Can you leave Disney and go to Downtown Disney?

Yes, you are allowed to exit the Disneyland Resort theme parks and return to continue your adventure later in the day. And I highly recommend it! When I was much younger, I loved visiting the Disneyland Resort from park opening until park closing. It was great to soak up all the magic I could.



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Downtown Disney has shopping, dining and entertainment experiences for guests. It's also free and you don't need a park ticket to enter.

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During your visit to either Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park, you may leave and re-enter the same park as many times as you need to throughout the day. If you would like to visit both parks in one day, you'll need a Park Hopper ticket.

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You can leave and return to the park as long as you got a receipt when you paid for parking at your first entry to the theme park parking lot. When you leave and return to the theme park, you need to show your parking receipt from earlier, and you will be let in without having to pay again.

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Yes, a 1-Park Per Day ticket to one of the Walt Disney World theme parks allows you entrance into one park and you may come and go as many times as you please on that same day. Likewise, a 1-Park Per Day ticket at the Disneyland Resort entitles you to enter and exit that park without restrictions.

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Downtown Disney hours are generally 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekends and may close earlier during the week or during off-peak times. Individual restaurants and shop hours can vary.

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You get on the monorail in Downtown Disney near the Lego store. So it's perfect if you park at the Mickey and Friends parking structure. You enter the monorail station and scan your park ticket. Now you ride the monorail into Disneyland and it drops you off right at the Finding Nemo ride.

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A: Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverages into the parks for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers, do not require heating, reheating, processing or refrigeration and do not have pungent odors. Inform a Security Cast Member of any food items when you enter the park.

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Firearms, ammunition, knives and weapons of any kind are prohibited. Smoking marijuana or other illegal substances is not permitted at any time. For the comfort of all Guests, the theme parks, the Esplanade between the parks and the Downtown Disney District are smoke free.

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Your princess is in luck though, the attire policies at the Disneyland Resort allow guests under the age of 14 to wear costumes in the park! Sadly, wearing a costume doesn't cover park admission.

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Size Comparisons Downtown Disney, on the other hand, doesn't even compare to Disney Springs regarding the total area it encompasses. It is much smaller, more intimate, far easier to navigate, and more reliable for finding everything you're searching for quickly and easily.

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Yes. The Disney Monorail is Free to ride, and anyone can ride the monorail.

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No. Use of the Walt Disney World monorail system is free. You don't need any sort of ticket, nor do the cast members at the monorail have any mechanism for collecting a fare. To use the monorail, does it matter where I'm staying?

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Unlike Disney Springs, Downtown Disney isn't big enough to plan a visit for an entire day, but it is worth visiting for at least a morning, afternoon, or evening. Weekends and evenings are typically busier, so it's best to keep that in mind, especially when booking dining reservations.

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Renovation, expansion, and renaming On March 14, 2013, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs announced that Downtown Disney would be redesigned and renamed as Disney Springs. The 3-year renovation and expansion project would include 150 new tenants, two parking structures, and a near-doubling of mall area.

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Even if a specific park's reservations are sold out, other parks are typically available. For example, Magic Kingdom reservations may be sold out, but Animal Kingdom may have reservations available. And with park hopping tickets, visiting Magic Kingdom is still possible even if reservations aren't initially available.

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