<p>In theory you could use that Fast Pass or whatever it’s called, right? That’s what we used. You get a stub for a ride and then come back. They might not have that anymore. It’s been a few years.</p>
<p>Disneyland just raised their prices again, and suspended the sale of SoCal passes of a certain type (the most popular one that allowed Sundays). I don’t know if they have a different type for college students. You can, of course, still get a full price Season Pass but they are VERY expensive.</p>
<p>If you buy a Hopper pass, she can convert it to a season pass as long as she does it before the last ‘use’ date and apply the money from the Hopper.</p>
<p>I drove our group crazy using the Unofficial Guide to Disney World to get the most mileage and most rides. I had a mutiny on my hands after a couple of days. And I actually exhausted myself to the point I sat down and was frozen in place and unable to move for a couple of hours. That was really weird.</p>
<p>@2016Candles Maybe you could get a website going for your tips. Or be an about.com guide or something</p>
<p>@lindyk8 I haven’t been to disneyland in maybe 3 years but yes I love Fast pass</p>
<p>if she’s going to Disney Cali make sure she gets fast pass for world of color asap as soon as the park opens
or idk if they still do that? its been 3 years 
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<p>@twoinanddone OMG, you’re right. Both Sat and Sun are blacked out. I looked earlier and saw it wasn’t good for summer, which is OK, but after you said that, I went and looked again. They’re not good on weekends, I totally missed that.
<a href=“https://secure-disneyland.disney.go.com/passes/”>https://secure-disneyland.disney.go.com/passes/</a></p>
<p>Re:hopper, I’ll have to look, as we always just used them right away. But it isn’t worth it if all the weekends are out.</p>
<p>Thx @sonic23, will do. I’m just thinking the annual pass isn’t worth it.</p>
<p>Earlier today, I found a guide to getting around Universal Studios efficiently. I’ve never been but supposedly it can take 8 hours to go through and this guy has a strategy:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.examiner.com/article/guide-to-planning-a-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood”>http://www.examiner.com/article/guide-to-planning-a-day-at-universal-studios-hollywood</a></p>
<p>Also, as I noted earlier, you can buy an annual pass for $95, which is only about $7 higher than a one-day pass. </p>
<p>I bought a Disneyland annual pass, and I must say it’s not worth it. Perhaps I live in NorCal that’s why. </p>
<p>At universal studios if you say you suffer from epilepsy they will give you a front of the line pass. Never done it myself because I’d feel bad but I know someone who has. They don’t ask to see paperwork apparently </p>
<p>Both Universal and Disney have changed their special needs passes. At Disney you can still get the card, but you have to get a time to return (similar to a fast pass). If you need special access, it is there but it is not a ‘Go to the head of the line’ pass anymore.</p>
<p>I use to like Universal Studios, but took away the Back to The Future ride, as well as E.T., no more King Kong on the tour?! Those were the days. Disneyland beats the H E double hockey sticks out of me, I get so tired by the day is over. </p>
<p>@squashbanana I would be too superstitious to do something like that 
but this thread is sure bringing out the strategies. I have such a fear of heights, Soaring over California was the worst experience I’ve ever had in my life. My hands were dripping flop sweat and sliding off the handles,and all you’re doing is sitting in a seat not moving. I guess I qualified for something THEN…</p>
<p>Soaring over California has such beautiful cinematography though…</p>
<p>Watch out for the black out dates on some of those annual passes. If the dates she would go are black out dates, it doesn’t serve her purposes. The cheaper the annual pass, the more black out dates, typically. However, a lot of them are in the summer and if you live in L.A. you really would rather go a different time than summer in any event - and she might be home with you then, anyhow.</p>
<p>@k4201505, really? I DIDN’T NOTICE!!! :-& </p>
<p>@collegevetting I don’t mind the summer blackout, but every weekend, too? The only time you might have OK traffic getting there is Sat or Sun morning. </p>
<p>A Disneyland Pass would be awesome for a UCI student because it’s only 20 minutes away. </p>
<p>Same with Chapman.</p>
<p>@lindyk8 They have temporarily suspended sales of Disneyland So Cal annual passes. The So Cal passes allow for Sunday visits. The So Cal Select passes are blocked out on all weekends. If you plan a family visit and buy park hopper passes, if your daughter doesn’t “use up” all of the days on her pass, she can eventually put the value of the park hopper toward an annual pass. They will eventually start selling the regular So Cal passes again. I suspect this will happen in the summer when the passes are blocked out. We live in San Diego and find the cost of an AP worth it if we go more than 6 days a year. We usually plan 2-3 multiple day trips a year, as well as a couple of day trips. We are going next week for 4 days for our daughter’s birthday.</p>
<p>My daughter has epilepsy so she has a disabled services card at Disneyland. Basically, we have to see a cast member and tell them what ride we want to go on. They then write down the current wait time on the card for that ride and then we return to the ride and pretty much immediately board after we have waited the same amount as everyone else. It is really only advantageous for someone like my daughter who absolutely loves Disneyland but can only handle a couple hours of standing before she needs an extended period of rest. I think we usually have a longer wait than those in the regular line since we usually get sent through the fast pass line when we return. So we have to wait the regular wait time + however long the fast pass wait is.</p>
<p>@knhofto, hmmm, well it seems like they could figure a better way, but you’re close enough so you can manage visits. I actually am wondering if the annual pass changes will thin the herd. Probably not, as it doesn’t affect the Orange County folks. But it certainly impacts those farther out who would want it for a weekend day.</p>
<p>WOW! Who could have ever thought that a thread about Disneyland could have exploded like this? </p>
<p>I think you should have your d go to UCLA for a few months and then pay for the first few times she does and if necessary, do the year long pass.</p>