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Disneyland California and West Coast Trip Planning Disneyland California and West Coast Holiday Planning Questions, Suggestions and Tips. |
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13 Aug 19, 01:54 PM |
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Join Date: Mar 11
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Location is maybe not convenient for you but we got the Hilton by the airport in SF for £80 a night. We are only staying in it for one night though so wont be going back and forward to it.
Plenty hotels in between SF and LA for around £60 a night. San Diego we got a nice hotel for £200 for two nights and at Anaheim we got the Fairfield in for £440 for 5 nights. Downtown SF is extortionate, as are Disney hotels. |
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13 Aug 19, 02:23 PM |
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We had a 14 night trip in June which started as a BA "bargain" fly drive at £2,300 for family of 4 (DDs 18 and 20) (EDI-LHR-LAX with Group F SUV).
Trip involved Anaheim - SF - via PCH, SF - Anaheim via Yosemite, - Anaheim - West LA, staying in moderate hotels and moderate dining options. Having totalled up all expenditure, which included four day DL hopper, 1 day US, hotels, food, Alcatraz, baseball, fuel, shopping and make up shopping, transport, parking, flights and car hire it came to £9,100. This probably equates to a similar cost to our two week onsite stay at WDW Found everything to be a lot more expensive than Florida, gas $4 per gallon, sales tax 10%. However, had a great time and have decided to book a return in February, albeit only for two of us and only a week. This time to visit Palm Springs, LAs Vegas and Grand Canyon |
13 Aug 19, 04:00 PM |
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Join Date: Mar 13
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13 Aug 19, 04:03 PM |
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Join Date: Mar 13
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13 Aug 19, 04:21 PM |
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Join Date: May 17
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If Florida usually costs you £5500 then the WC won’t bankrupt you! I would say 6K would get you a great holiday. Return flights from the same airport will be cheaper than flying into one and out of the other. A return to LAX is usually around £400-450 but can be less if you get a good deal on a BA fly drive and others here have reported fares under £400 with Thomas Cook and Air New Zealand.
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15 Aug 19, 03:44 PM |
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Join Date: May 14
Location: Kent
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When we went to SF, Monterey, LA, Vegas and San Diego we booked all of our hotels on booking.com, and they ranged from £80 a night to about £150 a night.
We made sure the hotels all came with free parking so we didn't have extra fees on top.
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15 Aug 19, 04:08 PM |
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I go to the west coast every year , twice this year and it doesn’t have to be expensive
Food wise the chains don’t differ much in price to Florida , and you can eat in In N Out burger for a family of 4 for $24 .. Hotels shop around , in somewhere like Anaheim you can find decent hotels not to expensive Flights I find cheaper than going to Florida |
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18 Aug 19, 07:52 AM |
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Join Date: Mar 13
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19 Aug 19, 11:29 PM |
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Mrs Toolman.
I have tried to send you a personal message. Unfortunately your mailboxes are full and you cannot receive it... It may be of assistance to you. As regards W Coast, it really is a swings and roundabouts thing and it must be born in mind that Orlando has some of the best value accommodation in the USA, due possibly to oversupply. I have visited NY, Washington, Boston, Dayton, Several Gulf Coast, Keys, Pensacola, Destin, San Francisco, Monterey, La San Diego etc etc. All were markedly more expensive than Orlando. Plusses of W Coast budgeting. 1. I find flights in School Hols much cheaper, even multi cities such as in to SFO and out of LAX etc.. by hundreds PP. As an example, I am flying into SFO and out of Vancouver next Easter hols, direct with BA at £395pp. 2. You will not be investing so heavily on Theme Park and other Attraction tickets. 3. You do not need a car for the SFO part of a W Coast vacation and it is generally first or last destination. You either dump on arrival if flying home from there or pick up as you leave if it is your first destination. I have also found cars cheaper per day. 4. You wont be paying extortionate amounts to park your car in theme parks every day (10 or more x $27 hurts). You will pay much more than that if unwise enough to have a car in SFO. Our 3 star in Union Sq SFO would have wanted $75 per day. Minusses of W Coast budgeting. 1. Accommodation is generally hotels or BNB on short stays and can be expensive. 2. Food in Restaurants costs more, although many of the chains with which you are familiar are in evidence. I always search for Hotels with complimentary breakfast. 3. You will buy much more petrol and it costs a little more. Overall, I do not think I paid more for my California Road trip last Easter than I would have paid to be in Orlando. You just have to research everything thoroughly, take the advice of other DIBBERS and enjoy! You can see how we got on if you read my single thread trip report, 'California N to South at Easter'.
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20 Aug 19, 05:49 PM |
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Join Date: Mar 09
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Thanks for all the advices. I think k I’m gooimvbtk look at flights first when they come out and take it from there. Reading some trippievreport it was like $200 a night accommodation hence why I panicked slightly 🙄🙄. All the posts above put my mind at rest. We spend about £1000 + on park tickets alone in Florida so that’s money that can be attributed to something else instead. Probably also not going to get a car for SF and only pick up when we leave,
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