I love that you tapped out when your kids and family said they were done. That’s way more important than all the checked boxes ❤

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Yes. We could’ve done most of it if we had pushed, but we knew our kids were wiped out and needed to sleep.

@stevegoodwin4914

4 ай бұрын

Got respect 4 u on that​@@SoCalDisneyDad

@soepicTpt2kid

3 ай бұрын

@@SoCalDisneyDad this is why you are a great dad and Amy is a great mom you care about your kids and not just you and Amy

@mayarodriguezvillegas9234

3 ай бұрын

I literally came to the comments for this exact reason. My heart was full when you told your son you’d leave immediately after he asked to go home. Love this so much. ♥️

Your kids are such troopers!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

They were the best! Did an awesome job being patient in lines, too.

The genie/standby checklist was nice to see!

34:26 Awe, the little guy is so sleepy. He had an awesome day! Your family is adorable. Enjoyed seeing both kids and Amy. What a fun day!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

It was fun, but yes the kids were exhausted by the end.

Awesome job! Too many of the Try-to-ride-everything-with-Genie-plus videos have just ONE guy doing the park. Your video is much more realistic and applicable to more guests, because you're a group of four. You're showing us what it's like to book LLs for four, take snack breaks for four, etc, call it a day for four. {A-team voice} I love it when a plan comes together.

Crazy impressed at how many rides you guys actually got in. And that was a Super Dad move knowing to stop when your kids were at their limit. That can be tough. Well done!

The storybook land canal boats at night are a gem. One of the most magical things you can do at Disneyland

I like the family providing comments - makes the video more engaging

This was a fun video. Your kids did so well! It’s a lot of walking!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

They were troopers with all the walking and the later time leaving

Was having a bad day this is a good way to handle bad news in life thanks for the Disney videos to make me feel better

I always appreciate that you include time updates! Thank you!

My husband and I love your videos, we used your techniques last time we went to Disneyland and we were able to go on almost every ride in the park! Thanks for the time and energy you and your family put in your videos 😊

Love that yall ended the night when they were ready. 11/10 for that.

You guys did amazing!! And so did the boys 🙌🏻😃. Such little troopers. Thanks for the great footage everyone!!!

What an amazing video!! I love your channel. You bring the perfect combination of “local” and “out of towner” to all of your videos. Love the tip of refreshing to find better LL times. 😊

So many family vloggers will put the video over their family but I was really impressed and proud that you put them first, my hats off to you

Love this! Thank you 😊

Your line anxiety is so relatable. lol

Thank you! Great video. Hopefully, you all slept well when you got home.

Thank you for doing this!! Definitely makes me feel better about our trip in September! I want to ride everything!

You did great! You guys really do the best Disneyland videos. Thanks!

Thanks for this awesome video Traver! Its very useful to those of us travelling from afar for the first time at Disneyland. Gave us good insight into how many rides are possible and i now think genie+ is a must have for short trips. Also the amount of steps you had done by lunch wow - need to make sure we all do some bigger walks in training 👍 This was excellent and a definite rewatch closer to our trip 😁 Thanks again!!

Awesome video! Always entertaining!!!

Love rope drop videos, thanks a bunch!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

This was a fantastic video. Can’t wait for the California adventure one

What a great video! I loved this 🙌🏼☺️

Your kids did great! That was a full day! Loved the video!

You guys did really good. That is a lot of rides in one day! We did 11 rides starting at 1:00 pm to close and two short breaks. Next time, want a nice balance of favorite rides only, shopping, eating, exploring, shows.

I'm so excited to be going to Disneyland in a few weeks (haven't been since last March) so this video was very helpful! I've been to Disneyland 5+ times and I love being able to ride a lot of rides, but I want to be able to take breaks and just enjoy the overall atmosphere. ✨

this was filmed the day after my wife and I left. We ran through genie plus for both parks all three days, and was able to ride everything we wanted to, multiple times. Couple MEPs in there too. So with that grade of success, we wondered a few times through our trip if this was possible, or even palatable to push ourselves that fast. Great video!

Love yalls videos ! U convinced me to place my trip for this Monday - wed instead of waiting til middle of march when it’s super crowded. Only bummer is radiator springs and grizzly river will be closed oh well excited !!

This is my absolute favorite type of content from you for sure. Hopefully there are ways to reinvent it as time goes on.

Wow you guys are so dedicated. Impressive. I could not hold up for that long in the Parks.

