How do you spend a day at Disneyland ca?

Answer 1

However you like.

It's not quite possible to see ALL of Disneyland (to visit every ride and attraction and attend every show) in a single day, but you can get fairly close if you choose a day that isn't crowded, skipping mostly things you have little interest in anyway. For example, if you've been on a carousel before, you might want to skip Disneyland's version, because it's really not that much different from any other carousel anywhere.

If you like, or even if you can just tolerate, Roller Coasters, you should be sure and hit all the "Mountains" (Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, the Matterhorn, and Splash Mountain ... though that's really more of a log flume ride). None of them are really the sort of extreme thrill rides you get at most amusement parks, with Space Mountain probably being the most "extreme" of them.

Other "skippable" attractions (again, unless you have small children) are the Dumbo ride, the whatever-it's-called at the entrance to Tomorrowland (Mars Orbiter, maybe?) and the Casey Jr. Circus Train ride. Tom Sawyer Island is a kind of "activity" area (not a ride, but things to climb on and crawl through, sort of like an overgrown McDonaldland play area) and not of much interest to anyone who wouldn't be excited by the McDonaldland play area. There are two "boat" rides on the Rivers of America, and you don't really need to do both (you may not feel a pressing need to do either, and I can understand that also), since the main difference is whether you are on a replica of a sailing ship, or on a replica of a paddlewheel riverboat. The riverboat is also the one ride in Disneyland I know of that's killed someone who wasn't arguably at fault (i.e. doing something they weren't supposed to do, like trying to jump from one car to another on a moving ride).

As far as shows go, the Golden Horseshoe show may not be the most exciting show in the park, but might be worth seeing anyway because you can also get food there and combine lunch (which you were probably going to have anyway) with the show. Alternatively, go to the Blue Bayou and try to get a table near the water; it's not a show per se, but you can watch people drift past on the first part of the Pirates of the Carribbean ride and the lunch prices aren't quite as exorbitant as the dinner ones. Just don't, whatever you do, get a "mint julep", which is not the alcoholic drink but rather something that resembles a mixture of Hi-C Ecto Cooler and Scope mouthwash. I've never been that thrilled with Fantasmic, but everybody else seems to be, so while it's going on in the evenings is a great time to hit the other side of the park (Tomorrowland and Fantasyland) for relatively short lines.