We're Home From the Road!! 17 Days of Travel with Tons of Pics~COMPLETE!!

[DizNee Luver]

Thank you!! I was up against 5 other girls, most of which I know. My partner won too. As soon as our principal announced my name, I hugged the my partner and then the rest of the court.

That is so awesome!! Looking forward to seeing some pics!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I will pm the pictures to you

 

[DizNee Luver]

I will pm the pictures to you

Sounds good!!

 

[Sherry E]

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[MorganM]

We are also driving down in July and are loving your plans! Cant wait to see your pictures while on the road

 

[luulu1999]

You guys are soo close now!!! We are the 45 day mark before we will be at Disneyland...only 43 days til we leave

 

[DizNee Luver]

We are also driving down in July and are loving your plans! Cant wait to see your pictures while on the road

Fun!!! What are you trip dates?? Doing anything other than Disneyland??

You guys are soo close now!!! We are the 45 day mark before we will be at Disneyland...only 43 days til we leave

Coming up fast!!



SHERRY????? I see 2 posts by you but only ........

So life here has been crazy busy and we're in panic mode trying to sell our camp trailer....lots of people looking & loving it but then they go home & call us the next day and have bills to pay or car repair or not sure they have a rig to pull it, etc. So until I have this sold......I'm trying NOT to think about the trip........

Will update when I have a little more time & can give you the updated itinerary!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Oh dear!! I'm sorry that this is happening to you guys

 

[DizNee Luver]

Yesterday I ordered the remainder of our tickets (after adding Betty my mother-in-law & son Derek). So I printed out our Disney Family Museum tickets.......speaking of these tickets........QUESTION to anyone that has gone before: So after I purchased our original tickets, we found out that there would be a Mary Blair exhibit. Super excited to see that.....BUT......when I purchased yesterday's tickets.....there was a spot to "upgrade" for $5 more for the special exhibits. So, this wasn't an option (at least that I can remember) when I got the bulk of our tickets and so I didn't add it to yesterday's two. But am I to understand, that it's going to cost us more to see the Mary Blair exhibit???? Will they let us "upgrade" at the door with our printed tickets?? I'm so confused....and sad that it's not included in the ticket price.

I also got the Monterey Bay Aquarium tickets for Betty & Derek and they should be here this week. I also purchased Derek's City Pass which will be here Thursday.

The last item I purchased (and the last of the pre-purchased things) was the Photopass+ card for our time at Disneyland. I love that all our pics and on-ride pics are included on a disc.

So now keep those *+*+*+pixie dust, good thoughts, etc+*+*+* that our camp trailer sells THIS WEEK!!!! Otherwise, my nerves will be totally shot.........

24 days!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

WE SOLD THE TRAILER!!!!

Let the "it's almost trip time excitement" commence!!!!

 

[maryr1oz]

Wooooo hooooo!!

Now the real excitement can begin...

 

[DizNee Luver]

UPDATED ITINERARY:

Thursday, July 10: Drive to Coos Bay, Stay at Motel 6, Dinner with friends at Dave's Pizza Parlor

Friday, July 11: Breakfast at Kozy Kitchen in Coos Bay, Head south, stopping at Prehistoric Gardens http://www.prehistoricgardens.com/ to see the dinosaurs. Continue south to Willits California. (quick stop at Trees of Mystery to see the giant Paul Bunyan & Blue the Ox in the parking lot and then go to the Drive Thru Tree). Dinner at Lumberjacks. Staying at Super 8.

Saturday, July 12: Drive to Santa Rosa. Go to the Charles M Schulz Museum http://schulzmuseum.org/ Having lunch at the Puppy Cafe. Continue south to San Francisco. Staying at the Travelodge at the Presidio. Hoping to get down to Pier 39 and dinner at In & Out.

Sunday, July 13: Go to the Disney Family Museum http://www.waltdisney.org/ Grab lunch & check out the Koret's Childrens Quarter http://www.golden-gate-park.com/childrens-playground.html to let the kids blow off some steam! Head south to Gilroy. Staying at Super 8 and dinner at Famous Dave's BBQ.

Monday, July 14: Go to Monterey Bay Aquarium http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ Lunch at Johnny Rockets and then a long drive over to Anaheim. We would like to go down the coast line for part of that trip before cutting inland. Dinner at In & Out. Staying at the Desert Inn & Suites (across from Disneyland). We will be staying here until Saturday, July19th.

Tuesday, July 15: Disneyland https://disneyland.disney.go.com/ Breakfast at motel, lunch at Tangaroa Terrace & dinner at the Corn Dog Wagon.

