which hotels offer early entry into the park?

[pinktink83]

Is it only the Disneyland resorts, or are the good neighbor hotels included as well? And, IYO, is it worth it to stay at a DL hotel to get in earlier? How much of a price difference (estimate) is it? We're goin on May 21-22. Thank you

 

[hlbtimes2]

Most parkhopper tickets, for 3 days or longer have a day of EE built into them. The only 3+ day ones that I've heard sometimes dont include it are discounted tickets such as those sold on military bases, and and that is not an "always". So, if you have longer then 3 days on your tickets you should have EE regardless of where you are sleeping.

If you stay at one of the 3 disney hotels you can have EE each day it is offered during your stay. That is not hard fast, written rule, its a special they have been offering for about a year now.

EE is currently offered on Mon, Tues, Thur and Saturday. It is one hour before the park opens, and its Fantasyland and part of a couple rides in tomorrowland.

 

[HydroGuy]

Just to be clear with what hlb said, there is no EE with good neighbor hotels. Only DLR hotels if they are still offerring that perk.

 

[pinktink83]

Thank you all for the helpful information!! :ff to look at DLR hotels::

 

[hlbtimes2]

I'm not sure if Hydro and I made things more clear or more confusing for you! Just to restate it- you can still have one day of EE if you are staying off site, if you are using a 3 day or more hopper. If you stay on site it does not matter what type ticket you have.

 

[HydroGuy]

hlb is of course correct. I was referring to getting specifically EE thru hotel choice, apart from hopper ticket EE.

If your hopper ticket has EE, you can sleep on the sidewalk and still get EE for that one day.

 

[pinktink83]

Ok, so do ALL 3day hopper tickets come with EE? Or is this something that needs to be *listed* when Im purchasing? I've noticed while browsing some 3day hoppers say EE (like on Candy Cane Inns website) but some dont mention EE (like the DL main page)

 

[hlbtimes2]

The only ones I've heard that sometimes dont is discounted military base tickets. If you buy from Candy cane, Disney, Get away today, Costco- they will all have EE built in to them.

 

[HydroGuy]

The parkhopper tix that have one day of EE are called parkhopper bonus tickets. Most 3+ day DLR tickets are bonus. hlb's comment about military is also my understanding.

See the DLR website here:

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/reserve/ticketListing?name=TicketListingPage

Notice that the 1 and 2 day tix are not bonus, and the 3+ day tix are bonus. As hlb said, not all 3+ day tix are bonus, but most are.