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...or "How long will it take me to get from..." and "How will traffic..."
Google Maps offers a number of tools that can be used to answer a number of common questions common on this board. To access Google Maps, click on the tools grid in the upper right hand corner on the Google homepage, or go to https://www.google.com/maps/
Enter your starting location in the search box in the upper left hand corner. Exact addresses are best, but Google’s search engine will help guide you if you don’t have one. Remember that the more information you can give the better.
Google will place a red marker on the location you enter. To get directions between that location and another, click on the “directions” button under the search box. By default, the location you entered first will be the “to” location. You can switch the directions by clicking the up and down arrows on the right of the text box.
Notice by default, Google gives you driving directions. You can changes this by clicking the little bus, walking person, bicycle or airplane icons above the text box.
Also note that Disneyland Park is large property. The default location of the address may not be exactly where you want direction to. If you want to change this, click and drag the red location marker or the white markers along the path. Sometimes, such as in this case, you might have the change the “to” and “from” locations to get the path right.
A common question people unfamiliar with Southern California often have is how traffic will affect their stay. Google offers a traffic layer to assist you with this. By default, directions will display live traffic color coded on your route with specific alerts. Driving times will be displayed accounting for estimated delays.
You can also estimate driving times for different days and times by clicking the down arrow by the words “Leave now.” You will be presented with two options: “Depart at” and “Arrive by.” For example, if you are trying to decide what time to arrive at LAX for your first day in order to make the evening parade, enter the day and time for the “Arrive by” to see an estimate of how long the drive will take. In this case, I told Google I wanted to arrive at Mickey & Friends by 4:00pm on a Wednesday, meaning I have a drive of 1 hour and 25 min. I would need to leave LAX by 2:35 pm.
More information can be found here: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3092439?hl=en
Google Maps offers a number of tools that can be used to answer a number of common questions common on this board. To access Google Maps, click on the tools grid in the upper right hand corner on the Google homepage, or go to https://www.google.com/maps/
Enter your starting location in the search box in the upper left hand corner. Exact addresses are best, but Google’s search engine will help guide you if you don’t have one. Remember that the more information you can give the better.
Google will place a red marker on the location you enter. To get directions between that location and another, click on the “directions” button under the search box. By default, the location you entered first will be the “to” location. You can switch the directions by clicking the up and down arrows on the right of the text box.
Notice by default, Google gives you driving directions. You can changes this by clicking the little bus, walking person, bicycle or airplane icons above the text box.
Also note that Disneyland Park is large property. The default location of the address may not be exactly where you want direction to. If you want to change this, click and drag the red location marker or the white markers along the path. Sometimes, such as in this case, you might have the change the “to” and “from” locations to get the path right.
A common question people unfamiliar with Southern California often have is how traffic will affect their stay. Google offers a traffic layer to assist you with this. By default, directions will display live traffic color coded on your route with specific alerts. Driving times will be displayed accounting for estimated delays.
You can also estimate driving times for different days and times by clicking the down arrow by the words “Leave now.” You will be presented with two options: “Depart at” and “Arrive by.” For example, if you are trying to decide what time to arrive at LAX for your first day in order to make the evening parade, enter the day and time for the “Arrive by” to see an estimate of how long the drive will take. In this case, I told Google I wanted to arrive at Mickey & Friends by 4:00pm on a Wednesday, meaning I have a drive of 1 hour and 25 min. I would need to leave LAX by 2:35 pm.
More information can be found here: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3092439?hl=en