Wednesday, July 16: Disneyland. Breakfast at motel, lunch at Earl of Sandwich & dinner at Taste Pilots Grill.

Thursday, July 17: Disneyland. Breakfast at motel, lunch at Jolly Holiday & dinner at Hungry Bear.

Friday, July 18: Huntington Beach http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/ We will let the kids play (first time for the twins to ever play at the beach/sand) Planning a picnic lunch and then back to Anaheim for the Angel's Baseball Game!! http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ana It's a night game, so we will have "dogs" at the game.

Saturday, July 19: Leave Anaheim and head to Hollywood. We will be staying at the Beverly Gardens. Going to Universal Studioshttp://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/ We've never been & am looking forward to checking it out! We will have lunch in the park at Mel's Diner and then dinner in the CityWalk at Hard Rock Cafe.

Sunday, July 20: Starting our day at Dupar's at the Los Angeles Farmer's Market http://www.farmersmarketla.com/ We will look around for a while & then head up to Griffith Park to go to Walt's Barn. http://carolwood.com/walts-barn/ After getting our fill of trains (or when they close at 3pm), we'll head to Torrance to see my older brother & his wife for dinner. We will stay in Westminster at the Super 8.

Monday, July 21: We will continue south to San Diego. We will be staying at the King's Inn for 2 nights. Today we will be going to the San Diego Zoo http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/ We are bringing a picnic lunch. We will have dinner with our friend Michelle (zoemakes5) and her family!!

Tuesday, July 22: Today we will go to Sea World http://seaworldparks.com/en/seaworld-sandiego/ Very excited to be going here!! We will start our day having breakfast with Shamu. Dinner will be in the park somewhere.

Wednesday, July 23: A long day in the car today, as we head north on I-5. We will have breakfast at our motel at the Waffle Spot before leaving San Diego and then lunch at In & Out and dinner.....who knows? We will be stopping in Sacramento and staying at the Super 8 near the airport. We were hoping to meet up with friends for dinner, but it's such a long drive (and we can't control traffic).....we decided it would be just too late to try and do dinner. We will grab something quick on the road.

Thursday, July 24: Heading north to Central Point, Oregon. Will be having breakfast at Black Bear Diner in Redding. In Central Point, we'll be staying at the Super 8. Hoping to do dinner with friends
at Si Casa Flores (very yummy Mexican food).

Friday, July 25: Staying in Central Point. The kids will stay with friends, so Mike & I can go to a wedding.

Saturday, July 26: Heading home...........

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wooooo hooooo!!

Now the real excitement can begin...

Yes it can!!

 

[kelmac284]

Laurie the special exhibits do cost extra. I am not sure if you can add on to your existing tickets but I THINK you can. Cuz I know we bought ours through a groupon last time we went and then when we got there they told us that they had a special exhibit if we wanted to purchase. You may want to call to make sure. And YES it sucks to have to pay extra considering how much it costs just to go. We got a half off ticket through groupon and that is the only reason we went the 2nd time. Plus my mom had never been. Shane and I took the girls the first time back in like 07 or something and then mom and I took the girls in 13. It is neat and fun but once you have seen it you don't really need to see it again. At least that is my opinion LOL. Hope you get it worked out and your itinerary sounds good. Looking forward to seeing your report!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Laurie the special exhibits do cost extra. I am not sure if you can add on to your existing tickets but I THINK you can. Cuz I know we bought ours through a groupon last time we went and then when we got there they told us that they had a special exhibit if we wanted to purchase. You may want to call to make sure. And YES it sucks to have to pay extra considering how much it costs just to go. We got a half off ticket through groupon and that is the only reason we went the 2nd time. Plus my mom had never been. Shane and I took the girls the first time back in like 07 or something and then mom and I took the girls in 13. It is neat and fun but once you have seen it you don't really need to see it again. At least that is my opinion LOL. Hope you get it worked out and your itinerary sounds good. Looking forward to seeing your report!!

That is a bummer that it's not included. I will probably call and find out about upgrading at the door. Thanks for the info!

 

[PHXscuba]

Exciting that it is getting so close! You have a great detailed plan. I would be worn out just changing hotels that many times!

We are headed out in a couple hours to SoCal for a very quick weekend and a mini family reunion. Lots of driving for less than 48 hours there. It's going to be 70 degrees which is about 35 degrees cooler than here! But I am taking the younger kids back the end of July for a longer visit and plan to do Sea World then. I think we'll save Universal Studios and Magic Mountain for next spring, when it's cooler (and my youngest will hopefully grow just enough for the biggest coasters).

