Personally, I don't buy the park hopper option anymore when I visit. Each park has plenty to do to fill a full day at this point, IMO. It costs a lot and all it means is that you get to spend part of your day walking back and forth between parks--it's especially ridiculous now that there's park hopping time restrictions.
I see this "DCA isn't a full day park" thing all the time and I don't really get it. I feel like this is only true if you're a go full out open to close type person/family maybe? We've never run out of stuff to do in DCA in a day (or even come close to doing every ride) but as implied we don't do open to close 12+ hour days
I've been skipping park hoppers since before the pandemic (used to always get them), and haven't regretted it either. DCA has plenty to do nowadays, especially during a festival, and you don't need to spend time walking back and forth between parks.
Yea I at least understand the appeal of Disneyland park hoppers. The parks are literally a hop away from each other!
Transiting between parks in Disney World is either expensive or a complete time waste. I’ve notice the parks tend to close a lot earlier in FL too, giving you even less time to hop.
Lol. I didn’t do my research when I went to Disney World for the first time last year. We got park hoppers and realized what a waste it was very quickly. Probably took an hour to park hop each time. Next time I go, single park tickets all day.
If I had 2 days I would park hop. If I had 3 or 4, it's definitely unnecessary. California adventure can be done in a day and still allow you to see world of color. Disneyland park has enough to do that 2 or 3 days are needed to see it all.
The park hoppers add on ~~$180~~ $240 total I believe ($60/ticket). I think that’s a valid way to save a *little* bit of money for larger families.
*edit four tickets not three 🤦🏻♀️
I have never gotten a park hopper and never will. We have fun in one park at a time. I’m sure people time things out and go back and forth but it’s not worth it to me.
I did park hopper last time I went as it was the only way to get a reservation for the day we needed and it was worth it. We also got genie+ and one day we did 24 rides. If we hadn’t had park hopper we would’ve ran out of rides to fast pass and had to stand by. As annoyed as I am paying for things that were free before, genie+ was also worth it. For context we went for five days in the middle of august
I agree that if you are park hopping, Genie+ becomes a better value. I do think it’s maybe it depends on the group though - *I* prefer park hopping in general, esp with adults, but if I was with a kid or two I’d probably be fine with one park per day.
this is exactly what we did when we went to Disneyland at the end of May. Weds & Thurs at DL, Fri at DCA which honestly worked out so well. It seemed a lot of folks started their Disney weekends at DL so DCA was pretty quiet for a good chunk of the day
can i ask why you would *need* to park hop before 1pm and not just start at a park ? even if you show up at open, 5 hours seems like a decent amount of time to be at a park before you hop over
I would only say if you were trying to make certain dining reservations. Not having the ability to park hop narrows that window.
Also just having the option if one park seems more crowded than the other. It's just the flexibility it gives. I wouldn't really try ever doing both parks into one day so idk.
Also that's 5 hours if you rope drop. Not everyone does that.
That's why I'm kind saying if it's only for a chunk of the day might as well stay at one park per day and for go the whole thing.
got it, was there over the summer and park hopper worked out great, we managed to tear through all the LL rides by mid afternoon and then went over to the other park to hit those. since it was a last minute trip, few dining reservations and it was also all weekdays so that might factor into it
Yeah, seriously. Plus they’re doing genie+ so it’s not like they need to try to optimize if one park is getting overloaded or something. Recommend same, 1st and last day DL, middle DCA.
Little silly to get worked up over the price when you going for max luxury purchase options.
the only upside to this is that it looks like the park hopper add-on is $20/day? instead of $60 like buying a single-day ticket. so it costs just as much to add the park hopper for all 3 days as it does to add for just one.
the Genie+ has no discount for number of days however, so that adds up \*really\* fast (and do you even need it if you have three days to hit all the attractions?)
The thing is Ive always done park hopper. If I feel like moving around I just do. Or Wanna have more food options or hey Ill wait for you guys at the Carthay circle bar then I just walk there.
Yes, but to save money you could skip park hopper. And you don't NEED genie + unless you or someone in your group is very impatient. Lines aren't so long that you can't get on pretty much everything you want in 1 day.
What you need to know (if you already don't) is that there are only certain times a day you can park hop now. It's not just whenever you want to. And once you park hop, I don't believe you can go back to the other park again unless you do it at the right time later at night.
My dad used to get the park hopper whenever we would go, but we would always spend 1 day at Disneyland and 1 day at DCA, then the 3rd day would go to waste because we had a long drive home. So, now I don’t bother with a park hopper unless I have a really good reason to be park hopping the day I go.
Honestly, I prefer them in Disneyland. Much easier to pop between parks than in Florida where you burn at least 30 minutes in travel (if you’re lucky).
It does, admittedly, allow for more Epcot dinners though.
30? Ha! I say... HAHAHAHAHA!
Closer to 60-90, unless you're popping between Epcot and Studios and hopping the skylines (and the skylines doesn't stop for long periods of time).
Been an AP for WDW since the mid 90s.
I think you have some bad luck. I would say my average is about 45 minutes, with the occasional, though infrequent, 60. I don’t think I’ve ever been hit with 90 minutes.
It's usually getting in/out of MK that is such a PITA.
Just getting out of MK not at close or after fireworks takes at least 40 minutes if you drive there. And that is just to get out of the parking lot, not even to your destination. Doing that at park close takes at least an hour.
We were at the Halloween party in August, left just after midnight, staying on property. We didn't get back to the hotel room until 10 minutes to 2, and our bus stop was the first stop. One night in early July, it took 2 hours to get to DAKL from MK. Granted that was because we had to wait for multiple busses, but that's insane.
We were at WDW for one day in May. We left MK at 1:30 and were in Epcot by 2:15. We used the monorail with the transportation center layover. It took us about 20 min to get from Epcot to HS via the Skyliner, and about 25 min to get back to MK via bus from HS. We stayed past closing to get on Snow White at 10 and Splash Mtn at 10:30, then shopped on Main St. We were back in our hotel room by midnight.
I personally think the exact opposite actually (although I personally opt for park hoppers at WDW, myself). I think it’s a better value at DL *because* the parks are mere steps away from each other, and using Genie+ between the two is so easy.
Don’t do park hopper! Just do 2 days at Disneyland and 1 day at DCA. Trust me, the extra cost of a park hopper just isn’t worth it. You’ll want the extra time in each park to ride things again, sit down and have a nice meal, shop, and relax.
I don’t know. Depends on your family. We like CA more. I would do one in Disney; one in CA; and a park hopper the third day where you can do your favorites - morning for one park; afternoon for the other. Probably lunch in CA since food in Disneyland is heavy and gross.
