Driving to Disneyland from Canada

[tdhickey]

Originally Posted by Virgoinab

MMmm ya, gotta disagree with you on that, only in so far as where you are coming from.

We drove down over christmas, and it cost us about $600.00 in gas all total, if we had flown? Try more like $1900.00 from Edmonton for two ppl. That was me looking for two month's for deals, and we are west jet frequent flyer's with the M/C.

Even factoring in meals, and the one hotel night, is was cheaper to drive.


Now, coming from Vancouver, I am sure I could have gotten a cheaper flight, but again, not from Edmonton at that time. Heck even now we are looking at flights for April, and they are, just, too much. We will book anyway, but we would drive if we had the time again.

I just expedia'd it and I can get a Return flight from Edmonton to LAX for $800-$1000 for two people with tax on WestJet (April 14 - 20). That is including tax and return. I checked Google Flights, this is a normal rate from Edmonton on almost any day of the week.

But hey, to each their own

[Virgoinab]

Originally Posted by tdhickey

I just expedia'd it and I can get a Return flight from Edmonton to LAX for $800-$1000 for two people with tax on WestJet (April 14 - 20). That is including tax and return. I checked Google Flights, this is a normal rate from Edmonton on almost any day of the week.

But hey, to each their own

Is this a direct flight? Or are there stops?

Direct flights are as a rule, not always, more expensive. I do not like to turn what should be a 3 1/2 flight into a 5+ hr one because of stops.

Having said that, at christmas they where going for $1900.00 for two ppl.

Also, had you read some of my other posts on the flight issue, you would have read that in the past we have managed to find flights for about $600.00 per person, as well I did state the I like non stop.

But I realize how important it was for you to try and check flight times from Edmonton, even tho you don't live here, and won't be flying from here to DL. I guess you just needed to so very kindly give me a heads up that apparently somehow my past experiances must have been incorrect cause you just found some cheap flights!

Thank you, Have a great day!

[tdhickey]

Originally Posted by Virgoinab

Is this a direct flight? Or are there stops?

Direct flights are as a rule, not always, more expensive. I do not like to turn what should be a 3 1/2 flight into a 5+ hr one because of stops.

Having said that, at christmas they where going for $1900.00 for two ppl.

Also, had you read some of my other posts on the flight issue, you would have read that in the past we have managed to find flights for about $600.00 per person, as well I did state the I like non stop.

But I realize how important it was for you to try and check flight times from Edmonton, even tho you don't live here, and won't be flying from here to DL. I guess you just needed to so very kindly give me a heads up that apparently somehow my past experiances must have been incorrect cause you just found some cheap flights!

Thank you, Have a great day!

Direct flight, taxes in

[annadette]

Hi fellow Albertans!(BCers too!) We are from Grande Prairie, AB, and have made the trek by car twice so far - driving back again on May 1st. I was going to book flights this time, but I chickened out and we decided to drive again. When we have driven before, it was always just me, DH and two kids - DH did most of the driving - we drop our dog off in Edmonton at a doggie care place, so have to stay a night there, then drive to Idaho Falls and stay the night - then straight to DLR and usually get to Anaheim around dinner time. Same thing in reverse on the way back. This time, we are really making it worth our while because we are packing our minivan with me, DH, our three kids (new one will be just under a year old), plus my mom and my brother. Just to fly from Grande Prairie to LAX for the four of us (mom and brother were going to pay their own-so we are all benefitting) was going to cost $2300. We can drive there for around $1000 or so - maybe less because my DH and my brother are going to just drive all the way through - no hotels this time. We are leaving Edmonton at around 6am and plan to make it to DLR around lunchtime the next day. Like ripping a bandage off - we're just going to go for it. Of course, my mom and I can also drive too, so it helps to have extra adults to share the job. We love driving because we are saving about $400 on transportation to/from Universal and Sea World (grey line bus), also we can bring as much luggage as we can fit comfortably, and we can run to Target to pick up extras anytime we need to. Can't wait to do it again. Yes, it's a boring drive, but you quickly forget about that once you get to the Happiest Place on Earth!

[Virgoinab]

Originally Posted by annadette

Hi fellow Albertans!(BCers too!) We are from Grande Prairie, AB, and have made the trek by car twice so far - driving back again on May 1st. I was going to book flights this time, but I chickened out and we decided to drive again. When we have driven before, it was always just me, DH and two kids - DH did most of the driving - we drop our dog off in Edmonton at a doggie care place, so have to stay a night there, then drive to Idaho Falls and stay the night - then straight to DLR and usually get to Anaheim around dinner time. Same thing in reverse on the way back. This time, we are really making it worth our while because we are packing our minivan with me, DH, our three kids (new one will be just under a year old), plus my mom and my brother. Just to fly from Grande Prairie to LAX for the four of us (mom and brother were going to pay their own-so we are all benefitting) was going to cost $2300. We can drive there for around $1000 or so - maybe less because my DH and my brother are going to just drive all the way through - no hotels this time. We are leaving Edmonton at around 6am and plan to make it to DLR around lunchtime the next day. Like ripping a bandage off - we're just going to go for it. Of course, my mom and I can also drive too, so it helps to have extra adults to share the job. We love driving because we are saving about $400 on transportation to/from Universal and Sea World (grey line bus), also we can bring as much luggage as we can fit comfortably, and we can run to Target to pick up extras anytime we need to. Can't wait to do it again. Yes, it's a boring drive, but you quickly forget about that once you get to the Happiest Place on Earth!

Well give us a wave as you drive by.

And we drive for the same reasons, it's cheaper, period, when you have more then a couple ppl. Or during high season like chirstmas.

For our april dates 27 to may 1 there will be 5 of us. Say we did get flights for $500.00 each, direct, with the times that work, for our work schedules, well that's $2500.00.

Cheaper to drive for us, if we have the time. If we don't we bite the bullet and fly, or hope to get some good seat sales.