Will be in Paris last week of January with 5 adults and 3 kids. Never been to Paris Disney - what day of the week will be best for a day trip to Disney? Is it too late to make restaurant reservations now? How does lightening lane passes work in Paris? Any must do's and paris-only attractions? Thank you!!

Will be in LA starting second week of December and want to avoid the holiday crowd at Disneyland.

Anyone know when the schools get out for their holiday vacation? Any suggestions on the best day of the week and time to visit to avoid the crowd?

Will be our first time visiting during a holiday AND with a baby, any baby tips appreciated! (Like what restaurants to go to, etc)

Also, I assume it's too late right now to make any restaurant reservations?

Hi, I'm going to be there at Tianas Bayou Adventures opening day and my group plans on going on the ride first thing in the morning. I haven't really kept up with future outlook or watch Fresh baked any reports or predictions etc what will the crowds look like on Friday?Also should i look at riding on a different time of day? Im just looking for help on managing potential crowd, When is the best time to ride Tianas? Also lastly will they be doing an opening ceremony for the ride as well? That might be an obvious question, Im just curious on what that day could look like.

I've been reading on child swap and I'm a bit confused. Im visiting Disneyland CA in December with my husband and 3 kids (6yo, 4yo and 6mo).

Since there are rides that the 6 months old won't be able to do, can we do child swap like this:

(1) my husband will go on a ride with the 6yo while I wait with the other two kids and when they're done, (2) I go on the ride with the 4yo while my husband wait with the other two

Does this work? Appreciate all the help!

Hello! First time doing Disney with our kids, aged 4, and twins are 3. They will be almost 5 and almost 4 when we go. Our hotel wishes are within 20 mins walking distance to the park, and need some sort of separate sleeping area/bedroom for kids so my husband and I don’t have to sit in the dark after bedtime and possible nap times.

Would love some sort of water park/pool, and would also love continental breakfast like holiday inn style.

Any ideas? Thanks 😊

Hi all! I went to Disneyland for the first time last year and I'm in love. I take my oldest child with me as our special time, but my preschooler stays home with my husband because he doesn't get the hype. My entire family is going to be in Anaheim around the holidays (not the parks) and I'd like to take my preschooler to a character meal as an intro to Disney. My husband is willing to do a character meal. I've only done Goofy's Kitchen and Plaza Inn as character meals.

Would you all recommend Storytellers Cafe or Goofy's Kitchen to someone who doesn't understand they Disney joy? Thanks!

Beginning to plan a trip to WDW for the spring of 2025. It’s been about 20 years since the last time we visited. We are thinking of spending at least 6 days at the various parks. Which parks do you recommend spending more than 1 day in for an all adult group?

Hello! I am looking for some tips for traveling with 2 young kiddies! We are looking to travel to Disney World for my son’s 4th birthday which is January 19th. I was wondering if the weekend/week of Martin Luther king day is typically a busy time to visit the parks?

I would be traveling with my mom, my husband and our 2 toddlers. We would be traveling from Sarasota for a quick 3/4night trip and think we would just do Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios so the kiddies can see the Pixar characters. Since it would be the 5 of us, I was thinking of renting an airbnb nearby so we could all be together vs multiple hotel rooms. If anyone has any recommendations or tips it would be much appreciated! We haven’t been in years and obviously never with kids!

Spouse and I were planning on going to Disney World Jan 2-8th (only 3 park days: MK, HS, & Epcot). I keep seeing conflicting crowd info, so I’m curious to hear some thoughts. This will probably be the end of winter break for some folks, so I imagine it could be higher crowds because of that. Everyone always says to avoid the first weekend of January bc of marathon week/weekend, but that isn’t until the next week in 2025 (starting the 8th). Estimated crown calendars say LOW crowds for marathon weekend though?

So question is, are we crazy for going those dates? We have commitments later in the month, so can’t push out (minus MLK weekend which is showing pretty sold out already)

We are a couple in our early 30s (no kids) experiencing the Disney magic for the first time ever. We are super excited and this sub has helped us a ton already. We have a single day Disneyland Park ticket with Lighting Lane. We will be there on November 20th and we plan to be there for rope drop.

• Is there a preferred schedule that has worked for you so we can get the most of our one day ticket and make best use of Lighting Lane? (We plan to get there by 7am in time for rope drop).

• What does Christmas at Disneyland feel like? Does anyone have tips on things to do specially during this time of the year?

It’s been about 6 years since I’ve last been at Disneyland and just read that the penny machines and quarter machines are different now. You just put a dollar in and get one pressed penny? That’s super lame and even more of a money grab. Can someone elaborate more of this please

My gf and child want to go to Disneyland LA for 2-3 day trip. I live just outside of SF and i am familiar with the drive there. For the price of gas and parking is it worth it to drive or is it better to fly in and use uber? Curious if anyone could recommend what to do

Hello: we are a family of 3 going to DL & CA Dec 16-20. When should I be making reservations for restaurants in the parks? I was looking today but there were no tables available and I'm wondering if they open up reservations closer to the date? Either that or I've missed out? Many thanks

With Tiana’s opening but not having the discounted ticket offer- do you think the weeks starting after 18th will be more busy?

