Calling all travel agents, Southern California residents, and expert vacationers \ud83d\ude42 ! Jim and I are trying to plan our 10th wedding anniversary trip (in our 11th anniversary year \ud83d\ude42 ) and I am realizing that event and trip plan is just not my cup of tea!<\/p>\n
We intended to do this trip last September (our 10th anniversary was Sept 16th 2004). We were going to have a 3 year old little boy and a 4 month old baby and it was going to be fun fun fun. Due to Ty’s unexpected early arrival, we have had to postpone all vacationing so our anniversary trip got pushed into 2005.<\/p>\n
Here is our plan so far:<\/p>\n
Jim would like to take vacation time in early December. We are hoping that some of our family members will tag along on our trip. <\/p>\n
We would like to visit:<\/p>\n
* Disneyland and California Adventure (2 to 3 days)
\n* San Diego Zoo
\n* Sea World (maybe)
\n* Knotts Berry Farm or Lego Land<\/p>\n
We will be staying with family in So. California for the most part but we would like a 2 to 3 night stay in Anaheim during our Disney trip and possibly a 1 to 2 night stay in San Diego.<\/p>\n
I would really like to stay at the new Disney Grand California Hotel but from my shopping it looks like a 3 night stay would add at least 300.00 bucks to our hotel expense (as opposed to a local moderate hotel). Is it really worth that? Haven’t decided.<\/p>\n
Pricing Options:<\/p>\n
Right now I am trying to balance a few options.<\/p>\n
* Jim gets a discount on tickets through Intel – he should be researching this.
\n* The So. CA Citypass covers 3 days at Disney\/Ca Adventure, 1 day Seaworld, 1 day San Diego Zoo and 1 day at Knotts – which would be perfect. You can use this pass over a 14 day period.
\n* I looked at Disney packages off the Disney website and can get 3 day tickets and hotels for a fairly good package price (I think) but if I did this I wouldn’t get the City Pass so than I would have to buy the other park tickets seperately. I need to spreadsheet this all out and see what seems cheapest.<\/p>\n
I think once I get this done, I will call a Travel Agent to see if they can come up with a better plan. I don’t have to pay Travel Agents do I? They get paid by whoever we book with is that right? If I spend more using an agent than I guess that wouldn’t make sense? Anyone know a good agent:)?<\/p>\n
Other things to think about:<\/p>\n
* Jim and I want to go in early Dec because (a) value season and hopefully less crowded (b) cooler (c) decorated for Christmas!!!
\n* We are really really wanting to see the water show at Disney that we always seem to miss. (The animation over the water – what is that called?) Does it play in Dec? Only on certain nights?
\n* We think we want our Disney trip to be a Wed – Fri trip because Wed and Thurs should be good light traffic days but then Friday we can see the shows that only play on weekends. Good idea?
\n* We don’t need airfare or rental cars as we are driving.<\/p>\n
I am writing all this in my journal because some of you avid vacationeers may have some good suggestions for me on travel tips and discounts. I am open to your suggestions so comment away! My friend Kathy put a whole Disney book together for her trip. I am having fun planning this but I am not confident that I am any good at finding the best deals.<\/p>\n
So…any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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