6/26 Visit - The Importance of Showing up Early
Hello all! It was my first time visiting DisneySea so I really wanted to make sure that we hit all of the rides that we wanted. I spent many moments browsing through this community to plan out our day so I appreciate all of the tips that were posted here.
6/26 - It was projected to rain all day but didn’t actually rain until the afternoon. We got to the park by 7:10ish; this was a tad later than when I wanted to arrive (originally wanted to get to the park by 6:45), but the queue to get in was not bad at all, maybe because people were expecting rain.
We ate our breakfast while in line, and time flew by quickly. We were early enough to get past the security checkpoint before park opening around 8:30ish. By the time we were scanned in, it was 9:03.
This is where the early arrival was so clutch. You can book DPAs one hour after the time of purchase OR if it hits your designated return time. I snagged Frozen for 9:15, just 15 minutes after park open. When 9:15 hit, it allowed me to snag Rapunzel for 9:30, and when 9:30 hit, we got Peter Pan for 10:00. Booked Soaring and Tower shortly after that.
We were able to ride all DPA rides except Toy Story Mania (skipped because we’re from SoCal and have ridden it many times) plus a few extra rides by 01:00. Spent 2.5 hours sightseeing and trying random foods and snacks via Mobile Order and left at 03:30p as the rain became heavier. We did not wait for more than 45 minutes for any attraction or food. This was all possible because of that initial Frozen DPA at 09:15 that allowed us to continuously acquire other DPAs in rapid succession. The super early arrival was tough but well worth it in the end.