Alright, looks like @mdmost is the man to reference in this thread.
We've booked our Disneyland trip for June 23 & 24th, and then Universal in LA for July 26th and 27th. I'm looking for all the tips and best practices. We bought the equivalent of Lightning Lane tickets for both parks, and I guess I need to get the app and figure out how all that stuff works. Also standby skipper I'll look into as well, although I'm curious of anyone's thoughts on that. Fuck going to Florida in late June, if I'm doing long as fuck days at an amusement park, I'm doing it in 70 degree weather without humidity. I brought up a couple of Ear Scouts videos to review at the recommendation of this thread, so I'll delve into that pretty soon.
But the general gist is that our son is 7, this is our first Disney Anything, so what is everyone's tips for a great day, what are the best rides, just whatever you guys have that we should know. I'm planning on a park each day, and long days, particularly for the Magic Kingdom. I don't *think* we got the park hopping pass, I think we just want to do 1 day at the Magic Kingdom, and 1 day at Adventure. We'll do similar for Universal Studios, with an early entry for Mario World, and a day of Harry Potter for the wife.
We don't really care about any restaurants or meals, I assume we'll just eat at the park as we go and stay on the move. We're staying at the Pixar Hotel. I paid with miles, so Im having trouble linking my tickets to my reservation but I'm working on that.
Anyway, watchu got Surly?