[mikester]

We do legoland now occasionally.

In the past we could get the Socal Season passes for less than ~$200 which were good for every day except saturdays and the hottest parts of June/July/August. We used the heck out of those passes. I started buying them in like 2007 at ~$165 which at the time the lady who was at the counter in the park giving us our cards lamented that THEY didn't even get that good a deal. I was working for Mattel at the time. Over time the price climbed but we had them for a good three years when my youngest was born to when he was about 3 or 4 years old. By then we were paying regular price at around $300 per and that's when it stopped. It just got to be too much and though we went often and certainly got our money's worth we just couldn't spend $1000 for the passes for the 4 of us. I'm sure it's more than that now as regular price tickets are supposedly around $100. But for us we could go for the afternoon or the morning or if the boys had half a day at school she could take them for the rest of the day and have a good time on a couple of rides. It's better than trying to get it all done in a day and if that day is super crowded you're screwed with no recourse. Get the pass, go once a month on that pass get your money's worth. A day ticket unless you have been and only plan to do some of it is not a good way to spend your money. Go to legoland or knotts instead.

Disney IS fun but it can be terrible if all you have is a day pass and that day sucks.

There is also an iPhone app for the line waits. Not sure about android. Helps get to the short lines and plan a little bit during the trip. I wish we still had the passes, I really do enjoy the park. Maybe next year will be better...this year has been 'character building' from a sales perspective...