Originally Posted By mickeynewe Does anyone know the bus route and where Hojo's falls on it getting to and from the park? I hate taking the bus and typically would rather walk but I thought it would be useful information for my aunt and uncle to have who will be traveling down at the same time as well. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Actually, found a great map...still wondering how the loop runs as far as pickup/drop-off at Hojos. Here is the map: <a href="http://www.rideart.org/ART-Map.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rideart.org/ART-Map .pdf</a>
Originally Posted By mickeynewe So, no stops into the park, but have to wait for the other stops to go home. Okay, thanks!
Originally Posted By berol 1st hotel->2nd hotel->hojos->disneyland->1st hotel->2nd hotel->hojos->disneyland...
Originally Posted By Stacers76 I was just looking for info on this Mickeynewe, so thanks for the post! Does anyone know how crowded the buses are, say, the beginning of Thanksgiving week? I know during the summer those things were packed!!! Although Mickeynewe aren't we going at the same time and both staying at HoJo...save me a seat! )
Originally Posted By mickeynewe When are you going Stacers76? What dates? We will be there starting Sunday the 19th and checking out the day after Thanksgiving. We can't wait! You MUST be getting excited too?! There are 3 of us in our immediate family and then my Aunt & Uncle plus my young cousin (okay, so he's 15..that young to me) will be going also. It will be nice for our daughter to have her cousin to hang around with this trip. She doesn't get to see him very often because they don't live near us but they always seem to have fun whenever they do get the opportunity to connect.
Originally Posted By Stacers76 That's going to be fun! We are there the same time...we are checking in late on the 18th...going to DL the 19-21 and heading home on the 22nd. When I was I think 14 or 15 my parents let me bring my best friend on our summer vacation to DL...it was definitley fun to have someone to hang out with when you're at that age! FUN stuff and only 13 days! )
Originally Posted By mickeynewe We are actually going to Hollywood the 18th and 19th and will be checking in the afternoon of the 19th. We have tried several times to take my daughter's best friend but for one reason or another it just hasn't worked out yet. The girls can't wait tho! They've been best friends since pre-school and I KNOW that at 13 years old, DL together would be a blast for them! Yikes, I hope you don't run into too much traffic the day before Thanksgiving. How far of a commute do you have? We are coming from the Bay Area. I think we are going to head home early, like 4:00 a.m., the day after Thanksgiving.
Originally Posted By Stacers76 We're already prepared for massive traffic the day we leave...we might just wait til later in the morning to take off. I live in Petaluma, north bay area and it's been a million years since we've driven instead of flown down, but hopefully down it should take about 6 & 1/2 hrs..coming home, ugh who knows.
Originally Posted By oc_dean <---- native of OC/LA Day before Thanksgiving? ... Be prepared for heavy traffic.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe You are about 45 minutes farther away than we are. On a good day without traffic it takes us about 7 hours. I would plan on a little longer drive than that WITH traffic! Sorry to be a bummer, just want to give you a realistic time frame! LOL...now bear in mind, and I'm sure 4Disnee would back me up on this, I have absolutely no sense of direction! There may be a short cut that I'm not aware of, which is probably very possible! But, hey, at least I know how to get to Disneyland...that is built in radar! hehehe
Originally Posted By mickeynewe oc_dean, the day after Thanksgiving we were thinking of leaving by 4 or 5 am. Do you think that is early enough to beat traffic in the area and get over the grapevine before it gets too congested? Would love to hear any advice/input you might have! Also, what is the "latest" we should get out of town (I'll take all the sleep I can get). Thanks!
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Woohoo another northbay neighbor ) I figured in a little less time because we'll actually be leaving from San Rafael where I work...although I have about the same sense of direction and this is my first time driving it myself...SO I probably should figure in "lost" time. And I'm hoping that since we're leaving at 6pm on a Saturday night...there won't be too much traffic. The traffic coming home...ugh...I know it's going to take forever, but we have to be back here for Thanksgiving...SO oh well....lol watch, on the 22nd I'm goin to be swearing and road raging huh?! )
Originally Posted By mickeynewe LOL..even with my poor sense of directions I am on "auto-pilot" whenever we go down there. I am always the driver (since I tend to get car sick) and so I know it by heart now. We often leave from our house around 4 or 5 pm on a weekday evening and get to Disneyland somewhere between 11:00 to midnight thereabouts. I love night driving. I am dreading this next trip's drive because we are leaving at 4:00 am on Saturday morning. I will be SLEEPY! I am definitely a night owl, not a morning person! You'll have to let me know how the drive home goes, and I will do the same. I'm thinking of keeping a travel diary this time so I can do a trip report. So, who all are you going with? I've already said who we are going with. You'll know us if you run into us at Hojos. We'll be the ones with a very cute perky teenager...whose not afraid to wear her ears....a doting mom who can't help smiling and acting like a loon along with her daughter, and a hubby who just laughs and shakes his head like he just hasn't a clue what to do with the two of us! Oh, and chances are, we'll be singing and dancing happily as we go.... [ that was a warning, you may want to cover your ears ]
Originally Posted By Stacers76 lol, you guys sound like a totally cute family! I'll keep my eye out for you guys! It's just me and my fiancee...it's our 2nd trip together but last time was with my parents. SO, this should be fun! We'll be the 6'6 guy and 5'6 me...I'll be the one running toward DL dragging him, he's excited, but doesn't share the same "fanatic" status I do ;o)
Originally Posted By Stacers76 OH, I was going to say too, that great minds think alike about the travel journal....our last trip, I didn't keep one, fully intending to do a trip report, but when we got home I couldn't remember diddley! I mean I knew what we'd done, but not when etc...so this time I'm totally doing it!
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Do you think that is early enough to beat traffic in the area and get over the grapevine before it gets too congested? << Well ... I haven't traveled the "grapevine" portion of the 5 in years ... but lets put it this way.... Rush hour around here sets in pretty heavy by 7:30am .. and stays that way ... up until around 11am. Got a short window of time .. and by 2 .. Rush Hour to get home sets in. I'm not sure where it starts to get heavy. Magic Mountain/Valencia area? Or once you hit the San Fernando Valley? Not sure. But I can tell you at the 134/5 juncture .. It's SOLID right into Downtown .. 6 miles away. If you want to avoid traffic ... just be sure to hit the OC/LA county line by 7:30am ... to avoid the worst of LA City traffic.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Thank you, thank you for the heads up, oc_dean! Aw, congrats Stacers76! I remember those days of being engaged, and now it is 19 years later. Gosh, I am gettin' old. Okay, no "gettin'" about it...I am old, but not at heart! *wink* Well, I'll be sure to look 'up' when walking around Hojos! At a mere 5' 2" I pretty much have to look up to most people, but I'll try not to crane my neck back too far to spot you and your hunny (<==yes, I spell it weird). Gosh, I envy tall people! LOL You two are going to have a fabulous time! How wonderful! I already can't wait to read your trip report!!!