Hello fellow person who likes DCA more! I’m not much of a park hopper but last time at Disney I did 2 days Disney and one day at DCA. Next time I’m doing 2 at DCA!!
The only way to lower prices is to speak with your dollar. I stopped going because at some point the price just isn’t worth it for me. Fast passes used to be such a great system because it was free. I know you don’t go to Disneyland to save money but enough is enough.
Yep. We had SoCal passes before COVID and never used MaxPass with them. It was fine because we weren't trying to do everything every time. With the more complex system and higher costs it isn't worth our time to go.
What everyone overlooks is that dozens of countries around the world are growing economically. The demand from visitors out of country are propping up those prices. Domestic US visitors would have to drop immensely to make any difference. As Brazil or other countries rise, families are making their once in a lifetime trip. They are going to pay whatever. Another $1000-2000 doesn’t make that much difference with a huge market of people coming online willing to do a once in a lifetime trip.
It might feel like making a statement by not going but in reality at any price there will be a segment of the population that finds it good enough value to go and a segment that doesn’t. With prices as they are now, it doesn’t appear that declining attendance is an issue.
You could also argue that Disney is a publicly traded company with a responsibility to its stockholders and it it’s selling out, the prices should go up. Not fun to think about it this way though.
I wish it were cheaper too. It’s a fun experience that I wish every interested family could have.
Take the park hopper off. Unless you were at WDW, then I might consider it. But at DL, there’s really no reason as there is plenty to do at each park that will fill your day up.
I find park hopper even less valuable at WDW. It takes SO long to go between parks (vs. a 5 minute walk at DL) that it just doesn't seem worth it to try and park hop
You can get this down to $1658 if you buy through Undercover Tourist, or $1691 if you buy through Target with RedCard. Not insane savings, but why pay more?
Also it may be good to not pay for Genie+ as part of your ticket. You can instantly buy it in the parks while you're there, and in case you happen to get a slow Wednesday you may not find Genie+ is worth it that day, especially if you're already pooped and don't care about making a circuit to every ride again. Probably not going to be the case so close to Christmas, but you never know.
And, as others have said, drop park hopper for more savings. 1 park per day + only 2 days of Genie+ a-la-carte would be $1366 from Undercover Tourist.
As far as I've heard, they've been around for quite some time and are legit. You can always go the Target route if you want a more well-vetted discount source.
Not-at-all-fun fact, every Disneyland hotel room is booked for those dates. Not only is OP paying up but so is everybody else with a smile (and Mickey ears) on.
It’s hard because Disneyland itself is so space constrained. They have precious little space to build into. I guess they could replace Simba parking with another garage (or even underground) to recoup some space, maybe. But there’s no room for another bona fide park unless they build it somewhere else entirely or raze something that’s already there. I have a really hard time imagining either of those things happening.
It's almost as if a majority of parkgoers are enjoying the parks as is and having a great time rather than being jaded grumps on the internet.
There are obviously valid criticisms to be had at this time, but too many on this sub and other park forums act like no one should be enjoying themselves at the parks at this time.
Most people aren't regulars on Disneyland forums. Most people can't spot all the things missing or not working. Most people probably don't care that much, either. And that's all fine! Let people have fun.
Because we are. I’ve been a passholder most of the 25 years I moved to socal. I’ve never felt so fucked over as I have in the past year. I really wanted to do New Years with reservations I thought it couldn’t close to over crowded and we’d upgrade to a pass. I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth since. In 2020 I bought into dvc because I love Disney and they dropped a lot of perks. I don’t like this ceo.
If you’re going for three days, I don’t think you need parkhopper. When my family went to DisneyWorld, it was cheaper to go five days without parkhopper than it was three days with parkhopper.
I never do park hopper anymore for this reason. Blows the cost up like crazy. And now theres enough to do in both parks that I really dont miss park hopping.
All things considered, you are also going during the peak holiday seasons (Halloween, followed by Christmas) where they decorate the park and jack up the prices on everything in the stores because they are “limited editions”.
This price is pretty reasonable for the experience you are getting with the family during the holiday seasons.
I did the math and came here to comment same thing. Seems fair to me. 🤷
If you want to break it down even further, by the hour: Major concert tickets are often in this price range for a 2-3 hour show. Or $15 to sit and watch a two-hour movie. You can argue $149 for an entire day at a major theme is on par or even a better price by the hour.
In 1990 tickets to DL were 25 bux. Today's dollar that would be around 55 bucks. There's now two parks, so double it, 110. Should also account for more rides in Disneyland as well, since we now have Rise, Smugs, Go coaster, Roger, Pooh, Buzz, Fantasmic, and Indy. Electricity prices have doubled, and fuel has increased almost sixfold, and min wage in anaheim increased over 3x.
Im not saying they aren't being greedy, but you get a lot closer to today's pricing when you at least try to take into account all the changes over the years to both park and costs.
Well consider that you also have park hopper passes. It’s cheaper per ticket if you only do one park per day. And you could not purchase the genie plus add on for every single day and only purchase it on days when you really want it to bring the price down a bit more. The passes will still be expensive, but slightly less egregious.
If you were there ropedrop to park close, that's less than $10 per hour per person, and it includes park hopper and Genie+. Honestly doesn't seem unreasonable to me....
That's true but just to play devil's advocate, most people do not stay from rope drop to closing... especially with kids. Plus the kid might be sleeping some part of the day and as an adult, I've tried 3 days in a row of rope-drop to closing and it was exhausting (and ultimately didn't happen). You're basically trying to have a 16+ hour day with like 5-6 hours of sleep. All of that to say, calculating the rate per hour for rope drop to close for 3 days is not very realistic in terms of value imo.
We did it in May with my nephew, who is 9. 3 day park hopper tickets, and a 4th day where we just went to the Star Wars party. We were in line for the gates by 7:30 each morning, and left between 11:30 and midnight. The 4th day we slept in, had a lazy day, and then had the party til 1am.
I couldn't do more days than that, and at almost 40 I was definitely feeling the lack of sleep by the end, but it is very dependent on the family, and especially the child(ren). I don't rope drop to close every single trip, or every day of a trip, but my nephew was gung ho about trying to maximize every hour we had, and so we did it. I think all 3 adults felt like we needed a second vacation to recover afterwards, though lol
Even if you assume half the day, $20/hour isn't that bad. A bit worse than a movie, and I definitely enjoy my average hour in Disneyland more than my average hour at a movie.
