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DCA is insanely crowded today

58 min ago by erinjill

Today is first day can hop whenever! No more waiting until 11:00. Still need ressie for starting park, but do you actually have to scan in to that park before hopping or can you go directly to other park to scan in?

8:10am by daw623

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Seriously.

10:03am by apdopey75

Just watched a random video of a guy reserving DL but scanning into DCA in the morning, so it seems you don't need to scan into your reserved park, which really makes reservations needless to guests.

11:19am by daw623

This is so long overdue. It will be nice to be able to swerve in the morning and do what you want, and not be stuck waiting to hop. Since EE went away, I can't be convinced this provided Disney any value and at a cost of inconvenience to guests.

12:27pm by Stephanie_SG

Gift bags for first-timers? Going with two friends who have never been or been a zillion years ago: penny press coins, a pin to trade with, disposable ponchos. Any other ideas?

9:53am on 6/7/26 by bigger_mermaid

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Thank you for these ideas. Shoe covers! My shoes always get sopping wet no matter what I try! Thank you for the tip on coin press machines. It was hard to find details... You don't even insert the coin that will be pressed?

7:53am by bigger_mermaid

Hand/surface wipes!

7:54am by bigger_mermaid

Correct, the coins are provided & you just swipe a card. Not as exciting (& the provided "coins" are just slugs & not actual pennies). But still an affordable, collectable souvenir!

9:40am by apdopey75

Nothing like a last minute question for any early morning liners...parking in the Toy Story lot this morning. We should arrive at 6:50. Should we take a tram from there or walk to gate? Fairly low crowd day, so would probably like to save the steps.

6:11am on 6/8/26 by welchfam4

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I joined the WOC virtual queue and it defaulted to the 9 o'clock. If we want to go to the later one, should I just remove guests and go back in and see if that one comes up?

2:17pm on 6/8/26 by welchfam4

I'd go to a guest services CM (blue umbrellas around the parks) & asking if they can swap it for you.

2:45pm on 6/8/26 by apdopey75

@welchfam4 Can you tell me about when you got through the taps? We are planning to arrive about the same time and park in Toy Story lot, and take the tram. Just trying to guesstimate when I can book my first LL. I'm thinking 7:55AM is a safe guess.

7:48am by Goose298

Are MEPs valid in both DCA and Disneyland? I think that was the case last spring, but I'm exceptionally curious now that there aren't park hopping hours. This means you could get early morning DL MEPs while you are in DCA

6:42am by RexAllegro

It may depend on the circumstance under which you get the MEP. You can get details on it in the app to see which rides it's good for. It will be segmented by park if it's good in both.

7:09am by apdopey75

Does anyone know how long the line to meet princesses can range at DL and the best strategy? Mostly interested in meeting the princesses at royal hall and Tiana in New Orleans, Moana in DL and possibly Anna & Elsa at DCA. Will be visiting mid - late Aug

12:31pm on 6/6/26 by gwhsmaht

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It is my almost 2 year old daughter obsessed with princesses but I don't think she will be able to wait in a long line. Considering the princess brunch but it seems to be very long and we won't know ahead of time what princesses will be there

12:33pm on 6/6/26 by gwhsmaht

We're DW people and at DW you can make LL selection to meet the characters that have permanent spots and also you can see the wait times for characters at permanent spots so it's new to me not being able to gauge the wait times for characters on DL app

12:34pm on 6/6/26 by gwhsmaht

I don't recall specifically DL, but at DW since they took characters off LL, I think we've waited 20-30 minutes. For characters that come and go, I would try to line up before their time starts.

2:27pm on 6/6/26 by kateschmidt

For what it's worth, I've done that breakfast. It is quite a long meal, but at least when I was there, there was a buffet of the main stuff which can help. There were so many princesses- I want to say it was 7-8 or something nuts- and lines were very...

6:37pm on 6/7/26 by JERancher

...short. The main drawback is the cost (which is quite steep). But for outstanding food, and the time saved in seeing that many characters? Well worth it, IMO.

