Top 8 Tips for Planning your Disneyland Vacation

February 27, 2023

Top 8 Tips for Planning your Disneyland Vacation

The Disney100 celebration is currently happening at Disneyland! If you want to experience it, here are the top tips for planning your Disneyland vacation.

1. Create your Disney Account
As you book your vacation and link your plans to your Disney account, use the “My Plans” page on Disneyland.com or the “Future Plans” page on the Disneyland app to manage your vacation details all in one place.

2. Download the Disneyland App
The Disneyland mobile app allows you to view and update your plans, access special planning tools like Disney Genie service, and use convenient features like Mobile Check-In, Mobile Order and Merchandise Mobile Checkout.

3. Decide on Dates & Length of Stay
Decide how many days you’d like to stay and check the Theme Park Reservation Availability calendar to confirm that reservations are available for the dates you’d like to visit.

4. Choose Your Hotel
Disneyland has 3 resort hotels and multiple Good Neighbor hotels. Some hotels are within easy walking distance to the parks. Others offer things like free breakfast or a shuttle to the parks. Decide what amenities are most important to you.

5. Purchase Theme Park Tickets & Make Reservations
Decide how many days you’d like to visit the theme parks, if you want to visit one park per day or park hop, and if you’d like to add any extras, such as Genie+ service. Purchase your tickets and make your theme park reservations.

6. Book Dining Reservations
Set a reminder! You can begin to make dining reservations at select restaurants up to 60 days before your visit.

7. Choose Enchanting Extras Offerings
There’s so much to see and do at Disneyland Resort. Guests who want to add extra magic to their visit can choose to make reservations for experiences like Savi’s Workshop – Handbuilt Lightsabers, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at the Disneyland Resort, and other Enchanting Extras offerings up to 60 days in advance.

8. Experience MagicBand+
MagicBand+ provides hands-free convenience and a new dimension of Disney storytelling to let you see and feel new experiences in the park. Visit shopDisney.com to purchase your MagicBand+ before your visit. You can also find MagicBand+ in select Disneyland Resort retail locations.

BONUS TIP: Use a Disney Authorized Travel Planner

Whether you use a travel agent or not, you are paying for one. Disney charges the same amount either way. Using a travel agent will give you another set of eyes when looking for reservations, someone to bounce ideas off of, and someone to offer their best tips and tricks for visiting the parks! You get all of my knowledge at no extra cost to you.

Contact me to start planning your next Disneyland vacation! I am a travel agent with Destinations to Travel and my services are free. I’d love to help you plan a magical vacation!

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Sara

Sara is a travel agent with Destinations to Travel, a Disney Earmarked agency. She lives in Alaska with her husband and 3 kids. Due to her extreme dislike of winter, she travels often to warmer destinations during the colder months. She visits the Disney parks and resorts frequently with her family and loves helping other families plan magical vacations. Contact her here for help with your vacation!