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The Disneyland Resort now includes two theme parks, the original Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, which opened in 2001 on the site of Disneyland's old parking lot. (Disney now welcomes most drivers cheap airline tickets one way into the massive "Mickey and Friends" parking lot located about a half a mile north of the park entrance.) The entrance to Disneyland's two theme parks are located just yards apart, making "park hopping" easier here than at any other theme park resort in the world. That said, with a $1 billion-plus makeover cheap airline tickets one way of California Adventure in 2012, each park has more than enough attractions to fill an entire day, so adding the park-hopper option isn't necessary to get the full value of a day's admission.
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Walt Disney World veterans should note that Disneyland does not offer Disney's Magical Express -- the free bus service between the resort and the airport that Disney World offers its on-site hotel guests. You're on your own to get to the resort from the airport. cheap airline tickets one way Gray Line buses run a Disneyland Express that costs between $19-$32 round-trip from the airports.
Disneyland's crowds are dominated by locals -- with hundreds of thousands of Southern Californians holding various cheap airline tickets one way levels of annual passes to the resort. The best times to visit to avoid crowds are weekdays during the school year and days that are blocked cheap airline tickets one way out to the most levels of annual passholders. cheap airline tickets one way Check Disneyland's website for its blockout calendar , and try to avoid weeks in the spring and summer that aren't blocked out to any annual passholders, such as late May and early June, late August, early in Thanksgiving week, and certain weeks around Spring Break in March and April. Those are often the busiest weeks of the year, rivaling the weeks around Christmas and the Fourth of July.
Visitors staying in a Disneyland cheap airline tickets one way resort hotel, and those who buy certain Disneyland ticket and vacation packages cheap airline tickets one way can get " Extra Magic Hour " early admission to one of the two Disneyland cheap airline tickets one way Resort theme parks on selected days. If you don't have this perk, try to visit Disneyland Park on a day when it doesn't offer the Extra Magic Hour. Otherwise, you'll find yourself cheap airline tickets one way entering a potentially already-busy park when you show up at "opening" trying to beat the crowd. Check out Disneyland's calendar page and click through to each day's daily schedule to see which park has the early admission hours each day.
Visit Disneyland's Vacation Packages and Special Offers webpages for combination deals on hotels and theme park tickets. Then price those against booking a nearby off-site hotel and buying your tickets separately through Disneyland's website . If you're thinking about visiting other theme parks during your trip to Southern California, cheap airline tickets one way consider the Southern California CityPass, which includes tickets to Disneyland as well as Universal Studios Hollywood and SeaWorld San Diego, against buying tickets individually. (The CityPass is available on Disneyland's ticket webpage cheap airline tickets one way .)
If you are planning to visit other theme parks in the area, be aware that Southern California's cheap airline tickets one way theme parks are far more distant cheap airline tickets one way from each other than the parks in the Orlando area. Universal Studios Hollywood is located an hour's cheap airline tickets one way drive (in good traffic!) from Disneyland, and SeaWorld San Diego is nearly two hours' drive in the opposite direction. If you're driving during the hours of 7am-10am cheap airline tickets one way or 3pm-7pm on weekdays, you might end up spending an additional hour or two in the car for those trips, due to rush-hour traffic. Consider moving cheap airline tickets one way to a different hotel, closer to those destinations, when visiting those parks, to avoid a daily commute. Universal offers an Anaheim shuttle service , but otherwise, public transport between theme parks can be difficult to arrange. You'll want to rent up a car (in Anaheim or at the airport) if you're visiting other destinations in Southern California beside Disneyland.
Like Walt Disney World, Disneyland allows you to make restaurant reservations in advance, though getting reservations isn't nearly as competitive in California cheap airline tickets one way as it is in Florida. Unless you're visiting during an extremely busy week (such as around Christmas), calling 714-781-DINE a few weeks before cheap airline tickets one way your visit should suffice to get lunch or dinner reservations to the Blue Bayou restaurant, located inside the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. (Ask for a waterside table, and tell them if this is your first visit to the Bayou.) You also can reserve tables at the Cafe Orleans, Plaza Inn and Carnation Cafe, but advance reservations aren't cheap airline tickets one way necessary at those restaurants except on busy days, and even then, just call a couple days in advance, and you should get your desired table time.
