Red Roof Inn Anaheim Maingate

... wanted to ride Monsters Inc so we headed over there but, our streak continued....BROKEN.

Since the plan for this night was to let the Kids enjoy the parks while the grown ups went to Dinner at Napa Rose we decided this would be a good time to split up. Nikki and Susan wanted to freshen up so the four adults went back to the hotel and the kids got some freedom.

While the ladies went up to the rooms Steve and I went to check in for our flights and then took ...

... plane took off at 7:30. About 30 minutes late. They promised they would go faster to get us there in time and were true to their word. This flight was much smoother then our first flight with Callie. Carter was happy the whole way and everyone around us loved both of them. Callie insisted that I hold on to her for most of the flight. We found the Disney bus without too much trouble ...

... the better rides in the Grand California side is the " Soaring over California " ride which involves an Imax screen where your seats are lifted and placed over a pit in front of the screen and move in tune with the camera. This gives the effect of flying over parts of California with each turn of the camera the seats tilt and rise giving the effect that you are supposedly flying over the landscape. Interesting that the ...

... trip around. Gee the 198 days of holiday have simply passed as have so many sights and experiences we absorbed on the way. Today being the final day, began with breakfast, followed by washing. Certainly not a big job, without having to deal with sheets and towels, as we did when in the Castle. Mind you the machines were very slow. A juggle around of the bags and some final closing and squishing, (just as well we all may have gained a little weight, to allow us to compress the ...

... rush out and spread down the hallways yelling freeze and stop. They made everyone stop, but didn't say anything. With the stopping came quite, and I heard a deep male voice boom through the silence "I SAID STOPPP". I stood there half freaked out and half excited to figure out what was going on for about three minutes. And then yells echoed through and were repeated... "All Clear". Any idea what was going on? Stephen

... we have a mixed feelings about Los Angeles, after visiting these places we liked it much more. In the evening we did some shopping in Glendale Galleria. Unfortunately we arrived too late and we managed to get only to two or three shops. After short shopping we drove again through Historic Hollywood Boulevard and West Sunset Boulevard to see it (and film it!) at night. On the 20th day of our trip we went to see the ...

... the car back in the safe haven of the car park and did some tourist wandering along Hollywood Boulevard. We decided after some chat about my navigational skills, which although were passable weren't really as good as having a map, that we needed to remedy the situation. We'd been back to the car rental place to add Ceri as a driver and had found out that there wasn't a massive difference between buying a GPS and hiring one so headed to an electronics ...

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... with stripes painted on, almost worth a photo for a dollar. also cheap corona and tequila, and lots of it. then vegas baby, vegas. another long drive across the mojave desert and a new record of 16 miles without a corner. vegas is amazing with massive hotels and casinos, not that we gambled but it was impressive to see. some have a theme - new york, paris, venice, and others were just cool - mgm grand, ballagio, cesars palace. we stayed in circus circus, and thankfully ...