Jfsag123
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2013
Welcome, congratulations on your pregnancy and no its not crazy I have been at Disneyland at the end of June every year for the last 10 years. Its a great time to visit. The weather is great, the mornings are cool and it really only gets burning hot in the afternoon. Before Covid the mornings were the best time to do Fanatsyland, weatherwise and crowd wise.
Also don't think you have to stay onsite to be near for breaks. Disneyland Hotel has a longer walk to the actual entrance turnstiles than some of the offsite motels / hotels. I have stayed at Desert In and Suites before, and I timed 10 minutes from my room to the bag check security area
The only thing to watch for tickets. Right now tickets are not being sold. Those of us planning a 2021 trip either have AP's or have tickets bought before the shut down. My ticket is valid until January 2022.
Right now there is no reopening date for Disneyland but we know that when they do reopen we will need a valid ticket and a reservation and capacity will be reduced to 25%.
You need to factor in that even if you do manage to buy tickets, you may not get a reservation for everyone in your party.
Also you will have to manage expectations regarding rides, attractions and entertainment. It will be very different to what you experienced at Thanksgiving 2019. Most likely there will be no park hopping and the hours could be a lot shorter. We know that Frozen show and Mickey and The Magical Lamp will not be reopening. There have been huge CM layoffs and until the park reopens we have no idea how these layoffs will affect rides, restaurants, snacks and things like character appearances and other entertainment.
Take a good look at the current situation in WDW, which rides are open, the masks, the reservation system, the way character appearances are, the limited menus at restaurants etc, etc. as Disneyland will be very similar when it reopens.
Welcome, congratulations on your pregnancy and no its not crazy I have been at Disneyland at the end of June every year for the last 10 years. Its a great time to visit. The weather is great, the mornings are cool and it really only gets burning hot in the afternoon. Before Covid the mornings were the best time to do Fanatsyland, weatherwise and crowd wise.
Also don't think you have to stay onsite to be near for breaks. Disneyland Hotel has a longer walk to the actual entrance turnstiles than some of the offsite motels / hotels. I have stayed at Desert In and Suites before, and I timed 10 minutes from my room to the bag check security area
The only thing to watch for tickets. Right now tickets are not being sold. Those of us planning a 2021 trip either have AP's or have tickets bought before the shut down. My ticket is valid until January 2022.
Right now there is no reopening date for Disneyland but we know that when they do reopen we will need a valid ticket and a reservation and capacity will be reduced to 25%.
You need to factor in that even if you do manage to buy tickets, you may not get a reservation for everyone in your party.
Also you will have to manage expectations regarding rides, attractions and entertainment. It will be very different to what you experienced at Thanksgiving 2019. Most likely there will be no park hopping and the hours could be a lot shorter. We know that Frozen show and Mickey and The Magical Lamp will not be reopening. There have been huge CM layoffs and until the park reopens we have no idea how these layoffs will affect rides, restaurants, snacks and things like character appearances and other entertainment.
Take a good look at the current situation in WDW, which rides are open, the masks, the reservation system, the way character appearances are, the limited menus at restaurants etc, etc. as Disneyland will be very similar when it reopens.
Thanks for the congrats and the info! We are definitely tempering our expectations and know that it won't be a typical experience if we're able to go. I wouldn't consider us DLR vets, but this would be our 4th family trip out there and my 6th trip overall, so not exactly our first rodeo either. The grandparents I referenced have been long-time Orange County residents and AP holders. We have stayed at Hojo, Fairfield, Disneyland Hotel, and Grand Californian in the past, but liked the Disneyland Hotel best. The walk could get a little long sometimes, but we much preferred the walk through DTD to the walk down Harbor. The monorail was nice as well, though I'm not necessarily expecting it to be open next summer. I wouldn't recommend a visit anytime soon for folks who haven't been much before (assuming it's even open, selling new tickets, and allowing out of state travelers in), as I know it's likely to be a reduced experience. We're just desperate for Disney in any form. If DLR turns out to not be an option, we may still try for WDW, but I'm anticipating the weather and size would make that much more difficult with a small baby. That's my main concern for next year and the rational part of my brain tells me I should just wait until 2022. However, the Disney addict in there is screaming to grab at DLR if it turns out to be an option.