Originally Posted By chipndale16 My husband and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the D23 Studio and Archives tour in November! We are not local to So. Cal., so we have never been to Burbank. Does anyone have any suggestions of decent hotels in the area ($100 or less), and other things we might want to see/do. We will be arriving on the 5th and going home after the tour on the 7th. We want to go to Griffith Park and see the carousel, Walt's barn, the observatory and maybe Travel Town. We also want to go to the El Capitan and Soda Fountain and Studio Store. Any other ideas?
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>>Does anyone have any suggestions of decent hotels in the area ($100 or less)<<< I wish I could help, but even the government rates in the area are well over $100. I think you'll have to take your chances with priceline if that's your limit.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I don't know how good it is, but the Ramada Inn Burbank Airport is about $75 for those nights. I'd try priceline.com also. Use only 3* or better. You can also check out what others are getting on Priceline by going to biddingfortavel.com Good Luck!
Originally Posted By chipndale16 DH works for an airline, so usually we can get good travel industry discounts by calling the hotel directly. I just wonder if there are areas or certain hotels we should avoid. How far is the Burbank airport from Griffith Park and the Disney Studio?
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Disney Studios is very close. One of my flights into Burbank arrived early so we did one circle and went right over the studio. Griffith Park a little farther, it depends on what you mean by close. Got Google maps? I've never stayed at the Ramada, but my coworkers say it's o.k.
Originally Posted By murfsmom The Ramada is really not a safe place anymore, if you don't want fancy there's a fairly new Extended Stay near the Burbank airport, also near the airport is a redone Marriott Hotel. In downtown Burbank there's a Holiday Inn and a Residence Inn by Marriott ( it's fairly new too)There are others In Burbank but that have been around a long time but I'm not sure how nice they are. As for things to see,it depends on what your interested in, there's the Getty Museum, Universal City Walk, shopping there's The Grove & Farmers market, a mixture of old and new. If you belong to AAA you should get the Southern Calif Tour book, It's full of places to stay and things to see and do. Hope this helps out a little ,have a great time !!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By LuLu Don't forget the Tam O'Shanter, Walt's hangout, it's right by Griffith Park. Someone on staff will be happy to point out "Walt's booth." You can order sandwiches in the bar if you don't want to be too spendy.
Originally Posted By Ursula I wish I could help for Hotels, but since I work in Burbank, I've never had to stay the night here! The Holiday Inn in Burbank looks great and they have those fun-looking outside elevators. The getty Museum is free on Saturdays after 5 pm, though. It is a great place to go. (But you are leaving on Saturday, right?) Where are you from? The airport here is very close to everything, I think, as far as airports go. Also, since you are coming in on a Thursday, you might want to look into other Burbank Studio tours. NBC has one, Warner Brothers has one, and of course, there is Universal.
Originally Posted By chipndale16 Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I think we've settled on the Marriott next to the airport. Looks pretty nice and gets good reviews on travel sites, plus they gave us a nice discount. One of my co-workers grew up in Burbank, and says it is smaller than the town we are from (Marysville, WA), so I'm not too worried about finding my way around. It looks like the airport is within a 10-15 minute drive of most everywhere we want to go!
Originally Posted By Ursula ^ yep. We love the Bob Hope exactly for that reason. Burbank is like a small town stuck inside of a big town. We even have a tiny museum area that is so cute! Also, we have a Wilson's Leather Outlet. They have some great prices but you have to look, as they sometimes have damaged goods. Still, you can find a nice jacket for $29.
Originally Posted By Ursula OH! And you are going to love the tour! Please wear comfortable shoes as there is standing on concrete a lot. Bring your camera and have fun! The archives section is simply going to blow you away.
Originally Posted By chipndale16 I'm so so so excited for the tour! Is there any cool studio merchandise that I can buy? When I got the confirmation that I got into the tour, I just sat in front of the computer and read it over and over for a few minutes before I ran to tell DH that we got in! I'm really looking forward to this trip!
Originally Posted By murfsmom Your going to have a great time, I'm excited for you ! will you be taking the universal city tour as well ? if so let me know!
Originally Posted By chipndale16 Not sure what we'll have time for, but I'll let you know if we take the Universal City Tour
Originally Posted By chipndale16 LuLu- we're thinking of going to Tam O'Shanter, and will likely take your suggestion about ordering sandwiches in the bar. It looks like the regular dining room has a dress code. What about the bar? We would like to go, but don't want to feel/look too out of place.
