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5 Best Disneyland Tips for a Great Trip

A trip to Disneyland is on just about every child’s wish list. It is a time to ride fun rides, see Disney characters and eat things that are in the shape of Mickey Mouse. There is a lot to think about & hopefully you will find these Disneyland tips helpful!

Our Best Disneyland Tips

Our Best Disneyland California Tips

Disneyland Tickets

1. Buy Discount Disneyland Tickets BEFORE Your Trip

First thing you need to know is that you should purchase your Disneyland Ticket(s) in advance from a reputable Disney Ticket Seller.

You don’t want to waste time standing in a ticket line at the park.

You are going to find that the longer you go to Disneyland, the cheaper the ticket price will be per day.

And if you stay on Disneyland property and book a Disneyland package, you will save even more.

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Insider Tip: Once you have your ticket, take a photo of the back of your ticket with your phone.

If you were to lose your ticket, this is the only way to be able to trace it.  Guest Relations can replace any lost ticket if they have the right information.

2. Get to Disneyland Early

One of our best Disneyland tips is getting to the park early!

You will want to make sure that you get to Disneyland before it opens.

This will allow you to get to be one of the first to ride the rides allowing you to avoid the longer lines that grow throughout the day.

If you are staying on Disney Property, you will be able to take advantage of Extra Magic Morning and Extra Magic Hours.

This is a time when only Disneyland resort guests can enter the park.

Genie+ System at Disney

3. Use the Disneyland Genie+ Lightning Lane System

For those unfamiliar with Genie+ & Lightning Lane, this is a way for you to “Jump the line” so to speak for certain rides & attractions.

Disney Genie+ service is available for $20 per ticket per day. This is, of course, in addition to the regular ticket price.

Disneyland Tea Cups

Individual Purchase for Lightning Lane Entrance

  • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

Disneyland Lightning Lane Attractions

  • Autopia
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
  • Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Indiana Jones Adventure
  • “it’s a small world”
  • Matterhorn Bobsleds
  • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
  • Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
  • Space Mountain
  • Splash Mountain
  • Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Pixar Pier Incredicoaster

Individual Purchase for Lightning Lane Entrance

  • Radiator Springs Racers

Disney Genie+ Lightning Lane Entrances

  • Goofy’s Sky School
  • Grizzly River Run
  • Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!
  • Incredicoaster
  • Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
  • Soarin’ Around the World
  • Toy Story Midway Mania!
  • WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure
Disneyland Meals

4. Order Food Online to avoid Lines

Many of the quick service restaurants will allow you to order your meals online through the Disney Mobile Ordering section of the My Disney Experience app.

Take advantage of this by grabbing a table, placing an order, and picking it up at the counter.

Not only will you avoid the line, but you won’t feel rushed.

5. Enjoy a Meal with Disney Characters

One of the best ways to meet a lot of characters at one time is with a Disney character meal.

Plaza Inn with Minnie Mouse

Plaza Inn serves breakfast daily & is located inside Disneyland Park, off Main Street near Tomorrowland.

It offers the largest selection of characters you can meet in one place while also enjoying a meal.

Don’t forget to bring your autograph book and pen so that characters can sign!

Disneyland Main Street USA

We hope that these Disneyland tips help you when you are planning your Disneyland vacation.

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Vienna

Friday 30th of March 2018

We will be going to Disneyland in Anaheim on April using complementary tickets from my sister in law who retired from D'land. When I go to mydisneyexperience.com I cannot recognize which one is the Anaheim Park. It would be helpful if all of the various Disney iterations had the country or city listed next to the name. Which is the one at Anaheim?? Thank you

Kristi

Friday 30th of March 2018

Disneyland. Disney World is in Florida.

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