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Disneyland and Disney Adventures May 10, 2018 19:06:30 GMT via mobile

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Post by missybee on May 10, 2018 19:06:30 GMT

I need a little help understanding...there is actually two parks in California and they are side by side? I know that everyone has said the Disneyland is at tops, a 2 day park. Is this counting that it’s two parks or 2 days each?? I’m really just planning on one day there, so...does anyone want to let me know what “half day can’t miss” things I should do at each park?? And can I pull this off??

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Disneyland and Disney Adventures May 11, 2018 18:36:32 GMT missybee, briarrose, and 1 more like this

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May 10, 2018 19:06:30 GMT missybee said:

I need a little help understanding...there is actually two parks in California and they are side by side? I know that everyone has said the Disneyland is at tops, a 2 day park. Is this counting that it’s two parks or 2 days each?? I’m really just planning on one day there, so...does anyone want to let me know what “half day can’t miss” things I should do at each park?? And can I pull this off??

So......let me see how much help I can be:

Question 1) "There are actually two parks in California and they are side by side?" -------- Yes!!! The entire resort is called Disneyland Resort and it consists of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park; similar to the Walt Disney World Resort consists of 4 parks --- MK, Epcot, DHS, and AK. Theoretically, the two parks face each other and are separated by about 100 yards of concrete (see picture below - courtesy of Disneyland Resort)

In this picture, Disneyland Park is at the top and Disney California Adventure Park is at the bottom with the bus parking on the right and Downtown Disney on the left.

Question 2) "I know that everyone has said the Disneyland is at tops, a 2 day park. Is this counting that it’s two parks or 2 days each??" -------- That is difficult to answer because it is based on how that person was taught about the parks. For me and my wife, DLR is the entire resort while DL is Disneyland Park and DCA is Disney California Adventure Park. When my wife and I were there a few years back, we stayed 3 nights at Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel. This was how we used our tickets: Day 1 at DL (whole day), Day 2 at DCA and DL (was able to do DCA from first thing in the morning until 2 - 3 p.m. and then headed across the way to DL), Day 3 jumping back and forth from park to park depending on how the mood struck us.

Question 3) "does anyone want to let me know what “half day can’t miss” things I should do at each park??" -------- To answer this, the first question you have to answer yourself is do you want to see what's different? Do you want to see the entire parks or just your favorites and rides that are different between MK and DL?

Here is a list of attractions / shows that are available at DLR that are NOT available at WDW:

Disneyland
Attractions:
Disneyland Railroad featuring the Grand Canyon and Primeval World Dioramas
(obviously different loop then at MK)
Disney Monorail
The Disney Gallery
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (same theme but slightly different than Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin)
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Alice in Wonderland
Storybookland Canal Boats
Casey Jr. Circus Train
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Pinocchio's Daring Journey
Fantasy Faire and Royal Theater
Mickey's Toontown (in general)
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
Golden Horseshoe
Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island
Sailing Ship Columbia
Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes
New Orleans Square (in general)
Pirates of the Caribbean(same but different so worth seeing again)
Haunted Mansion (same but different so worth seeing again)
Indiana Jones Adventure

Entertainment:
Fantasmic!
Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular fireworks
Pixar Play Parade
Mickey and the Magical Map
Royal Theatre Storytelling at Fantasy Faire

Disney California Adventure
Attractions:
Cars Land (in general)
Radiator Springs Racers
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout!/Monsters After Dark (same as Tower of Terror but different theme)
Buena Vista Street (in general)
Red Car Trolley
Monsters Inc: Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
Disney Animation (Sorcerer's Workshop)
Grizzly River Run
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Incredicoaster
Goofy's Sky School
Pixar Pal-A-Round
Golden Zephyr
Silly Symphony Swings
Jessie's Critter Carousel (opens 2019)

Entertainment:
World of Color
Paint the Night Parade
Frozen - Live at the Hyperion!
Red Car Newsboys
Five & Dime

Now.....you have to figure out which attractions you want to you see and only you can answer that question.

For my wife and I, in DL we saw Disneyland Railroad, Disney Monorail, The Disney Gallery, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Alice in Wonderland, Storybookland Canal Boats, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Mickey's Toontown (walked through), Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, New Orleans Square, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and Indiana Jones Adventure

In DCA, we saw Paradise Pier (now Pixar Pier) and Little Mermaid since CarLand was open and we don't do water raft rides.

Question 3) "And can I pull this off??" -------- It would tight for one day so that being said, I would pick DL and stay there all day. If you wanted to do both parks, then I would do DCA in the morning and leave like around 1:00 p.m. and say what we miss we miss and then head to DL for the rest of the day. When the day is over so is your fun.

I hope this all helps and gives you some insight.

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Post by missybee on May 17, 2018 3:04:29 GMT

Thanks, Doc! We have two day passes with park hopper attached to our South West Chief/Grand Canyon/Los Angeles/Disneyland trip. John is getting three trains and I get Disney. Not a bad trade!

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May 17, 2018 3:04:29 GMT missybee said:

Thanks, Doc! We have two day passes with park hopper attached to our South West Chief/Grand Canyon/Los Angeles/Disneyland trip. John is getting three trains and I get Disney. Not a bad trade!

Sounds great. Anything else I can help with, just ask.

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