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    Week before Halloween starts or after?

    By waiting for Halloween to officially start, you get: -HMH, definitively (though it may well open a bit earlier this year anyway) -Halloween Screams over Together Forever. While they might well reconfigure TF for this year's Pixar Fest, until they do, Halloween Screams is the better fireworks...
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    One Day in Disneyland-Where to Eat?

    If you have one day, I wouldn't deal with Table Service, especially since there are so many good counter service options in the parks. At DCA: go for whatever sounds appealing in San Fransokyo Square. Chances are good you won't go wrong there. At DL: Plaza Inn, for the Fried Chicken; Docking...
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    Worldmark Anaheim...What's less torture Uber or self parking or walking?

    That is unfortunate, but the likelihood that one experiences such things probably depends on where they're boarding. I imagine if you're boarding ART directly in front of your hotel, as one does at Worldmark, that doesn't happen (and I have never experienced that at Worldmark, nor seen such...
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    Worldmark Anaheim...What's less torture Uber or self parking or walking?

    The OP has probably gone by this point, but given that this thread's been bumped: I've stayed at Worldmark several times, and I just take the ART buses over. There's a pick-up area right in front of the parking garage. I'll grant that neither the app (A-Way We Go) nor the website...
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    Do July pass reservations fill up?

    If they're still figuring all of that out, I would say to not worry about park reservations at this point. While they may eventually fill, the majority of dates will continue to be available for months. And though people often think of summer as a busy season, and it is to a point, it is less...
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    Help! First Visit to Disneyland

    Getting around the resort is pretty straightforward, and walking is almost always the best way to get around. From the DL Hotel, you'll go through security and enter Downtown Disney. You can then either choose to board the Monorail (as noted, more of a ride than transportation, and it will drop...
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    Disney Family Museum detour

    While the museum is very good, I wouldn't recommend going up there just for the museum and then heading back. San Francisco is an incredible city-I just went for the first time this past summer and the absolute worst thing I did and ate was still very good. It deserves a couple of days to...
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    Car rental vs. Uber/Lyft for split Disneyland/L.A. family trip

    You definitely don't need the car once you get to DLR, and there are several car rental places adjacent to DLR or, failing that, at one of the airports closer to DLR. I'd recommend a rental for the first part of your trip, if only because it will give you many more options of what your family...
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    Is Fast Lane at Knotts worth it?

    Absolutely worth it, especially for GhostRider, which is otherwise slammed all day unless you hit it the moment the park opens. Also a lot easier to hit everything with a FL, since lines tend to be long and slow otherwise.
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    Best time of day to travel from Universal to Disney

    I would do a full day at Universal and then travel to Anaheim once you're finished.
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    Visiting DCA or Disneyland in the evening

    One thing worth noting is that most of Fantasyland and all of Toontown (and several paths nearby) largely shut down around an hour before fireworks until sometime after they've concluded. So there's a fair amount of ride capacity that doesn't exist for an hour or so, in addition to the paths...
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    Candy Cane Inn or Park Vue Inn

    Does Park Vue no longer offer free breakfast? They had a continental breakfast when I stayed there (admittedly in 2015). Park Vue is so close and the rooms are nice-that would 100% be my pick for convenience alone.
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    Pros and Cons of Disneyland hotels

    Keep in mind that really the only "perk" you get with your Disney hotel stay is...30 minutes of early entry. And you're paying a LOT to get that extra 30 minutes. Remember also that there are SEVERAL hotels on Harbor Blvd. that are closer to the actual park gates than the Disneyland Hotel and...
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    Paradise Pier Hotel Renovations

    I would honestly save my money and stay offsite rather than stay at PPH. Perhaps the renovations will change that, but right now you're paying for the Disney name on an otherwise nondescript corporate hotel from the 80s, 30 minutes of early entry, and to deal with ongoing construction...
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    Cafe Orleans - best time of day?

    I've routinely eaten there at 11:30. There's ample shade from umbrellas, etc and I've never really felt the heat there. I can't speak for how it would feel later in the day. GREAT place to dine, soak up the DL ambiance, and people watch. You won't see a parade. The parade route goes from...
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    Trans couple too afraid to go to Florida - how accepting is Disneyland?

    Anaheim (at least in the general vicinity of the parks) is not an unsafe area unless you define "seeing homeless people" as evidence of an area being unsafe. I have never once been bothered or approached by a homeless person in the resort area, and it's not like Florida doesn't have homeless...
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    California vs Florida

    Disneyland in general may not be the holiday destination that WDW is, but Southern California is absolutely a better holiday destination than Orlando. So much variety: other amusement parks, movie studios, nature and hiking (and national parks even if you're willing to drive a few hours), great...
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    Storybook land canal boats times

    Hmm. I had thought it had always opened at park opening, at least during my visits. I haven't heard otherwise from anybody, but I'm not a local. That said, back when the resort offered Early Entry or Magic Morning, Storybook was one of the rides that never opened at that time, so perhaps you...
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    Mad Hatter Musical Chairs-is this still happening?

    At the very least, it's encouraging to see a clear trend towards returning to the way things used to be, even if they're not quite there yet. I'm glad the piano player is back! I was wondering about that because I couldn't find information about that in their entertainment schedule on the website.
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    Driving from LAX on our own.

    Driving in the LA area isn't that bad. I FAR prefer it to driving in places like Atlanta or Orlando, where for me it's just misery. Use Waze, pay attention to traffic, try to avoid obvious rush hour times if possible, and you're golden. It's not scenic, and you'll probably be sent from this...
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