Which park First?

[jenninator]

This will be our 1st Disneyland trip! We are going with a 1 day park hopper with Max Pass on 3/14. I know 2 days would be better, but we are tacking this on a Soccer Tournament and taking advantage of the 1 extra day we have! We have been to WDW several times, including semi recently- so our priority is Galaxy's Edge, and rides we haven't done at Magic Kingdom. At Calif: Guardians, Radiator Springs, Incredicoaster & Soaring. At Disneyland: Galaxy's Edge, Indiana Jones, Matterhorn. We'd like to do others there too as time allows, but those are our biggest priorities.

Disneyland has EMH that day, which we will not have available to us. I see that we'll need to request our virtual que for Rise of Resistance on our phone ASAP at park opening. Should we go ahead and head to Galaxy's Edge first to wait for Millenium Falcon- or head to California Adventure 1st and hit those rides? (This is assuming our Rise of Resistance time is later in the day)

Thanks for your help for a Disneyland newbie! I do geek out a little with advance WDW planning, but I am honestly looking forward to less of that with this trip!

 

[HydroGuy]

Will you have MaxPass? That will make all the difference with your priorities.

If it were me, and I wanted to do ROTR, I would scan my ticket into DL, then leave immediately and go to DCA and get your BG from there. Hit the DCA rides, get a FP for RSR maybe for early morning, and do all of your DCA priorities. Then hop to DL for the remainder of the day. If you get an early BG for ROTR and get called, that will make it tough. Should you wait until the end of the BG time window and stay at DCA, or hop out of DCA and do ROTR at the front of the time window? In your case I would lean towards the former and go at the end - and finish DCA.

The line for MFSR does not typically get that bad and can be done thru standby or single rider. That will likely be your longest line all day at maybe an hour?

 

[Evita_W]

If you want to get a boarding group, you have to go into Disneyland first and be inside the park before park opening. You can then hop over to DCA if you want, but know Disneyland first is a requirement if you want to get a boarding group.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

If you want to get a boarding group, you have to go into Disneyland first and be inside the park before park opening. You can then hop over to DCA if you want, but know Disneyland first is a requirement if you want to get a boarding group.

You do have to have your ticket scanned into DL first in order to get a BG for ROTR. But you do not have to stay inside DL to get a BG. This is why the pp suggested that the OP scan into DL, then "leave immediately and go to DCA and get your BG from there." I second that suggestion. We have had many DISers report success in getting a BG from DCA and DTD after having scanned into DL first.

 

[VandVsmama]

Will you have MaxPass? That will make all the difference with your priorities.

If it were me, and I wanted to do ROTR, I would scan my ticket into DL, then leave immediately and go to DCA and get your BG from there. Hit the DCA rides, get a FP for RSR maybe for early morning, and do all of your DCA priorities. Then hop to DL for the remainder of the day. If you get an early BG for ROTR and get called, that will make it tough. Should you wait until the end of the BG time window and stay at DCA, or hop out of DCA and do ROTR at the front of the time window? In your case I would lean towards the former and go at the end - and finish DCA.

The line for MFSR does not typically get that bad and can be done thru standby or single rider. That will likely be your longest line all day at maybe an hour?

I 2nd this suggestion.