i am really confused. at wdw we have buses that take us from our hotels to the parks. is it the same with the Disneyland Hotels? On the website for the disneyland hotel, it doesnt mention bus transportation to the parks but on wdw hotel websites it does. i would really like to know. thanx. obviously you can tell im a first timer for Disneyland.
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Chape19714
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All of Disneyland's Resorts are within walking distance of the front gates. Disneyland is literally a very big city block, everything is within walking distance, therefore there is no need for transportation. However, the Monorail can be helpful (see below).
It's about a 15 min. stroll through Downtown Disney.
If you are at Disneyland Hotel or at Paradice Pier Hotel, there is a monorail station next to the Rainforest Cafe, pretty close to the hotels, about a 2-5min. Walk. The monorail will drop you off in Tomorrowland. They take your tickets before boarding the monorail.
I went to Disneyland last year and stayed at Disneyland hotel, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Drop me a PM anytime!
Hope this helps!
It's about a 15 min. stroll through Downtown Disney.
If you are at Disneyland Hotel or at Paradice Pier Hotel, there is a monorail station next to the Rainforest Cafe, pretty close to the hotels, about a 2-5min. Walk. The monorail will drop you off in Tomorrowland. They take your tickets before boarding the monorail.
I went to Disneyland last year and stayed at Disneyland hotel, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Drop me a PM anytime!
Hope this helps!
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
Yes DL is very small, but they have quite a few attractions that are not at WDW. You wont need any transportation on site.
Disneyland
In a way, Disneyland Park is better because WDW is so huge that it overwhelms. On my first visit to WDW in 1971, there was only the Magic Kingdom, so you could do it all in one day. I love both parks very deeply but WDW is so huge that it is exhausting; especially for seniors. No question that WDW has much more to offer but the hot, muggy, Florida weather takes its toll during the hot months. I haven't yet been to "California Adventure". The California weather is milder and Orlando only has theme parks to offer but visiting LA has many other attractions.
In a way, Disneyland Park is better because WDW is so huge that it overwhelms. On my first visit to WDW in 1971, there was only the Magic Kingdom, so you could do it all in one day. I love both parks very deeply but WDW is so huge that it is exhausting; especially for seniors. No question that WDW has much more to offer but the hot, muggy, Florida weather takes its toll during the hot months. I haven't yet been to "California Adventure". The California weather is milder and Orlando only has theme parks to offer but visiting LA has many other attractions.
mechurchlady
Active Member
It is a quarter mile walk and takes a while to get to your hotel. You can exit and enter through the Grand Californian into DCA though which is nice especially if you are wet from the rapids. To get to the hotels you MUST be on the train to the front gate by closing or at the monorail ten minutes before closing and it can be a crowded nightmare at busy times.
It is farther than the above poster say as it is a quarter mile or more to the hotels from the monorails, been there and felt the pain. The hotels are great and you can walk from the Paradise hotel, what ever they call it, across the street to an entrance to DCA. Not much in looks or service but the staff is the best there.
It is farther than the above poster say as it is a quarter mile or more to the hotels from the monorails, been there and felt the pain. The hotels are great and you can walk from the Paradise hotel, what ever they call it, across the street to an entrance to DCA. Not much in looks or service but the staff is the best there.
Chape19714
Well-Known Member
The enterance to DCA from the Paradice Pier hotel has since been closed. The Grand Californian enterance remains open.
mechurchlady
Active Member
Disney cast members are great as are the hotels but you might as well save the money and take the shuttle from the local hotels which drop you off near the front gate and closer. It used to be you could get off at the hotel from the monorail and then hike a block or two to the Paradise, what ever, hotel but now it is blocks away to the monorail.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
You just walk to wherever you want to go at Disneyland. It's too small to have buses or trams. The Monorail is fun, but it's really a Tomorrowland ride first and transportation to Downtown Disney second.
