West Coast Virgin - New itinerary #36

[Frankie & gang]

Originally Posted by Hooray4Disney

Hi there,

Did you drive to the Grand Canyon from Vegas? Is it doable in a day? Not sure yet, how to plan this one.

Lots of people recommend Dylan’s Tours - thanks - will have a look at this. Will the DSs 19 and 17 enjoy this?

Alcatraz night tour - thanks for the recommendation- hoping to book this too!

Thanks,

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We did the Dylan’s tour last year, it included Muir Woods with DS 19& DD17 - we all loved it. If you can do it on your first day in SF it helps with orientation of the fab city. Our tour I think was the “famous tour”
When you book Alcatraz make sure you use the official site (alcatrazcruises.com) tickets are on sale 90 days before & sell out quickly.
Your plan looks great x

[Hooray4Disney]

Originally Posted by daytonababe

Depends which rim.

The West Rim is only 2.5 hrs each way so easily done in a day even with a stop at the Hoover Dam.

South Rim is 4-4.5 hrs each way so a much longer day.

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This is really helpful - thank you.

I’ve just had a look at both rims and feel rather silly that I did not know that there were two to visit. I think the West Rim will be fantastic.

For Las Vegas, DSs will be 19 and 17 - what would you recommend that we do please? I know you are quite an expert and would appreciate your advice.

[Frankie & gang]

Originally Posted by Hooray4Disney

Hi,
Thought I would update you all with our new plan - thank you for contributing - I appreciated all the comments and it made us re-evaluate what we wanted from our holiday.

We are now flying into Las Vegas.

6 nights - Las Vegas
Flying to Salt Lake City
1 night - Salt Lake City
3 nights - Yellowstone
Flying to - San Francisco
3 nights - San Francisco
4 nights - Yosemite
Fly home from SFO

I haven’t booked any passes, tours or anything else yet - things to do would be greatly appreciated.

I know my DSs will want to do some exploring and trails - hence the visits to Yellowstone and Yosemite.

We will visit Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon during the stay in Vegas.

It’s changed quite a lot!

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If possible try to book 1 or 2 nights whilst you are LV to go & stay in the Grand Canyon (south rim) It’s a good 4 hr drive from LV, if you stay overnight you can see sunset / sunrise or if possible both. We stayed at Kachina Lodge, was better than I expected for a “lodge”, 1 minute walk from the rim! Rooms book quickly (open bookings 1 year in advance) I think it’s booked through Xantera
We had 3 nights LV - more than enough for us!

[dozy]

i was going to suggest to fly to vegas and
do Grand canyon by helicopter - then fly to SLC and hire a car

[jdouds]

Hi for yosemite would suggest valley floor tour on arrival , good for bearing and a little history. Also glacier point and walk up vernal falls and of course tioga pass. We are doing yellowstone in July , going via a small airport called Bozeman . We are doing a couple of guided tours. After there we are driving to Lake Tahoe with a stop at twin fall to break the journey