I know the wrong forum but the Coronado Marriott is an excellent choice for SDI wanted to thank everyone for their advice and suggestions. We ended up booking GCH for 4 nights Club level so we can chill out in the lounge and grab a cold water or snack when we like. Now I just need to head to the other board to figure out San Diego and LA hotels for the rest of the trip!
Hi-We decided to only focus on LA so that means 7 nights there. Cleanliness is a big factor for us and we'd like to be sort of central to the places we'd like to visit. We'd like a reasonably spacious room or a comfortable lounge areas in the hotel so we can sit and read a book if one of us has to lie down for a nap or something. We are in our 50s, not huge foodies as cancer treatments have left us both with food issues and neither of us cares if the place has a bar or not, would like a pool. We want this to be a relaxing trip, not run around like crazy so we have some idea of what we'd like to see but are planning to be flexible.I have stayed in many LA hotels. What are you looking for there and what area ?
Places we plan to visit:
Getty Center, Universal Studios, LA county Fire Museum (home of Emergency!'s Squad 51), Peterson Auto Museum, Griffith Observatory, Stahl House, Oschin Air & Space, and maybe a bit of coastal driving/beach day.
Great, thanks for the tip. I have the Getty Villa on my list of "read about this place" so I appreciate the info. And we will take a look at the studio tour as well. The pan handling does not bother us in the least, but I know it can be uncomfortable for some so I thank you for the heads up on that. Reading and planning will be the way to get me through this winter weather upon us. If only we could see Osborne lights againSounds like a great trip (both the Disneyland and LA parts)! I have not yet stayed at Grand Californian, but I have heard it is amazing and hope to stay there one day. Four nights in Disneyland is perfect for a slow-paced relaxing trip.
For the LA part of your trip: If one of you is interested in Greek or Roman history, I highly reccomend the Getty Villa (it's in Malibu but not too far from LA to visit, depending on your schedule). If either one of you is really into movie history, consider the Warner Brothers Studio Tour (it takes you behind the scenes and you get to see where many tv shows/movies were filmed. It is the most expensive of the studio tours, but totally worth it). The TCL forecourt is amazing (it's where stars have thier handprints, foodprints, and some pawprints and hoofprints). There are costumed characters nearby pan handling, but you can ignore them. They are annoying, but totally harmless (at least it was when I was there about 5 years ago).