Disneyland Resort
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Disneyland Resort is the home of the original Disney theme park, and 50 years later it remains as popular as ever. For many reasons Disneyland has historically had a different atmosphere than Walt Disney World where the company's control over the surroundings is almost absolute. With the expansion of the resort area in 2001 to include Disney's California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and a new world class hotel (the Grand Californian), the Disneyland Resort took a major step toward creating an experience more like Walt Disney World.
And yet, unlike Walt Disney World, it is possible to save a lot of money by staying at off-property hotels and resorts and actually not be any farther away from the parks than the people staying at the nice Disney resorts.
- Location: Anaheim, California (25 miles south of Los Angeles).
- Phone #: 714-781-7290.
- # of Parks: 2
- # of Hotels: 3
- Other Activities: Downtown Disney shopping district.
Park tickets are available from several sources and in many different combinations from tickets good for just one of the parks for a single day up to tickets good for five days of admission at either park.
From there you can get an annual pass at one of several levels.
Ticket Prices:
- Single Day, Single Park: $72 Adult/$62 Child.
- Single Day, Parkhopper: $97 Adult/$87 Child.
- Two Day, Parkhopper: $151 Adult/$131 Child.
- Three Day, Parkhopper: $204 Adult/$174 Child.
- Four Day, Parkhopper: $229 Adult/$199 Child.
- Five Day, Parkhopper: $249 Adult/$219 Child.
- Six Day, Parkhopper: $254 Adult/$224 Child.
- Southern California Select Annual Pass: $144, all ages ($203 with parking).
- Southern California Annual Pass: $194 for all ages ($253 with parking).
- Deluxe Annual Pass: $289 for all ages ($348 with parking).
- Premium Annual Pass: $429 for all ages (parking is included).
- See our Blackout Page for information on blackout dates for various annual passes.
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- On-Site Ticket Purchase: Ticket booths are located at both ends of the Esplanade (the section between Disneyland Park and Disney's California Adventure) as you approach either from the Harbor Blvd. side or the Downtown Disney side. If you already have tickets, you can proceed directly to the park entry gates; tickets are not sold at the entry gates.
- Online Ticket Purchase: Tickets can be purchased online directly from Disney. Discounts are offered for multi-day parkhopper tickets.
- Other Purchase Locations: Certain ticket types can be purchased at Disney Stores. Good Neighbor hotels in Anaheim can also sell tickets to hotel guests.
The Disneyland Resort is located in Anaheim, California, just off of the Interstate 5 freeway. If you are trying to get to the main parking at the Mickey & Friends parking structure take
the Disneyland Drive exit and follow the signs to the parking garage. You'll also want to use this exit if you're going to one of the three on-property hotels. One exit farther south is Harbor
Boulevard, which provides access to other area hotels.
Disneyland has three parking areas. The Mickey & Friends parking garage is one of the largest parking garages in the world and is the main lot. Access from here to the parks requires taking a tram or
walking about three-quarters of a mile. The secondary parking lot is the Timon lot and is accessed from Harbor Boulevard. Annual Passholders are not allowed to park in this lot, and space is limited.
After the Timon lot is full, all cars will be directed to the Mickey & Friends garage. The Timon lot also requires taking a tram or walking about half a mile. The third parking lot is the Pumbaa
lot and is a more remote overflow parking area. If this lot is in use, signs on Harbor Boulevard will indicate this and provide directions. Tram service is not provided from this lot and requires a
walk of almost 1 mile.
All lots except for Downtown Disney have the same rates:
- $12 for cars
- $17 for recreation vehicles and tractors without trailers
- $22 for busses and tractor trailers
Parking in the Downtown Disney lot is free for the first three hours and then costs $2 every 20 minutes up to a maximum daily charge of $30. Valet parking is available for an additional $6 and another two hours can be had for free
with validation from the AMC theater.
The Disneyland Resort has two unique parks which are, unlike the parks at Walt Disney World, right next to each other. Despite their proximity, they have separate gates requiring separate admission so it is not possible to jump between the parks unless the correct admission has been purchased.
Disney operates three on-property hotels, though this doesn't necessarily mean that they are closer to the park gates than nearby non-Disney off-property hotels. The Grand Californian Hotel is the grandest of the three and has its own entrance into Disney's California Adventure and easy access to Downtown Disney. The other two hotels are a bit farther away though all three offer an immersive Disney experience.
Though rumors constantly swirl that Disney will develop another theme park or water park on land it owns in the area, this all remains pie-in-the-sky speculation at this point in time. Other than the parks and hotels, the only other Disney activities on property are to be found at Downtown Disney, an open-air mall next to the parks.
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