mjallemand
Est. 1985
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2011
So the wife and I are taking a short Disneyland trip about a month from now, and I'm getting the last few items on my itinerary in place. Our flight and lodging were booked months back, but I still need to purchase the actual Disneyland tickets in addition to reserving a shuttle from the hotel back to the Airport on the last day. We were initially going to do a bit of Los Angelese sightseeing on our first day arriving, but the wife and I decided to just be realistic with our available time and are just gonna stick to the Little Tokyo area, as there seems to be plenty to see and do there.
Rather than renting a car or dealing with Uber, it's looking like our best option is using Los Angeles' rail system to get around. I've poured over the Metrolink website recently, but I wanted to pass it by you folks just to make sure I've got everything correct here.
Our overall plan is to arrive at LAX, spend time in Little Tokyo, then leave there and head to our hotel, the Anaheim Desert Inn, which is nearby Disneyland.
We're going to be arriving at LAX on January 5th at roughly 9:50AM, and we're packing light so everything will be handled via carry-on so we don't need to wait for checked luggage to be unloaded. Assuming time to de-board the plan and time to get around the airport, I'm assuming we'll be able to make it to our first "stop" at roughly 10:30am.
1) A bus seems to run from LAX to L.A. Union Station, called "LAX via FlyAway". Departure times are roughly every 30 minutes which the website listing 10:10AM and 10:40AM times, so it's likely that we'll make the 10:40AM Departure.
2) After arriving at the L.A. Union Station the Little Tokyo area seems to be roughly a 5 to 10 minute walk. Official directions say to take a bus from the station to Little Tokyo, but that doesn't really seem necessary, unless you guys think we should.
2b) Does LA Union Station have any sort of luggage storage options? We'll have a small wheelie suitcase which should be a big deal to bring around if we have to, but if we can stash that away while we're exploring Little Tokyo that's be awesome.
3) After a few hours in Little Tokyo we'll return to the LA Union Station and board Metrolink Train 666 which departs LA Union Station at 4:40PM and arrives at Anaheim Station at 5:22PM.
4) From the Anaheim station we'll board the ART bus and get off at the Disneyland stop. From here we'll walk back to the hotel.
Finally on our last day we're just going to take a Supershuttle back from the hotel to LAX. Unfortunately the train schedule doesn't quite fit our schedule as one train has us getting back to LAX at 11am and the next one has us getting to LAX at 6:30, way too close to our 6:55PM flight departure time.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks to any help you can offer.
Rather than renting a car or dealing with Uber, it's looking like our best option is using Los Angeles' rail system to get around. I've poured over the Metrolink website recently, but I wanted to pass it by you folks just to make sure I've got everything correct here.
Our overall plan is to arrive at LAX, spend time in Little Tokyo, then leave there and head to our hotel, the Anaheim Desert Inn, which is nearby Disneyland.
We're going to be arriving at LAX on January 5th at roughly 9:50AM, and we're packing light so everything will be handled via carry-on so we don't need to wait for checked luggage to be unloaded. Assuming time to de-board the plan and time to get around the airport, I'm assuming we'll be able to make it to our first "stop" at roughly 10:30am.
1) A bus seems to run from LAX to L.A. Union Station, called "LAX via FlyAway". Departure times are roughly every 30 minutes which the website listing 10:10AM and 10:40AM times, so it's likely that we'll make the 10:40AM Departure.
2) After arriving at the L.A. Union Station the Little Tokyo area seems to be roughly a 5 to 10 minute walk. Official directions say to take a bus from the station to Little Tokyo, but that doesn't really seem necessary, unless you guys think we should.
2b) Does LA Union Station have any sort of luggage storage options? We'll have a small wheelie suitcase which should be a big deal to bring around if we have to, but if we can stash that away while we're exploring Little Tokyo that's be awesome.
3) After a few hours in Little Tokyo we'll return to the LA Union Station and board Metrolink Train 666 which departs LA Union Station at 4:40PM and arrives at Anaheim Station at 5:22PM.
4) From the Anaheim station we'll board the ART bus and get off at the Disneyland stop. From here we'll walk back to the hotel.
Finally on our last day we're just going to take a Supershuttle back from the hotel to LAX. Unfortunately the train schedule doesn't quite fit our schedule as one train has us getting back to LAX at 11am and the next one has us getting to LAX at 6:30, way too close to our 6:55PM flight departure time.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks to any help you can offer.