and 14?

[zaz]

Hello,

Do these plans make sense? We are going to Disneyland for 3 days, me (mom), my 16 yrs old and my 6yrd turning 7 on the 14th of August. The girls do want some time to meet characters. I've included our must sees in a sequence. (if it helps, we have been to WDW numerous time but never in California) Does it make sense?

Arrival day : goofy's dinner at Disneyland hotel at 6:05 PM.

Day 1 : August 11: Disneyland

Arrive at gate 13 40 minutes before 9 AM park opening.

Do PeterPan Flight
DO Stars Tours
Do Space Mountain
Do Matterhorn
Collect FP for Splash Mountain
11:30 Blue Bayou Restaurant reserved
Do Splash Mountain
Collect Fastpass for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad FP (mom to go while girls line up for character if one nearby)
Do pirates of the Caribbean
Do Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

If time afterwards: Mickey toontown
It’s a small world
Winnie the pooh
Alice in Wonderland
Haunted mansion
8 PM - Fantasmic

Day 2 is Disney California's Adventure

Do Radiator Springs FP
Do Twilight Zone Tour of Terror
Do Disney Animation
Get Grizzly River Run FP
13:50 Cathay Circle WOC lunch reserved
Do Grizzly River Run FP
Get FP for California Screaming (mom)
Do Soaring over California
Do California Screaming FP
Aladin – a Musical Spectacular (see time schedule)
IF time: Toys story mania, little mermaid
If time, backlot tour
8 PM WOC

Day 3 (14 Aug.) is my daughter's birthday. We have reserved a 10:40 appointment at BBB. She will get the Crown package - I am packing a dress.

This is early entry day, so we could start at 8 AM.

What should prioritize? Any chance we would get to see Anna and Elsa if we lined up at 8 AM and still make it to our 10:40 appointment? As it is her sister's birthday, the teen is willing to wait while the other 2 of us do rides. Is this legit?

We'll hang around in the kids area of Disneyland that we probably won't have had time to do on the Monday.

Then we have lunch at 13:10 at Ariel's Grotto.

We'll hang around DCA, see characters, do what we missed in terms of smaller rides and see the parade for 6:30.

We do have another half day on the 15th where we'll probably want to go back to spring racers or other favorites or catch up on our characters meet and greets...

Am I missing anything?

Thank you so much!

Isabelle

 

[peterpanandwendy]

I'm going to be in Disneyland at the same time as you!

Your plan is absolutely realistic

I've never been to WDW, but from what I understand from reading these boards is that planning for Disneyland is very different than planning for WDW. The lines at Disneyland are not nearly as long, the attractions at DL and DCA are much closer together than at WDW, so you can pack more into the day because you are walking less between attractions.

We have always visited Disneyland during peak season, because we are teachers, and we have always just 'winged it'… never planning anything, never planning fast passes, never planning any sort of strategy… just making our way through the park and riding things as we come to them… and we have managed to leave after 3-4 days having ridden everything at LEAST onces… often at least 4-5 times…

You can be much more relaxed about a DIsneyland trip than a WDW trip. You WILL accomplish everything, and more, I promise