Pre-Trip We can't go back to WDW yet... So Disneyland here we come!

I'M BACKKKK!!! Or should i say we ;)

This is a DISNEYLAND pre-trip, hope y'all dont mind! I will be posting a WDW pre-trip in the future as well but i better wait until we can actually book a room, its still really far out!

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If i had things my way, in a couple days/weeks i would be booking a trip back to the world for our anniversary in September. I miss the world so terribly i find myself on this site more and more each day. Dreaming about restaurants I've never been to, riding splash mountain and waking up in the Florida sunshine :):) Billy misses it too but he doesn't have that same uhhh... well addiction.

When i brought up going to DisneyWorld this year, it was shot down real quick. "I want to go somewhere tropical" Well i guess this is a partnership and Billy deserves his say in the vacations we take too;) So we have made a deal that each year we will switch off picking where to go. Y'all already know i'm picking WDW every time!

We are going to the Caribbean this year, which is cool! but its not WDW... Its not even Disney... I had to think of another way. Our friends helped me out with this one by going to Disneyland earlier this year. They said we just HAD to go before we went back to WDW. I have also wanted to see Disney decorated at Christmas for as long as i can remember. Our anniversary being in September that wouldn't happen in WDW anytime soon...It was going to be now or like forever... so i got to work on planning! I totally planned and booked all of this without billys knowledge and then just sprang it on him! He was thrilled with it though and...

WERE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!!

When: November 13th-18th
Staying in Manhattan Beach for 2 nights and in Anaheim for 3 nights.

Who: Me and my numbero uno!

Why: Because i am Disney obsessed and cant wait till September 2017 to see Mickey.

As excited i am to go to Disneyland the planning has just not been as exciting for me, i have literally nothing planned except transportation, hotel and dates. We will be staying at the Best Western Stovall inn when at Disneyland, it seemed pretty average and has free breakfast.

Have not bought tickets for the park yet but i'm thinking 3 day park hopper! Do you think 3 days is enough?? I feel like Disneyland seems busier than Disneyworld since its so much more compact. Maybe its just my imagination!

I would love recommendations on anything Disneyland/LA as we have both never been to the area! Oh we are driving, all the way from Portland so this will be a road trip!! Stops along the way are appreciated too :)






P.s. We have tentative dates for our next WDW trip.. :D:D:D:D:D We have both agreed a week is not enough and will be going for 10 days next time. We are thinking September 17th-27th 2017, hoping we can catch the beginning of food and wine again. I am thinking we will stay in a moderate this time too. Riverside possibly? I've always wanted to stay there! Or maybe Coronado springs, as i am kind of falling in love with it from pictures. Billy is super cool with a value again but id like something nicer since we would be staying so many days. Is it crazy i'm already starting to plan? Im hoping i can book the hotel by July :p
 
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Doc Disney

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Curious if you have any recommendations on quick service? :)

Actually the only quick service we ate at was Earl of Sandwich :facepalm:
We attempted to eat at Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta but the pizza was so expensive we ended up at the sit down pizza place (Naples) in Downtown Disney!
I have heard good things about Bengal BBQ, the French Market Cafe and Flo's V8 Cafe though!
 

Ciara

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Original Poster
Actually the only quick service we ate at was Earl of Sandwich :facepalm:
We attempted to eat at Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta but the pizza was so expensive we ended up at the sit down pizza place (Naples) in Downtown Disney!
I have heard good things about Bengal BBQ, the French Market Cafe and Flo's V8 Cafe though!

Perfect! Those 3 happen to have made my list :):)
 

Ciara

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Not that anyone was anxiously awaiting this Disneyland TR but i just wanted to note that this trip is not happening... This year! :(

We did a bit of other travel this year and now I have like zero time off left, Billy is in retail management and is unable to take much time off due to being swamped with Christmas. I still am dying to see Disneyland at Christmas and at this point our only trip next year is to WDW, so our plan as of now is to do coast-coast disney. 10 days in wdw in late September and 3-4 days in DL in early November. Hopefully all works out :) If you feel like following along, i will post all plans in this PTR http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-well-planned-family-affair.914870/. Probably wont be doing much updating until after February (when i can start booking ADR's and getting a better idea of park hours)

Thanks everyone :D
 

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