Comments on: Friday’s Five Things I Learned At Disney Land

By: Crystal beutler

Crystal beutler — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:27:48 +0000

Hey! Responding to your note on my blog. I didn’t get this response from you! Man I should have looked my comment over before hitting send. I sound like an idiot! I do need to get back to blogging. It’s been a looooong time. I spoke in church today about the importance of keeping records and it made me feel guilty that I haven’t written a thing for I’ve 2 years!

By: Shan

Shan — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:53 +0000

Well, Crystal you have definitely reminded me about perspective. You are so right, we do live in a place where there aren’t crowds and traffic. I guess this city girl has become a small town girl…that makes me want to throw up. Honestly, I was comparing the crowd level to that of the crowd level at Disney World. I probably shouldn’t do that since Disney World had 4 parks instead of 2. You are right, snacks and games might have made it a little more bearable.

About Jessie…she MIGHT remember us as my daughter gave her a Valentine. Ask her if she remembers us…that would be cool!

I’m sad I didn’t get to hang out with you as well. However, I am sure we will in the future! 😀 xo

By: sheri nelson

sheri nelson — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 06:48:28 +0000

Thanks Shannon! I will look at that website. I did find a 2 bedroom suite that’s about a mile from disney and they have free hotel parking and free shuttle, with free breakfast and free dinner m-th, so that will be nice. how much were lunches when you were in the park? around 6-10$ without drinks? that’s what I’m thinking….. yes we are driving, it’s only 9-10 hours and we are used to going 7-8 hours for arizona/lake powell. I just couldn’t believe how much tickets are! we think we might also take the drive and go to sea world since our kids have never been their either, so I was looking into the city pass that they have. but I’ll go to that website and check their prices for tickets. our tickets cost more than a 5 night stay at the suite I found! crazy.

By: Crystal beutler

Crystal beutler — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:30:01 +0000

Loved this. I so wish they would have had those beauty parlor experiences wheny kids were little. It looks like something they would have loved.

Mom amazed at how different the Disney experience is for someone who doesn’t live their life in traffic or crowds. We are so used to those long lines we go crazy if we hit a day when No one is around. They are rare. you have to arm yourself with lots of snacks and games to make it a little more bearable. Going back to the hotel in the middle of the day for a nap or a swim also helps.

One our close family friends works t the Disney and is the Jessie character. I bet you met her!!

Sad I didn’t get to hang with you friend. Next time.

By: Shan

Shan — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:31:24 +0000

I bought our tickets through cheaptickets.com…I think. Go to mousesavers.com. That’s where I initially found our deal. It was a 3 day park hopper with the 4th day being free. Here’s my suggestions…don’t get a park hopper. You really don’t need it. We spent a full day at Disney Land the first day. The second day we spent all day at California Adventure. We didn’t use the park hopper until the 3rd and 4th days and even then we kind of made our selves use them since we bought them. I definitely don’t think you need a 5 day ticket. You probably could get away with 2 days if it’s not super busy during September. Otherwise, I suggest buying the non hopper 4 day tickets. Make sure you make reservations for restaurants NOW, if you want to go to a sit down and be waited on place. I don’t know if you ever got the Southwest Airlines Visa, but we were able to fly there, the four of us for free. (Technically we had to pay a $10 government tax per person, but $40 is practically nothing compared to $1,600) Y’all might just drive since it’s not as far away for you as it is for us. We stayed at a Hyatt Hotel using our gold passport points from our timeshare. Doing this, we only had to pay for 2 of the 5 nights we stayed there. Our hotel was 7 miles away, but it seemed to take a long time to get to the parks because of traffic. We didn’t even take the highway because someone told J that it would be a parking lot. Looking back, I wish we would have stayed at a hotel CLOSER to the parks. Honestly, the closer the better because parking is $16 a day and it takes about 20-30 minutes just to park once you get to the parking garage. If you can find a hotel where you could possibly walk to the parks, I highly recommend that. I think we would have saved money in the long run if we would have just took a taxi or shuttle to a close hotel rather than renting a car and paying for parking. Plus it would have saved us time…we could have had more time to play at the parks rather than driving and waiting to park. Also, there will be LOTS of walking and standing. You will definitely need a stroller. Ask me any other questions now while it is all fresh in my mind. I’m happy y’all are going. I sure hope the week you chose isn’t as crowded as ours was…I bet the week days will always be less crowded than the weekends. I think lots of California people visit there on the weekends.

By: Sheri Nelson

Sheri Nelson — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 05:46:38 +0000

Awesome! We just booked our first Disneyland trip today for September. Did you do a 3 day hopper or 5 day? Trying to decide how long we want to stay…..