Hello All!!!
We are officially booked for our Disneyland 2013 trip! Having a few WDW trips under our belts we are ready to experience everything Disneyland has to offer. We are going Aug 23-30 and are using our DVC points and staying at Paradise Pier Resort (The VGC were unavailable). We will be flying into John Wayne Airport (SNA) and we plan on have 4 days of tickets to Disneyland.
So I have a couple questions for any Disneyland experts out there...
1. I am assuming that the parks will be less busy during the week vs the weekend? We will arrive on a Friday, and were thinking (as hard as this may be) to wait until Monday to hit the parks. Is there a crowd calendar anywhere. We use the Undercover Tourist one for WDW and really like it.
2. Any idea of things to do on our non-Disney park days? We had thought about doing the So-Cal pass, but decided we didn't want to spend that much time driving around and would rather do some local things if possible.
3. FOOD! - We are huge dining plan fans at WDW. We are NOT doing the DL plan, as I have read a lot on it and it just doesn't seem worth it. Any recommendations on where to eat? We do have kids (DD 6 and 12), but we have done the character thing and are more interested in good food and fun atmosphere. We are looking for recommendations for both quick service and table service meals. As DVC members we get discounts at quite a few places and hope to take advantage of that as well.
4. Rental car... Is it worth having a car at DL? We always use DME and the busses while at DW so this would be a new one for us. If we don't get a rental car, what is the best way to get to/from the airport?
THANKS IN ADVANCE! We are so incredibly excited for this experience.
We are officially booked for our Disneyland 2013 trip! Having a few WDW trips under our belts we are ready to experience everything Disneyland has to offer. We are going Aug 23-30 and are using our DVC points and staying at Paradise Pier Resort (The VGC were unavailable). We will be flying into John Wayne Airport (SNA) and we plan on have 4 days of tickets to Disneyland.
So I have a couple questions for any Disneyland experts out there...
1. I am assuming that the parks will be less busy during the week vs the weekend? We will arrive on a Friday, and were thinking (as hard as this may be) to wait until Monday to hit the parks. Is there a crowd calendar anywhere. We use the Undercover Tourist one for WDW and really like it.
2. Any idea of things to do on our non-Disney park days? We had thought about doing the So-Cal pass, but decided we didn't want to spend that much time driving around and would rather do some local things if possible.
3. FOOD! - We are huge dining plan fans at WDW. We are NOT doing the DL plan, as I have read a lot on it and it just doesn't seem worth it. Any recommendations on where to eat? We do have kids (DD 6 and 12), but we have done the character thing and are more interested in good food and fun atmosphere. We are looking for recommendations for both quick service and table service meals. As DVC members we get discounts at quite a few places and hope to take advantage of that as well.
4. Rental car... Is it worth having a car at DL? We always use DME and the busses while at DW so this would be a new one for us. If we don't get a rental car, what is the best way to get to/from the airport?
THANKS IN ADVANCE! We are so incredibly excited for this experience.