🏰 Anaheim · printable plan
Grand Californian, five unhurried days
By TopVacay @topvacay. Inspired by TopVacay curator. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Totals are estimates: $7,448 for 4 travelers.
Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected.
Day by day
Day 1
Walk into Downtown Disney. The hotel gate into California Adventure can wait until morning.
- Morning · Downtown Disney walk
- Afternoon · Resort pool afternoon
- Overnight · Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Day 2
Disneyland Park from the rope. Back to the room after lunch if the day is hot.
- Morning · Disneyland Park
- Afternoon · Resort pool afternoon
- Overnight · Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Day 3
No ticket. Pool and a nap. The room rate is not a reason to buy a second day you will not enjoy.
- Morning · Resort pool afternoon
- Afternoon · Back to the room
- Evening · Downtown Disney walk
- Overnight · Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Day 4
California Adventure. Use the hotel gate. Cars Land toward dusk.
- Morning · Disney California Adventure
- Overnight · Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Day 5
A hopper morning in Disneyland, then checkout. One park is enough if the flight is early.
- Morning · Disneyland park hopper
Packing
- Broken-in walking shoesPark days are on pavement from the gate to the exit.
- Refillable water bottleFountains beat buying a bottle every hour.
- Compact ponchoAfternoon storms show up in Orlando and Anaheim summers.
- Portable chargerMaps and photos drain a phone before fireworks.
- Sunscreen and a hatA lot of the queue is in the sun.
- Small backpackOne bag per adult gets through security faster.
- Swim gearResort pool afternoon is a water stop.
Reserve ahead
- American 1535day 1 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Delta 1709day 5 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Disney's Grand Californian Hotelday 1 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Disneyland Parkday 2 once you set dates · Buy the ticket for this day so the morning is not spent in a ticket line.
- Disney's Grand Californian Hotelday 2 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Disney's Grand Californian Hotelday 3 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Disney California Adventureday 4 once you set dates · Buy the ticket for this day so the morning is not spent in a ticket line.
- Disney's Grand Californian Hotelday 4 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Disneyland park hopperday 5 once you set dates · Buy the ticket for this day so the morning is not spent in a ticket line.