Can't believe the mess the ULT lot ended up being. No, actually, I can - that's LAX for you. 2 hour waits, absolute anarchy in the lot. I love the idea of getting the cars out of the loop but what a mess. Note to anyone going to LAX - rent a car or take the bus or Super Shuttle down to DL. Don't even attempt Uber or Lyft from LAX right now.No. The fire is by the Getty on the Sepulveda pass. LAX, LGB and Anaheim are all well south of that. Traffic is normal.
FWIW - LAX opened an "UBER/LYFT/Taxi" lot today. That should improve traffic around the loop there, but if you are taking one of those, you have to take a bus to the ULT lot - they will not pick you up from the gate.
I was gonna Uber or Lyft coming Saturday morning. I can super shuttle business express for about $20 more seems like that might be a better option.
Can't believe the mess the ULT lot ended up being. No, actually, I can - that's LAX for you. 2 hour waits, absolute anarchy in the lot. I love the idea of getting the cars out of the loop but what a mess. Note to anyone going to LAX - rent a car or take the bus or Super Shuttle down to DL. Don't even attempt Uber or Lyft from LAX right now.
Cabs have to use the new lot too. Fly direct into LGB if you can.Figures, the one time we decide not to rent a car.
Is it perhaps easier to take a cab from LAX to somewhere close, and catch an uber from there? Or catch a hotel shuttle or rental car depot? I never find it that busy around the national rental exit.
We're trying to head down to long beach for a few days, and then over to DL.
Cabs have to use the new lot too. Fly direct into LGB if you can.
Figures, the one time we decide not to rent a car.
Is it perhaps easier to take a cab from LAX to somewhere close, and catch an uber from there? Or catch a hotel shuttle or rental car depot? I never find it that busy around the national rental exit.
We're trying to head down to long beach for a few days, and then over to DL.
Not to freak you out but a wind driven Santa Anna urban interface fire can and does explode within minutes. The winds fortunately should subside by the end of Wednesday. The current fire in the Simi valley went from a 100 acres to 1000 in under an hour.
Yes, grab the first hotel shuttle that shows up and call the uber from the hotel. It will be much faster. The first day of operation of the rideshare lot was a cluster, to put it nicely.
Woke up to smoke in Long Beach this morning but DL is still clear. Wind is shifting today - should be through the worst of it for this year (fingers crossed).
LAX ULT (LAXit is the official name but I'm not calling it that) lot is still a cluster-f even after a few tweaks. Cabs are slightly better because they are not looking for a specific passenger and cabbies tend to know what they are doing, but you still have to use the shuttle to the lot AND they have switched to congestion pricing so it will be pricey.
LAXit article
Daily Mail article - good pics
Seems like they could use some magic bands or something - ANYTHING really.
The LA Times had the best quote where LAX said they were "REALLY, REALLY sorry" - paywall so no link. See, because the second REALLY makes it all OK. Rest assured, that's really the best they can (and will) do.
Sure, that happens when there is hillside and kindling to ignite. Fires never go far beyond the hillsides though, and Disneyland is not anywhere near any hillsides. Once you are about 1-2 miles away from a hillside, you're good.
We live in a newer development in Orange County and there are some hillsides about 2 miles to our east. There is literally zero chance of our home being ignited by fire from these winds, simply due to the dense housing between us and the hills, and the fact that all of these homes have fire resistant roofs, and there is very little vegetation due to the tightly packed homes. A few homes very close to the hillside could theoretically ignite, but that "zone" is pretty small.
There was a rather large fire on those hills back in 2007 and no homes were damaged at all. The smoke was awful, and this was when we lived in a different place much further from the hills, but the smoke was blowing directly at us. It looked like someone turned on a fog machine. It was bad.
This is just not true. Just because there have been no homes lost yet, does not mean there is no risk of fire to your home and neighborhood (or pretty much any neighborhood in California affected by dry Santa Ana conditions). My husband (former firefighter with a Fire Science degree) tells everyone that tightly packed homes with little vegetation are absolutely at risk during wildfires and that everyone should be prepared to leave quickly in the event of a nearby fire. Fire resistant roofs might not ignite if a burning ember or ash falls on it, but the majority of homes are framed mainly from combustible material (wood). Newer homes in your area were built with fire resistant roofs for a reason - there is an elevated fire risk. Look at what happened in suburban neighborhoods with closely packed houses during the Tubbs fire. Entire neighborhoods with hundreds of homes were leveled in just a couple of hours. The fire spread so quickly many people weren’t able to escape their homes in time. These wildfires are capable of generating their own weather, including tornados and hurricane level winds. The heat that radiates from these fires is so hot that it can cause some materials to ignite even before the fire reaches them, which is another reason why these fires spread so quickly.
We live in a very urban residential neighborhood in San Diego (where the humidity level is much higher than most parts of Orange County), and we have an evacuation plan for ourselves and our pets and keep a “go” bag with a change of clothes, a few days worth of meds, and some family keepsakes. People tend to think something could “never” happen to them, until it happens to them...
Disneyland is not at risk or affected by the current wildfires. And I would never advocate for anyone to change their plans to go to DLR, unless DLR is under evacuation orders. The weather and winds are known to change quickly this time of year. For anyone visiting from outside of the area, the chances of there being a fire nearby while you are here are slim.