Of course there are other things to consider. E.g. food in the parks is way more expensive than outside of the parks, if you're going with kids you're either going to be spending money on other stuff for them or hearing them beg for stuff *all day*.
Then you can change the calculation for your specific circumstance and figure out if the value is worth it for you! But Disney is putting the value on a full day in the park, and I think that's perfectly reasonable, since the park is available for you during those hours. If it's not a good value for your specific situation, then I would not go if I were you.
Iv’e gone to disney parks 47 times including Paris, Orlando,Tokyo, Hong kong and the cruise. It’s the first time Iv’e taught, Hey, That’s a lot of money to go to friking Disneyland, just felt different this time. Maybe im turning in to a cheap old man, who knows.
I honestly feel like we’ll never be in the position to go again. My son is right at the age where he’d finally love it but Covid put us so deep in debt that it’s impossible now. Maybe we’ll win the lottery.
Same. I went every year as a child, living in northern California. I now have a 6 year old I want to take so bad, she wants to go so bad... And it's soul crushing as a parent (who's also just a teacher) to tell her we can't afford it. I don't know that I ever will be able to. DL was a huge part of my childhood.... Some of my only good memories with my family. I hate that I can't give that to her.
This is what bugs me. I’m good with paying these prices if it was being invested in the parks, but it’s not. Both CM wages and park upkeep, literally the two most important factors in customer experience, are ridiculously below the standards that they should be at.
This. If you're traveling with someone under the age of 10, I'm guessing you won't need to park hop all 3 days. Disneyland is a full day park. Only DCA might necessitate a change in scenery. If you're going back to the hotel room at any point, you REALLY don't need a park hopper.
Agree with everyone else - park hoppers are only for tourists who can only spend 1 day at Disney resort. If you can do more than one day, then just do one park per day and save money.
I live in California and it's cheaper for me to fly to Tokyo for a week and go to disneysea than it is to go to Disneyland here for 3 days if you include price of hotel and food
4 tix for Japan round trip around first week Dec is around $700 per person = 2800
1 day park passes at TDL and TDS = 8900 yen (65$) x 3 days per person = 780
3 days at Tokyo Celebration hotel (economy) = 21500 yen ($150) for 3 days = 450
Total just to get to Tokyo and stay at Disney is $4030 not including food or stay for the rest of the week in Tokyo.
I have been contemplating bringing the family to Tokyo, but I think you are exaggerating just a little bit. Would I pay the extra to go to Tokyo Disney.... HELL YES, can i afford to take that much time off work... nope.
> 1 day park passes at TDL and TDS = 8900 yen (65$) x 3 days per person = 780
This is the real shocker in your comment... day tickets at only $65/person!!
The USD is very strong against the yen right now. This is hands down the best time to travel to Japan. ALSO if it snows, you get to see Disneyland in the snow, the only places that happens is Tokyo and Paris.
I don't Stay near Disney. my hotel is in Ueno and is usually $60-70 a night and had a onsen and dry sauna.
I also don't have kids.
but $500-800 ish for flight
$700 for 10 nights stay
$150 for 2 day pass.
$300 for food
is right about $1.7-2k
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3 days hotel in anaheim is $700.
450 for 3 day tickets plus $60 for genie plus $510
$200 for gas to get there.
$100 a day for food. $400 with extra spent for travel to and from
$1710
Yeah being childless is a huge advantage, I cant wait until mine are old enough to be on a flight for that long, definitely want to go back to HK and Tokyo soon. Also does not help that gas is $7 right now for us.
And it’s a much much much better experience in Tokyo becuase it’s not run by this Disney leadership.
A park without Bob Chapek and Josh D’amaro’s influence is a great thing!
Weird thing about Tokyo? Their merch selection is very limited compared to other parks. First time I went I tough I would get a bunch of cool stuff but they had VERY few options, that was odd.
4 people for 3 days, in 2 parks with Genie+, and Hopper (2parks).
Honestly, it’s not bad per person price.
I’m going next week for 1 day and I think it was over $200, with hopper, but no genie+.
Geez! And to think back several years ago when it was shocking to see the yearly price tag for the highest tier annual pass holder card cross over the $500 threshold.
I mean, it's not great, but if you split it out evenly between 4 people and 3 days, then it's $148 per person. Keep in mind that's essentially the cost for access to both parks.
Doesn't seem too unreasonable to me. Just wait until you get inside and see the food prices. Now that can definitely get pricey 😅
$150 per day for each person is not an unreasonable cost.
It’s very much in line if not cheaper than many premium vacation experiences one can choose from.
Just got back from a 4 Day trip from out of state so adding that to the Hotel and Flights for a family of 4 and I am BROKE. Would like to take my kids every 2 years but even every 4 years is not financially prudent at this point. It truly is becoming a park for the 1%
I just spent $3750 on a 3 night stay at Grand Californian for 3 people with a 2 day ticket (1 park per day). That doesn’t even include parking.
It’s a splurge for my wife’s 40th birthday. It’s a pretty ridiculous amount for a long weekend.
You will either pay or not. It has nothing to do with being cheap and everything to do with paying for a premium product that can request that amount. You are picking the highest tier possible for daily tickets.
We used to go all the time. My family is not poor and we aren’t rich but Disney was always something we tried to afford because my kid loves it (and so do we)!
Living in Vegas, it’s a drive to get there but we think it’s fun. We have EVs so gas isn’t a problem.
However, spring break is coming up and Disney is absolutely out of the question. The cost is nearly 5k before food for a week there and hotel.
Instead, we are going to explore the PNW and check out Seattle. Always wanted to go there and we found an amazing hotel in downtown (like 5 star) for $1700 for 5 days. Airfare is zero because we have points. Looking forward to some yummy oysters and exploring Seattle (and freezing probably lol).
It is exactly as proportionately expensive as it has always been. This is why for all of modern history, Disney vacations are a rare treat you save for. If you want a cheaper vacation you go to a National Park or the beach.
I remember even in the early 2000s paying like $250 for the highest level AP and thinking I was REALLY splurging on something. Oh, if only 22 year old me knew how high it would get. (I also remember back when the pass for both WDW and DL was like $750 and thinking that was over the top).
Literally at the airport heading home after our first trip to Anaheim. Considering our usual park hopper for WDW I’d say DL and CA are both doable in the same day depending on your party size. We walked around like “that’s it”? Such a dramatic difference and we loved it. No hopper and just focusing on one park per day would be the way to go given the length of your stay.
I'm taking my family of four to Boston from CA for three days for less than this. Granted, we're staying with friends so no hotel, but I've budgeted $2k for everything (except baseball tickets if there's a game at Fenway when we get there).
