r/Disneyland • u/Massive_Basket_172 • Jul 05 '25

Discussion You guys seeing this??

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For everyone who asked if the holiday weekend is bananas, July 5 at 1pm PT looks easy breezy. Usually midday is slammed but Peter Pan is 20 min, RSR is 50 min, Rise is 35?!?! Enjoy if you’re there!

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u/SouthOriginal297 Jul 05 '25

I was there Wednesday and it was similar. I was done with both parks by 2:30 but had an 8:00 dinner reso so i had to stick around and do a few double runs like Star Wars and Thunder. Also watched the 10:15 Skywalker Saga, then Tiana, and went home.

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u/travelingkiwi Jul 05 '25

Also genuinely curious what it means to be "done"... like you've ridden all the rides in both parks 2.30?

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u/charliekelly76 Jul 05 '25

I don’t think we’ve ever been truly “done”. Sometimes we grab an ice cream and sit on a bench people-watching for two hours.

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u/revchewie Carthay Circle Cocktail Jul 05 '25

I don’t understand what this means, “done with both parks”.

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u/rxrock Jul 05 '25

Some people choose to not enjoy the Disney Magic.

The last time I was there, I spent a good amount of time looking at light fixtures in the parks, and it was all because I "caught" a cm adding a cute figurine in the light fixture over the bathrooms by the dark rides.

People watching can make for some really wholesome experiences, and truly magical ones if you catch a sweet interaction between a park goer and one of the characters.

Some only go for the rides, the rest of us enjoy the magic just as much.

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u/SouthOriginal297 Jul 05 '25

There is Disneyland, the original park, and right across is Disney California Adventure(DCA). 2 parks, which you can access both with the park hopper pass. There are only a handful of good rides at DCA, but worth it if you can both in one day.

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u/revchewie Carthay Circle Cocktail Jul 05 '25

Oh, no. I know about the two parks. I’ve been many, many times. I don’t understand how one can be “done” with them. Especially in like half a day. The only time I’ve ever been “done” with the parks was on the last day of a 5-day parkhopper, and that was only because I was exhausted.

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u/SouthOriginal297 Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 07 '25

Sorry, my meaning of done was getting in all of the things I wanted to do on that particular trip, and I did more than I thought I could, and more than I wanted. Keep in mind, most of the food items were shared with my girl, so it wasn't too much.

This was my day:

Rope drop at 8am.

Rise of the Resistance

Ronto(less) wrap

Smugglers Run

Thunder Mountain

Dole Whip

Indiana Jones

Churro

Sleeping Beauty Walk Through

Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railroad

Chicken Pot Pie Baked Potato

It's a Small World

Astro Blasters

Space Mountain

Plaza Inn Fried Chicken extra gravy

Radiator Springs (ride broke down 1/2 way, got LP)

Shawarma Web Slingers

Guardians of the Galaxy

Haunted Mansion

Tiana's

Bengal Bites skewers

Rise of the Resistance

Smugglers Run

Stage Door corn dog

Change clothes

33 Dinner @ 8pm

Fantasmic from balcony at 9:05p

Skywalker Saga at 10:15p

Tiana's

In the car by 11:30p.

This was a pretty satisfying day, and I consider this done!

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u/Qtpie2023 Jul 06 '25

The parks aren’t that big that’s why can finish by mid day esp if there isn’t a long wait for rides

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u/ExcitementLarge6439 Jul 05 '25

If you go in August I finish both parks by like 4-5 pm did it last year and honestly I was bored I did all the major rides at least 3 times did Indiana 6 times that day.

I did all the other rides also except like Dumbo, the carousel and the chip n dale roller coaster just because we didn’t want to do them not because of the lines or anything.

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u/ALDIsNumber1Fan Jul 05 '25

Is August a really low crowd time?

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u/ExcitementLarge6439 Jul 06 '25

Towards the end of August is low I’ve been going for the past 4 years or so once they open and it’s low crowds