Suggested intinerary?

[alanjones]

We'll be in LA three weeks tomorrow, and we need to get our itinerary sorted. Basically, we fly into LAX on the Tuesday, then fly back out of LAX the following Tuesday, so we've got 6 days in the middle to use in LA. We want to do atleast one day at DL, possibly two so we can do DL and DCA. We also want one day at Six Flags Magic Mountain, and one day at Universal. Also, we'd quite like to go to the 'Concours on Rodeo' car show on the Sunday.

My idea for an itinerary is
Wednesday - DL
Thursday - Magic Mountain
Friday - Universal
Saturday - Hollywood/Beverly Hills etc sightseeing
Sunday - 'Concours on Rodeo' in the morning, then the beach (Santa Monica maybe) in the afternoon
Monday - DL/DCA

We land at about 3:30pm on the Tuesday, so won't want to do much that day, and we leave in the morning the following Tuesday, so there won't be much time to do stuff that day either.

What do you guys think of that itinerary? Any suggestions of a better one? Its my first time in LA so I don't really want to drive to Magic Mountain on our first day, and I'd prefer to hit Magic Mountain on a 'quiet day' so the queues are short, as my wife won't be going on any of the coasters, so I'd prefer to keep wait times down to a minimum. We'll also do a bit of shopping on some of the days when we find the time.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Judy from Boise]

First I want to make sure that you see this trip report (there is also a part two)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=815483

Really evaluate if you want to go to MM. I would lean toward a 3rd day at the DLR myself.........besides that I think your plan is very doable. Please ask again if you want more help! We want all of our cousins from across the pond to have great times!

 

[ArielsMelody]

If you have time, I would highly recommend the Warner Brothers tour. It's by far the best tour if you are interested in TV and movies. Even though it's summer and many shows are on hiatus, they are always filming feature films and things on that lot. I live in about 5 minutes from the studios but whenever I have friends or family visit DL and the WB tour is at the top of our list of things to do. It's a two hour tour and you need reservations which you can make at http://wbsf.warnerbros.com/home.html. Have a good trip!

 

[alanjones]

First I want to make sure that you see this trip report (there is also a part two)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=815483

Really evaluate if you want to go to MM. I would lean toward a 3rd day at the DLR myself.........besides that I think your plan is very doable. Please ask again if you want more help! We want all of our cousins from across the pond to have great times!

Thanks for the tips. We will deffinately be going to Magic Mountain. I'm a bit of a coaster freak and couldn't really come all the way to LA and not go there to be honest As much as we love Disney, I couldn't not go to MM to be honest!

Thanks for the tip about the WB studio tour. Sounds quite good so we might look into that, or save it for our next trip to CA.