buzzrelly
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- Nov 20, 2005
I've been around these board for a long time and mostly stay on the WDW side of things. But DD and I are planning our first ever trip to DL in May and I would love some input from the experts!
This was supposed to be DD's Graduation trip last summer but we decided then to push it to this year hoping things are more back to normal. Specifically, I would love the nighttime shows to be back and if tours came back (Walk in Walt's Footsteps), that would be even better! But we're going regardless and already have our dates chosen so it is what it is at this point.
Here's what we have planned so far:
May 21, 2022-fly into LAX, landing around 10:30am. We will rent a car and check out LA for the day and have a Warner Bros. tour scheduled at 3. We booked Loews Hollywood Hotel for the night.
May 22-27, 2022-drive to DLR…return car or keep it for the week?? Haven't decided yet if we need to have a car while there.
We currently have two reservations booked: Disneyland Hotel Deluxe View…this has been a dream of mine to stay here but the price is kind of outrageous. I am a DVC member so while at WDW, I do like the deluxe resorts but I don't love the price tag that comes along with it. This is why we also have Tropicana Inn booked as an alternative. It's about half the cost to stay here but I don't know how I'll feel about staying off property. Of course, since there doesn't seem to be much benefit to staying on property I think it might be nice to save some money.
If any DLH discounts come out, even 25%, I will for sure just keep this reservation. Anyone have any knowledge of when they release DL discounts? WDW just released some this morning.
May 27-29, 2022- Back to LA for a couple nights. This is DD's request and since it's her trip, I'll go with it. I'm guessing we'd need a car again (or still, if we kept it at DLR)? This is where I'm really conflicted. Do we go back and stay at Loews Hollywood again for those two nights? Should we stay somewhere else, maybe near Santa Monica or Venice Beach? Somewhere else? I'd like to save a little money here but also not stay somewhere super sketchy or unsafe. It would probably be helpful to describe what we'd like to do these two days but I'm not even sure about that. Any input here is helpful!
May 29, 2022-we fly out of LAX to Honolulu for a week at Aulani. I'm sure I'll be posting my questions about that part over in the Aulani thread!
Thanks for reading and any advice you have!
This was supposed to be DD's Graduation trip last summer but we decided then to push it to this year hoping things are more back to normal. Specifically, I would love the nighttime shows to be back and if tours came back (Walk in Walt's Footsteps), that would be even better! But we're going regardless and already have our dates chosen so it is what it is at this point.
Here's what we have planned so far:
May 21, 2022-fly into LAX, landing around 10:30am. We will rent a car and check out LA for the day and have a Warner Bros. tour scheduled at 3. We booked Loews Hollywood Hotel for the night.
May 22-27, 2022-drive to DLR…return car or keep it for the week?? Haven't decided yet if we need to have a car while there.
We currently have two reservations booked: Disneyland Hotel Deluxe View…this has been a dream of mine to stay here but the price is kind of outrageous. I am a DVC member so while at WDW, I do like the deluxe resorts but I don't love the price tag that comes along with it. This is why we also have Tropicana Inn booked as an alternative. It's about half the cost to stay here but I don't know how I'll feel about staying off property. Of course, since there doesn't seem to be much benefit to staying on property I think it might be nice to save some money.
If any DLH discounts come out, even 25%, I will for sure just keep this reservation. Anyone have any knowledge of when they release DL discounts? WDW just released some this morning.
May 27-29, 2022- Back to LA for a couple nights. This is DD's request and since it's her trip, I'll go with it. I'm guessing we'd need a car again (or still, if we kept it at DLR)? This is where I'm really conflicted. Do we go back and stay at Loews Hollywood again for those two nights? Should we stay somewhere else, maybe near Santa Monica or Venice Beach? Somewhere else? I'd like to save a little money here but also not stay somewhere super sketchy or unsafe. It would probably be helpful to describe what we'd like to do these two days but I'm not even sure about that. Any input here is helpful!
May 29, 2022-we fly out of LAX to Honolulu for a week at Aulani. I'm sure I'll be posting my questions about that part over in the Aulani thread!
Thanks for reading and any advice you have!