Dear Caitlin,
Thanks for visiting the Disney Parks Moms Panel!
An early morning breakfast reservation is always a good idea because you give yourself the opportunity to wake up early, enjoy the Happiest Place on Earth before the crowds arrive and start your Magical experience with a delicious meal!
If you made a
dining reservation at a restaurant inside the Disneyland Park, you must have a valid Park admission ticket in order to enter the Park and arrive at your reservation.
In other words your Park ticket will definitely be scanned if you're going to enter the Park for a dining reservation.
But there's a quick fix to that– you can upgrade your ticket to a Park Hopper!
By doing that, you have the liberty of essentially park-hopping from one Park to the other all day, at any time (as long as the Parks are open).
You can upgrade to a
Park Hopper at Guest Services inside any of the three
Disneyland Resort Hotels or at the Disneyland Main Entrance Ticket booths, which generally open an hour before the first Park opens.
I hope this helps.
Enjoy the
Disneyland Resort and have a Supercalifragislisticexpialidocious Day!
-Anabel M.