We don't have any other plans for 'summer' (it's winter for me, so the count down is on!). However, we do have flights booked to Bangkok at the start of November
Ooohh! That sounds exciting!!!
Oh, I totally get you about not wishing our summer away! (We had snow up here in Northern Ontario into May and quite a fews nights with temps down to 1oC or so in early June. Summer's really only been here for a week or two ... Hopefully it'll stick aroud into September ... October would be pushing it!)
Just gonna keep telling myself that it's worth the wait and enjoy the good weather here while it lasts!
Ya, we had SUCH a cooooollldd winter!!! And we have had some oddly hot days scattered in May and the snow was gone earlier this year but it's been very rainy this spring so I'm VERY eager for that sun and heat to show up already. We start getting a chill again end of August
and September can be hit and miss. We do photography (a side business of DH's) and everyone wants fall coloured leaves in their photos but even in September when the leaves are changing it can be ruined by a snowfall
So, yep - we need to enjoy EVERY LAST DROP of summer that we can. Normally we do vacations when it's cold but with DD in highschool we are trying to stick to summer vacations for a few years anyway.
Nope, just this one. Working two jobs with no benefits means I have to request time off, and I don't get paid during the time that I miss, so I have to make sure I don't take too much time off or else I can't pay the bills. This is a trip to visit family and
Disneyland, and it's a once-a-year kind of thing. Otherwise, it's hard to go anywhere when you're working 6-7 days a week and running on other people's schedules!
Well, i hope you get some time to enjoy and relax on all your weekends at least! Sending lots of good weather and relaxing day off vibes your way! lol
we are going camping in Maine for 2 long weekends in july. We normally would rent a cabin for one but are tenting to save money for DL.
Wakica-I think I read every Southern Cali post here to plan and reviews of bus tours on trip adviser. We really want to see the Hollywood sign and walk of fame and don't want to have to rush to get back to the bus so the car was a better plan. I need to remember DL is different than WDW. I love being in the wdw bubble and not having to drive at all but we def want to see the coast and LA.
My son is excited to swim in the Atlantic and pacific oceans in the same week.
2 weeks of camping sounds lovely! although I can only handle tenting for 2 nights at a time so good luck with that. LOL.
We are just using our vehicle as well. which is a necesity though to go to Yosemite, Bodi, Lodi, Napa, San Francisco, down the coast and to Huntington Beach!!!! The only things we are really interested in for LA though is the sign, and we heard there is a consignment shop there that a lot of the rich people use so you can get like $200.00 jeans there (in GREAT condition) for $20.00 so my daughter and I are eager to hit that spot! haha. Maybe the names on the sidewalk but meh, we'll see.
This is our big trip of the summer. We tend to be a one big trip a year family (usually Disney related) with a few long weekend shopping trips in Southern Ontario (Barrie/Toronto) thrown into the mix!
We only get to do 1 big trip every year and a half to two years! It used to be only once every 5 years so I'm quite happy with this arrangement. Then we do small trips in between like visit a friend in Calgary or visit Banff or Canmore for a few nights. My mom has a cabin too though which we can always visit in the summer but our beaches are pretty bleh!!! The water goes to pea green soup at her beach for most of August so often we just visit another beach for a day trip in that month.
Disneyland will be our one big trip. Between jobs and volunteer work we are lucky to be able to take this trip so we are going to make it count!!
Disney is definitely a worthwhile one big trip
This is pretty much the only big trip left for this year. Did a relay race from Miami to the Florida Keys in February, so got the other big trip out of the way early this year.
Florida and California in one year! I'm jealous!!! lol
Disneyland and Vegas this August is our big summer trip. We have a trip planned to Florida in October to see Diagon Alley and attend Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I love a year when can go to both DL and WDW, but it does not happen very often!
ooooh, 2 Disney trips in one year! I'm SO jealous!!!! totally jealous of Diagon alley too!! DD and I are eager to plan another trip to Florida so we can see Diagon Alley, the new FantasyLand additions to MK, AND at the rate we are going it may end up being Avatar Land as well!! She has 2 years left of highschool so we are looking at 2016 in the fall before we get back there
I wonder what the Avatar timeline is looking like.
How odd, I just got off the phone with Disney Dining and the CM I dealt with was...well, not rude or unhelpful but just not all that friendly.
As for other plans this summer, we leave in 10 days for Toronto and the Ottawa! Our son's birthday is during this time so we are going to head to Canada's Wonderland. We have City Passes for Toronto so we are also going to hit CN Tower, Toronto Zoo, Ontario Science Centre and maybe the Royal Ontario Museum if we have time.
After that, I am heading to Ottawa to spend a few days with my sister and go to Bluesfest before DH and DS join me there for 5 days before coming home.
Between Ontario, Disneyland and the 3 weeks of summer camp DS is going to, it is going to be a busy summer!
wow, ya - BUSY!! But so much fun by the sounds of it!! Lucky you
I would LOVE to hit up Canada wonderland. Not sure why we havn't yet. Oh wait - because we USUALLY book our trips in colder months to get away to the warmth. LOL. Maybe we need to put that on our docket for our next trip! That and the Dells would be a fantastic trip!!
It's a safe area. I have never felt unsafe, but the city, in general, is safe, especially in touristy areas. I have developed into quite the city girl, though, so if things like homelessness or being able to tell someone is using a particular type of recreational drug bother you or make you feel uncomfortable, then you might not feel the same.
No need for playgrounds for us as dd is 16 and going into grade 11. haha. but thanks for the reccomendation of the shows and the food locations. It's ALWAYS helpful to have food suggestions when going somewhere new! Oh and good to know about cheap souvies in Chinatowns
I LOVE cheap. haha!
DLR will be our third vacation this year, and it's our big one of the summer. We have our fourth trip planned over Christmas (to a cabin in the Sierras), but most this year have been/will be driving because next year is a lot of flying vacations. We are going to Cape Canaveral to visit my in laws in January, so we will close out with 4 days at WDW for our DD2's third birthday, and I have been planning that already at WDW trips are more effort to plan than DLR.
4 trips!!! Can i be a part of your familys???
oh and have you been to WDW before?? Good luck trying to do all you want in 4 days! Unless you've been before and know exactly what you are wanting to do which is maybe the case. Whatever you chose though it will ALL be amazing!
Our trip will be our major trip, we have a minor trip to Tucson, sort of a stay-cation as we call it in AZ...I cant wait 2 months for DLR though!
stay cations are nice too
I'm so sorry to hear you aren't able to make your August trip work. I am happy to hear that you still have a trip planned though! You will have to make the most of the one trip.
Sounds like your summer is BUSY!!! 
How was that for you? lol. I cringe at the thought of being there over such busy periods but I guess if you prepare mentally going in it would be SUCH a wonderful place to celebrate! When we went in off season it was typically end of October/early Nov but mostly end of April/early May cuz lets face it - spring can suck here too. haha.