6:38pm on 6/7/26 by JERancher

My daughter will only be barely 2 when we visit in August so technically she would be free at the princess breakfast if she eats off my plate (which is fine). I'm just not sure if she'd want to sit around that long so I'm a bit torn

6:55pm on 6/8/26 by gwhsmaht

Especially not knowing if she would even meet her favorite princesses there (currently Cinderella and Tiana). But if its going to be an hour long wait to meet princesses at DL that might make it more worth the gamble to do the breakfast

6:56pm on 6/8/26 by gwhsmaht

Every kid is different, but both my daughters had infinite patience to see their favorite characters, especially princesses. It helps when they could see them as they circulated around the room so they knew it would happen.

6:57pm on 6/8/26 by disneygal18

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At WDW you can see the wait time for the Princesses stationed at the royal hall so it makes it easier to get an idea when is the best time to visit etc. Since DL doesn't list the wait times for the princesses I don't know how to think about strategy

6:58pm on 6/8/26 by gwhsmaht

Ok well maybe I'll just take the chance and book the breakfast hoping she'll get to meet some of her favorites. I think it will just be me taking her while our older kids who don't care about princesses are at the park with my husband. So the cost

7:00pm on 6/8/26 by gwhsmaht

Woukd only be the cost of my meal. I think when they're under three they don't get any special gifts from princesses which is a bummer but I might just bring a few things to give to her and we'll bring our own autograph book with us as well

7:01pm on 6/8/26 by gwhsmaht

Where do we find the cute canvas totes that can be embroidered?

1:27pm on 6/8/26 by TarHeelMickey

If we did a split stay with GCH and PPH, would that give us 2 LLs for our trip since it would be 2 separate hotel stays?

12:09pm on 6/5/26 by WildernessPixie

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I would sure as heck hope so, but I don't know that I've heard anyone here report on it.

12:10pm on 6/5/26 by apdopey75

Very clever! That will teach them, if they allow it. They'll have to clean 2 rooms. Just bring back EE, Disney!

12:52pm on 6/5/26 by TremDLNut

I'm thinking of trying this in October. A night at GCH and the rest at PPH. And yes, they need to bring back EE.

1:35pm on 6/5/26 by WildernessPixie

It would literally be the least they could do (to give an LL for each separate hotel stay on the same ticket). Ditto x2 to bringing back EE!

1:50pm on 6/5/26 by apdopey75

If you had a multi-night stay and did a separate ressie for each night,the same LL for each ressie should apply; even if it's all at the same hotel. You'd have to check the fine print - eventually the loophole will close if it isn't already.

2:54pm on 6/5/26 by disneygal18

And you'd still have to clear your room by check-out and then store your luggage until check in. Not sure that's worth the MEP, now that I think more on it. I often end up with an unused MEP at the end of the day, anyway.

9:57pm on 6/5/26 by TremDLNut

Probably but sometimes they do promos for a % off your room if you stay over a certain amount of days and I wonder if that gets messed up if you split between two different hotels? I would also double check on that before doing split stay.

4:17am on 6/6/26 by gwhsmaht

I used to be a hotel front office manager. It does happen that people book separate ressies for a multiple night stay for a variety of reasons. Unless they aren't booked for the same room type, if you just let them know the situation at checkin, they'll..

9:00am on 6/6/26 by disneygal18

...block it off thru your last checkout day. In a few hotels, they'll check you out and right back in automatically. In most, you'll have to go to the front desk and just check out and right back in. No luggage or room changing issues.

9:02am on 6/6/26 by disneygal18

If you want to do this for the experience of staying in two hotels, go for it! IMO it is not worth the hassle for the MEPs. The money you save staying off site will cover full LLs and likely PHs.

9:07am on 6/6/26 by dekefamily

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Totally agree with @dekefamily. Especially since several of those Harbor hotels are actually closer to the gate than either the DLH or PPH.

11:07am on 6/6/26 by disneygal18

I am curious about this too. We are staying at DLV on rented points 8/31 - 9/6 and the owner said they had to book it as 2 separate rezzies. I assume it had to do with the use year of their DVC contract.

2:17pm on 6/7/26 by Drizella

GCH has been on my bucket list for a long time. Wanting to do 2 nights there and then either move to a harbor hotel or PPH (or other way around). Definitely not spending extra money just to get an extra free LL. Not even close to being worth it.

