Your trips sound like mine. We have 11 and 13 year old girls. We are staying at the Loew's Hollywood in April. Got a great rate of $288 per night through
AAA. Still trying to figure out exactly what we are doing each day but for now I have:
Flying into LAX Tuesday 4/3 at 12:30pm- renting a car and heading to Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach for the day. Heading to
Disneyland Tuesday night after traffic dies down (if there is a such a time) maybe around 8pm. Checking into Disneys Paradise Pier.
Disneyland Wed and Thursday. Heading back to LA Friday morning. Checking into Loew's. Between Friday and Saturday we want to do all of the same things you have on your list. Assuming Friday we will do the things around the hotel- Walk of Fame, Chinese Theater, Hollywood sign pics and then not sure. Saturday we have Warner Bros Studio Tour booked at 10:30am which will take a couple of hours. Thinking we will do The Grove and Farmer's Market that day. I do want to do some kind of tour and am looking at Starline Tour Buses and possibly getting a 48 hour pass starting on Friday and doing the red and yellow lines over the Friday and Saturday. But also considering a celebrity tour (I know I have read these are lame and sometimes aren't even showing you any homes but my girls will love it). So still considering TMZ tour. I don't know either and am following this thread too!