Originally Posted By roberts1398 Just posted this in Community, but thought I'd post this here too. For anyone on right now... If I'm flying in this Sunday am (8:30am) and out on Thurs night (9pm flight), and the fares are identical and Super Shuttle is virtually so... Which airport should I fly into -- LAX or Ontario? Which is going to be fastest from the airport to DLR, and have the least traffic on Thurs. early evening. I've got a SW Ding fare that's available for only a couple of hours so I need to decide. Thanks so much for any help! Diane
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Got the advice in Community. I'm flying from Sacramento to Ontario this weekend at $35/person each way (+ taxes & fees). WOOO HOOOOOO! We're going to Disneyland! <------ starts the countdown happy dance
Originally Posted By Darkbeer LAX offers the Disneyland Express Bus Service, Ontario doesn't. Discount coupon at the link below <a href="http://www.airportbus.com" target="_blank">http://www.airportbus.com</a> But the best bet is to rent a car from with Hotwire.com or Priceline.com, they are about the same distance from the DLR... As for SuperShuttle, I am not a fan of it, but LAX has a better chance of getting to the DLR faster, as Ontario is slower, and you have a much higher chance of dropping off one or more groups (geting off the freeway to someone's home) before making it to the DLR, instead of an entire group going to the DLR area.
Originally Posted By DEDE71755 We always fly into John Wayne. 30 minutes from airport to hotel in rush hour traffic. The one time we went into lax it took 2 hours at 11pm to get to our hotel. Never again. Will always go into john wayne. Haven't been to Ontario but i hear its just as far as lax.
Originally Posted By fkurucz SNA is definitely the closest, but it seems that one usually pays a premium to fly in there. Ontario is far, but the freeways are less congested and the airport is smaller and newer.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ Yep! And it almost always has far cheaper fares than John Wayne from Northern California
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Normally, I go with SNA too, but at $35 (which was only available at Ontario or LAX, and I had 4 hrs to buy it), I could NOT turn it down! Well... giggle, giggle ... we decided to splurge. The Super Shuttle rate was $65 each way for the 4 of us, so $130 RT (plus tip). Just for ducks, I decided to price limos. And I can get a stretch limo for $199 RT (plus tip). Well, my 7 yr old hasn't been on a plane since he was 9 mos. old, and neither have ever even been near a limo. And for the 45 min- 1 hr drive, I thought ... WHAT THE HECK! Hubby even said go for it! So, we be travelin in STYLE! 36 more hours and we're boardin... da plane! da plane! <--- does another happy dance
Originally Posted By SuzieQ HOW FUN! Diane, I'm really happy you've got this trip happening. I know you were really disappointed when you had to cancel the last one. Have a fabulous time!
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Thanks so much, Sue! I truly doubted whether this trip would come together until this past week. My hubby had a death in the family up in Idaho last week and had to fly up for the funeral, and I thought it would all fall apart. (Gosh, that sounds selfish of me in the context, but hopefully you understand what I mean). But it didn't, and now if I can just get the 397 things on my to-do list done between now and 5:30am Saturday (when we leave for the airport) and excluding work hours tomorrow.... Oh well... who needs sleep when you're GOING TO DISNEYLAND!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I do understand, Diane. And please give Tom my sympathy regarding the family death. I'm sorry to hear about that.
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Thanks and I will. Tom hasn't had more than a 3 day weekend since we went on our alone trip to DLR in March 2004. And we haven't take a family trip since August 2003. I think he's the most excited one of all of us! OK, after me... I haven't quite got him to the Happy Dance stage yet. ;-)
