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Published: December 23rd 2010
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Shot from Bus Stop on Disney Way Well we arrived slightly ahead of time after a 12.5 hour flight on VAustralia. Flight was bright & airy, but leg room pretty cramped, entertainment systems really good but I had the one seat with a problem with speaker only working through one channel (not great for stereo !). The fancy internal cabin mood light show once we landed at LAX was great but we were tired and just wanted to get off. No need for PC, IPODS, DS Lite as their systems has it all. I even got to hear Johnny Cash to warm me up for later on the trip when "We're goin' to Jackson". Luke had got the flu the day before we left so he had about 7-8 nose bleeds but he did not complain and toughed it out. Elise had the most sleep and Kerry got to watch the most movies. I read about 5 pages of my book hmmmm. Saw Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz in Knight & Day.
I was about worried about our pickup from LAX. We booked online through www.blimos.com and there was only 2 trip advisor reviews and neither from LAX but it was cheap at $120- inc tips and
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Shot from Bus Stop on Disney Way he was on time and professional with a private 8 seater large SUV which was ideal. That's about half what we paid to go from Tweed to Brisbane. Rainy in LA today and around 15 degrees and has been flooding here for a week, but arrived in Anaheim around 9.30am with mixed weather (occasional shower with a bit of blue sky at times) and supposed to clear up tomorrow.
We are staying at Residence Inn Marriott (booked on Marriott points from Thailand trip). When we arrived the room was not ready. Asked if we could upgrade to get into any room so kids could sleep and they offered me a 2 bedroom loft suite which is great and she said no problem and no cost to upgrade (how good is that !). We all went to sleep for a few hours. Luke has a Queen bunk ! Elise a Single and the big King upstairs. A sofa and full kitchen 2 bathrooms and plenty of space.
Had a burrito for lunch and went for the soft option as they have chilly, hot chilly, super hot chilly or the Bomb! One burrito was about three serves of Jen4Men so
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Shot from Bus Stop on Disney Way Kerry & I shared.
Today was always just a recovery day and we pick up hire car tomorrow and drive to Las Vegas where we will be spending XMAS. It was good to arrange the Hertz pickup which is only 200 metres away from Hotel so I could go in to check my booking was OK. Should be fun driving these yanky things with left hand drive.
I went for a walk to a Pharmacy to get something for Luke's nosebleed and they said it was a 15 minute walk ! It took 30 minutes to Walgreens and when I got there some rude woman said she could not help or give advice. We have better pharmacists back home who really care. At least that now constitutes market research for Health Care so I can claim the cost of the trip on tax !
Walked back to Residence Inn and decided to drop into a few shops I had walked by. Some real bargains around and some Taco place had 6 tacos for $2.49 (what a rip off). I was amazed at how beautiful and clean the streets are with great landscaping everywhere with palm trees galore
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Shot from Bus Stop on Disney Way and the birds of paradise out in flower with hedges etc.
Dinner was ordered in 1 Extra Large Pizza, 1 Spaghetti & Meatballs, 2 Garlic Bread, 6 Fish Pieces, 2 Litre 7 UP. Total Price $27.08. Yes we forgot the american servings and half thrown out. Oh well at least the food as good.
A quick walk after dinner to see the Disneyland Firework Display and a walk through the nearby Anaheim Garden Walk Shopping precinct. Found a Sketchers shop with ladies shoes / boots on sale for $59-. We'll be back here at Anaheim at the end of our trip to fill up the suitcases with any space. A few photo's to enjoy from my cheapo camera taken as I was walking past a bus stop.
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