Here’s a great new way to get into Disney California Adventure and Cars Land a full hour before the gates open to the general public. If you stay at the Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel or Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, you can take advantage of “Extra Magic Hours” on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Extra Magic Hours
Extra Magic Hours will be offered at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, the first time there has been a formal early entry program for DCA. In the past, guests of the Disneyland Resort Hotels could access DCA 30 minutes before park opening using the entrance from the Grand Californian Hotel, but that offering was not well publicized. Now resort guests get a full hour inside DCA prior to scheduled park opening, and it’s not unrealistic to expect most will head straight for Cars Land to experience the new area before the park opens to the general public.
According to information released by Disney to their employees, “Extra Magic Hours will be offered at Disney California Adventure Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It will include access to select attractions, food & beverage and merchandise locations in Cars Land, Golden State, Hollywood Land and Paradise Pier, subject to availability. Extra Magic Hours will be offered at Disneyland Park on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, similar to the current Magic Morning benefit.” Disneyland Resort Hotel guests can take advantage of Extra Magic Hours every day of their stay.
Magic Morning
The Magic Morning program will continue at Disneyland on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays one hour prior to scheduled park opening, and will be open to visitors who have purchased 3-plus day tickets. Visitors can only use this benefit once, and will not have early access to Disney California Adventure under this program.
