Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PART ONE
PLANNING
before
YOU
LEAVE HOME
GATHERING INFORMATION
IN ADDITION TO THIS GUIDE,
we recommend that you first visit our website,
touring-
money. Our blog,
blog.touringplans.com
,
lists breaking news for the Disneyland Re-
sort and Disney theme parks worldwide.
The site also offers computer-optimized touring plans for Disneyland and DCA.
With these, you choose the attractions you want to experience, including character
greetings, parades, fireworks, meals, and midday breaks, and we'll give you a step-by-
step itinerary for your specific dates of travel, showing you how to see everything with
minimal waits in line. The touring plans can incorporate any Fastpasses you retrieve.
You can update the touring plans when you're in the parks, too. Let's say that your
touring plan calls for riding The Haunted Mansion next, but your family really needs
an ice cream break and 30 minutes out of the sun. Get the ice cream and take the break.
When you're done, click the “Optimize” button on your plan, and it will be updated
with what to do next. The ability to redo your plan allows you to recover from any situ-
ation while still minimizing your waits for the rest of the day.
Another really popular part of
touringplans.com
is our Crowd Calendar, which
shows crowd projections for Disneyland and DCA for every day of the year. Look up
the dates of your visit, and the calendar will not only show the projected wait times
for each day but will also indicate for each day which theme park will be the least
crowded. Historical wait times are also available, so you can see how crowded the
parks were last year for your upcoming trip dates.
The website also has complete dining menus for every food cart, stand, kiosk,
counter-service restaurant, and sit-down restaurant in the Disneyland Resort, including
wine lists. The whole thing is searchable, too, so you can find every restaurant in DCA
that serves steak (and its prices), or see which snacks are available in New Orleans