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

It was probably the busiest day we’ve had at the parks. Won’t likely repeat it for awhile. As I assume the DCA challenge will be easier with only 18 rides. We’ve come very close in DCA before without Genie+, so Genie+ should make it quite possible and leave at our normal time.

Great video, thank you

I really do enjoy your content! Keep up the great work.

Your family did awesome. All but 4 rides. I say that is a win. What a fun challenge. 😊

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

We were happy with it. And I think we can conquer DCA in a day without too much issue. Hopefully. Should be going March 17th for that one.

My best friend and i watched all your videos in prep for our first time. We got through nearly 10 rides in the first 2.5 hours at open. We didnt use our genie+ pass until 1pm and we managed to get on every ride except Space mountain. Thank you for such amazing, informative vlogs.❤

Disney Dad, you're my Huckleberry! Thanks for the review.

Love your channel. We are a disney fam and coming in April for a visit, so the genie + tips are super helpful to get us ready!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Your videos are like a captivating tale that spark our imagination and bring us joy. ❤

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Love love your channel! You have a super sweet family❤

Thank you for the video

Love ur videos man!! this was so impressive, keep up the good work

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Im surprised benji didnt have a stroller. It must have been an exhausting day. I love Disneyland, but riding all the rides in one day isnt a goal of mine😂😂 glad its possible🎉🎉🎉

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

He’s been without a stroller since March 2023. He eats a lot more as a trade off. 🤣

Love this! Looking forward to a DCA version hopefully Excited wait for DCA Food & Wine!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

We are excited for Food and Wine Festival. And we plan to do a DCA version of this video soon too.

You guys are sooo good about starting timers!

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

We like knowing if their times are accurate.

Good job!

awesome vlog

I didn't know that you could refresh the screen and possibly get a better reservation time for Genie plus rides. Thanks!

Yup I do believe it did it the same way it’s so cool ❤

Wow that was impressive

I am typed this up and printed your list. I am going to try to follow your suggestions when we get there! Thank you for all the tips.

Fantastic

Hi!!! I love your videos. Would you please do something regarding the transportation, like, are there any buses to go hotels - disneyland - hotels, costs, routes and something like that. Thank you!

We are going tomorrow for our 40th anniversary. We always went to grad-night when we were dating in HS.

Love your posts I live in Aust and not much chance of me getting there so it’s good to see the parks

I’m the same with the Peter Pan ride. I know everyone loves it, but every time I go on it with my family I’m always like it’s ok 😂. I really don’t know why people like that over other rides at Disney. I’m more of a pirates person.

it is almost impossible of what you guys have done. Great Job!. with my family, we usually spend lot of time talking and arguing for valid reasons in a theme park. If i cover half of what you did, i would be happy even with thet Genie +

The garlic cheesy pretzel bread was my favorite item! I was so glad I tried it while I was there. I agree about Peter Pan, I dont know why its line is SO long. The ride was fine until the end and then we got whiplash at the end. For such a popular ride, you would think they would make the landing a little easier. Alice ride is great to do during parades because you can watch while in line and makes the time go by faster. For our 3 days, without genie plus, we rode every ride we wanted to except space mountain bc single rider wasnt available at the times we went. 2 of my friends did get ILL for ROR on our last day just bc it was that important for them to ride it. 😃

I finally made it on my trip last weekend. 1 day at Disneyland and 1 day and California Adventures. Thanks to your tips we were able to ride what we wanted to at both parks and I impressed my sisters😆 Unfortunately I forgot to stack Genie plus but next time I will know better haha. The lines were not bad at all.

Tea Cups in the dark is my fav time for tea cups!

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

I have to admit that it was a lot better of an experience. I usually dislike the teacups, but at night is kind of fun.

I did that but did space and Matterhorn first, Alice, story book dumbo, toon town, small world, LL Indiana, j cruise, pirates, LL Haunted, Pooh, canoes, LL thunder, mark twain, Casey JR, Pinocchio,snow, toad, carousel, tea cups, LL star tours, Nemo, LL buzz, autopia, train to New Orleans and walked to Rise, LL falcon, Peter Pan at the end.

That's one long day!

Hey Travor & family, love the channel! Can you please let me know if I should be able to ride all the rides in a day while using DAS?

Genie plus . They charge you to get into the park then charge you again to ride the rides. Surprised they haven’t started charging you to breathe the air .

