OhioStateBuckeye
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- Sep 7, 2007
I am going to DLP for the first time in November. Please keep writing! I am loving the report and am taking notes.
I’m glad you’re finding it helpful! That’s what I did before we left- read a bunch of reports, just so I could get a sense of the place.I am going to DLP for the first time in November. Please keep writing! I am loving the report and am taking notes.
Thanks for reading! That’s pretty funny about the music. I would have gotten a kick walking through the courtyard, listening to Jurassic Park, and then seeing Mickey waving from the balcony!I’ve just caught up with your trip report. So lovely to read, you clearly had a great time. Thanks for taking the time
** I’ve noticed on a few recent YouTube vlogs and reports that Harry Potter music being played at the studios confused everyone . We did a tour of the studios years ago and they explained that the whole premise of the park is that you’re on a studio lot, and everything around is based on movies in general, not just Disney movies. This includes music, design and props. In previous years we’d hear music from Jurassic Park & Gone with the Wind regularly. There used to be a fantastic show called Cinemagique in the studios which displayed the theme perfectly. **
That’s great! My spouse is a teacher, so we live and die by the school calendar. You may know this, but take a look at school breaks for the region. My understanding is August can get quite busy- a lot of people out there will vacation in the month before school starts there. We went in June for better chances at weather (not that it worked for us!) and because many schools were still in session. (Which was a different kind of difficulty- school field trips to museums and gardens, whoops! But not to Disneyland!)I am considering a trip to DLP next summer
How were the wait times?
Did you use any paid premier access passes?
Thanks for your report, very helpful!
Thanks for your reply!That’s great! My spouse is a teacher, so we live and die by the school calendar. You may know this, but take a look at school breaks for the region. My understanding is August can get quite busy- a lot of people out there will vacation in the month before school starts there. We went in June for better chances at weather (not that it worked for us!) and because many schools were still in session. (Which was a different kind of difficulty- school field trips to museums and gardens, whoops! But not to Disneyland!)
Wait times varied greatly- the morning and later at night (right before fireworks) were short, some even with a walk-on. Early afternoons were brutal. For example, Hyperspace Mountain was about 30 minutes of waiting later in the day Thursday and a total walk-on Sunday night, but we saw it get up to 100 minutes Saturday around 1 pm. Crush’s Coaster was consistently high. We never saw a short time for that. Everything else would start low, ricochet high by 2 pm, cool off a bit, then bottom out later at night.
We did not use paid premier access passes. I could rant about this forever, but I refuse to buy any form of skip-the-line passes, ha.