Hi everyone! I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to comments, I had such a busy week last week that all of my TR time was kind of used up, haha! But tomorrow there will definitely be a Disneyland update, so stay tuned!
I wanted to cry right along with you picturing standing outside the gates of Disneyland and not being able to go in!!!!! What WERE you thinking?!
Haha I know right? I just wanted to make sure I had a full day to devote to Disneyland, and to be honest, there wasn't any other time to go to that Angels game and I know Brandon really wanted to do that! But it was awful walking through the entrance area to Downtown Disney and not being able to go in!
I'm leaving for my first trip to California tomorrow and after a few days in San Diego, we are heading to Anaheim and doing exactly what you did; arrival day at Downtown Disney and then an Angels game. I will literally be feeling your pain of being so close to Disneyland, but having to wait to go.
Haha, I bet it was awful when you went to Downtown Disney and couldn't go into the parks, wasn't it? I wish we did San Diego, I mentioned that to Brandon a few days ago, how we just skipped San Diego, and he said "I thought it was like 8 hours away" and I said, "No, that's San Francisco, San Diego is like an hour away!" then HE got all upset we didn't go! So next time! Hope you had a great trip!
Oh my gosh- LA traffic is the worst!!! Always backed up! My aunt lives in Acadia, and when she took us to Disneyland for our stay, it was busy and we made sure to not go during full blown rush hour!
I'd been to LA prior, but it was mike and rylans first time ( and H since I was prego!) We stayed with my aunt and uncle and kids and did a few things, then Disneyland for a few days, then back with them for a day-ish before heading home. We layed-over in Denver, though!
How did I know you would definitely go to EOS!?
haha! I still have never eaten there! blasphemy, I know!
Not a bad walk from the hojo! We stayed at the Disneyland hotel when we went. I'm sure when we go back ( because I miss it so much!), We may stay at a good neighbor hotel instead. We are dvc, but I hear the grand Californian books up quick for dvc
We will see! I think we have a year-ish before we can think about booking back for Disneyland!!
Can't wait for the next update!!!! LOVE DISNEYLAND!!!!
Yeah that's what we tried to do too, avoid rush hour, but it didn't matter, we were always in traffic, anytime we were on a highway, there was traffic. The ONLY good thing I can say about it, is at least it moves, it's just slow. Around here, we get breaks from the traffic, but there will be times where you're not moving at all. Just sitting on the highway, not moving!
I didn't mind HoJo at all, and a few of the other places looked pretty nice too! I would LOVE to stay at the Grand Californian, even for like, 2 nights, but it's SO expensive! Even with a discount...even with the awesome discount we used for Dapper Day, the GC would have still been way too much! Ugh! But it's so beautiful! I think if you book exactly 7 months out, you can get a room, so if you want to stay there, try that! I think you should do a few nights there at least, it's so beautiful, and the location is amazing! It's practically in DCA!
Hello!
Thanks for the update
I can totally see your thought process of not going to DL on your first day, I usually do that when I go to WDW, but I will learn from you and if I ever get to DL, I will go the first day!
so I know next to nothing about DL...do they have Magical Express? did you just rent a car to have a car? or is there no ME?? but I guess the Howard Johnson's wouldn't qualify for ME???
I hope you eventually caught up on sleep....
that's cool you went to an Angel's game! where they playing the Red Sox?? I would love to see different stadiums...
Cant wait to read more!
Haha, I just assumed we would be too tired to go in the parks the first day, and we had that Angels game to go to, but next time, I'm going right in!
There's no Magical Express, I think they have some kind of transportation to the Disney Hotels, but you have to pay for it. And I know a lot of people do the Super Shuttle, but you also have to pay for that, but it's not too expensive. We wanted to rent a car because we knew we wanted to go to LA and the beaches on our non-Disney days, but you can totally just take the Super Shuttle to your hotel and walk everywhere if you don't want to leave the Disney area. I know there is some Anaheim transportation you can take to other places if you don't have a car, but we didn't really look into it because we had a car!
No, the Angels played the Mariners, I wish they were playing the Red Sox! Brandon just wanted to go because he likes the stadium and likes baseball in general. Next time I think we might try to go to a Dodgers game!
Following along! I always love to hear peoples' first impressions of Disneyland!
Yay, glad you're here!