@ahrenb3393

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I can’t believe I’m this early! 🎉

This is how we do DL but for 3 days in a row 😂, by the 3rd day our feet are definitely sore.

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

My mother watched this and said to me today: “we aren’t doing that at WDW right?” 🤣 I told her we’d be way more lax. It helps that most of the WDW parks have less than 10-12 rides each.

Thanks for all your videos, they have been most helpful. I am coming over to Anaheim from New Zealand in late July for two weeks (July 20 to August 3). Looking to do a five day pass over that time. Do you have any recommendations on days of the week to aim for and which to avoid. I will be doing park hopper for the five days and thinking of splitting the starting park to 3 Disneyland and 2 CA. I have a few other tours to fit in over that period and will do a full day Universal VIP on one day as well. Thanks

Just add me to the mint julep club! I have to have it every time I go to Disneyland. 😋

Super exhausting! Thanks for doing it for your viewers. If it helps. Monorail, Columbia and Railroad are technically not rides. They are modes of transportation. Thats what a cast member told me when i tried to use a Multi experience pass on train.

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

I agree with you, but many of our viewers would be appalled if I said so on camera. 🤣 I learned the hard way last year that the Railroad and SS Columbia have some very die hard fans.

Is there a video where you recommend the rides to do first/last with genie+?

Great but long day. Did your kids even make it out of the parking garage before the fell asleep? Long drive home. I am visiting family now and am enjoying the fireworks in the distance. You have a great family

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure Benjamin fell asleep before we got out of the garage.

We managed to ride every popular ride and then some. 22 rides total plus bunch of food tastings

We have a new restaurant in Tucson, "Hawaiian Bros Island Grill", they have legit Dole Whips. They have to call them Dole Soft Serv, but it's the real deal.

Love the video, am watching it for a second time now. We are visiting from Australia next year. We don’t have theme parks here so am wondering which rides are good introductory ones for 7year old and 10 year old?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

My boys are 9 and 6, and they love all of them. Everything at Disneyland is pretty tame across the board. Over at Disney California Adventure, however, there are a few bigger thrill rides that might need some convincing (Guardians of the Galaxy and Incredicoaster). But at Disneyland, I would say Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a good trial roller coaster before braving Space Mountain or Matterhorn. Space is the in the dark, Matterhorn is bumpy because of its age. If they don't like Big Thunder, they won't like either of those options. Indiana Jones jostles you around a lot, too, but it's not scary. The rest of the rides really are pretty tame.

@Skye-cz5ik

4 ай бұрын

@@SoCalDisneyDad Thanks so much. That’s very helpful and I’ve added it to my little Disney trip notebook.😁

Can you guys do California adventures

I went to Disneyland on Sunday of President's Day weekend but only made it to 12 rides.

So if you've booked a lightning lane and you get an earlier timeslot (through the refreshing hack), do you need to cancel the first booking?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

In order to be able to refresh youd click “Modify” and then when you select the new time, the old time will be removed automatically.

i just ride all the slow rides except pirates no fast rides for me but when i go to disneyland i will go on the monorail and go to toontown to ride mickey and minnies because its perfect

Can you do rider switch at rope drop or are there any CMs at the front of the queue at that time?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

You can, there are always CMs. But they may tell you it’s not necessary depending on the ride. Like you’ll walk right on both times and the switch pass is useless. But if you’re going to the popular ones, then absolutely yes.

Is the Roo Pass kind of like the single rider line? Where they fill up empty seats?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but for 2-3 people, however many you can cram into the back row.

watching socal disney dad every day until i go to disneyland, countdown 94/0

Hello! My family and I are going to DCA on March 2nd and one of our must do rides is Soarin Over CA. Do you think we should get Genie+ or Rope drop? Or just wait standby. I’m just super nervous it’ll be a really long line as we’ll only be there for one day!! I’m anticipating big crowds since it’s one of the first days and opening.

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Anytime you only have one day in a park and it might be awhile until you’re back, we recommend buying genie+. Plus with it being Soarin over California, it’s going to be way more popular.

@gemagaribay461

4 ай бұрын

@@SoCalDisneyDadThank you so much!! When we get to the parks we will be purchasing Genie+ 😄

Can you use the same techniques in June? I heard its v crowded?

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

You might accomplish a little less, but yes, you could follow the same general strategy.

I assume that you are a season pass holder. Maybe you should try this challenge again without your family as a single rider. I imagine that you can probably complete it if you are by yourself.

we did two rides in 7 hours at California misadventure it was a terrible day 3 rides broke/went down after being in line 40 plus minutes. I won’t go back that park

Universal Studios next?

