Just back from our west coast trip. Vancouver and Whistler were beautiful (I heartily recommend the Rocky Mountaineer train between the two). The 5 night Princess CA coastal cruise was fun (great table mates) but too short--had gorgeous weather for the stops in Victoria and San Francisco.
Spent three nights at the
Disneyland Hotel on DVC points--LOTS more DVC dining and shopping perks in CA than at the World. There's still some construction around the hotel grounds but really wasn't an inconvenience for us in the Adventure tower. The refurbished rooms are comfortable and in good taste with Disney flourishes like the amazing fireworks headboards. The monorail pool is really cool
Didn't make it to DCA but spent a day at Disneyland which was decorated for Halloween. IMHO DL Halloween theming is much more elaborate than WDW and works really well in areas like the petting zoo. The Nightmare Before Christmas total overlay at the Haunted Mansion is spectacular! The new Star Tours is brilliant (rode twice) and we love Mr. Toad. The fireworks were really the best we've seen in a long while with the huge fireworks pinwheels, fireworks from the back of Main Street and the acrobatics of Tink.
Our other two days were spent visiting with friends and attending a couple of tapings of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (we're big fans and got to do the Secretariat dance TWICE).
Now we can begin packing for our first Dream cruise on 11/6; can't wait to check it out.
Can't believe how quickly the past year flew by!
Andrea