Mazzy
Planning for 2019
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2000
I have a few more days to finalise our first trip from the UK to California before I book and wonder if anyone tell me if my itinerary and choice of hotels is OK?
The Grand Plan is:
San Francisco 5 nights at Holiday Inn Express Fisherman's Wharf
Do Alcatraz, fire engine tour, Pacific Heights Victorian Houses, Sausalito, Build a Bear (for DD!), cable car and anything else we can cram in! We are going to be there for Fleet Week, which sounds great with the Blue Angels Display Team.
Hire car and drive to Monterey for 2 nights at Embassy Suites at Seaside
Tour Monterey, Carmel inc 17 mile drive, Big Sur
Drive to San Jose airport, drop off hire car and catch connecting flight to LA (flights cheaper from San Jose than Monterey airport for some reason)
SuperShuttle from LA to Long Beach staying 2 nights at Hyatt Long Beach or possibly Westcoast Long Beach.
Tour area using the passport shuttle - shoreline village, Queen Mary, naples etc
Cataline Express ferry for a day in Catalina Island
Taxi from Long Beach (anyone any idea what that might cost?) to Anaheim for 5 nights at West Coast Anaheim
3 day pass for Disneyland/California Adventure
One day in Universal Studios using coach from Anaheim area
Transfer to LAX for return flight to UK
This is a rough outline so things may change slight regarding number of nights before I book. What do you think of the timescale for each area? Long enough or too long? And the hotels are they OK? If anyone has any tips or advice it would be great so I can make changes within the next week before I go ahead and book! Sorry for so many questions but it's my first trip to the area and I really want to get it perfect
Thanks in advance
The Grand Plan is:
San Francisco 5 nights at Holiday Inn Express Fisherman's Wharf
Do Alcatraz, fire engine tour, Pacific Heights Victorian Houses, Sausalito, Build a Bear (for DD!), cable car and anything else we can cram in! We are going to be there for Fleet Week, which sounds great with the Blue Angels Display Team.
Hire car and drive to Monterey for 2 nights at Embassy Suites at Seaside
Tour Monterey, Carmel inc 17 mile drive, Big Sur
Drive to San Jose airport, drop off hire car and catch connecting flight to LA (flights cheaper from San Jose than Monterey airport for some reason)
SuperShuttle from LA to Long Beach staying 2 nights at Hyatt Long Beach or possibly Westcoast Long Beach.
Tour area using the passport shuttle - shoreline village, Queen Mary, naples etc
Cataline Express ferry for a day in Catalina Island
Taxi from Long Beach (anyone any idea what that might cost?) to Anaheim for 5 nights at West Coast Anaheim
3 day pass for Disneyland/California Adventure
One day in Universal Studios using coach from Anaheim area
Transfer to LAX for return flight to UK
This is a rough outline so things may change slight regarding number of nights before I book. What do you think of the timescale for each area? Long enough or too long? And the hotels are they OK? If anyone has any tips or advice it would be great so I can make changes within the next week before I go ahead and book! Sorry for so many questions but it's my first trip to the area and I really want to get it perfect
Thanks in advance