Big Disneyland people going on a very quick trip to Disney world with family and trying to make the most of our arrival day. I know everything is more spread out, we are just trying to figure out when realistically we can get to the parks on our first day and more importantly what time to plan our first lightning lane. We arrive into MCO at 11:30 and are going to Coronado springs and then basically straight to the parks from there once we set our stuff down. Would 2:00 be enough time to schedule our first LL?

im doing. ye at dl but does anyone know if the park is actually open that late or does it still close at 9 as per usual?

The Haunted Mansion seems to toggle between temporarily closed and not accepting guests in the virtual queue the past few days. What does this mean? TIA!

Every guide I read says to rope drop. There must be people out there who can't get up early and line up for rope drop. I'd love to hear from people who go to the park later and what their approach is. We'll be staying within a walking distance from the park and are planning for 4 days at the park. We built in more time because we're going during one of the busier times (school break).

Realistically, we aren't sure if we could make it into the park before 10:30 AM. Our kid could probably stay up until about 10:30 or 11 PM at the park before crashing hard. We're very open to coming back to the hotel for a mid-day break.

I'd love to hear tips / recommendations for those of us who can't quite make it to the park early. Thanks!

Do the penny press machines that use quarters take Canadian quarters or do they have to be American only?

I’ll be on property next week and I’m staying at a deluxe resort. I get 2 extra hours at AK on Wednesday (currently forecasted to be rainy and terrible weather lol) and I’m curious if LL are necessary if I have that bit of extra time. I will only have the afternoon+EH time. (6 hours roughly)

My musts are Everest, FOP, and Kilamanjaro. I’d also like to get on River Journey, Kali Rapids, and Dinosaur if time permits.

Any insight? I already got LL for EPCOT and will be for MK but I wasn’t sure about AK with having that extra time. I’ve heard the park is relatively quiet in the evenings…

Thanks!

My first ever WDW trip is coming up (almost 60 days from now so I can start making reservations). I am looking for tips, tricks, and overall advice for our 5 days. Here's some info:

• 5 days with 1 park per day
• Plan on doing Magic Kingdom twice
• My birthday is on a Monday so we plan on going to Magic Kingdom that day, but what order might be best for the rest of the week?
• Staying at Port Orleans riverside
• Have a rental car
• Plan on table service mostly for dining (no dining package)
• Will be purchasing Lightning lane
• No memory maker
• 2 adults no kids
• LOVE live entertainment

I go to Disneyland pretty regularly, but have always dreamed of WDW!!!

My teen daughter and I are going next month. We’ve been several times and have never managed to be there on a “slower day”. Has anyone been there during the first week of December? The predictors say ghost town, but we’ve been burned by them before. We used to go Christmas Day, (years ago), but that’s nuts now too.🥴Thanks:)

Is it possible to rope drop rise of resistance at rope drop, or does it open up later on in the day?

Hello everyone!

My wife and I are looking at a trip to Disneyland this summer for my 40th.

I have not been since the mid90s and my wife was last there in 2009.

We have 3 kids: 9, 4, 3.

We're looking at flying and staying near by.

What does everyone recommend?

Thanks!

Edit to add: we're WDW "regulars", so fairly familiar with lightning lanes etc.

Also: what amazing pools are there? Kids might as well be part fish

I'm so excited to take my family to DL for the first time this weekend. This sub has been so helpful with planning. I'm training for a half marathon and would like to run five miles while staying at DLH. Any suggestions on a route suitable for someone unfamiliar with Anaheim?

I have a trip to Disneyland and DCA coming up and I was in a high demand religion my entire life. I’m 27 now and want to try alcohol for the first time while on my trip to Disneyland. What is a good drink to start with. I have a dinner at Lamplight if anyone has ideas there too!🩷 I just don’t want to dive too deep and get something that I’ll hate or is too strong. And if Disney isn’t the best place to try things, tell me please!🩷

Hello,

We will be going to Disney world in December for my mom birthday! We just found out that my dad will be joining us last minute. We are now in need of one more ticket to Mickey Christmas party! Do tickets get released later after being sold out? What are our chances?

Thank you

just saw the disney+ subscriber offer for disney tix, i want to know if i can do it this way:

purchase myself the subscriber offer (3 days)

then later make 2 new purchases one ticket per day for a different person to go with me? (best friend 1 day) (boyfriend 2 days) or would they have to purchase that on their own disneyland app account?

my best friend has a busy schedule this month but my boyfriend has day offs

was also wondering if for only day 1 i can upgrade for park hopper?

if i need to clarify please let me know 🙏

So I'm going to be celebrating my 10 year wedding anniversary at Disneyland, but was wondering if they had special wedding anniversary button we can get from the CM? I remember when I went on my honeymoon I had gotten a "just married" button. If there is where do I go to pick one up?

EDIT: Thank you everyone for responding! I appreciate it!

THE BEST DAY EVER. It was my husband (58) first time ever and my (43) first time without kids in over 20 years. We went on EVERYTHING we wanted and had a amazing day. Thanks to the tips I got in this group ☺️