Darkbeer1
Theme Park Reporter and TV producer
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2012
Last time we had a voucher from GCH for the taxi back to LGB. It had $50 to LGB via freeway and $40 via city streets. When we asked the driver to take city streets he claimed it would take more than 2 hours!!! (on a sunday afternoon)!! I know that is just a way to get more $$ but do you know on average what the timing is like?
I posted a marked map of the city street route, and the driver was clearly lying to you. From the GCH, the directions are head North up Disneyland Drive a few blocks and make a left on Ball Road. drive about 13 miles, and you enter the airport. That simple, really, Ball Road does change names when entering Los Angeles County to Wardlow, but that is just signs, and when you get to the end of the road (at Lakewood) just go straight through the light, the airport main road is right there. Yes, there are some traffic lights on the route,as you are driving basically through the "suburbs" and will see lots of strip malls and the like. But I would say the drive is about 30 minutes.
I would never opt for the Freeway option, as it is longer and has the higher chance of heavy traffic.