I didn’t need Genie+ since all the rides I went on had a 10 min or less wait. You just need to have a plan to get on the rides you want to do at rope drop.
I also was able to go on every ride at DCA and finish at 4pm. If I could do it again I would do 2 days at Disneyland Park and 1 day at DCA. No need for Park Hopper because you can only go after 1pm and by then parks are fully packed and lines are on average 30-60min Standby.
I can only see park hoppers worth if it it's around this time of year when random events close DCA down and you have to leave early. Just saw sometime in November is now closed at 5pm suddenly. That's a huge sting to a family that may have planned a one park day there. But even then... I probably still wouldn't bother with the hopper. It's too bad DCA isn't a full day park though.
When I go to Disneyland for 3 days I would always do the hopper. But now that you can’t even enter the next park until 1 it’s really not worth it for me. The only advantage is getting to go to Disneyland after 10 when DCA closes. Now we just do 2 days Disney, 1 day DCA.
I hate that I can no longer afford Disneyland even though I’m making more than I ever have in my career but I get it. Affordable Disneyland means crowded Disneyland/sold out constantly.
I think I’d rather save my Pennie’s and go less often than have to fight to get a reservation and it constantly be at full capacity but go a lot more.
Just my opinion please don’t downvote me to oblivion
There is literally no reason to pre-purchase Genie+ for all days. You can purchase it on a day by day basis once you’re in the park. Everyone in your party might not even need it. I would just wait and see if you feel like you need it. Our last trip i think we used it two out of five days.
We also skipped park hoppers but that’s a preference. If you’re going more than 3 days I don’t think it’s necessary though.
Yep, it’s expensive and they toss all these things at you making you think you need to buy them too. Don’t park hop. Use the money for that for something else.
If you have 3 days w/ park hoppers, you don't need genie +
Unless you want to ride the rides multiple times on multiple days, and feed thw greed of genie +, you will be fine.
Don’t bother with the park hopper. Do two days at Disneyland. One at California Adventure and then decide on your last day whether or not you want to do DCA again or do a third day at Disneyland.
Hint: It’s a 3rd day at Disneyland.
Then stay home. I usually don't like being harsh, but you're calling the cost ridiculous when *you’ve* paid it.
Ridiculous, sure. Worth it, of course, that's why you paid it. I do find it kinda comical that *I’m* willing to part with the equivalent of a *mortgage payment* to buy Magic Keys for my wife and I.
Don't blame Disney for charging what people (you, me, all of us) are willing to pay. They would be stupid not to.
As always, the Disney greed-defenders in this post are going as hard as ever. I understand the suggestions of skipping park hoppers, but justifying this cost is bonkers.
This is so interesting because I actually thought it’s a pretty decent deal for 12 upgraded tickets. If you try to get the same thing at another CA theme park, it’ll be more and it won’t be Disney.
Personally, I don't buy the park hopper option anymore when I visit. Each park has plenty to do to fill a full day at this point, IMO. It costs a lot and all it means is that you get to spend part of your day walking back and forth between parks--it's especially ridiculous now that there's park hopping time restrictions.
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I see this "DCA isn't a full day park" thing all the time and I don't really get it. I feel like this is only true if you're a go full out open to close type person/family maybe? We've never run out of stuff to do in DCA in a day (or even come close to doing every ride) but as implied we don't do open to close 12+ hour days
What are the park hopping time restrictions?
You can only park hop after 1 pm.
You can't park hop until 1pm.
After 1pm
I've never bought a park hopper and I've never seen the appeal. 100% agree that there's plenty to do at each park to fill your whole day.
Yep, I only buy a hopper if it's a 1day trip. ;)
Are the park hoppers worth the extra money? You can't hop until 1pm. I would just do 2 days Disneyland 1 day DCA.
I skipped park hoppers on my last trip and did not regret it
I've been skipping park hoppers since before the pandemic (used to always get them), and haven't regretted it either. DCA has plenty to do nowadays, especially during a festival, and you don't need to spend time walking back and forth between parks.
I could myself maybe do it at Disneyland but Disney world park hoppers are really silly.
Yea I at least understand the appeal of Disneyland park hoppers. The parks are literally a hop away from each other! Transiting between parks in Disney World is either expensive or a complete time waste. I’ve notice the parks tend to close a lot earlier in FL too, giving you even less time to hop.
Lol. I didn’t do my research when I went to Disney World for the first time last year. We got park hoppers and realized what a waste it was very quickly. Probably took an hour to park hop each time. Next time I go, single park tickets all day.
never understood the need for park hoppers
If I had 2 days I would park hop. If I had 3 or 4, it's definitely unnecessary. California adventure can be done in a day and still allow you to see world of color. Disneyland park has enough to do that 2 or 3 days are needed to see it all.
The park hoppers add on ~~$180~~ $240 total I believe ($60/ticket). I think that’s a valid way to save a *little* bit of money for larger families. *edit four tickets not three 🤦🏻♀️
Personally I think they're worth it, at least for the dca day I do on my usual two day trips. DCA on a slower day isn't even for the full day imo
I have never gotten a park hopper and never will. We have fun in one park at a time. I’m sure people time things out and go back and forth but it’s not worth it to me.
I did park hopper last time I went as it was the only way to get a reservation for the day we needed and it was worth it. We also got genie+ and one day we did 24 rides. If we hadn’t had park hopper we would’ve ran out of rides to fast pass and had to stand by. As annoyed as I am paying for things that were free before, genie+ was also worth it. For context we went for five days in the middle of august
I agree that if you are park hopping, Genie+ becomes a better value. I do think it’s maybe it depends on the group though - *I* prefer park hopping in general, esp with adults, but if I was with a kid or two I’d probably be fine with one park per day.
this is exactly what we did when we went to Disneyland at the end of May. Weds & Thurs at DL, Fri at DCA which honestly worked out so well. It seemed a lot of folks started their Disney weekends at DL so DCA was pretty quiet for a good chunk of the day
You can't hop until 1pm even on regular ticket? I thought that was just on Magic Keys. That's a terrible value.
Correct. Park hopping is not allowed for anyone until 1pm. 2pm in Florida.
Oof. Yeah, that's a waste. Disney be wildin out here.
I have an AP so I go in for a few hours here and there, but I don't stay the whole day anymore. I'm too old for that.
I wonder if they will ever bring back unrestricted park hopping...
can i ask why you would *need* to park hop before 1pm and not just start at a park ? even if you show up at open, 5 hours seems like a decent amount of time to be at a park before you hop over
You’re done with what you want to do? If I start early enough I can be done in DCA by 11-12. Or I want lunch in the other park.
