yupikgal
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2007
Excited Adventurers: DH, 44, Myself (older than DH, in my late 40's) DD, 18 and DS, 15.
May 26, Thursday~Travel Day!
Depart from Anchorage International Airport at 12:30a, arrive at SNA at 9:34a. It's a long flight, with a stopover in Seattle. Since we aren't renting a car, and we're heading straight to San Diego, we will be taking a shuttle or cab down to the Amtrak station! It's approximately a 2-2.5 hour trip. We arrive at the Santa Fe station downtown at about 2p. Our hotel is in Old Town, the OT Holiday Inn Express, and they will pick us up from the station. We've booked 2 rooms, a king & a double, since they didn't have anything that would accommodate us all in one room. Breakfast, wi-fi, and free shuttle are some of the amenities! After check in, we'll most likely walk to OT to stroll around and eat dinner there the first night.
May 27-29, Friday-Sunday~San Diego
We don't have a set plan yet, but thinking Seaworld, Zoo, beaches. We would probably rent a car for only one day, the hotel shuttle will take us to the zoo & Seaworld, if that's what we end up doing. We love Coronado beach, but it would be kind of fun to go to La Jolla to hang out there.
May 30, Monday~Memorial Day, back to Anaheim
Check out and have the shuttle take us to the train station again to head back to Anaheim. We arrive in Anaheim around 3:30p. Take a shuttle/cab to our hotel, which at this point is the BW Park Place Inn. Since we won't be using our park tickets this day (too late) and I figure by the time we get to the hotel from the train station and check in it may be close to dinnertime, we may either go to Anaheim Gardenwalk or Downtown Disney to eat and then our plan is to see the new Pirate's 4 movie! Looking forward to this!
May 31, Tuesday~First Day at DL!!
First day at the parks! We always get parkhoppers, so I'm not sure if we will do our tradition of doing Soarin' first, or if we'll go through the gates of DL and bombard Fantasyland like we like to do on MM! Not sure which dates are MM days, so I'll have to figure this out. I'd love to have a nice dinner to celebrate our 20th anniversary (even if it's in April) or even if it's a nice lunch, just as long as it's the two of us!
June 1, Wednesday
Park hopping! We will most likely have breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen this morning, since we've never eaten there, and have been dying to! I want to ride POTC, HM, Splash, Winnie the Poo, Jungle Cruise, Tiki Room, and as much as we can do in DL~!
June 2, Thursday, Grad Night
We may go to Universal Studios this day, just to break up the routine, and also because this is Grad Night, and the park closes earlier this day! If we do this, between the driving there and a full day at the park and the drive back, we won't be doing DL at all, maybe dinner at Downtown Disney, and strolling around if we have any more energy after a full day out!
June 3-4, Friday and Saturday, Opening day for Star Tours & Little Mermaid!
We decided to move to the Paradise Pier for 2 nights during the opening of the new rides, thinking that we may have the advantage of the private entrance to DCA, not sure if this is a smart move, but we also stayed onsite at the PP last year, and loved it! We stayed in concierge, and plan on doing it again, it's so handy to have the breakfast & evening goodies available, as well as the bottled water, juice, sodas, wine & beer, and a nice place to get away to! The staff are very attentive & we get to use their services if we want special reservations for anything! We haven't seen WOC, so we may get the picnic meals to get the automatic viewing passes...
Have any of you that have stayed at the PP able to see the WOC from your room? Just wondering...I'm not a huge fan of crowds, and if I could see it from there, I may just be as happy as a clam!
June 5-6, Sunday and Monday Heading to Coastal California with Amtrak!
I am very excited about this part of the trip! After checking out, we'll grab a cab or shuttle to the Amtrak station (again) for an early departure, at 8a we head for San Luis Obispo via Santa Barbara! I booked a hotel that has suites in SLO, it sounded really nice by the sounds of the reviews on TA, and the price is definately right! We will be staying there for 2 nights. I figured the first day we get there, we'll wander around downtown and just relax after our hectic Anaheim schedule. We reserved a car for Monday, and plan on getting up early, and after eating breakfast that the hotel provides, heading up the coast towards Hearst Castle! Haven't been there in years, and my family has never been, so I'm stoked! Not quite sure what else we will do that day, I assume just soak in the beautiful area, drive around and enjoy the sights. Apparently there are some seals sunning themselves on a beach that we may see.
