How to Skip the Lines at Disneyland Resort
Arrive before opening (hotel guests and some tickets get early entry), rope-drop the biggest ride in your park, and buy Lightning Lane Multi Pass on busy days, booking your first ride the moment your window opens. Use single rider lines at California Adventure, and visit midweek outside school holidays.
- Multi Pass
- From about $32 per person per day, priced by date
- Single Pass
- About $10-25 per ride for the top attractions
- Booking
- In the Disneyland app, from 7 am on the day of your visit (hotel guests earlier)
- Early entry
- For Disneyland hotel guests and some multi-day tickets, at selected parks
- Free shortcut
- Single rider lines on several rides, including Radiator Springs Racers
- Best days
- Tuesday to Thursday outside school holidays
How long are the lines at Disneyland?
Disneyland Resort has two parks side by side: Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure. Big lines build at Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones Adventure, Radiator Springs Racers and the newer attractions. Disneyland is also popular with locals on annual passes, so weekends and evenings can be busy year-round.
Before you choose your Disneyland day, check how busy it's likely to be. BeatTheCrowd shows the live crowd level and an hourly forecast for any date, adjusted for school holidays, public holidays and weather.
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