Blogs from Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 4

Arriving back at Long Beach around 7.00am we debarked at 10.00 and returned to the states via the gang plank and customs. Finding the luggage was a breeze but getting the shuttle was a little different. As we were going to Anaheim which is about an hours drive from Long Beach the drivers were not too keen and seemed to want the close trips to the airport etc. Finally securing a ride we arrived at the hotel outside Disneyland around 1pm. The Carousel Inn is a small motel type place, clean comfortable with great staff and above all quite cheap for Disneyland. With only a part day left we decided to visit Disneytown, a free entry shopping area adjacent to Disneyland itself. Worth visiting but only for shopping which is sooooo expensive... read more

The Good: Shopping in LA @ the Citadel which is a factory outlet shopping centre. Calvin Klein was $160 for pair of work pants, work shirt, work belt, awesome new bag. Considering the price in Australia for a single one of these items would be close to that I'm stoked. I also got a leather jacket that actually fits me from Wilson's Leather which was having a huge clearance sales - plus we had coupons thanks to the nice man at the map we pointed us around and hinted if we asked reception for a coupon book we'd get one. We did. It saved us around 10-15% per place we shopped at. Another good thing, I drove in LA traffic, on the huge multi-lane highway system they have here and made it in one piece. Used ... read more

Hi I have sorted some pics to go with the last couple of days. Just on the way home from the most amazing fireworks display I have ever seen. Wow. The every night fireworks display. Maybe 15,000 people were there with us. I am a convert. I had a negative attitude to to Disneyland but I am willing to admit I was wrong. We had a great time. It was absolutely beautiful and a pleasant fun, friendly entertaining time was had by us both. Enjoy the pics.... read more

Well all things must come to an end and so it is with this holiday. I was up early as I had to see if the Car would start OK whch it did. I then decided to go for a drive to Wal-Mart one last time as I had to pick up a few goodies for a workmate back home. I also picked up a birthday present for Luke to bring home (can't say what it is in case he reads this blog before 6th March !). Got back around 10AM, and got all the bags packed up and I was a bit frustrated that the electronic luggage weighing gadget (I think that's the technical term for it) was not working . We knew we were allowed to have 2 checked pieces each with a combined ... read more

We woke up around 9.30AM but given the late night we took a while to get going. It was around 11.00AM by the time we left the room so it was too late to use the continental breakfast downstairs. We went down the road to Millie’s which is an all day diner. Breakfast here was really good. Kerry & I had eggs on toast with some toast, whilst Luke had a massive pancake on the side. We then headed into California Adventure Park as we still had 2 days of our 4 day passes to be used. First up Luke & I went on the Hollywood Tower Hotel ride which was good, and then we all went on a few rides in the Ant Section. Next up we went to the Paradise Pier area where we ... read more