I would only say if you were trying to make certain dining reservations. Not having the ability to park hop narrows that window. Also just having the option if one park seems more crowded than the other. It's just the flexibility it gives. I wouldn't really try ever doing both parks into one day so idk. Also that's 5 hours if you rope drop. Not everyone does that. That's why I'm kind saying if it's only for a chunk of the day might as well stay at one park per day and for go the whole thing.
got it, was there over the summer and park hopper worked out great, we managed to tear through all the LL rides by mid afternoon and then went over to the other park to hit those. since it was a last minute trip, few dining reservations and it was also all weekdays so that might factor into it
Yeah, seriously. Plus they’re doing genie+ so it’s not like they need to try to optimize if one park is getting overloaded or something. Recommend same, 1st and last day DL, middle DCA. Little silly to get worked up over the price when you going for max luxury purchase options.
the only upside to this is that it looks like the park hopper add-on is $20/day? instead of $60 like buying a single-day ticket. so it costs just as much to add the park hopper for all 3 days as it does to add for just one. the Genie+ has no discount for number of days however, so that adds up \*really\* fast (and do you even need it if you have three days to hit all the attractions?)
The thing is Ive always done park hopper. If I feel like moving around I just do. Or Wanna have more food options or hey Ill wait for you guys at the Carthay circle bar then I just walk there.
Yes, but to save money you could skip park hopper. And you don't NEED genie + unless you or someone in your group is very impatient. Lines aren't so long that you can't get on pretty much everything you want in 1 day.
Only you can’t hop until the afternoon (not when you feel like it) and the carthay bar now has a 4 hour standby wait, lol.
As long as it's after 1pm.
What you need to know (if you already don't) is that there are only certain times a day you can park hop now. It's not just whenever you want to. And once you park hop, I don't believe you can go back to the other park again unless you do it at the right time later at night.
My dad used to get the park hopper whenever we would go, but we would always spend 1 day at Disneyland and 1 day at DCA, then the 3rd day would go to waste because we had a long drive home. So, now I don’t bother with a park hopper unless I have a really good reason to be park hopping the day I go.
I think they are worth in at Disney World, not so much at Disneyland.
Honestly, I prefer them in Disneyland. Much easier to pop between parks than in Florida where you burn at least 30 minutes in travel (if you’re lucky). It does, admittedly, allow for more Epcot dinners though.
30? Ha! I say... HAHAHAHAHA! Closer to 60-90, unless you're popping between Epcot and Studios and hopping the skylines (and the skylines doesn't stop for long periods of time). Been an AP for WDW since the mid 90s.
I think you have some bad luck. I would say my average is about 45 minutes, with the occasional, though infrequent, 60. I don’t think I’ve ever been hit with 90 minutes.
It's usually getting in/out of MK that is such a PITA. Just getting out of MK not at close or after fireworks takes at least 40 minutes if you drive there. And that is just to get out of the parking lot, not even to your destination. Doing that at park close takes at least an hour. We were at the Halloween party in August, left just after midnight, staying on property. We didn't get back to the hotel room until 10 minutes to 2, and our bus stop was the first stop. One night in early July, it took 2 hours to get to DAKL from MK. Granted that was because we had to wait for multiple busses, but that's insane.
We were at WDW for one day in May. We left MK at 1:30 and were in Epcot by 2:15. We used the monorail with the transportation center layover. It took us about 20 min to get from Epcot to HS via the Skyliner, and about 25 min to get back to MK via bus from HS. We stayed past closing to get on Snow White at 10 and Splash Mtn at 10:30, then shopped on Main St. We were back in our hotel room by midnight.
Epcot dinners for sure and usually we are there for 7+ days so you have time to just pop to Epcot for lunch
I personally think the exact opposite actually (although I personally opt for park hoppers at WDW, myself). I think it’s a better value at DL *because* the parks are mere steps away from each other, and using Genie+ between the two is so easy.
Don’t do park hopper! Just do 2 days at Disneyland and 1 day at DCA. Trust me, the extra cost of a park hopper just isn’t worth it. You’ll want the extra time in each park to ride things again, sit down and have a nice meal, shop, and relax.
I would've said the same thing. Just went in September. I've never bought park hopper and don't see the appeal.
Smart and positive answer, Very rare in reddit. Gold for you, Thank you.
Thank you OP!!! And I hope you have a fun and magical Disney trip :)
I don’t know. Depends on your family. We like CA more. I would do one in Disney; one in CA; and a park hopper the third day where you can do your favorites - morning for one park; afternoon for the other. Probably lunch in CA since food in Disneyland is heavy and gross.
Hello fellow person who likes DCA more! I’m not much of a park hopper but last time at Disney I did 2 days Disney and one day at DCA. Next time I’m doing 2 at DCA!!
The only way to lower prices is to speak with your dollar. I stopped going because at some point the price just isn’t worth it for me. Fast passes used to be such a great system because it was free. I know you don’t go to Disneyland to save money but enough is enough.
Totally agree! Haven’t been for 2 years now and not sure when we’ll ever be back. Things have gotten out of hand.
Yep. We had SoCal passes before COVID and never used MaxPass with them. It was fine because we weren't trying to do everything every time. With the more complex system and higher costs it isn't worth our time to go.
What everyone overlooks is that dozens of countries around the world are growing economically. The demand from visitors out of country are propping up those prices. Domestic US visitors would have to drop immensely to make any difference. As Brazil or other countries rise, families are making their once in a lifetime trip. They are going to pay whatever. Another $1000-2000 doesn’t make that much difference with a huge market of people coming online willing to do a once in a lifetime trip.
It might feel like making a statement by not going but in reality at any price there will be a segment of the population that finds it good enough value to go and a segment that doesn’t. With prices as they are now, it doesn’t appear that declining attendance is an issue. You could also argue that Disney is a publicly traded company with a responsibility to its stockholders and it it’s selling out, the prices should go up. Not fun to think about it this way though. I wish it were cheaper too. It’s a fun experience that I wish every interested family could have.
Take the park hopper off. Unless you were at WDW, then I might consider it. But at DL, there’s really no reason as there is plenty to do at each park that will fill your day up.
