My Itineray and some questions

[albertamommyof4]

Well we did book our trip and well we are still in the planning stage, we do not know where we are eating yet lol. So if anyone has any ideas on our plans please let me know
Also we will be renting a van fromt eh airport and driving to carlsbad/ san diego but we are not keeping the car the whole time in disney . I fhubbie returns the van to the airport how does he get back to hotel in anaheim?
Sun april 19th- drive from grande prairie to edmonton, stay at a hotel by airport
Mon. April 20th flight leaves at 10:45
we get to lax at 1: 05 our time which is 12:05 la time we are planning on renting a vehicle and then going to in and out for lunch and go chareacter warehouse and then drive to Carlsbad, we are staying at the west inn and suites
Tues. April 21- drive to san diego and go to seaworld
Wed. April 22 - is kinda a free day
Thursday April 23 Legoland and then drive to anaheim , check into desert inn and suites, return van
Fridat April 24- disneylnad
Sat. april 25- disneyland
Sun April 26- disneyland
Mon April 27- disneyland
Tues. April 28 - disneyland
Wed- april 29 our flight returns to edmonton , we leave at 1: 55 ( would this be our time or LA time) and arrive at 6:17 are time( i think it would be our time
then Thursday April 30th - we will drive home

So we have a 2 day park hopper for legoland we were thinking on the Wed to do dea life part as legoland is closed but i think it will only take a couple hours so we were thinking of maybe doing the zoo this day to .
We wold like to visit a beach for a bit , maybe the first night for carlsbad, and then i would also like to see a beach in san diego so either tuesday or wed
As far as places to eat well i would like to try cafe orleans,
and would love to do a character meal for the kids
so any help would be accepted in plan
thanks
Itis 2 adults and 4 kids ranging from 11 to 2, three boys and one girl( girl will be 7)

 

[nottellin']

we leave at 1: 55 ( would this be our time or LA time)

This would be L.A time.
Another neat thimg to do in San Diego is Old Town...it's not for everyone but I really enjoyed it. The beach by Del Mar is pretty nice (but I don't know where Carlban is so I don't know if it's close). When we went to San Diego there was one beach that have a midway on it. I'm not sure of the name but when my cousin returns from Florida I can ask her if you would like (she lives in San Diego now and knows a lot of fun things to do there).
Is there a shuttle at the airport? If not I'm pretty sure there is a commuter train(but I'm not 100% sure). Is it possible for you to return the van at another location?

 

[albertamommyof4]

This would be L.A time.
Another neat thimg to do in San Diego is Old Town...it's not for everyone but I really enjoyed it. The beach by Del Mar is pretty nice (but I don't know where Carlban is so I don't know if it's close). When we went to San Diego there was one beach that have a midway on it. I'm not sure of the name but when my cousin returns from Florida I can ask her if you would like (she lives in San Diego now and knows a lot of fun things to do there).
Is there a shuttle at the airport? If not I'm pretty sure there is a commuter train(but I'm not 100% sure). Is it possible for you to return the van at another location?

thank you
Carlsbad is where lego land is it is about 1 hour i think from anaheim and about 30 minutes from sandiego .
I know that there is a diseny express from the airport but not sure if you can take it . i thought it was just for people coming from airplane lol.
As far as taking it somewhere else not to sure, i think we might do budget as am a costco member and get discounts.
I will look into the beach and old town
thanks

 

[c&m]

We've rented from an airport before and we returned the vehicle in Anaheim. We used Budget. There's a Budget on S. Harbor, walking distance to the Desert Inn), a Hertz inside the Anaheim Marriott, and many other car rental companies around the DL resort area.

Just specify that you want to return the van from a different location from the pickup location. It may cost a little bit more and may prevent you from using some car rental discount coupons (I think some coupons only lets you use them if you have the same pickup/dropoff locations), but definitely worth it for the convenience. HTH!

 

[c&m]

A beach you may want to look into is Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, close to Carlsbad. We go there every year. It's a family beach with washrooms and free parking. We load up a cooler bag with sandwiches and drinks, and enjoy a day of boogie boarding and surfing there.

You may also want to go to the premium outlets in Carlsbad. Really great place for shopping deals, if you're into that. There's a Rubio's there too -- really great fish tacos.

Another vote for Old Town.