Lilo88's California and Disneyland Trip Report!

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 04:08 PM

Okay so the time has come to start a Trip Report!! Here's the run down

Who went, my mom, father and I
When Feb 28th-March 6th
Where: Orange County, California... Anaheim, CA... Hollywood, CA and Laguna Beach, CA.

Let's start this thing!!!

More to come soon... uploading pictures right now...

zeusywoo · 03-07-2009, 04:25 PM

Oh I really am happy that you went to see Disney Land and some other destinations. Looking forward to the pictures.

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 04:30 PM

We awoke at 3:30 to get ready and head for the airport. We left for the Richmond International airport around 4:40am and go there a little after 5:00, parked in economy lot A row S2 and caught the bus to the airport. We checked in with Northwest airlines and headed on back through security. Security was crazy but we made it through and gathered our belongings and headed to the gate. I was really nervous and stayed in the restroom most of the morning or walked the terminal to keep busy. I was shaking all over. Finally time had arrived and we boarded the plane sat down and got settled... then the pilot comes out and tells everyone we need to get of the plane...

. It had a flat. So it will be a delay to get it fixed... then they booked our connecting flights out of St. Paul later so we wouldn't miss them. Then they came on again and told everyone they need to go retrieve their luggage from the carousel and get other flights. We stood in line forever and then got another flight leaving at 12:30 for Newark NJ on Continental. But the Continental lady booked us earlier to head out because of bad weather heading here. The NWA lady gave us meal vouchers to use at any airport. So we thrue our new bottles of water away that were full and went back through security for the second time. We then are informed our flight has been delayed a little while. We finally board and get ready for take off to Newark, NJ.

It was a cloudy ride and a little bumpy but it was really cool to be airborne and see some familiar sights for a little while. We were over PA before I could see anything again or maybe it was Maryland I don't really know.

before long we were descending into Newark. I saw New York and the statue of liberty!

.

We got off and took our time getting to our next gate, we had to ride a bus to get there and got off and rode a golf cart a really long ways to our next gate.

we ate at a a Stake place we tried to use our meal vouchers but we couldn't because it was a Continental hub... so we just said we were going to use them when we returned.

The food was okay, my throat was sore so I didn't eat much. 4 hours later we boarded our next flight going to Orange County, CA, John Wayne airport. The sun was setting and it was cloudy but it was really pretty

For the next 6 and a half hours I slept, read and listened to my Ipod. They did serve us dinner thought! It was really good. We had a chicken sandwich, Cesar salad and some chocolate bar that were really good

. Land after more land after more land for a long time got really old

. We finally were close and flew right over DL I think but I'm not sure because I had a engine and a wing in my view

. Finally we made it to the airport!!

the luggage carousel was cool!!

John Wayne!!
more to come...

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 04:55 PM

We got our rental cars and headed off to the hotel!

here is our hotel!!

more tomorrow or later on

Thumper10 · 03-07-2009, 06:08 PM

great start tiffany, waiting impatiently for the rest!!

disneyfanatic101 · 03-07-2009, 06:18 PM

Great TR so far Tiff! I'm sorry you had so much trouble getting there. That luggage carousel is cool! I love the pics from the airplane! Can't wait to read more!

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thumper10

great start tiffany, waiting impatiently for the rest!!

Thanks. Wait a little while then I will have more lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by disneyfanatic101

Great TR so far Tiff! I'm sorry you had so much trouble getting there. That luggage carousel is cool! I love the pics from the airplane! Can't wait to read more!

Thanks. That's okay at least I got there

. I thought so too, it was so neat seeing your luggage coming down.

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 06:55 PM

We got up and got ready, but before we left for the park my dad took us up to the 10th floor to look at the amazing view. This is what we saw...

We left for Disneyland, about 15 min away from the hotel. On the ride to DL it's alot of neat building and things.... this is the science center

and here is the short space mountain! lol

.
more to come next

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 07:12 PM

We arrived around 9:00am and parked in Daisy level 2. We caught the tram to the park.

We got our bags checked and headed for the entrance...

as expected I teared up at the site of the train station. It didn't seem real, we entered the park and took some pictures

We entered under the train station and saw main street, half of it was boarded up for paving... but it was still magical!!

We grabbed our 1st visit buttons and headed toward the hub.

lilo88 · 03-07-2009, 07:23 PM

We headed off toward Adventureland

Adventureland is way more detailed I think in Disneyland.
We let my Dad do what he wanted to do because it was his only day in the parks so we rode JC first

They have parinas in the water! Not real but it was cool to see

My dad walked through Tarzan's Tree house while my mom and I waited for him below

.

