Just got back from what pretty much amounted to a 4-day trip in Anaheim and Los Angeles. Could've easily have had an extra day had we left earlier from Orlando, but the people I left with booked a later flight so we got in late. A fifth day would've helped allow us the extra day we really needed to see some other things that we weren't able to get to that we sort of had on our list.
This was not my first time by far taking a trip out here (it was my fifth time and second in the last eight months), however, the friends I was traveling were going for their first time, so we did a bunch of really touristy things. Some I had already done many years ago and was glad to do again, some that were knew, and some that I had done before that I hope to never have to do again. Wish we had left early and gone home late instead of the reverse in retrospect.
Anyway, here was the itinerary we ultimately decided on:
4/11: Arrive late
4/12: DCA
4/13: Disneyland
4/14: Universal Hollywood (first time for me since January 2013)
4/15: LA/Hollywood with no set plan
4/16: Leave from LAX early
We stayed at King's Inn in Anaheim for the whole trip despite the back half of our trip being in LA. King's Inn was great for what we used it for which was basically as a place to sleep and in walkable distance to DLR for our first two days or if we wanted to go to DTD at all the other days (although we were a bit bummed to find out they no longer offer a complimentary breakfast).
We rented a car for a pretty decent price and only had to refill once the whole trip so it wasn't too bad and the car was most certainly worth it over just doing rideshare considering how expensive rideshares are in those tourist areas and going to and from the airport. We got the car off of Vumo instead of a standard rental place. Saved money, had plenty of space and had a nice care for far less than what the big companies charge.
I have a lot to say about the Disney Parks, Universal Hollywood, Super Nintendo World, and all new-to-me (and some old) things. I'll also work in what my friends thought about different things and give what their takeaways were. I'll continue starting with DCA later on.
This was not my first time by far taking a trip out here (it was my fifth time and second in the last eight months), however, the friends I was traveling were going for their first time, so we did a bunch of really touristy things. Some I had already done many years ago and was glad to do again, some that were knew, and some that I had done before that I hope to never have to do again. Wish we had left early and gone home late instead of the reverse in retrospect.
Anyway, here was the itinerary we ultimately decided on:
4/11: Arrive late
4/12: DCA
4/13: Disneyland
4/14: Universal Hollywood (first time for me since January 2013)
4/15: LA/Hollywood with no set plan
4/16: Leave from LAX early
We stayed at King's Inn in Anaheim for the whole trip despite the back half of our trip being in LA. King's Inn was great for what we used it for which was basically as a place to sleep and in walkable distance to DLR for our first two days or if we wanted to go to DTD at all the other days (although we were a bit bummed to find out they no longer offer a complimentary breakfast).
We rented a car for a pretty decent price and only had to refill once the whole trip so it wasn't too bad and the car was most certainly worth it over just doing rideshare considering how expensive rideshares are in those tourist areas and going to and from the airport. We got the car off of Vumo instead of a standard rental place. Saved money, had plenty of space and had a nice care for far less than what the big companies charge.
I have a lot to say about the Disney Parks, Universal Hollywood, Super Nintendo World, and all new-to-me (and some old) things. I'll also work in what my friends thought about different things and give what their takeaways were. I'll continue starting with DCA later on.