June 7, Tuesday
Check out, grab the shuttle back to the train station, head back to Anaheim via Santa Barbara again, and get to Anaheim around dinnertime. We won't be able to do anything other than probably check into our hotel (haven't made any reservations yet, but we loved the Embassy Suites South last year, so maybe this one again?) have dinner and then relax for the evening.
June 8-9, Wednesday and Thursday
Most likely use our last Disney ticket one one of the days, if we do Universal on Grad Night day like I mentioned above. This will be a last chance to enjoy the parks and do things that we missed the first 4 days! We've never done this, but I think it would be nice! Not sure what we will do the other day, possibly just hang by the pool, or take one of those buses to the beaches that allow you to jump off and on, this might be nice...just a leisurely day at the ocean.
June 10, Friday Heading Home
I'm sure we will be ready to leave by this time, but it's always bittersweet because we leave all the fun of Southern California behind knowing we won't be there for a while again! Especially this time, 3 times in 3 years, I think we may do WDW next time or maybe even Hawaii for a change. Oh well, we'll be back, and there will be more changes, such as the completed DCA updates, including Carsland!
I got really good airfare deals on Alaska Airlines, including using miles for a free ticket, one companion fare ($160 r/t!) $100 off using miles on another one, and we only had to pay "full" (it was a good deal too)for our last one. We also have some Disney Reward dollars to use towards the park tickets or whatever. We use our Disney Visa card to get discounts on meals in the park, souvenir/clothes purchases, as well as other perks! Not to mention, how adorable the cards are!!
Hope you enjoyed this PTR, I'll have to update it as things may change somewhat...nothings set in stone yet except for the flight dates, and Amtrak to San Diego. I have reservations for the hotel down there too, I just need to decide for once and for all where we will be staying in Anaheim before we move to the PP. Stay tuned for our Magical Journey!
May 26, Thursday~Travel Day!
Depart from Anchorage International Airport at 12:30a, arrive at SNA at 9:34a. It's a long flight, with a stopover in Seattle. Since we aren't renting a car, and we're heading straight to San Diego, we will be taking a shuttle or cab down to the Amtrak station! It's approximately a 2-2.5 hour trip. We arrive at the Santa Fe station downtown at about 2p. Our hotel is in Old Town, the OT Holiday Inn Express, and they will pick us up from the station. We've booked 2 rooms, a king & a double, since they didn't have anything that would accommodate us all in one room. Breakfast, wi-fi, and free shuttle are some of the amenities! After check in, we'll most likely walk to OT to stroll around and eat dinner there the first night.
May 27-29, Friday-Sunday~San Diego
We don't have a set plan yet, but thinking Seaworld, Zoo, beaches. We would probably rent a car for only one day, the hotel shuttle will take us to the zoo & Seaworld, if that's what we end up doing. We love Coronado beach, but it would be kind of fun to go to La Jolla to hang out there.
May 30, Monday~Memorial Day, back to Anaheim
Check out and have the shuttle take us to the train station again to head back to Anaheim. We arrive in Anaheim around 3:30p. Take a shuttle/cab to our hotel, which at this point is the BW Park Place Inn. Since we won't be using our park tickets this day (too late) and I figure by the time we get to the hotel from the train station and check in it may be close to dinnertime, we may either go to Anaheim Gardenwalk or Downtown Disney to eat and then our plan is to see the new Pirate's 4 movie! Looking forward to this!
May 31, Tuesday~First Day at DL!!
First day at the parks! We always get parkhoppers, so I'm not sure if we will do our tradition of doing Soarin' first, or if we'll go through the gates of DL and bombard Fantasyland like we like to do on MM! Not sure which dates are MM days, so I'll have to figure this out. I'd love to have a nice dinner to celebrate our 20th anniversary (even if it's in April) or even if it's a nice lunch, just as long as it's the two of us!
