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Today we just got back from a nine day trip to Laguna Beach.  You are probably thinking, "Wow this guy is lucky to take nine full days off in Laguna".  Well the truth of the matter is we were scheduled for only five days.  I was heading back to the airport and decided to see if the flight was on time and it had been cancelled.  I was actually happy, but my wallet was screaming for help.  I called the hotel and asked if they could give a discount because of the cancelled flight and we got 10% off.  The airport ...<< MORE >>

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When you consider going to either Disney Land or Disney World consider the weather.  Maybe we were not very lucky, but we went to Florida two or three times in a 15 month period.  It was so hot and muggy we went back to the hotel and closed the drapes and stayed in until after 9:00 p.m. at night.  We tried going to the mall, but it was even hot and muggy in the mall.  So I told my wife it will have to be cold before I come back.  I don't miss a thing....well maybe the hotel on the beach (Bal Harbour)  and the great pizza place at the mall across the street.

So we decided to go to Disney in California.  The negative already is that it is not as big and nice as Disney World, however when the children are under 8 or 9 it's plenty big enough to get their taste buds wet.  I actually liked it myself.  You could spend two or three days in the place, but I rushed everyone through.  I was hollered at by my mom and my wife had this look in her eye like I will live you in California and go back to Texas alone. 

Give me a break the kid is four or five and they will have more fun on the beach playing in the sand versus running around looking at the same stuffed animals.  Again, I thought it was cool to go, but taking a young child to a place like this for a couple of days is like torture to a guy I think.  Now if it was Sports, Cars or Motorcycles we could stroll along for hours and hours with zero regrets.

I did ride the roller coaster which was a blast and rode a couple rides with my girl.  I still think to this day that she didn't really get off into it that much.  We went to Los Angeles about 6 months ago and asked her if she wanted to go to Universal Studios.  I actually wanted to go see that, but she said she would rather go to the beach and play in the dirt.  So we went and played in the dirt.

Disney Land is a cool place and there are lots of things to do, buy and see.  Overall I give it a B+.  I think it might be more suited for children 9-12 and even that may be a stretch in this day and time.  Kids now would rather play video games than go bowling or do anything.  That actually sounds like me too.  I am 42 and love video games.  That's another blog folks.  Don't let me get off track.

If you go to Disney Land figure about $500 for 3 people just to get in and have a pretty good time.  I would suggest you try and get discount tickets before you come into town online or buy them at your hotel.  You could save some bucks.  Ok, I am going to stop here and tell you the real reason I rushed through Disney Land.  I actually bought the pass books for the area and saved a ton of money.  There were so many things to do and I wanted to do them all.  For instance there were discount tickets to San Diego Zoo, Knotts Farm, Sea World, Lego Land and a few more things.  Hey I am like a big kid too so I just wanted to see as much as possible in the time we were there.  I think we had 8 or 9 days to visit the orange county area then go to San Diego.  We finally settled for the San Diego Zoo and Sea World.  ***NOTE*** We were disappointed in Sea World San Diego.  The one in Texas is much better.  We were in the place maybe two or three hours and left.

So be sure to eat a good meal before you go into Disney Land.  Number one reason is the food is ok, but very expensive.  I would rather spend $50 on a real steak versus a tube steak.  There are to many places in Laguna to spend that money on  food.  Take a back pack if they let you now and put a couple Gatorades in bag and water.  I would take a couple snack bars as well for some energy.

The shirts, cups, key chains, hats, pictures and everything else they sell is reasonably priced.  I didn't thing it was to out of line, but you can go to the Disney Store in a local mall and get some of the items.  They do have unique jackets, paintings etc. so be prepared to spend, spend and spend.  I actually had more fund looking at the stuff animals and things than I did walking around.

If you are going to do more than one day at Disney Land you may want to get a hotel in the area for a couple nights.  The rates will be a little cheaper than Laguna and you will not have to make that drive back and forth.  Nice hotels and restaurants in the area will be pretty easy to find.  Check out some of the sponsored links for hotels on this site for pricing and booking.  Please come back often for updates .  I will also be posting links to other blogs I have going as well.  I will add to the blogs from time to time that I have already written so please visit me again.  If you have questions post them in the comments.  I can't promise I will email you directly, but I will do my best to answer very quickly.