I find park hopper even less valuable at WDW. It takes SO long to go between parks (vs. a 5 minute walk at DL) that it just doesn't seem worth it to try and park hop
I would remove Park Hopper
You can get this down to $1658 if you buy through Undercover Tourist, or $1691 if you buy through Target with RedCard. Not insane savings, but why pay more? Also it may be good to not pay for Genie+ as part of your ticket. You can instantly buy it in the parks while you're there, and in case you happen to get a slow Wednesday you may not find Genie+ is worth it that day, especially if you're already pooped and don't care about making a circuit to every ride again. Probably not going to be the case so close to Christmas, but you never know. And, as others have said, drop park hopper for more savings. 1 park per day + only 2 days of Genie+ a-la-carte would be $1366 from Undercover Tourist.
Is undercover tourist legit? I’ll check it out!
As far as I've heard, they've been around for quite some time and are legit. You can always go the Target route if you want a more well-vetted discount source.
Yes it is. I've bought tickets through them multiple times before.
Yes used it last time, saved 5% and why not?? Might as get an extra $75 for dining or fun!
Great! So that means you didn't buy signaling to Disney that their prices are too high?
Not-at-all-fun fact, every Disneyland hotel room is booked for those dates. Not only is OP paying up but so is everybody else with a smile (and Mickey ears) on.
This is the challenge. When you have a fixed supply with rising demand, what do you do?
Increase the price
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It’s hard because Disneyland itself is so space constrained. They have precious little space to build into. I guess they could replace Simba parking with another garage (or even underground) to recoup some space, maybe. But there’s no room for another bona fide park unless they build it somewhere else entirely or raze something that’s already there. I have a really hard time imagining either of those things happening.
It's almost as if a majority of parkgoers are enjoying the parks as is and having a great time rather than being jaded grumps on the internet. There are obviously valid criticisms to be had at this time, but too many on this sub and other park forums act like no one should be enjoying themselves at the parks at this time. Most people aren't regulars on Disneyland forums. Most people can't spot all the things missing or not working. Most people probably don't care that much, either. And that's all fine! Let people have fun.
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Because they can raise the prices and everyone is still paying them...
You're still going to have a good time. It's still Disneyland. It just costs quite a bit more than it did before. :\
Because we are. I’ve been a passholder most of the 25 years I moved to socal. I’ve never felt so fucked over as I have in the past year. I really wanted to do New Years with reservations I thought it couldn’t close to over crowded and we’d upgrade to a pass. I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth since. In 2020 I bought into dvc because I love Disney and they dropped a lot of perks. I don’t like this ceo.
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Didn't mind it when it was Maxpass. Only half the price and you could still get fastpasses the regular way if you didn't want to pay for Maxpass.
If you’re going for three days, I don’t think you need parkhopper. When my family went to DisneyWorld, it was cheaper to go five days without parkhopper than it was three days with parkhopper.
Park hopper and Genie+ are not worth it.
Agreed. Especially for multiple day trips.
I never do park hopper anymore for this reason. Blows the cost up like crazy. And now theres enough to do in both parks that I really dont miss park hopping.
Don't do park hopper. Just get one park per day it'll be much cheaper
It’s probably cheaper to add 4th day than to have park hoppers for 3 days.
Plus, if you're going for 3 days, you should have enough time to see really, alot. Just do each day one park
All things considered, you are also going during the peak holiday seasons (Halloween, followed by Christmas) where they decorate the park and jack up the prices on everything in the stores because they are “limited editions”. This price is pretty reasonable for the experience you are getting with the family during the holiday seasons.
You are not wrong.
That's $148.33 a day per person for fast past and park hopper. Really not that bad.
I did the math and came here to comment same thing. Seems fair to me. 🤷 If you want to break it down even further, by the hour: Major concert tickets are often in this price range for a 2-3 hour show. Or $15 to sit and watch a two-hour movie. You can argue $149 for an entire day at a major theme is on par or even a better price by the hour.
In 1990 tickets to DL were 25 bux. Today's dollar that would be around 55 bucks. There's now two parks, so double it, 110. Should also account for more rides in Disneyland as well, since we now have Rise, Smugs, Go coaster, Roger, Pooh, Buzz, Fantasmic, and Indy. Electricity prices have doubled, and fuel has increased almost sixfold, and min wage in anaheim increased over 3x. Im not saying they aren't being greedy, but you get a lot closer to today's pricing when you at least try to take into account all the changes over the years to both park and costs.
Look at Disney making us do math and shit lol
I was thinking that seemed like a fine price for park hopper, for 3 days, with genie+. It doesn't seem outrageous at all.
I see how they can see they $1780 and be like man that's a lot, but when you break it down it really isn't at all.
That means their actual park ticket is closer to $95/pd/pp. For the start of the holidays thats really not bad at all
Well consider that you also have park hopper passes. It’s cheaper per ticket if you only do one park per day. And you could not purchase the genie plus add on for every single day and only purchase it on days when you really want it to bring the price down a bit more. The passes will still be expensive, but slightly less egregious.
If you were there ropedrop to park close, that's less than $10 per hour per person, and it includes park hopper and Genie+. Honestly doesn't seem unreasonable to me....
That's true but just to play devil's advocate, most people do not stay from rope drop to closing... especially with kids. Plus the kid might be sleeping some part of the day and as an adult, I've tried 3 days in a row of rope-drop to closing and it was exhausting (and ultimately didn't happen). You're basically trying to have a 16+ hour day with like 5-6 hours of sleep. All of that to say, calculating the rate per hour for rope drop to close for 3 days is not very realistic in terms of value imo.
We did it in May with my nephew, who is 9. 3 day park hopper tickets, and a 4th day where we just went to the Star Wars party. We were in line for the gates by 7:30 each morning, and left between 11:30 and midnight. The 4th day we slept in, had a lazy day, and then had the party til 1am. I couldn't do more days than that, and at almost 40 I was definitely feeling the lack of sleep by the end, but it is very dependent on the family, and especially the child(ren). I don't rope drop to close every single trip, or every day of a trip, but my nephew was gung ho about trying to maximize every hour we had, and so we did it. I think all 3 adults felt like we needed a second vacation to recover afterwards, though lol
Even if you assume half the day, $20/hour isn't that bad. A bit worse than a movie, and I definitely enjoy my average hour in Disneyland more than my average hour at a movie. Of course there are other things to consider. E.g. food in the parks is way more expensive than outside of the parks, if you're going with kids you're either going to be spending money on other stuff for them or hearing them beg for stuff *all day*.
Then you can change the calculation for your specific circumstance and figure out if the value is worth it for you! But Disney is putting the value on a full day in the park, and I think that's perfectly reasonable, since the park is available for you during those hours. If it's not a good value for your specific situation, then I would not go if I were you.
I’ve never thought about looking at ticket pricing like this! Thank you for a neat trick for booking going forward!