June 1, Wednesday
Park hopping! We will most likely have breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen this morning, since we've never eaten there, and have been dying to! I want to ride POTC, HM, Splash, Winnie the Poo, Jungle Cruise, Tiki Room, and as much as we can do in DL~!
June 2, Thursday, Grad Night
We may go to Universal Studios this day, just to break up the routine, and also because this is Grad Night, and the park closes earlier this day! If we do this, between the driving there and a full day at the park and the drive back, we won't be doing DL at all, maybe dinner at Downtown Disney, and strolling around if we have any more energy after a full day out!
June 3-4, Friday and Saturday, Opening day for Star Tours & Little Mermaid!
We decided to move to the Paradise Pier for 2 nights during the opening of the new rides, thinking that we may have the advantage of the private entrance to DCA, not sure if this is a smart move, but we also stayed onsite at the PP last year, and loved it! We stayed in concierge, and plan on doing it again, it's so handy to have the breakfast & evening goodies available, as well as the bottled water, juice, sodas, wine & beer, and a nice place to get away to! The staff are very attentive & we get to use their services if we want special reservations for anything! We haven't seen WOC, so we may get the picnic meals to get the automatic viewing passes...
Have any of you that have stayed at the PP able to see the WOC from your room? Just wondering...I'm not a huge fan of crowds, and if I could see it from there, I may just be as happy as a clam!
June 5-6, Sunday and Monday Heading to Coastal California with Amtrak!
I am very excited about this part of the trip! After checking out, we'll grab a cab or shuttle to the Amtrak station (again) for an early departure, at 8a we head for San Luis Obispo via Santa Barbara! I booked a hotel that has suites in SLO, it sounded really nice by the sounds of the reviews on TA, and the price is definately right! We will be staying there for 2 nights. I figured the first day we get there, we'll wander around downtown and just relax after our hectic Anaheim schedule. We reserved a car for Monday, and plan on getting up early, and after eating breakfast that the hotel provides, heading up the coast towards Hearst Castle! Haven't been there in years, and my family has never been, so I'm stoked! Not quite sure what else we will do that day, I assume just soak in the beautiful area, drive around and enjoy the sights. Apparently there are some seals sunning themselves on a beach that we may see.
June 7, Tuesday
Check out, grab the shuttle back to the train station, head back to Anaheim via Santa Barbara again, and get to Anaheim around dinnertime. We won't be able to do anything other than probably check into our hotel (haven't made any reservations yet, but we loved the Embassy Suites South last year, so maybe this one again?) have dinner and then relax for the evening.
June 8-9, Wednesday and Thursday
Most likely use our last Disney ticket one one of the days, if we do Universal on Grad Night day like I mentioned above. This will be a last chance to enjoy the parks and do things that we missed the first 4 days! We've never done this, but I think it would be nice! Not sure what we will do the other day, possibly just hang by the pool, or take one of those buses to the beaches that allow you to jump off and on, this might be nice...just a leisurely day at the ocean.
June 10, Friday Heading Home
I'm sure we will be ready to leave by this time, but it's always bittersweet because we leave all the fun of Southern California behind knowing we won't be there for a while again! Especially this time, 3 times in 3 years, I think we may do WDW next time or maybe even Hawaii for a change. Oh well, we'll be back, and there will be more changes, such as the completed DCA updates, including Carsland!
I got really good airfare deals on Alaska Airlines, including using miles for a free ticket, one companion fare ($160 r/t!) $100 off using miles on another one, and we only had to pay "full" (it was a good deal too)for our last one. We also have some Disney Reward dollars to use towards the park tickets or whatever. We use our Disney Visa card to get discounts on meals in the park, souvenir/clothes purchases, as well as other perks! Not to mention, how adorable the cards are!!
Hope you enjoyed this PTR, I'll have to update it as things may change somewhat...nothings set in stone yet except for the flight dates, and Amtrak to San Diego. I have reservations for the hotel down there too, I just need to decide for once and for all where we will be staying in Anaheim before we move to the PP. Stay tuned for our Magical Journey!