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

I’ve actually done this a few times without complication or much planning. And no Express. Not necessarily in a single video. But it’s not something that is in doubt that requires a particular strategy to accomplish. But definitely an idea all the same! I’ll add it to my list, though it might be awhile before I get to it.

@giovegoina

3 ай бұрын

I've just watched your 20 tips video of Universal and i can see that it looks doable to get everything done in one day. We are going there in May all the way from The Netherlands. We've been to Universal Orlando 2 times and all the Disney parcs ofcourse. But after your video i realise that Universal Orlando is much bigger and has way more rides, and that was definitely not doable in one day. Thanks for your reply, we enjoy your videos.

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

@@giovegoina Yeah, Orlando is miles and above the better park(s). The one thing we have going is the studio tour since Hollywood has an active film studio. Aside from that, it’s pretty small and definitely not worth spending more than a single day at. We are visiting the Universal Orlando parks again in May and haven’t been since 2021. And before that, it had been 15+ years. So I’m excited to be going back again.

What does the Roo pass entitle you to?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

It lets you and a friend go through the exit and fill in the 3rd row of a vehicle when available.

Question for everyone. Is Jungle Cruise better at night or during the day?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Day, in my opinion. But that’s just because it’s easier to see stuff. I’d say ride it during both if you can. It’s a different experience at night (to me).

Planning our trip for September and have a question. We are going for a week, as of now we have 5 day 1 park per day tickets on layaway with getaway today but unsure if I should switch them to park hopper. The oogie boogie schedule makes me want to plan days around that but I also wanted to be able to rope drop parks that don’t have early entry. Isn’t it a pretty slow morning at DCA on oogie boogie days because people mostly go to Disneyland instead?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

Park hopper is a really good choice at 5 days because it’s only $75/person for the whole trip. And yes, routinely the morning of after hours events are calmer because the non-hopper folk are picking the opposite park. And double whammy for Tues and Thurs being Disneyland early entry for those hotel guests without hoppers.

@kelseyroberts4222

4 ай бұрын

@@SoCalDisneyDad do you think the alternating early entry is here to stay or just a temporary change?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

@@kelseyroberts4222 It’s here to stay. That was pretty common at WDW pre-Covid.

Can you please do a video on FREE PARKING HOTELS. THANK YOU

How!!!! When i wasthere in august WITH a das pass we only managed to do 8 rides!! Lines were that bad and ofc things kept breaking

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

We had to time everything really well. And didn’t stop much at all.

Yo you should do this again but single rider millennium falcon it cuts down so much time, I have done it and I waited 5 minutes maximum

@SoCalDisneyDad

2 ай бұрын

The goal of this video was to do everything as a family. And Benjamin is too young to do single rider.

@1mpXls

2 ай бұрын

@@SoCalDisneyDad ohhhhhhhh okay, that’s cool and admirable. But when you are able to it is insane I had a walk on. You should totally give me some Disney tickets man 🤫🙂🙂

What time are you allowed to start requesting LL?

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

You can start booking LL as soon as your whole party is scanned into the park. When we buy genie+ we try to arrive about 20 minutes before the park opens so we can start utilizing it.

First!😊

Everything I read says not to use the LL during the mornings. Why do you feel differently?

@SoCalDisneyDad

3 ай бұрын

If you want to ride every ride on LL, you have to start using them. Otherwise, you’ll only get to ride 2-3 of the bigger rides, and the rest will be too far gone if you don’t start booking until Noon.

We tried every ride in Disney -we tried all the food in Japan -we sat in every single coffee shop and after one and a half years am I still unable to get one person to talk to me? How much does this cost the country ?

So basically you’re saying you need a good two days or day and a half for Disneyland, 😅 if you want to pace yourself! We’ve found with fast passes, DCA is easily doable in half a day so we always get one park hopper ticket and one regular ticket for Disneyland: 1.5 days at Disney, 1/2 day at DCA

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

That’s a good plan for 2 days. Our ideal is 3 days to see/do everything in both at an easy pace. But 2 can be done, for sure!

Travor how many steps you do that day?

@SoCalDisneyDad

4 ай бұрын

I did 23,000. Amy did 25,000 and the kids probably did closer to 30,000.

We found that riding Rise at the end of the day the lines are much shorter...ssshhhh dont tell anyone