Have fun packing and planning!

PHXscuba

 

[DizNee Luver]

Exciting that it is getting so close! You have a great detailed plan. I would be worn out just changing hotels that many times!

We are headed out in a couple hours to SoCal for a very quick weekend and a mini family reunion. Lots of driving for less than 48 hours there. It's going to be 70 degrees which is about 35 degrees cooler than here! But I am taking the younger kids back the end of July for a longer visit and plan to do Sea World then. I think we'll save Universal Studios and Magic Mountain for next spring, when it's cooler (and my youngest will hopefully grow just enough for the biggest coasters).

Have fun packing and planning!

PHXscuba

Have fun at your reunion!! I hope Magic Mountain is a safe place.....been a while since we saw anything on it....but I know for a while they were having serious gang issues at the one in Santa Clarita.

 

[DizNee Luver]

So the last of the tickets came in, so we are ready with all the things I was able to pre-buy. I'm putting clothes aside, as well as our beach bag (toys/towels), picking up snacky type foods and getting all the driving directions, motel confirmations, etc all in one place.

We are down to 17 days!! Time is flying and it will be trip time before we know it!!

 

[kelmac284]

So exciting that it is getting so close. I can't WAIT to start reading your report!!

I have to share I am so excited. We were supposed to go to LA next weekend and do Hearst Castle and the beach and some other things and then before we left for Mexico we were thinking about switching to Vegas but with all the money we spent on that trip plus it being so close just getting back my mom decided it wasn't going to work. I was bummed because other than our trip NEXT summer we had nothing planned including the diva trip. But now today at work we decided we are going to go to SF for Labor Day Weekend and just fart around shopping and at the wharf and mom and I are going to see a show but what I am REALLY excited about is we decided to go to LA for Veteran's Day weekend. We are going to leave Friday night after the girls get off school and fly into LAX (they have pretty cheap tix right now 77 bucks) and then we are going to go to the Disney Studio tour. I just upgraded my membership and the tickets go on sale next week. I guess I should say we are going to go as long as I get tickets next week (crossing my fingers!!). Anyway then we are going to do some of the stuff we were going to do next week like Griffith Park and Forrest Lawn. On that Sunday we are going to take a tour of the Biltmore Hotel and possibly do High Tea and then on Monday we are going to do a day at Universal, then probably another hollywood tour on Tuesday and then fly back home. I am most excited though about the Disney studio tour. Have ALWAYS wanted to do that so praying it all works out but it seems in the cards since they only do it a few times a year and it happens to be the EXACT weekend we were planning on going and we decided just before the tickets go on sale so think good thoughts we get it in!

Anywho just wanted to share with someone I know who is excited as me and again I am so excited to see your report!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

So exciting that it is getting so close. I can't WAIT to start reading your report!!

I have to share I am so excited. We were supposed to go to LA next weekend and do Hearst Castle and the beach and some other things and then before we left for Mexico we were thinking about switching to Vegas but with all the money we spent on that trip plus it being so close just getting back my mom decided it wasn't going to work. I was bummed because other than our trip NEXT summer we had nothing planned including the diva trip. But now today at work we decided we are going to go to SF for Labor Day Weekend and just fart around shopping and at the wharf and mom and I are going to see a show but what I am REALLY excited about is we decided to go to LA for Veteran's Day weekend. We are going to leave Friday night after the girls get off school and fly into LAX (they have pretty cheap tix right now 77 bucks) and then we are going to go to the Disney Studio tour. I just upgraded my membership and the tickets go on sale next week. I guess I should say we are going to go as long as I get tickets next week (crossing my fingers!!). Anyway then we are going to do some of the stuff we were going to do next week like Griffith Park and Forrest Lawn. On that Sunday we are going to take a tour of the Biltmore Hotel and possibly do High Tea and then on Monday we are going to do a day at Universal, then probably another hollywood tour on Tuesday and then fly back home. I am most excited though about the Disney studio tour. Have ALWAYS wanted to do that so praying it all works out but it seems in the cards since they only do it a few times a year and it happens to be the EXACT weekend we were planning on going and we decided just before the tickets go on sale so think good thoughts we get it in!

Anywho just wanted to share with someone I know who is excited as me and again I am so excited to see your report!!

Oh that is exciting news!! Fingers crossed you get those tickets and get to go!!! It does help having a trip on the horizon to keep us sane.....lol I'd love to do the S. Cali Adventures in Disney trip with Mike. Maybe in the future!!