If you go through the Disneyland website, the cheapest two-day ticket starts at $168 a day. Including a park hopper option costs an additional $100 per ticket. Without adding lightning lane, which typically costs around $35-40 per day, that's $436. But if you can live without the park hopper option, it's $336.

While many retailers open their doors before the sun rises, Costco will be open during regular business hours on Friday, Nov. 28. For Executive Members, stores open at 9 a.m. For Gold Star and Business Members, stores open at 10 a.m.

Costco makes it extremely easy to return unwanted items, but they can't just pile up in the store forever. Fortunately, the store has multiple solutions.

Here are 12 Costco items with deep holiday discounts, including cookware, trees, gourmet foods, apparel, and great gift-ready finds.

There will be regularly scheduled mail delivery, as well as FedEx, UPS and Amazon delivery services on Black Friday. The lone exception is FedEx Freight, which is closed. FedEx 1 is also operating on a modified schedule. All banks are open on Black Friday.

JMGO, a pioneer in optical technology, announced its official cooperation with Costco in North America. Currently, JMGO has entered Costco Canada and will enter Costco USA by the end of this year, marking a major milestone in the company's North American retail expansion.

Growth is a default setting for Costco. In good times and bad, it finds a way to keep its parking lots full and its registers busy. It has only had one year of negative revenue growth in the last 34 fiscal years, a modest 1.5% dip in 2009. That was during the Great Recession, a time that wrecked many retailers.

Get a 1-year Costco Gold Star Membership, plus a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card* to use later for $65 while you still can.