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I want to know if next year when you write those day schedules if you could schedule
bathroom breaks in there too. You expect us to be at a certain ride at a certain time
and with no stops in between. In one of the letters in your book a guy writes, “You
expect everyone to be theme park commandos.” When I read that, I thought, there
is a man who really knows what a problem the schedules are if you are a laid-back,
slow-moving, careful detail noticer. What were you thinking when you made these
schedules?
A Clamor for Customized Touring Plans
We're inundated by letters urging us to create additional touring plans. These include
a plan for 9th- and 10th-graders, a plan for rainy days, a seniors' plan, a plan for folks
who sleep late, a plan omitting rides that “bump, jerk, and clonk,” a plan for garden-
ing enthusiasts, and a plan for single women.
The touring plans in this topic are intended to be flexible. Adapt them to your
preferences. If you don't like rides that bump and jerk, skip them when they come up
in a touring plan. If you want to sleep in and go to the park at noon, use the afternoon
part of a plan. If you're a ninth-grader and want to ride Space Mountain three times in
a row, do it. Will it decrease the touring plan's effectiveness? Sure, but the plan was
created only to help you have fun. It's your day.
If you really want to tailor your itinerary, we highly recommend subscribing to
touringplans.com
,
where you can customize your day's to-do list down to the last
snack cart. Our computers will evaluate the efficiency of your chosen attraction order,
and try to suggest a better path through the park. For a truly personalized experience,
some of our team members (including this topic's coauthor) offer professional tour-
planning services; visit
touringplans.com/disneyland-resort/touring-plans/faq
for
details.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PARKS
BECAUSE EACH TOURING PLAN IS BASED
on being present when the theme park opens,
you need to know a little about opening procedures. Disney transportation to the
parks, and the respective theme park parking lots, open 1-2 hours before official
opening time.
Each park has an entrance plaza just outside the turnstiles. Usually you will be
held outside the turnstiles until 30 minutes before official opening time. If you are ad-
mitted before the official opening time, what happens next depends on the season of
the year and the anticipated crowds for that day.
1. MOST DAYS
You will usually be held at the turnstiles. Sometimes you might be con-
fined in a small section of the park until the official opening time. At Disneyland
Park you might be admitted to Main Street, U.S.A.; at Disney California Adventure to
