Re-jigged itinerary

Princess Ariel · 31 Mar 19, 09:45 AM

So have looked more in depth now and read some trip reports and have re-jigged our plans slightly! How does this sound to everyone?

3 nights SF (we want to do Alcatraz, Disney museum and a Dylan tour)

2 nights Yosemite

1 night Monterey (will probably only do 17 mile drive no whale watching as DS hates boats and gets extremely sea sick!)

3 nights LA (WB tour, WOF, Griffith observatory and Santa Monica/Venice beach)

3 nights San Diego (zoo and sea world, maybe a hop on hop off tour)

2 nights Anaheim (Disney obviously lol)

How does this sound? Does anyone have any other recommendations or suggestions of must do’s or anything? I have honestly changed our itinerary so many times over the past few weeks lol 😂 there’s just so much to see and do!

400ixl · 31 Mar 19, 11:12 AM

Trying to fit too many locations into 2 weeks IMO.

Monterrey to LA is one day will mean a very long day without much time to stop and do things.

How are you doing Disney, as if you go the night before after leaving San Diego and the do one night and Disney the next day, the next night and then following day will only be partial if you then have to go and get a flight. I'd want 2 full days minimum there really.

Doing NoCal and SoCal in the same trip if only 2 weeks is too much IMO. Save San Diego for another trip. Or cut something else if that is important to do this time.

Princess Ariel · 31 Mar 19, 01:09 PM

Thank you, I’m now looking at adding a night in Santa Barbara to break up the drive from Monterey to LA and adding in another night in Anaheim and perhaps an extra night in Monterey or San Diego so doing 17 nights instead of 14 lol 😂

jdouds · 31 Mar 19, 04:01 PM

Sounds good , don't rule out whale watching. Sanctuary cruises who we have gone with twice have wrist band that you can hire which pulsate and stops the motion sickness

mrblack · 31 Mar 19, 10:52 PM

17 nights sounds better, but easily doable in 14 nights. I'm not fussed about whale watching either. I did really enjoy the aquarium in Monterey though. We did one of the tours, feeding frenzy I think and still spent at least 5 hours there during normal opening hours.

Our 17 night trip was something like:
2n SF
2n Yosemite
3n Monterey
1n Pismo Beach
2n Santa Barbara
2n Huntington Beach
3n Anaheim
2n Santa Monica

We are 2 adults though, with children it may be different. We only have 1 driver so that's not shared.

**Sandraoh40** · 31 Mar 19, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by jdouds

Sounds good , don't rule out whale watching. Sanctuary cruises who we have gone with twice have wrist band that you can hire which pulsate and stops the motion sickness

I have to agree with this. My dh gets very travel sick and I bought him tablets to take. He was fine and the experience was just amazing.

**Tink 45** · 31 Mar 19, 11:00 PM

Personally, after doing a trip in California, I wouldn’t spend 3 days in LA. We spent 1 night and 1 full day and saw everything we wanted to, including a quick trip to Universal Studios!
We did fly in from Las Vegas then drove LA to San Fran which was superb xx

31 Mar 19, 11:12 AM	#2
	31 Mar 19, 11:12 AM 400ixl Imagineer
400ixl Imagineer Join Date: Mar 12	Trying to fit too many locations into 2 weeks IMO. Monterrey to LA is one day will mean a very long day without much time to stop and do things. How are you doing Disney, as if you go the night before after leaving San Diego and the do one night and Disney the next day, the next night and then following day will only be partial if you then have to go and get a flight. I'd want 2 full days minimum there really. Doing NoCal and SoCal in the same trip if only 2 weeks is too much IMO. Save San Diego for another trip. Or cut something else if that is important to do this time.

31 Mar 19, 10:52 PM	#5
	31 Mar 19, 10:52 PM mrblack a Friend of the DIBB
mrblack a Friend of the DIBB Join Date: May 18	17 nights sounds better, but easily doable in 14 nights. I'm not fussed about whale watching either. I did really enjoy the aquarium in Monterey though. We did one of the tours, feeding frenzy I think and still spent at least 5 hours there during normal opening hours. Our 17 night trip was something like: 2n SF 2n Yosemite 3n Monterey 1n Pismo Beach 2n Santa Barbara 2n Huntington Beach 3n Anaheim 2n Santa Monica We are 2 adults though, with children it may be different. We only have 1 driver so that's not shared.