Disneyland recs

[jg183]

Going in feb yes I know it’ll be busy
What company for stroller rental?
I have a 2.5 & 5.5 year old I want a double right?

What company from getting from John Wayne to grand Californian (not bringing car seat)

[alleinesein]

Feb wont be busy unless you are coming for President's day weekend. DCA will be "busy" because they will have Paradise Pier down for refurb so that will push people into other parts of the park. The parks close early in Feb and they open later in the morning. You may run into quite a few rides being closed in Disneyland and rumor has it that there wont be any nighttime fireworks until April.

No suggestions for strollers except that you don't want to rent them at the park. They switched out the nice strollers for those horrid hard plastic abominations that they have down at WDW.

I'd normally suggest Uber or Lyft to get from SNA to DLR but if you aren't bringing car seats you really cant use them. There is a bus that runs from the airport to the resort but it can get $$$. dre.coachusa.com/bus-ticket-prices

[jg183]

It will be presidents weekend but that’s the only time I can get off work
It’s the kids first trip so it’s more of an introduction and focus on characters

[alleinesein]

Drag everyone out of bed early and take advantage of extra magic hours for rides in Fantasyland. For character interaction Goofy's Kitchen and Breakfast with Minnie at the Plaza Inn are great. I'd focus on rides first thing in the morning then have a late breakfast and then hit up all the character meet and greets. If they have Mickey and the Magical Map (Fantasyland theater) that makes for a great afternoon break; it is short enough that kids and usually sit through it without getting bored and it is in the shade.

They show different disney movies each night at one of the 3 hotels (it rotates between the Disneyland hotel lawn and Paradise Pier pool deck most of the time). Movies are usually at 7pm so you may be able to catch them one night of your stay.

If you can get everyone up early on the saturday of your visit this would be a good plan of attack
-Disneyland should open at 7am for EMH. Get in line no later than 6:45am.
-For Fantasyland head straight to Peter Pan. It will have one of the longest wait times during the day so do it early.
-After Peter Pan hit up Alice in Wonderland.
-Work your way through the rest of the rides
-Try to grab a dining reservation at the Plaza Inn around 9:30am. This gives you 2.5 hours of ride time.
-After breakfast head over to the princess area (to the left of the castle when you are facing it). Lots of character meet and greets and it is inside.
-After meeting the princesses head over to Critter Country to hit up the Pooh ride and meet the characters (if they are out) You can hop on Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Haunted Mansion on your way over there.
-Hop on the train and head to Toontown/Fantasyland. Hit up Mickey and the Magical Map and Toontown.
-Naptime! If you have hopper tickets it is faster to cut through DCA to get back to the hotel.

They are doing a Lunar New Year celebration in DCA until Feb 18 so that might be cool to check out.

Get the MaxPass for 1 person just for the photo downloads. It really isn't worth it for rides unless you plan on doing rider swap for all the thrill rides.

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We’re going in May and not getting a double, just using our single. Everyone says it’s way more compact than WDW so older kids don’t need strollers like there.

If you can bring a booster (bubble bum is an option for travel) for your older guy then you could use Uber car seat for the younger.

[suburbanzookeeper]

Everything is more compact and walk-able than WDW, I would bring or rent a single stroller. Plus stroller parking is a PITA at the park. My son was walking the park with no problem by 3 (full day).

Either way, my friends have had good luck with City Strollers out of Anaheim for a stroller rental. citystrollerrentals.checkfront.site/ DL strollers are horrible.

[jamer]

We used city strollers out of Anaheim and had a good experience. We got a double for my 2 and 5 year old but we were in a hotel off site. We didn’t find stroller parking hard or a pain for a double but we went first week of May

[jg183]

If I can get a babysitter (my cousin) is world of color worth it??

[alleinesein]

Jan 13, 2018 16:49:28 GMT -5 jg183 said:

If I can get a babysitter (my cousin) is world of color worth it??

Yes. Try to book a WOC dining package. The current one is similar to the original with a few updates. I saw it last night and i liked the new enhancements.

[jg183]

What about grocery delivery? Anyone send to the hotel?

[alleinesein]

Jan 13, 2018 22:47:37 GMT -5 jg183 said:

What about grocery delivery? Anyone send to the hotel?

www.vons.com

They usually run a free shipping and $20-$25 off your first order for new customers.  

Are you staying in a DVC Villa or a regular hotel room?  If you are in a regular hotel room or a DVC studio you will only have a small fridge with no freezer.