Arrive at the entry plaza before the park opens -- 15 minutes in "off season" and an hour in advance during cheap airline tickets one way holiday and popular vacation times. When the park opens, make your way down Main Street, cheap airline tickets one way then bear right into Tomorrowland, cheap airline tickets one way where you'll pick up Fastpasses for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. From there, walk on to Space Mountain for your first ride of the day.
After riding Space, stop in for a ride on Buzz Lightyear's cheap airline tickets one way Astro Blasters if you can get through before your Star Tours return time expires. In the past, you could use Fastpass tickets at any time during the day after your initial return time, but now you must ride during the specific return-time window specified. (If you show up to ride at your appointed time and find the attraction closed for any reason, just ask for a replacement cheap airline tickets one way Fastpass that's good anytime later in the day.) If you don't have time for Buzz now, leave it for later in the day.
After you complete your Star Tours mission, head back across the park into Adventureland, where you'll cheap airline tickets one way pick up Fastpasses for Indiana Jones Adventure. Theme Park Insider readers prefer the versions of Splash Mountain and Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, so if you've visited that park and are looking for a unique experience at Disneyland, you can skip those. But if not, or if you'd just like to compare the different versions, ride those now.
Theme Park Insider readers have voted the Disneyland's cheap airline tickets one way Pirates cheap airline tickets one way of the Caribbean the best ride in the park. This is the original installation of Pirates, and much longer than the Orlando version. But it also puts through more people per hour than any other ride in the park, allowing it relatively short waits compared with other attractions, so it's a good choice to leave for later in the day, perhaps immediately after riding Indiana Jones.
Other Theme Park Insider reader favorites, either unique to, or original at, Disneyland include: Fantasy Faire: New for 2013, this extension of Fantasyland, located next to the castle at the end of Main Street features an indoor meet-and-greet area with Disney princesses, as well as a fun collection of stage shows that visitors cheap airline tickets one way of any age will enjoy. The Enchanted Tiki Room: The first attraction ever to use Audio Animatronics, presented in a more intimate and well-cared for setting than Disney World's version of the show. Plus, if you're in the mood for a popular Dole Whip frozen treat, you can take advantage of a much shorter line for those snacks from inside the Tiki Room preshow area. Disney allows you to take Dole Whips inside the show! Sailing Ship Columbia: A replica of the first American ship to sail around cheap airline tickets one way the world travels around Disneyland's Rivers of America. cheap airline tickets one way It's a Small World: The original version of this Disney classic first appeared at the 1964 New York Exhibition and now makes its home in Fantasyland. Disneyland's version cheap airline tickets one way also features a variety of Disney characters among Mary Blair's classic dolls, allowing you to play a fun "Where's Waldo?"-type game to see how many you can spot as you ride. Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin: The highlight of Disneyland's original Toontown. (Fastpasses available) Disneyland Railroad: Walt's desire to have a life-sized railroad to play with probably did more to inspire him to build Disneyland than anything else. On the Disneyland Railroad, you can see the Grand Canyon cheap airline tickets one way dioramas that first appeared in the Ford Motor Company ride that Disney created for the 1964 New York Fair. And if you reserve at space early enough cheap airline tickets one way in the day at the Main Street Railroad station, you can get a ride on the "Lilly Belle," the private car named for Walt's wife.
Another cheap airline tickets one way fun way to enjoy Disneyland (if you have the extra cash) is to book a guided tour , such as the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour, which provides an overview of the parks's history as well as visit inside Walt's private apartment above Main Street. Call 714-781-TOUR cheap airline tickets one way up to one month before your visit for tour options and current prices.
The most famous and beloved thing to eat at Disneyland might be the Blue Bayou's Monte Cristo sandwiches. A batter-fried ham, turkey and cheese sandwich served with jam, the Monte Cristo is served cheap airline tickets one way sliced in fourths, and is rich and filling enough that it might feed a family of four. The Monte Cristo's available only