Disney's California Adventure Anaheim

Oh Disneyland, you stole my heart. There really is something magical about this theme park, even lining up for a ride is fun, but I am getting ahead of myself.
We arrived in Los Angeles and caught a shuttle bus out to Anaheim, and our accommodation at the Anaheim Islander Inn and Suites. We arrived in the late afternoon, checked in and then …

Today we ventured into... DISNEYLAND!!

We decided to do California Adventure today, Disneyland tomorrow, and then switch between them both on Wednesday (we have a 3-day park hopper ticket, so we can go between parks on the same day). We got into California Adventure half an hour early cos we're staying at the Disney hotel and you can enter …

Day 2 was a slow start with the girls feeling the effects of jet lag and disrupted sleep patterns. Irregardless they pressed on and fought through their tiredness.

California Adventure Park today which is at the opposite end of Disney with more rides and fun for everyone. Maddy has been the bravest I've ever seen her being led by Kate on …

We had a late breakfst this day and left Phil behind as his ffot was worse than the day before. After Tracey, Scott, Monique and myself got back - Phil had organised going to the doctor and cabs to get there. So we did the laundry caought up on postcards and the like waiting for Phil to return.

Phil got back and stayed for the rest of the …

On arriving back in Los Angeles we took a cab out to Anaheim and booked into the Anaheim Motel so as to be walking distance of Disneyland. We got in contact with Grant and Vicky from Dongara (Grant and Avan had played basketball in the same team) who were also holidaying in the USA. We arranged to meet at Disneyland and had a great day seeing the …

While in LA, you got to make a vvisit to Disneyland...

Our plan for the day wasn't one. We have good touring plans for the morning rest in the afternoon and do whatever for the evening. This morning, mom and I got up around 6:30/7:00. Dad slept for about 20 minutes longer.

We ate breakfast at the Surfside Lounge here at the hotel. Mom and I had the breakfast flat-bread (egg, cheese, and bacon …

So, I was up bright and early this morning. As in 3:30am. Why? Oh, that's simple - I had to plan for my next vacation. At 7am Eastern time, the reservations opened up for Epcot's Food and Wine Festival in the fall and I had a reservation to make. Problem is that 7am Eastern time is 4am Western time. I'm going with a friend who agreed to make one …

Well after 3 days at Disneyland we are now on a train travelling along pristine beaches where the sand is getting more golden and the ocean is getting bluer heading towards what Ron Burgundy calls the whale's vagina (San Diego).

Day 1

After getting on the wrong subway and travelling through some ghettos we ended up at long beach …

So we decided last night that we wouldn't turn on the alarm clock and we would just wake up when the kids decided to surface. Well Rhys was the first to stir............upon checking the clock we realised it was 10:40am. Adj had to check 4 times before he believed that was the correct time!!

It was a late start to the morning, we …

... you are going but thankfully the Best Western Stovalls Inn is pretty hard to miss.....it is directly opposite the massive Disney Californian Adventure theme park! While checking-in I met my first fellow Contiki-traveller, Meagan from Sydney, who also ...

We've been staying in Anaheim for the past few days reliving our childhoods at Disneyland and Disney's Adventure Park =) =) Actually it's great fun no matter how old you are hehe. Lot's of scary rides, theme rides, cartoon characters, parades and shows ...

... still doesn't understand why they have strawberry flavoured philidelphia at breakfast.   Plan for today is to head to the Disney California Adventure park but we head into the main park early on so David can go on Indiana Jones and so Michelle can ...

... 's go coaster. And this was all by lunch time!!! In the afternoon we headed over to the other Disneyland park - Disney California Adventure park. We found it a bit weird that the two parks weren't just attached together, as you had separate entrances for ...

... has built his mega-amusement park. The Disney complex houses the original Disneyland Park and across the way sits the newer Disney California Adventure (DCA). Using some downloaded software off the net I had planned our 1st day (we had bought a 2 day ...

... got straight into it. Disneyland was amazing! With the 3 day park hopper pass, you get access to both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park plus you get the option of arriving an hour earlier than the general public on one of the days. We ...

... to just head back to the hotel. Since we had some downtime, we started packing everything up before heading over to Disney California Adventure.  We did the bakery tour then grabbed sandwiches/salads at the Pacific Warf Cafe right there. After ...

... nbsp; Paige loved Space Mountain (she seems to love roller-coasters).  She met a few more characters, then we headed over Disney California Adventure for the afternoon.  It seems like they have a good start on this park, but half of it is under ...

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... MUST do rides and which you can really skip. So, by way of a list, here are my tips to a sucessful Disneyland/Disney California Adventure trip. 1. Plan Plan early which rides you want to ride and agree as a family. Use the Unofficial Guide to ...