<p>Quick question: When my daughter goes to orientation in August our family is planning a side trip to Disneyland. Instead of the usual hopper tickets, I am wondering if it would be more advantageous to get her an annual pass. Does anyone have any idea how often UCLA students might go to Disneyland? If it's once per year, it isn't worth it, but if it is reasonable that students might go 3-4 times, it's another thing. Thx! </p>
<p>It takes about an hour on the 405 Freeway to get from UCLA to Disneyland. I have some friends who attend UCLA right now, and it seems like they at least go once a month. </p>
<p>It really all depends on her, and if she can make other friends who own annual passes also. I recommend it though! She will need some time to chillax every now and then from UCLA’s rigorous academics.</p>
<p>You can’t get to Disneyland just on the 405 from UCLA… you’re gonna have to switch freeways at least twice. Probably 405, 105, and then the 5.</p>
<p>I remember the housing tour girl saying that students living in the transfer residence halls (Gardenia) get discounted tickets for Disneyland and the whole hall goes together. The girl said that she couldn’t go because she was doing housing tours for us. Sucks for her.</p>
<p>Thx for the feedback! My daughter posted this on the FB UCLA transfer page and most said the same thing. But I realized we’ll have to wait until she gets situated as she has to show proof of SoCal residency. Also, I noticed that the online annual price for Universal Studios is $95, whereas a single day ticket is $87!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, @k4201505, my daughter got the Hitch Suites, which could be good as they are newly remodeled, but they are a bit isolated. I hope that doesn’t prevent her from bonding with the transfer group!</p>
<p>The traffic is horrific, that’s all I can say. The last time I went (6 years ago?), it took me 3 and a half hours to get home and I live 30 minutes north of UCLA. It isn’t in a convenient location relative to UCLA. </p>
<p>Hmm, @csb111, well I know if you leave at 6 am on Sunday it isn’t too bad. ;
I think we need to wait and see how this falls out before committing. The Universal deal is not bad, though.</p>
<p>I always hear Universal usually has buy a day get the year free promotions on the radio and on TV. I like Universal personally. Plus it is pretty close. </p>
<p>Yes, @CSB111 , Universal is a much more civilized way to go. </p>
<p>I’m a Disneyland fanatic, and I can say that traffic and parking are all about timing. I wrote a whole paper last semester about planning the best well timed day at Disneyland.</p>
<p>You and my daughter @2016Candles. Maybe you’ll see each other in the UCLA Disney Club, lol.</p>
<p>But you wrote a paper on drive times to Disneyland? Too funny. It must have been for statistics, I presume.</p>
<p>It wasn’t all about drive times. It was about how to plan a better Disney trip by minimizing wait times in lines, parking, etc., and maximizing the number of rides done in 1 day. I shared some of my Disneyland (not so secret) tricks. It was actually a speech for my public speaking class. We had to “teach” something.</p>
<p>Ahhh @2016Candles
…verrrrry interesting…
…and creative!</p>
<p>Spill it, Candles. I’m taking my kids there next weekend. :)</p>
<p>Wonder if 2016Candles got a lot of his/her info from this site?</p>
<p><a href=“http://touringplans.com/”>http://touringplans.com/</a></p>
<p>I remember a while back there was a big scandal with numerous wealthy folks pretending they were disabled to get on rides faster. I mean it was a big deal, with a lot of ppl exploiting some sort of loophole. Maybe that’s in @2016Candles thesis. >:) </p>
<p>I got my info from close to 100 Disneyland trips - thank you very much! I don’t use the word fanatic lightly. @k4201505 </p>
<p>@lindyk8 I actually do have some experience with that. Several years ago, I had foot surgery, and was categorized as temporarily disabled by my doctors and the dmv. I had a season pass at that time and went with the intent of going to the front of the lines. Unfortunately I was in a legitimate amount of pain and only stayed for 1 ride. </p>
<p>Years later I had a friend who was friends with someone who was disabled, and she would often go to the park with them to jump to the front. I went once, but it felt icky, so I didn’t do it again.</p>
<p>know a few people who work there who say people go to the “town hall” by the entrance and say they have extreme social anxiety disorders to get a pass to cut the lines. </p>
<p>I think thats pretty smart because your not pretending to be or using a person who is actually disabled to cut lines.
I mean they are probably still lying but maybe its not as bad of a lie? idk lol </p>