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Disneyland - Reduce Waiting Time

How to Reduce the Waiting Time on Various Attractions

Disneyland, as you know, is a very busy place. With several thousand people visiting Disneyland everyday, you would surely expect long queues at various rides. The situation can become worse during peak seasons (holidays etc).

Christmas and New Year seem to be the busiest times at Disneyland besides the June-Sept period. During these periods the park opens for longer time and there are more events and attractions that you can enjoy as compared to the off-peak times.

Also, Disney weekends are busier than weekdays. Moreover, the lines are the longest on the best Disneyland attractions which (by the virtue of being the best) attract almost everyone. So, the waiting times can really be quite long and you might end with getting just 4-5 Disney attractions in the whole day. This is really a waste of both time and money. However, there are simple ways of getting around this problem:

Get to the park early. The lines are shorter in the morning when the park first opens. Instead of jumping in line for the first ride you see, head for the rides that you really want to ride the most – the most popular rides. Another option is to purchase Disney FastPass tickets for the rides that offer them. Again, do this early to ensure that you get to ride those rides earlier in the day.

Ride many of the popular Disneyland rides later in the evening, while the majority of people are enjoying the entertainment. Disneyland has nightly entertainment, and this is a good time to find shorter lines. Of course, it will mean that you probably miss the entertainment, so if you can use one of the other options for shorter lines at Disneyland, you should probably do so.

Upfront knowledge: If you have sufficient knowledge upfront about the various attractions in Disneyland, you can pre-plan what all rides you want to go for and hence save on the time that would otherwise be spent in learning about the attractions. Thus you would be able to get in line quicker and hence save a lot of time.

FastPass: FastPass is one service that was implemented by Disney around 1999. The main purpose of this service was to reduce the waiting time for people. Here is how this service works: You show your park admission ticket at the attraction and get a FastPass ticket.

The FastPass ticket will have a return time on it (one hour window). You will need to return to the attraction at the time specified on the FastPass ticket and you will be directly put through to the attraction (within 5-10 minutes.). Generally, the FastPass line is much shorter than the normal line. So, instead of waiting in the normal line you can go for another attraction that has a shorter line. However, note that the FastPass option is available only on some selected attractions (not all).

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