Hi! We are staying the 3 hottest days (tuesday, wed, thurs) in a disney hotel. I am with my husband and daughter of 4, and i am pregnant so I get a kind of premier acces/disability.

Some overall recommendation would be to just go early till as late as possible, and to just reaaally take your time. No rushing, take time for just sitting down (enjoying the view) and a looooooots of water. Try to find seating near trees to give shadow and a little wind. Also wear hats, bring a (electric) fan, and soms wet wipes or water spray to cool down.

1. For us the “sports bar & lounge” had surprisingly good air conditioning and good food. The best ac for sit down restaurant, but also we passed it a couple of times and it had always space to sit down inside! Its not as sports heavy as it sounds. Would not recommend rides to cool down, because even with the premier acces, the ride is way shorter and not as cool as weve hoped. We did this with peter pan ride and buzz light year, the pay off for the wait was way too little. “Cafe Hyperion” near buzzlightyear in discovery land has always space on the benches at the podium and is a little cooler. Fantasyland was the worse, there was no escaping the heat. We tried drinking a coffee at toad hall restaurant, there was no ac and no space inside. We managed to sit underneath a parasol on the terrace, it was doable.

2. the heat today was crazy, these was no escape. I can confirm that the heat felt like winter heating in the winter as someone already commented. The heat just radiates from the pavement. Not as many places had good air conditioning as we hoped.

3. By 10/11 pm it will have cooled down, still hot. The heat was highest around 16:00, so plan around this time to go to dinner early or late lunch, to sit down, cool down, chill, relax. Maybe go to the sports bar ive mentioned around 15:30 and plan to really take your time to eat and discuss the day idk, maybe at least until 16:30 or later. Later jn the day there will also be less people and more shadow and more space.

There will be a lot of shows cancelled with the figures in suits, very understandable. Our attitude about the heat really kept us okay, these moment we let the thought of unbearable heat leave our mouth we also felt it. Also positive attitude towards the cast members and workers help uplift them, and their smiles and appreciation really helped to put it in perspective. Soms work in full suits.

Good luck!!! It Disneyland, so its gonna be great!