1:24pm on 6/8/26 by WildernessPixie

Where are the best churros? This will be our first time trying them so I want to get good stuff! Lol

2:27pm on 6/7/26 by Drizella

It depends on if you want dip and which sounds good to you. I usually get mine at the Tomorrowland Cart in DL, or the cart near Monsters Inc in DCA. The only one I didn't like is the one near Carthay Cir.

9:35pm on 6/7/26 by TremDLNut

Aren't they all made in the same kitchen with the only difference being special flavors and dips?

8:07am on 6/8/26 by disneygal18

The DLR carts actually bake them fresh (though the dough arrives to the carts frozen). I believe they are baked centrally & just kept warm at WDW, which is why DLR churros are so much better.

8:27am on 6/8/26 by apdopey75

I haven't found a huge difference in plain churros & just buy from whichever cart is closest & have loved them all. When they have specialty churros then it's a matter of which topping/dipping sauce sounds best.

9:12am on 6/8/26 by daw623

So excited!! Leaving in the morning for our nine day 25th anniversary trip. First day in the parks is Monday. I'll try to post about our experiences. Plan to rope drop everyday.

3:23pm on 5/30/26 by twinmom2002

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Yay!! Happy 25th!! And safe travels!

4:02pm on 5/30/26 by apdopey75

Sounds so fun!

8:29pm on 5/30/26 by beeptp

On the plane at DFW about to take off. We have a late lunch scheduled at 2:00 for din tai fun. First time there.

7:33am on 5/31/26 by twinmom2002

Happy Anniversary! Have a magical visit!

9:25am on 5/31/26 by dekefamily

Can't wait to live vicariously through this! (And let us know what you think of Din Tai Fun- I have a dinner reserved there in a couple of weeks!)

12:08pm on 5/31/26 by JERancher

Got our room ready text while we were waiting for Lyft at the airport! Seems to be a great room. We are staying in a preferred studio at Disneyland hotel.

12:15pm on 5/31/26 by twinmom2002

Cograts! I hope your trip is better than you even imagined.

12:47pm on 5/31/26 by TremDLNut

I've been to Din Tai Fun with my daughter. We sat at the bar because we were in the SB line and there were 2 seats immediately available there. Food was excellent. Service was good and informative. As with all else in DD, overpriced but good.

1:52pm on 5/31/26 by disneygal18

Din fun was great and the staff were very helpful. It was load and my DH forgot his hearing aids so that was kind of a problem. But I would definitely recommend it! Everything we had was excellent.

6:00am on 6/1/26 by twinmom2002

Thanks for that report!!

4:22pm on 6/1/26 by JERancher

Had a good day yesterday. Just taking it kind of slow since we had a long trip. But we did get to security about 6:45 and we're about 10 people back at the gates. They let us in right at 7:30. I made a LL for space mountain and we rode Indiana Jones's...

5:58am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

With no wait. Got a snack and then headed to space mountain. It broke down just as we got into the first room before any climb and had to be walked off. Got an anytime LL. Got a LL for Matterhorn then for Mickey and Minnie railroad. At 10:20 we had ...

6:01am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

Breakfast at the plaza. Got a LL for haunted mansion. After that we just got a dole whip and rested a while. Decided to go back to tge hotel for the evening. Around 4:00 we got hungry and walked to earl of sandwich and had a great sandwich...

6:03am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

Came back to the hotel to eat and watch a little tv. Then around 5:00 we walked back to Downtown Disney and went to world of color and got a couple of long sleeve shirts. The weather has been perfect for shorts and a long sleeve shirt or jacket.

6:05am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

I like your style!

7:38am on 6/2/26 by TremDLNut

Went to California adventure this morning and got here right at rope drop not early like yesterday. But it worked out great. I was going to get a lighting lane for guardians of the galaxy but it seems like those aren't available today.

10:12am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

Went straight to Pixar pier and rode tsmm and jncredicoaster. Had snagged a LL for soaring and went to that next. Did a single lightening lane for radiator springs. Taking it easy now before our 12:00 wine country trattoria lunch.

10:15am on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

Great start to your day!

