Anyone drive to Disneyland??

[mom2faith]

I am from Saskatchewan and we are thinking of driving down that way next year.

Has anyone from the Western Provinces done this drive??

Amy

 

[mlenz]

We drove down in Jan from northern BC first we drove to VAn and than through washington all the way to Cali on the i-5 this year since we now live in northern Alberta we are planning to drive to Calgary through to Montana and I believe the i-15 will take us all the way to DL. (or pretty close anyways)
The drive we did in Jan was lovely although someplaces require you have snow tires or chains.
We drove with a 6 year old and a 2 year old and had a great time

 

[Fellowship9798]

The family and I (DW, DS4, DD3, & me) are leaving in about 9 hours from the Vancouver area. Certainly not as far as from Saskatchewan, but it's our first big "road trip" since the kids so it's enough of an adventure for us.

We'll be making several stops on Oregon coast along the way, then down to San Diego for a couple of days, then up to Anaheim including 3 nights at the soon to be opened Villas at Disney's Grand Califonian. It could be great, or could be four miserable people locked in a car for endless hours. We'll see but I'm hoping for best.

 

[irisesareblue]

I've done it twice now from Brandon, Manitoba. The first time it was just my teen daughters and I - we left at 4 am on a Friday morning and drove as far as Butte MT (stayed at Super 8 near the Interstate) the first night and the second night we made it to Barstow CA (stayed at a Days Inn there). The third day, we were in Anaheim and at Downtown Disney by 10 am. For the first 2 days I drove about 13 hours per day. Kids watched DVDs on their portable DVD player. We stopped lots (every 2 hours) and stretched our legs and saw some sagebrush....I must say that the interstate through Idaho and Utah is boring! Beautiful mountains in the distance though. We took a detour when going through Vegas and drove down the Strip - quite the scene at 7 pm for 2 prairie teens!

The second time my hubby and I did the drive and we drove right through from Manitoba to Vegas (a 24 hour drive) - while one of us drove, the other slept - this works well when you have 2 or more drivers. We got a really cheap hotel on the Strip (Imperial Palace) which we arranged on the road. We took a short walk to the Bellagio and saw the fountains but we were so beat we didn't see much else! Then we coasted into Anaheim the next day and arrived around 1 or 2 pm.

Interstates were all good and there are plenty of hotels, restaurants and rest areas. There was one spot in Montana where you go through some pretty mountainous terrain (I think it was just east of Butte MT) but it was okay to drive it on the interstate - and on our returns, we tried to make sure we did that part of the drive during the day.

IMHO, I think we saved tons of money driving - compared to flying from any airport in Manitoba or Saskatchewan and then renting a car once there, the travel costs were much less and we were able to spend more money at Disney. PM me if you'd like more specific info.

 

[CrazyDisneyMommy1]

We have done this drive from Edmonton, AB 4 times. It is a great drive. We leave here after school about 3:30 p.m. and Drive to Great Falls, then the next day to Cedar City or St. George, Utah and then the next day to Anaheim. We stop and shop here and there. Saves a lot of money!!! Have a great trip!