disneymom0104
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- Mar 17, 2008
We will have the opportunity to visit DLP for one day in mid Sept- during the week. We are spending a week in London and then a week in Paris and thought it would be fun to take one day in the middle to visit DLP (so no jet lag at that point). There are 6 of us in my immediate family, with kids ranging from 5-17. We are avid Disney fans and vacation to DL or WDW pretty much every year. We know the parks like the back of our hands. My parents will also be with us, they are in their late 60's and have not been to a Disney park in 25+ years. They are just tagging along with us to DLP and while my dad will ride most rides, my mom will not. My question is whether we attempt both parks, or just do Disneyland for the day. The hours look like 10-6 for the Studios and 10-9 for Disneyland the day we are looking at. We won't be purchasing any FP add on, just plan to use paper FP. I'm keeping it a surprise for my 2 youngest, but I think we are all okay to skip Crush's Coaster- just so that we can maximize our time. We reallllly want to ride Ratatouille and then some of us would do ToT while some of us take the 5 and 9 year old to see the Toy Story rides and that would be it there. Rock N Roller Coaster will be closed. Would it be silly to miss the rope drop at Disneyland to do those few things at the Studios? We could live without ToT- my older kids just love it. In Disneyland we reallllly want to do Hyperspace Mountain, Pirates and Phantom Manor and would fill in with whatever else we could do- Big Thunder, Star Tours, Buzz, maybe some of the Fantasyland rides (we could skip Peter Pan as well, but would ride if FP was available). Indiana Jones and Small World will also be closed. I know my parents probably won't be able to keep up with our usual pace and while I can't imagine being in Paris and not riding Ratatouille- I just don't know if it is worth it for that short amount of time we would be over there. This was kind of a last minute decision so I have no idea what to expect as far as crowds, etc. We are pretty proficient at park touring and riding a lot in a day.
Thanks!
Thanks!