I know NYE in Disneyland isn't the most ideal time to visit for a couple reasons (crowds, especially...and weather), but.... Our family has to work with both a college kid schedule and a high school schedule. Finding times that everyone is off and available to travel isn't easy. After Christmas is our best option. Its go then or don't go for a few more years (and possibly not at all for a portion of us).
So, with that in mind... I had originally thought we would just do Disneyland and make it a Jan 2-7 trip. After looking at the crowd predictions, I see that there isn't a lot to gain by not going over New Year's instead...I guess crowds don't drop significantly for that week. We would have 4 park days and we are used to peak times at Disney World. We'd get the 'fastpass' system and park hoppers. One advantage of going Dec 31-Jan 5, is I can actually book the room now. The dates for booking a trip starting in January aren't out yet, but if we start on Dec 31, I can book now, I think. I'm not sure when 2023 will be released? Any idea? Any thoughts on Dec 31-Jan 5 vs Jan 2-7?
Now... Regardless of which date we choose, we were thinking of doing something else for a couple of days. We've done San Diego before and that's not a big draw for us. Keeping in mind that we are talking late December (not beach weather), what could we go do for a couple days? We don't mind a bit of a drive (like 6 hours of less, I'd say). We like National/State Parks but can't do a lot of hard hiking (my husband has had knee replacement surgery). I'm open to cities/cultural/nature/whatever....just would like to combine something new/different with some time in Disney. Especially since California is the other die of the country for us...not someplace we can get to anytime.
Thanks...
Jess
So, with that in mind... I had originally thought we would just do Disneyland and make it a Jan 2-7 trip. After looking at the crowd predictions, I see that there isn't a lot to gain by not going over New Year's instead...I guess crowds don't drop significantly for that week. We would have 4 park days and we are used to peak times at Disney World. We'd get the 'fastpass' system and park hoppers. One advantage of going Dec 31-Jan 5, is I can actually book the room now. The dates for booking a trip starting in January aren't out yet, but if we start on Dec 31, I can book now, I think. I'm not sure when 2023 will be released? Any idea? Any thoughts on Dec 31-Jan 5 vs Jan 2-7?
Now... Regardless of which date we choose, we were thinking of doing something else for a couple of days. We've done San Diego before and that's not a big draw for us. Keeping in mind that we are talking late December (not beach weather), what could we go do for a couple days? We don't mind a bit of a drive (like 6 hours of less, I'd say). We like National/State Parks but can't do a lot of hard hiking (my husband has had knee replacement surgery). I'm open to cities/cultural/nature/whatever....just would like to combine something new/different with some time in Disney. Especially since California is the other die of the country for us...not someplace we can get to anytime.
Thanks...
Jess
