PlutoIsTheBest
Earning My Ears
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- Dec 31, 2018
We're heading to Disneyland in February (me, wife, DS5, DS2) for a Tuesday-Friday trip. My parents and my sister's family are flying from the east cost into LA on Monday and out on Saturday or Sunday; they have other friends to see in SoCal on the shoulder days. Our plan is for the eleven of us to have a partial park day Tuesday, full days Wednesday and Thursday, and a partial day Friday.
My family lives in San Francisco, and we're trying to figure out driving vs flying, and if we drive, whether it makes sense to stay overnight somewhere between SF and Anaheim or just do the whole drive in one shot. Any advice would be appreciated.
Driving details: 6 hours and 23 minutes door-to-door, according to google maps, via I-5. 407 miles. It ain't the scenic route, but that's fine by me. The coast is amazing, but the central valley has its own charm. We'd be driving our 2014 Corolla (The Least Exciting Car In The World). Gas should be just under $100 round-trip. Parking at DLR will be another $75 (staying on property).
Flying details: we're looking at flights from SFO or OAK to LGB or SNA. The best flights would cost about $800 for the family, and get us into SNA at 9:17 AM Tuesday and departing at 8 PM Friday. We'd be tied to the airlines' schedule, and we'd need to arrange transportation on either end.
We're not all that averse to spending money, but we're leaning toward driving for the schedule flexibility it affords us. The major downside to driving is that we expect the parks to take a lot out of us, and a drive on either end could take a fair bit more energy, so we're looking for an overnight stop along the way.
In summary, two questions:
1. If you were in our shoes, would you drive, or would you fly?
2. If we're driving, where should we stay overnight?
My family lives in San Francisco, and we're trying to figure out driving vs flying, and if we drive, whether it makes sense to stay overnight somewhere between SF and Anaheim or just do the whole drive in one shot. Any advice would be appreciated.
Driving details: 6 hours and 23 minutes door-to-door, according to google maps, via I-5. 407 miles. It ain't the scenic route, but that's fine by me. The coast is amazing, but the central valley has its own charm. We'd be driving our 2014 Corolla (The Least Exciting Car In The World). Gas should be just under $100 round-trip. Parking at DLR will be another $75 (staying on property).
Flying details: we're looking at flights from SFO or OAK to LGB or SNA. The best flights would cost about $800 for the family, and get us into SNA at 9:17 AM Tuesday and departing at 8 PM Friday. We'd be tied to the airlines' schedule, and we'd need to arrange transportation on either end.
We're not all that averse to spending money, but we're leaning toward driving for the schedule flexibility it affords us. The major downside to driving is that we expect the parks to take a lot out of us, and a drive on either end could take a fair bit more energy, so we're looking for an overnight stop along the way.
In summary, two questions:
1. If you were in our shoes, would you drive, or would you fly?
2. If we're driving, where should we stay overnight?