AquamarineSteph
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- May 1, 2013
He was fantastico!
YES!!!! Absolutely!!!Marco B is a gem, isn't he?
I'll look forward to that too!I'll be back with a trip report then!
We thought the visit to the Disney Family Museum was a really special part of the trip. Wish we had more time to wander through all the exhibits there.
The special exhibit while we were there was "Disney & Dali" which compared the lives and works of Walt and Salvador Dali. I know they were contemporaries and apparently were interested in each others work, but to me some of the stuff was pretty forced. I also learned that I don't care for Dali's art.Isn't Disney Family Museum awesome??? I flew up to SF last summer, on my own after BSM, and spent an entire day at the Museum. I got there at opening and left when they were locking the doors that night! I was there for a little over 8 hours and still felt like I could have spent a lot more time. Mary Blair's exhibit was also there at that time.
Sounds like your whole Adventure was amazing! Wish I could have been able to do it.
The special exhibit while we were there was "Disney & Dali" which compared the lives and works of Walt and Salvador Dali. I know they were contemporaries and apparently were interested in each others work, but to me some of the stuff was pretty forced. I also learned that I don't care for Dali's art.
We did this trip last September and loved it. We're in FL, so we flew out three days early to get to my favorite jewelry store and for the wine drinkers to hit Napa. We hired a private guide that day to handle driving, reservations, winery selection, etc., and that really enhanced the experience.I'm considering this trip in 2016 since I can't do Australia for a couple of years. Has anyone done it? Thoughts? I looked through the trip reports and I didn't see anything posted. Thanks in advance.
Val & I did this ABD as part of the special DIS Boards/Dreams Unlimited trip which combined the SF weekend with Back Stage Magic. This is the tour that Kevin mentioned earlier in this thread.
In short, SF was very fun and exhausting. You get a really great experience of the city and the surrounding area. Our guides were Hanneke and Summer Rose, both of whom were spectacular. They worked well together (along with a special SF local guide Eleni) to ensure that the group got to see the highlights.
Parts of this trip were customized for just our group so I won't go into all the experiences since they might not be the same on a "standard" trip. We thought the visit to the Disney Family Museum was a really special part of the trip. Wish we had more time to wander through all the exhibits there. There were several meals included in the trip at some SF restaurants which were fun dining experiences. Our hotel was the Fairmont, which is like a grand old dame of SF. We upgraded our room on arrival to a tower room ($50/night extra) and had beautiful views of the bay.
Not really. We did most of our dining by grazing during the day and settled for just wine and cheese in our room at night. What we did was to go to the Ferry Building and bough wine at the Wine Merchant, cheese at the Cowgirl Creamery (Mt. Tam is wonderful), bread at the Acme Bakery, and salami at Boccalone. Brought that all back to the room and had it there. We then retired early so we would be well rested for the start of the adventure.Any restaurant suggestions for dinner?
This reminded me of another place we ate that was pretty good. Francisco's which is very near Fishermans Wharf.If you like Seafood, take a look at Scoma's on Fisherman's Wharf. Over the years it's gotten a little touristy, but the food is still really good.