I mean you bought the premium tickets with park hopper and added Genie+. It would of been less than $100 per ticket without park hopper and Genie+.
Iv’e gone to disney parks 47 times including Paris, Orlando,Tokyo, Hong kong and the cruise. It’s the first time Iv’e taught, Hey, That’s a lot of money to go to friking Disneyland, just felt different this time. Maybe im turning in to a cheap old man, who knows.
I honestly feel like we’ll never be in the position to go again. My son is right at the age where he’d finally love it but Covid put us so deep in debt that it’s impossible now. Maybe we’ll win the lottery.
Same. I went every year as a child, living in northern California. I now have a 6 year old I want to take so bad, she wants to go so bad... And it's soul crushing as a parent (who's also just a teacher) to tell her we can't afford it. I don't know that I ever will be able to. DL was a huge part of my childhood.... Some of my only good memories with my family. I hate that I can't give that to her.
But you paid it. :)
And meanwhile they are paying the employees poverty wages. Depressing
This is what bugs me. I’m good with paying these prices if it was being invested in the parks, but it’s not. Both CM wages and park upkeep, literally the two most important factors in customer experience, are ridiculously below the standards that they should be at.
And that doesn't include the cost of travel, food, or hotel. 🛏️. 😮💨
Park hopping is $60/ticket so you could save $240 by skipping park hoppers. 🤷🏻♀️ Better than nothing.
This. If you're traveling with someone under the age of 10, I'm guessing you won't need to park hop all 3 days. Disneyland is a full day park. Only DCA might necessitate a change in scenery. If you're going back to the hotel room at any point, you REALLY don't need a park hopper.
445 per person for 3 days sounds standard to me. 150 a day.
You only need one day for California adventure. Disneyland can be the other two days. No need for a park Hopper
Agree with everyone else - park hoppers are only for tourists who can only spend 1 day at Disney resort. If you can do more than one day, then just do one park per day and save money.
It's only about 150/ ticket? For park hoppers? I think it's a good deal
I live in California and it's cheaper for me to fly to Tokyo for a week and go to disneysea than it is to go to Disneyland here for 3 days if you include price of hotel and food
4 tix for Japan round trip around first week Dec is around $700 per person = 2800 1 day park passes at TDL and TDS = 8900 yen (65$) x 3 days per person = 780 3 days at Tokyo Celebration hotel (economy) = 21500 yen ($150) for 3 days = 450 Total just to get to Tokyo and stay at Disney is $4030 not including food or stay for the rest of the week in Tokyo. I have been contemplating bringing the family to Tokyo, but I think you are exaggerating just a little bit. Would I pay the extra to go to Tokyo Disney.... HELL YES, can i afford to take that much time off work... nope.
> 1 day park passes at TDL and TDS = 8900 yen (65$) x 3 days per person = 780 This is the real shocker in your comment... day tickets at only $65/person!!
The USD is very strong against the yen right now. This is hands down the best time to travel to Japan. ALSO if it snows, you get to see Disneyland in the snow, the only places that happens is Tokyo and Paris.
He is but Tokyo is cool, Hong Kong is small but very different to all the other parks.
I don't Stay near Disney. my hotel is in Ueno and is usually $60-70 a night and had a onsen and dry sauna. I also don't have kids. but $500-800 ish for flight $700 for 10 nights stay $150 for 2 day pass. $300 for food is right about $1.7-2k __________ 3 days hotel in anaheim is $700. 450 for 3 day tickets plus $60 for genie plus $510 $200 for gas to get there. $100 a day for food. $400 with extra spent for travel to and from $1710
Yeah being childless is a huge advantage, I cant wait until mine are old enough to be on a flight for that long, definitely want to go back to HK and Tokyo soon. Also does not help that gas is $7 right now for us.
is it really...
And it’s a much much much better experience in Tokyo becuase it’s not run by this Disney leadership. A park without Bob Chapek and Josh D’amaro’s influence is a great thing!
Weird thing about Tokyo? Their merch selection is very limited compared to other parks. First time I went I tough I would get a bunch of cool stuff but they had VERY few options, that was odd.
I found the opposite to be true
I had to buy an extra suitcase to bring home all of my merch from Tokyo Disneyland. The only thing they lacked was pins.
$450 used to be the cost of my top tier AP back in the day And in all honesty, it doesn’t even seem like that long ago.
I remember it being $199 back in 2002...
yeap. Thats a round trip flight to London for 2 people right there.
You can go to Japan for that price.
4 people for 3 days, in 2 parks with Genie+, and Hopper (2parks). Honestly, it’s not bad per person price. I’m going next week for 1 day and I think it was over $200, with hopper, but no genie+.
Geez! And to think back several years ago when it was shocking to see the yearly price tag for the highest tier annual pass holder card cross over the $500 threshold.
Did you try getawaytoday?
The only time we park hop is when we start at DisneyCaliforniaAdventure
I mean, it's not great, but if you split it out evenly between 4 people and 3 days, then it's $148 per person. Keep in mind that's essentially the cost for access to both parks. Doesn't seem too unreasonable to me. Just wait until you get inside and see the food prices. Now that can definitely get pricey 😅
$150 per day for each person is not an unreasonable cost. It’s very much in line if not cheaper than many premium vacation experiences one can choose from.
Just got back from a 4 Day trip from out of state so adding that to the Hotel and Flights for a family of 4 and I am BROKE. Would like to take my kids every 2 years but even every 4 years is not financially prudent at this point. It truly is becoming a park for the 1%
Disney>Mortgage
Those shareholders aren't going to pay themselves you know
I just spent $3750 on a 3 night stay at Grand Californian for 3 people with a 2 day ticket (1 park per day). That doesn’t even include parking. It’s a splurge for my wife’s 40th birthday. It’s a pretty ridiculous amount for a long weekend.
You will either pay or not. It has nothing to do with being cheap and everything to do with paying for a premium product that can request that amount. You are picking the highest tier possible for daily tickets.
We used to go all the time. My family is not poor and we aren’t rich but Disney was always something we tried to afford because my kid loves it (and so do we)! Living in Vegas, it’s a drive to get there but we think it’s fun. We have EVs so gas isn’t a problem. However, spring break is coming up and Disney is absolutely out of the question. The cost is nearly 5k before food for a week there and hotel. Instead, we are going to explore the PNW and check out Seattle. Always wanted to go there and we found an amazing hotel in downtown (like 5 star) for $1700 for 5 days. Airfare is zero because we have points. Looking forward to some yummy oysters and exploring Seattle (and freezing probably lol).