Next up New Orleans Square... Walt Disney's apartment and POTC!

Maybe I will write more later or if not, tomorrow for sure!

HauntedGabe · 03-07-2009, 07:31 PM

I'm loving it Tiff. Nobody should have to wait that long for their first flight.

DL is where I went when I was a kid and then my DH and I Honeymooned there.

I love the pictures of Main Street. I remember when the MK used to have all those pretty trees and I miss them. Yea for DL for keeping them.

Can't wait for more.

Tinker Bell · 03-07-2009, 07:38 PM

Loving the trip report Tiff! Great picture of the Partners statue with the blossoms in the trees, springtime in DL is magical. I also love the scenic pics of California you posted, I've had the chance to go a few times and I must admit that I've really fallen in love with California on this last trip!

Parts of Main Street were boarded up when I was there too, it is for paving you said?

wallfan329 · 03-07-2009, 07:58 PM

It looks like you had a great time. I wish I could going to DL.

Keasmom · 03-07-2009, 09:09 PM

Tiffany, I cannot wait to read more. Dl is my "home park" after all. The trees have grown so much, I can remember when the castle looked huge and the entrance to IASW looked like a second castle, how times change.

Great camera work by the way, really great. Isn't this country beautiful from the air?

disneyfanatic101 · 03-07-2009, 10:28 PM

Great pics Tiff. I never seen pictures like those before it's neat to see DL from a different perspective! Now I really want to go!

03-07-2009, 04:08 PM	#1
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	Lilo88's California and Disneyland Trip Report! Okay so the time has come to start a Trip Report!! Here's the run down Who went, my mom, father and I When Feb 28th-March 6th Where: Orange County, California... Anaheim, CA... Hollywood, CA and Laguna Beach, CA. Let's start this thing!!! More to come soon... uploading pictures right now... __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member

03-07-2009, 04:25 PM	#2
zeusywoo Premium Annual Passholder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 7,752	Oh I really am happy that you went to see Disney Land and some other destinations. Looking forward to the pictures. __________________ 1st MK Oct. '80, DL '90, CBR '98, VB & WLV '01, BCV Jun '06, SSR Oct. '06 & POR Jun. 09 Have a Magical Day! Dar

03-07-2009, 04:30 PM	#3
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	Day 1... Feb 28th 2009 "Getting there is half the battle" We awoke at 3:30 to get ready and head for the airport. We left for the Richmond International airport around 4:40am and go there a little after 5:00, parked in economy lot A row S2 and caught the bus to the airport. We checked in with Northwest airlines and headed on back through security. Security was crazy but we made it through and gathered our belongings and headed to the gate. I was really nervous and stayed in the restroom most of the morning or walked the terminal to keep busy. I was shaking all over. Finally time had arrived and we boarded the plane sat down and got settled... then the pilot comes out and tells everyone we need to get of the plane.... It had a flat. So it will be a delay to get it fixed... then they booked our connecting flights out of St. Paul later so we wouldn't miss them. Then they came on again and told everyone they need to go retrieve their luggage from the carousel and get other flights. We stood in line forever and then got another flight leaving at 12:30 for Newark NJ on Continental. But the Continental lady booked us earlier to head out because of bad weather heading here. The NWA lady gave us meal vouchers to use at any airport. So we thrue our new bottles of water away that were full and went back through security for the second time. We then are informed our flight has been delayed a little while. We finally board and get ready for take off to Newark, NJ. It was a cloudy ride and a little bumpy but it was really cool to be airborne and see some familiar sights for a little while. We were over PA before I could see anything again or maybe it was Maryland I don't really know. before long we were descending into Newark. I saw New York and the statue of liberty! . We got off and took our time getting to our next gate, we had to ride a bus to get there and got off and rode a golf cart a really long ways to our next gate. we ate at a a Stake place we tried to use our meal vouchers but we couldn't because it was a Continental hub... so we just said we were going to use them when we returned. The food was okay, my throat was sore so I didn't eat much. 4 hours later we boarded our next flight going to Orange County, CA, John Wayne airport. The sun was setting and it was cloudy but it was really pretty For the next 6 and a half hours I slept, read and listened to my Ipod. They did serve us dinner thought! It was really good. We had a chicken sandwich, Cesar salad and some chocolate bar that were really good. Land after more land after more land for a long time got really old . We finally were close and flew right over DL I think but I'm not sure because I had a engine and a wing in my view . Finally we made it to the airport!! the luggage carousel was cool!! John Wayne!! more to come... __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member Last edited by lilo88; 03-07-2009 at 04:48 PM..