The fact that SoCal has weather that is infinitely more enjoyable than Orlando means the walking is never a problem. Today it was a breezy 84 degrees in Anaheim with nonexistant humidity; just dry and sunny and warm. It won't rain here until December or January.
Disneyland is physically smaller than Magic Kingdom Park, but Disneyland has a great many more rides, attractions and entertainment packed into the smaller space than you'll find at Magic Kingdom Park. When I go to Florida I focus primarily on Epcot and Animal Kingdom as the Magic Kingdom Park is really a letdown compared to Disneyland.
The fact that SoCal has weather that is infinitely more enjoyable than Orlando means the walking is never a problem. Today it was a breezy 84 degrees in Anaheim with nonexistant humidity; just dry and sunny and warm. It won't rain here until December or January.
Disneyland is physically smaller than Magic Kingdom Park, but Disneyland has a great many more rides, attractions and entertainment packed into the smaller space than you'll find at Magic Kingdom Park. When I go to Florida I focus primarily on Epcot and Animal Kingdom as the Magic Kingdom Park is really a letdown compared to Disneyland.
ScrapIron
Member
I don't know if it's a typo, or you wrote this unclearly, but the above statement implies that it is a longer walk to the monorail from the DLH than it is to the park gates, and that is not correct.
"With three different towers, the Disneyland Hotel is a different beast on the room placement issues. A room in the back of the Bonita Tower will add about 800 feet over the closest room in the Marina Tower. The actual distances using the path through Downtown Disney (to the park gates) range from 2,413 feet (link) to 3,158 feet (link)."
Above is from here:
http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mm060329as
Cheers.
mechurchlady
Active Member
We have lovely weather here. I had a microburst (small tornado) tear through my back yard, down pours so bad you cannot see to drive let alone walk, hail storms, there was a tornado that hit Anaheim a while back, 100+ tempertures, below freezing a couple times a year in the morning, ash and smog from brush fires, and them Santa Ana winds that will dry you out and leave you wishing you was in Florida.
In the morning you freeze and late afternoon bake. We get our share of humidity. As for the walking, over a mile hike each day is not what your average person is used to especially when you add the miles you walk in the park.
DRL is the greatest place to be but I prefer the kinder people over at WDW and which I could live there as DLR has nothing for me. I last went to WDW and saw the Magic Kingdom second and think both are unique.
Summary is that if you stay at a Disneyland hotel you need to expect to walk. There are perks sometimes and they have some great views and the best staff around. I would love to stay in one but as a cheap traveller with disabilities, I would drive or get a hotel with a shuttle.
In the morning you freeze and late afternoon bake. We get our share of humidity. As for the walking, over a mile hike each day is not what your average person is used to especially when you add the miles you walk in the park.
DRL is the greatest place to be but I prefer the kinder people over at WDW and which I could live there as DLR has nothing for me. I last went to WDW and saw the Magic Kingdom second and think both are unique.
Summary is that if you stay at a Disneyland hotel you need to expect to walk. There are perks sometimes and they have some great views and the best staff around. I would love to stay in one but as a cheap traveller with disabilities, I would drive or get a hotel with a shuttle.
well to me a disney vacation isnt disney if your not staying at a disney hotel, plus we have the vacation club so we can use our points there. I could care less about walking. Ive hiked 20 miles so many times that the walk from DL Hotel would be nothing. Ive always wanted to go to DL cuz it is the original and so nostalgic, its different than WDW, and you dont have to rush to do everything cuz there are only two parks. Churchlady, being that your live there makes it so commonplace to you, but i have never even left the east coast so California would be a new kind of experience. you may think that your area sux, but i think the same about the jersey shore. If you dont like the weather there than move to florida and survive hurricanes. anyway. thanx for all the info but i really got my answer with that 1st post so let the thread die. all i wanted to know was whether or not there were buses.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
Chape19714
Well-Known Member
Ya, that was definately a typo. I don't rember what I ment to type. Thanks for the Link!