12:52pm on 6/2/26 by apdopey75

Let us know how you liked WCT. It's one of my favorites, but it's hardly mentioned by anyone else. Hopefully you were able to eat outside.

1:02pm on 6/2/26 by TremDLNut

I loved WCT when I could get a ribeye there. They took it off the menu now.

1:34pm on 6/2/26 by beeptp

We did Mickeys philharmagic before lunch. We did get an outside table at wct. It was great weather and we both thought the food was very good. DH had chicken parm and I had shrimp Alfredo. They were large servings and we took about half for later.

2:12pm on 6/2/26 by twinmom2002

We took about a 3.5 hour break at the hotel and went back for Carthay circle lounge. My DH really enjoyed the sliders and I like the potato leak soup. Got the lettuce wraps too but wasn't as crazy about those. Small portions but a great atmosphere.

9:42am on 6/3/26 by twinmom2002

After that we rode monsters inc and got a churro and shopped a bit on our way back to the hotel. Today is an off day (grad night) and we are doing a DVC tour and exploring Downtown Disney. Back to Disneyland in the morning.

9:44am on 6/3/26 by twinmom2002

We are starting in fantasy land in the morning. Is it better to do Peter Pan at rope drop if you aren't at the front of the pack or let it dies down a little after opening?

9:47am on 6/3/26 by twinmom2002

If you're not at the front of the ropes & willing to do the PP dash, save it for later.

10:09am on 6/3/26 by apdopey75

Thanks! Will do Peter Pan later.

10:11am on 6/3/26 by twinmom2002

Got to Disneyland a little after rope drop but did all the fantasy land rides with no waits really. We did not do Peter Pan. We've done pp here once and multiple time at WDW and the new to us rides were a priority. Got a LL for space when we got in...

7:38am on 6/5/26 by twinmom2002

Walked over to ride and space was down but it converted to an anytime. Next we did star tours with a 15 minute wait. The walked over to rotr and rode with a LL. Was great as always. On Wednesday we did a DVC tour and got 3 LL's for that and one was good..

7:41am on 6/5/26 by twinmom2002

For rotr or radiator springs and we used it on rise. We still have 2 more anytime from the tour but those are good on fewer rides but we will probably use them on mf and big thunder mountain on Sunday....

7:43am on 6/5/26 by twinmom2002

After rort we had lunch at cafe Orleans. Being on the patio was great and the food was good. I would definitely recommend it. After lunch space was back up so we went and rode that. We like it better than WDW version. Then we took the monorail back to DD

7:46am on 6/5/26 by twinmom2002

Relaxed in the room for several hours and about 5:15 went to California adventure. It was really crowded so we just did Toy Story and some shopping and walked back to the hotel. Today is another off day and we are having brunch at storytellers cafe at 10.

7:49am on 6/5/26 by twinmom2002

Sounds like a terrific time!

11:04pm on 6/5/26 by beeptp

I like that you seem to just roll with the crowds and closures. Sounds like you are having a great time. One more day today, or heading home?

8:48am on 6/6/26 by TremDLNut

We are here until Tuesday. Have today, Sunday and Monday in the parks still. We went to toor drop at dca and ride ttmm, goofy's sky coaster, soarin, gtc, incredicoaster and Radiator springs. Had brunch at lamplight lounge. Got back to the hotel at 1:00.

2:58pm on 6/6/26 by twinmom2002

Lamplight lounge was really good. I had French toast and it was huge! I think we are going back to DL this evening and I have a couple of lightening lanes already setup. I think we may do dinner at the plaza inn.

2:59pm on 6/6/26 by twinmom2002

Hooray for fried chicken tonight! Try the strawberry croissant at Jolly Holiday for a treat tonight. It is my favorite and only available this time of year.

5:15pm on 6/6/26 by dekefamily

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@twin- how did you all like Storytellers? We have that one booked for next week too.

6:33pm on 6/7/26 by JERancher

Storytellers was great. Loved the food and atmosphere. The grand Californian is beautiful. I think you will have a great time.

7:10pm on 6/7/26 by twinmom2002

Awesome, thank you!

7:42pm on 6/7/26 by JERancher

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