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- Get Prepared: Study a Disneyland park map before you arrive to familiarize yourself with the layout and plot your itinerary.
- Main Street Hours: Main Street usually opens 30 minutes before the rest of Disneyland park. Eat breakfast, shop, or pose for photos with the characters. Main Street shops are also open one hour after park closing, in case you still need to buy a souvenir.
- Pictures: You can always take your own, but if you want to be sure you get some really good pictures to take home no matter what, use the Disney Photo Pass. Just pick up a card from any Disney photographer, load photos on it all day long and then order prints or other photo products as souvenirs. There's no charge to have your picture taken, so why not?
- Battery Charging: If your batteries need charging (the kind that run your camera or camcorder), take them to the Main Street Photo Supply Shop. They will recharge them for you. They have a generic charger, but if yours is special, you should bring it along.
- Times and Closures: Get current information on Disneyland Park show times and ride closures at the Information Board, located on Main Street near the Adventureland entrance.
- Fireworks: The best place to see the fireworks is right next to the rope in front of the castle, where it feels like the show is just for you. A less-crowded place to watch the fireworks is along the corridor that leads toward Toontown, past A Small World.
- Fantasmic!: If there are two Fantasmic! shows, you can watch the fireworks, then go directly to Fantasmic! and still get a good (but not great) view.
- Meeting Place: The Snow White grotto beside Sleeping Beauty Castle is a good place to meet if you get separated in Disneyland Park. Walk there together so everyone knows exactly where it is.
- Cool Spots (Literally): Need a spot to cool off and rest? Visit the Enchanted Tiki Room or Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. You'll find a cooling misty and plenty of places to sit just below the big rocket near space mountain.
- Babies: The Disneyland Park Baby Care Center has facilities for nursing, formula preparation and diaper changing. You'll find it next to First Aid on Main Street. Run out of diapers? You can buy them here.
- Meeting the Characters: Read tips for meeting the Disney characters.
- Packages: If you buy something in the Disneyland park, you don't have to carry it around all day. Just ask the shopkeeper to show the package claim spot near the entrance and let them hold it for you.