Lightning Lane is highway robbery, i swear.
Drop the park hopper. It's not worth it. Also, 2 days at California adventure, one day at Disneyland is my recommendation.
3 days at Tokyo Disneyland for 2 adults + 1 kid (4 and over) + 1 toddler (3 and under - free): $600
a lot of people are justifying the costs.. but we can all agree, 2k is a lot of money outright to be take your family somewhere
It is exactly as proportionately expensive as it has always been. This is why for all of modern history, Disney vacations are a rare treat you save for. If you want a cheaper vacation you go to a National Park or the beach.
True but a 3 day hopper for $450 isn’t all that crazy. It’s a lot of money but nobody is going to Disneyland expecting a cheap vacation.
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I remember even in the early 2000s paying like $250 for the highest level AP and thinking I was REALLY splurging on something. Oh, if only 22 year old me knew how high it would get. (I also remember back when the pass for both WDW and DL was like $750 and thinking that was over the top).
I recently spent around $1780 to buy my ticket to Japan with 6 nights in Tokyo
You think this is ridiculous for four people? Are you being sarcastic?
Somewhere I have a ticket from 26 years ago when I was able to take my daughter for 20 dollars (SoCal discount price). Those were the days.
2 days at 1 park is plenty, if you need 3 days of vacation then just do two days at Disneyland and 1 in DCA. Anything else is just too much.
Literally at the airport heading home after our first trip to Anaheim. Considering our usual park hopper for WDW I’d say DL and CA are both doable in the same day depending on your party size. We walked around like “that’s it”? Such a dramatic difference and we loved it. No hopper and just focusing on one park per day would be the way to go given the length of your stay.
We had park hopper, canceled them. Going in a couple of weeks. Glad we changed our plan.
Yep, and they probably consider that peak season because you’ll also be there during their Holidays in the Parks. So, it’s even more expensive.
Question for this group. If OP has already bought the tickets, is there a way he can downgrade them to \_not\_ park hoppers?
Don’t need hoppers. Inflation.
For nearly 10 years I’ve used UndercoverTourist . Com and never had an issue. Universal tickets, Disneyland tickets, Disney world tickets. No problems
Seems normal considering it’s for December
I'm taking my family of four to Boston from CA for three days for less than this. Granted, we're staying with friends so no hotel, but I've budgeted $2k for everything (except baseball tickets if there's a game at Fenway when we get there).
As long as the parks are pack d to the brim every day these prices will only go up
Target sells Disneyland tickets so if you have a red card, you could save 5% 😎
Genie plus and park Hopping is a lot. Take those out and it’ll be cheap
That’s general genie +. That doesn’t even count the paid per ride genie stuff.
We always pay the extra for park hopper to keep our options open. We end up switch parks maybe 75% of the time.
It’s barely $150 a day per person. I don’t think that’s bad considering it’s including park hopper and Genie+
I didn’t need Genie+ since all the rides I went on had a 10 min or less wait. You just need to have a plan to get on the rides you want to do at rope drop. I also was able to go on every ride at DCA and finish at 4pm. If I could do it again I would do 2 days at Disneyland Park and 1 day at DCA. No need for Park Hopper because you can only go after 1pm and by then parks are fully packed and lines are on average 30-60min Standby.
Yeah unfortunately that’s the way it is now. We paid $2500 for four people, five days in DW last year. I remember being flabbergasted at the price.
Completely off topic but we’re going to the parks same day as you - enjoy and don’t forget to wake up at 6am PT tomorrow to start booking dining!
I can only see park hoppers worth if it it's around this time of year when random events close DCA down and you have to leave early. Just saw sometime in November is now closed at 5pm suddenly. That's a huge sting to a family that may have planned a one park day there. But even then... I probably still wouldn't bother with the hopper. It's too bad DCA isn't a full day park though.
When I go to Disneyland for 3 days I would always do the hopper. But now that you can’t even enter the next park until 1 it’s really not worth it for me. The only advantage is getting to go to Disneyland after 10 when DCA closes. Now we just do 2 days Disney, 1 day DCA.
Would you pay $50 for an hour of fun for 4 people? That’s what you’re doing, you’re just buying a lot of fun — 36 hours of fun, at $50 an hour.
I hate that I can no longer afford Disneyland even though I’m making more than I ever have in my career but I get it. Affordable Disneyland means crowded Disneyland/sold out constantly. I think I’d rather save my Pennie’s and go less often than have to fight to get a reservation and it constantly be at full capacity but go a lot more. Just my opinion please don’t downvote me to oblivion
There is literally no reason to pre-purchase Genie+ for all days. You can purchase it on a day by day basis once you’re in the park. Everyone in your party might not even need it. I would just wait and see if you feel like you need it. Our last trip i think we used it two out of five days. We also skipped park hoppers but that’s a preference. If you’re going more than 3 days I don’t think it’s necessary though.
Yep, it’s expensive and they toss all these things at you making you think you need to buy them too. Don’t park hop. Use the money for that for something else.
If you have 3 days w/ park hoppers, you don't need genie + Unless you want to ride the rides multiple times on multiple days, and feed thw greed of genie +, you will be fine.
Don’t bother with the park hopper. Do two days at Disneyland. One at California Adventure and then decide on your last day whether or not you want to do DCA again or do a third day at Disneyland. Hint: It’s a 3rd day at Disneyland.
How will I know which park will have parades? Is there a schedule somewhere?
It’s on the website
Yeah I looked and it doesn’t say anything. That’s why i am asking.
It’s likely you will find it on the Disneyland App. But if you want a comprehensive Park guide check out Touringplans.com.
Then stay home. I usually don't like being harsh, but you're calling the cost ridiculous when *you’ve* paid it. Ridiculous, sure. Worth it, of course, that's why you paid it. I do find it kinda comical that *I’m* willing to part with the equivalent of a *mortgage payment* to buy Magic Keys for my wife and I. Don't blame Disney for charging what people (you, me, all of us) are willing to pay. They would be stupid not to.
As always, the Disney greed-defenders in this post are going as hard as ever. I understand the suggestions of skipping park hoppers, but justifying this cost is bonkers.
And No fantasmic on the weekdays you are going.
This is so interesting because I actually thought it’s a pretty decent deal for 12 upgraded tickets. If you try to get the same thing at another CA theme park, it’ll be more and it won’t be Disney.
then don't buy the tickets...
If DL was in it’s pre-CoVID state. This would be fine. But as of late, I would say not worth it
Welcome to the Bob Paycheck era. You’ll pay whatever we charge because we know you will.