arieljasmine
<font color=magenta>Who says these things pass you
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Who we are:
Laur's - 29
Andy - 29
We have been talking about this trip ever since our first visit to Florida in 2002. We both wanted to see the original Disney park and had planned on making the trip in 2004 - until I chickened out of the longer flight, that is. The topic had come up again in the past few months, and in a moment of post-Christmas depression madness, we booked the flights. One of the reasons that I was dubious about the trip is because we have to fly from London instead of Manchester, making the trip to the airport rather longer than usual. We are flying from London Heathrow to LA on Friday 21 March, arriving at approximately 15.45.
After further discussion we decided to drive down to London on Thursday 20 and stay over night at the Holiday Inn. This removes two stresses for me - the stress of having to do another flight and the stress of getting to the airport on time. Train prices were crazy so we settled on driving down and being able to set off whenever it suits us.
So, on to the trip. We are spending the first two nights in the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. We decided to drive straight to San Diego from the airport rather than making trips back and forth from LA. We are planning on visiting the San Diego Zoo on Saturday 22 and Seaworld on Sunday 23, before making the drive back to LA.
The hotel I picked in LA is called the Magic Castle. I was impressed by the reports on trip advisor, the price and most importantly, the free mini bar! We have four nights at this hotel and we plan on visiting Universal Studios as well as cramming in as much tourist stuff (and shopping!) as possible!
We will then be driving to Las Vegas on Thursday 27 March to spend four nights in the Luxor hotel. I have wanted to stay at this hotel ever since the first time I saw it, so this part of the planning was a no-brainer. We have a list of hotels we want to visit and activities at each, plus endless internet printouts though no plan. We have decided to just go with the flow and fit in what we can. We also hope to take a day out to drive to the Grand Canyon - Andy fancies a walk on the glass suspension bridge, I fancy to sit in the car and wave at him!
We drive back to Anaheim on 31 March and spend the final five nights of our trip at the Disneyland Hotel. I am so excited to be staying there and to be experiencing the original Disney park. We don't really have an accurate idea of how long we will want/need to spend in the parks and it depends on the crowds too, so we have chosen not to book any ADRs. Most of the time we are both happy with CS restaurants, anyway. We have, however, booked the Fantasmic dessert buffet with VIP seating for our last night. We plan on staying out as late as possible and tiring ourselves out for the flight home on 5 April.
Not long to go now!
Laur's
Laur's - 29
Andy - 29
We have been talking about this trip ever since our first visit to Florida in 2002. We both wanted to see the original Disney park and had planned on making the trip in 2004 - until I chickened out of the longer flight, that is. The topic had come up again in the past few months, and in a moment of post-Christmas depression madness, we booked the flights. One of the reasons that I was dubious about the trip is because we have to fly from London instead of Manchester, making the trip to the airport rather longer than usual. We are flying from London Heathrow to LA on Friday 21 March, arriving at approximately 15.45.
After further discussion we decided to drive down to London on Thursday 20 and stay over night at the Holiday Inn. This removes two stresses for me - the stress of having to do another flight and the stress of getting to the airport on time. Train prices were crazy so we settled on driving down and being able to set off whenever it suits us.
So, on to the trip. We are spending the first two nights in the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. We decided to drive straight to San Diego from the airport rather than making trips back and forth from LA. We are planning on visiting the San Diego Zoo on Saturday 22 and Seaworld on Sunday 23, before making the drive back to LA.
The hotel I picked in LA is called the Magic Castle. I was impressed by the reports on trip advisor, the price and most importantly, the free mini bar! We have four nights at this hotel and we plan on visiting Universal Studios as well as cramming in as much tourist stuff (and shopping!) as possible!
We will then be driving to Las Vegas on Thursday 27 March to spend four nights in the Luxor hotel. I have wanted to stay at this hotel ever since the first time I saw it, so this part of the planning was a no-brainer. We have a list of hotels we want to visit and activities at each, plus endless internet printouts though no plan. We have decided to just go with the flow and fit in what we can. We also hope to take a day out to drive to the Grand Canyon - Andy fancies a walk on the glass suspension bridge, I fancy to sit in the car and wave at him!
We drive back to Anaheim on 31 March and spend the final five nights of our trip at the Disneyland Hotel. I am so excited to be staying there and to be experiencing the original Disney park. We don't really have an accurate idea of how long we will want/need to spend in the parks and it depends on the crowds too, so we have chosen not to book any ADRs. Most of the time we are both happy with CS restaurants, anyway. We have, however, booked the Fantasmic dessert buffet with VIP seating for our last night. We plan on staying out as late as possible and tiring ourselves out for the flight home on 5 April.
Not long to go now!
Laur's
Dad and I have booked five nights at the Grand Californian in August and I love Las Vegas so I'll be looking forward to this one.
We really want to do LA and Vegas next year 
Unfortunately we never made it to Anaheim but we definately will next time!
