Hey James!
Welcome to
planDisney!
You’re going to love your next stay at
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. This is a great question you’ve brought to us here about Extra Magic Hour for guests staying at a Disney Hotel. At this time, Extra Magic Hour for hotel guests and Magic Mornings for 3+ day tickets has been suspended to be better able to manage capacity. I encourage you to follow along with the
Disney Parks Blog as they’ll announce the return of that program first. With everything changing day to day right now, it could be back by the time your trip comes around.
If Extra Magic Hour doesn’t return before your next trip, I do have some tips for you. I would plan on rope dropping and closing out the parks. For rope drop, be at the parks right at opening and head to a big ticket attraction before you do anything else. Taking advantage of the direct entrance from Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa will help you get into the park much faster too! At the end of the night, get in line for another big ticket attraction 5-10 minutes before the park closes. They will let you stay in line and ride the attraction! Make sure you’re also using the Disneyland Mobile App to acquire boarding passes for attractions like
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Also, don’t forget that theme parks are running at reduced capacity so you’ll enjoy shorter than normal wait times on most attractions.
Well James, feel free to check in with us at a later time.
Remember, always believe in the Magic!
Andres