New Security Entrance

[LKing]

Thanks for sharing. Did you happen to see how many security lines they had open?

 

[kes601]

Thanks for sharing. Did you happen to see how many security lines they had open?

3 at most. This was at 5:00p on a Sunday.

 

[Weber Prof]

We spent three days at the Villas at the Disneyland Hotel last week and rope dropped three consecutive mornings. I found the exit entrance between Adventure and Frontier Towers to be the most direct route to the new Downtown Disney Security entrance.

You walk out the gate, across the road and there is the entrance. Very convenient.

Sunday June 23 we got there around 6 am and were the third family in line. Monday June 24 we meant to get there later but arrived around 6:15 am and were the second family in line. Tuesday June 25 arrived around 6:05 and were first in line. Only a handful of families between 6 and 6:15 each morning. About 20 to 30 families by 6:30 and too many to count by 7:00. Very few people coming from Pixar Place or the parking lots. Most people came from hotel via the Sorcerer's Hat. I didn't pay attention to the time security actually opened but it was never at 7, always a bit after. You know it is nearly time when the dog comes on duty.

At opening there were between 3 and five lines open. We spend less than one minute going through security and then began the walk to the park gates. We arrived at the park gates around 7: 18 am and were about the fifth family in line each day.

We left the park each day around noon or one. The exit gate changed sides each day. Returning to the parks around 4 or 5 pm we usually only one or two groups ahead of us with about 3 to five lines open.

 

[BriannaRuth]

Thanks for the detailed info!

 

[LKing]

Returning to the parks around 4 or 5 pm we usually only one or two groups ahead of us

Thanks for sharing. So, on Sunday night, did you see the long lines that kes601 wrote about? Something must have happened that caused a sudden change.

Very few people coming from Pixar Place or the parking lots

Sunday and Monday would have been DCA EE dates so the Pixar Place guests probably used their DCA entrance.

People who park in the lots wouldn't have EE. The structures open an hour before the park opens, so people were barely getting into the structure by 7 am.

 

[Pluto468]

Is there an aerial view map of the new entrance somewhere? Even looking at the pictures and hearing descriptions I can't wrap my head around where it is. I'm sure it's just me lol

 

[LKing]

Is there an aerial view map of the new entrance somewhere? Even looking at the pictures and hearing descriptions I can't wrap my head around where it is. I'm sure it's just me lol

Look at the Disneyland app. It is there. It is the oval structure that my poorly drawn red arrow is pointing to. The blue X is where Din Tai Fung is located.

 

[kes601]

We spent three days at the Villas at the Disneyland Hotel last week and rope dropped three consecutive mornings. I found the exit entrance between Adventure and Frontier Towers to be the most direct route to the new Downtown Disney Security entrance.
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You walk out the gate, across the road and there is the entrance. Very convenient.

Sunday June 23 we got there around 6 am and were the third family in line. Monday June 24 we meant to get there later but arrived around 6:15 am and were the second family in line. Tuesday June 25 arrived around 6:05 and were first in line. Only a handful of families between 6 and 6:15 each morning. About 20 to 30 families by 6:30 and too many to count by 7:00. Very few people coming from Pixar Place or the parking lots. Most people came from hotel via the Sorcerer's Hat. I didn't pay attention to the time security actually opened but it was never at 7, always a bit after. You know it is nearly time when the dog comes on duty.

At opening there were between 3 and five lines open. We spend less than one minute going through security and then began the walk to the park gates. We arrived at the park gates around 7: 18 am and were about the fifth family in line each day.

We left the park each day around noon or one. The exit gate changed sides each day. Returning to the parks around 4 or 5 pm we usually only one or two groups ahead of us with about 3 to five lines open.

We must have been just behind you on Monday / Tuesday. It was just after that when we started using VGC I believe.

 

[Pluto468]

Look at the Disneyland app. It is there. It is the oval structure that my poorly drawn red arrow is pointing to. The blue X is where Din Tai Fung is located.

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Thank you so much! I didn't even think to look in the app. It's all clear to me now