Loved the update and thought I would just chime in on the disney stuff that we did. We did the Disney Studio tour and for those that are friends with me on FB I posted some pics. Not all but most of them. We really enjoyed it. It was so cool finally getting past those gates. We got to see the lot and places where they filmed saving Mr. Banks and got lots of behind the scenes info. We got to see some of the props in the archives and each tour they bring out some special props and for ours it was some items from The Santa Clause. We also got a special D23 pin and access to the studio store. Most of the stuff was stuff you can get at any
disney store but I did get a shirt that says Studios and was able to score a cute Olaf xmas ornament that a gal next to me told me was sold out everywhere. We had to join D23 and then pay for the tour on top but I am glad I got to do it once. And if you live there it is worth belonging because they do screenings there and other events for D23.
After Disney we drove up the Griffith Observatory which was really cool and that park is amazing. This giant beautiful park right in the middle of the city. It is huge and so much to see. We didn't go buy walt's barn but we went to the Merry Go Round where walt thought up
Disneyland. Girls and I took a ride and it is very old and not that good repair but fun to be there. We were going to go to the Cemetery to find his plot and look at the beautiful statuary but were running out of time. The girls wanted to meet up with a friend for dinner. We went down to Marina Del Rey and met her at the cheesecake factory and got to see outside near the water so that was fun.
Then on Sunday we went to the California Science center and they had a special exhibit about Pompeii that was really neat as well as the space shuttle Endeavor. That is a great museum and is basically free. You pay 2 bucks to see the shuttle or you can pay for the Imax but the regular museum is free! Then after that we had a tour of the Biltmore hotel. This was built in the 20's and is in downtown LA. Supposedly they based some of the interiors for Tower of Terror on this. It is a BEAUTIFUL old hotel and so glad that we got to see it. There was a huge expensive wedding going on so we didn't get to take pics in all the rooms or see all of them but WOW what a wedding. Looked like comparable to a celeb. VERY expensive!
Then that night we found a really cool place to eat up on the hill called the Castaway. Great views of the city and we got to eat on the terrace. Good food and yet ANOTHER wedding on the balcony.
Then Monday we did Universal and just ate at City Walk and yesterday we did a hollywood tour and got to see several parts of the city.
We had a great time and saw almost everything on our list but as always we need to go back. We don't have any plans to go back till next Thanksgiving and we are hoping to do a week on the city pass and do 2 days in San Diego and then DL and possibly Univ and then possibly one extra day to do a few things we missed.
Still want to check out the cemetery, want to do a haunted hollywood tour, want to go back to the Grove when we have more time. We went for lunch on our tour but it took almost the whole hour to eat and barely got to see anything.
We want to go to the Getty and there are just a lot of neat places we have either done but it was a long time ago or have not done. So always something fun to do.
Looks like your day at the Barn was fun and as always looking forward to the next update.