03-07-2009, 04:55 PM	#4
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	part 2 We got our rental cars and headed off to the hotel! here is our hotel!! more tomorrow or later on __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member Last edited by lilo88; 03-07-2009 at 05:21 PM..

03-07-2009, 06:08 PM	#5
Thumper10 Missing Main Street... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Laughin Place Posts: 806	great start tiffany, waiting impatiently for the rest!! __________________ ---Amanda When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable. -Walt Disney

03-07-2009, 06:18 PM	#6
disneyfanatic101 Fall is Here! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hoosier State Posts: 9,205	Great TR so far Tiff! I'm sorry you had so much trouble getting there. That luggage carousel is cool! I love the pics from the airplane! Can't wait to read more! __________________ Adam ~ A Proud D23 Charter Member! "In Everything You Do, Celebrate You!"

03-07-2009, 06:55 PM	#8
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	Day 2... part one... an amazing view We got up and got ready, but before we left for the park my dad took us up to the 10th floor to look at the amazing view. This is what we saw... We left for Disneyland, about 15 min away from the hotel. On the ride to DL it's alot of neat building and things.... this is the science center and here is the short space mountain! lol . more to come next __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member Last edited by lilo88; 03-07-2009 at 06:58 PM..

03-07-2009, 07:12 PM	#9
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	Day 2 part 2.... DISNEYLAND!!!! Main Street We arrived around 9:00am and parked in Daisy level 2. We caught the tram to the park. We got our bags checked and headed for the entrance... as expected I teared up at the site of the train station. It didn't seem real, we entered the park and took some pictures We entered under the train station and saw main street, half of it was boarded up for paving... but it was still magical!! We grabbed our 1st visit buttons and headed toward the hub. __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member

03-07-2009, 07:23 PM	#10
lilo88 DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eureka, MO Posts: 12,890	Day 2 part 3 Adventureland We headed off toward Adventureland Adventureland is way more detailed I think in Disneyland. We let my Dad do what he wanted to do because it was his only day in the parks so we rode JC first They have parinas in the water! Not real but it was cool to see My dad walked through Tarzan's Tree house while my mom and I waited for him below . Next up New Orleans Square... Walt Disney's apartment and POTC! Maybe I will write more later or if not, tomorrow for sure! __________________ Tiffany~ºoº ~ D23 member

03-07-2009, 07:31 PM	#11
HauntedGabe IL...Where the Governors make the license plates Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Hamlet, IL Posts: 9,540	I'm loving it Tiff. Nobody should have to wait that long for their first flight. DL is where I went when I was a kid and then my DH and I Honeymooned there. I love the pictures of Main Street. I remember when the MK used to have all those pretty trees and I miss them. Yea for DL for keeping them. Can't wait for more.

03-07-2009, 07:38 PM	#12
Tinker Bell Eat, Pray, Love Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pixie Hollow Posts: 25,684	Loving the trip report Tiff! Great picture of the Partners statue with the blossoms in the trees, springtime in DL is magical. I also love the scenic pics of California you posted, I've had the chance to go a few times and I must admit that I've really fallen in love with California on this last trip! Parts of Main Street were boarded up when I was there too, it is for paving you said? __________________

03-07-2009, 07:58 PM	#13
wallfan329 Marching Band Season <3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,790	It looks like you had a great time. I wish I could going to DL. __________________ Mckayla ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫ 2001(PO),2003(BC and DCL),2004(ASM),2005(Poly and DCL),2006(HH & OKW),2007(SSR),2009(WL),2010(BW,Pop and Vero)2013(Band Trip) ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

03-07-2009, 09:09 PM	#14
Keasmom DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Wishing Place Posts: 10,236	Tiffany, I cannot wait to read more. Dl is my "home park" after all. The trees have grown so much, I can remember when the castle looked huge and the entrance to IASW looked like a second castle, how times change. Great camera work by the way, really great. Isn't this country beautiful from the air? __________________ P.U.S.H.-A mantra MOST will not understand. Celebrating Red Shirt Friday, in honor of ALL of our amazing military personnel. Great job, guys and gals.

03-07-2009, 10:28 PM	#15
disneyfanatic101 Fall is Here! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hoosier State Posts: 9,205	Great pics Tiff. I never seen pictures like those before it's neat to see DL from a different perspective! Now I really want to go! __________________ Adam ~ A Proud D23 Charter Member! "In Everything You Do, Celebrate You!"

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