LA trip
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Guys, Me and my wife are planning for a 3 day trip to LA on 2nd week of Decemeber.Usual places to visit like kodak theatre, Universal studios, walk of fame, Disneyland( may be). Is there is anything special which I should see and anything which I should avoid. Also can anyone suggest good hotel near these area. I have only one restriction, I cannot have rental car and drive because my wife does not want me to drive in LA. She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.:sigh: Any suggestion is helpful
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
super wrote:
She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle. Any suggestion is helpful
Go drive in Boston first. Or Dallas both are worse.
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super wrote:
I have only one restriction, I cannot have rental car and drive because my wife does not want me to drive in LA. She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.
:laugh: It's a rental car, get extra insurance and keep in mind that where others see danger, some see excitement. ;)
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The Hollywood Wax Museum was way cooler than expected. Universal Studios - bah. I was keen to see it, but we couldn't go because of some stupid Halloween thing they had on. The travelodge near the airport was acceptable for the price, hardly world class, but a place to sleep ( and work in my case ), at a good price. I doubt I'd take my wife there tho, it's hardly the setting for romance. Seattle is surely more dangerous, given that traffic there actually moves...
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Christian Graus wrote:
The Hollywood Wax Museum was way cooler than expected.
I really wanted to see a Wax museum.I have never visited once any wax museum.
Christian Graus wrote:
Seattle is surely more dangerous, given that traffic there actually moves...
Not to dis-respect any other cities, I find people here more patient with newbie driver or atleast not in a hurry
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super wrote:
She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.
:laugh: Give me LA traffic anyday, these folks in Dallas are insane.
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You will need a car. Trust me on this one. Driving in any large city is dangerous, but at least in LA you won't often break 35 MPH because the traffic is so heavy. ;) The K**** theater (corporate name removed unless they pay me to advertise for them), Walk of Fame, and the famous theaters like the Chinese are all in the same two-block area of Hollywood Blvd, so those are easy to get to. The newly-reopened Griffith Observatory is a short drive away (see my blog for pics), and Universal is also pretty close. Disneyland is a long drive down to Anaheim. Just off the top of my head (without checking hotel prices) I would recommend staying near Disneyland, and taking a 1-day trip up to the Hollywood area. Something like this: Make a shuttle reservation for Griffith at their web site[^]. Do this as soon as you know what day you'll be in LA, and get a late-afternoon time slot. Go to Universal first, get there when they open. After that, drive over to the Hollywood/Highland shopping center, park there, and see the sites in that area. Grab some food watch the whackyness out in front of the Chinese theater. Take the shuttle up to Griffith, plan for about 3 hours to go through the whole thing and see their two shows. When you're done there, take the shuttle back to Hollywood/Highland. H&H is a far different experience at night. If you're into ships, there is the Queen Mary in Long Beach. They also have a Russian sub on display there, which I thought was pretty neat.
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Guys, Me and my wife are planning for a 3 day trip to LA on 2nd week of Decemeber.Usual places to visit like kodak theatre, Universal studios, walk of fame, Disneyland( may be). Is there is anything special which I should see and anything which I should avoid. Also can anyone suggest good hotel near these area. I have only one restriction, I cannot have rental car and drive because my wife does not want me to drive in LA. She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.:sigh: Any suggestion is helpful
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Someone suggested this hotel. Hotel Roosevelt[^] Looks good and its in centre of all the inportant places
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
The problem is that the city of Hollywood, aside from the Hollywood/Highland area, is a dump. I don't know if staying there would be that enjoyable. Once you see H&H, there isn't a whole lot else to do in Hollywood. I'd rather get a hotel near the ocean in a nicer area (near Santa Monica would be good, there are no problems walking around there). At least if you stay near Disneyland, you can spend a whole day in the park and not have to worry about driving back to your hotel at night when you're tired. In fact, the hotels that are right next to the park have monorails that will take you right to the park entrance.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
The newly-reopened Griffith Observatory is a short drive away
They opened it just after I left ? ARGH !!!
Michael Dunn wrote:
and Universal is also pretty close
*sigh*
Michael Dunn wrote:
Disneyland is a long drive down to Anaheim.
I've been told it's better to leave this and just go for the Florida one ?
Michael Dunn wrote:
watch the whackyness out in front of the Chinese theater
Did I tell you that the blurb on that pamphlet I took from those street preachers was mostly 9/11 conspiracy theories ?
Michael Dunn wrote:
They also have a Russian sub on display there
Yeah, that was awesome.
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Yeah, Griffith reopened on Friday. :( I've never gone to Disneyworld (in Florida), but since I don't like roller coasters and the other stuff seems to be more kid-oriented, I don't know if I'd like it any more than Disneyland. I have a personal rule not to look at stuff random people on the street hand out. :~
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Guys, Me and my wife are planning for a 3 day trip to LA on 2nd week of Decemeber.Usual places to visit like kodak theatre, Universal studios, walk of fame, Disneyland( may be). Is there is anything special which I should see and anything which I should avoid. Also can anyone suggest good hotel near these area. I have only one restriction, I cannot have rental car and drive because my wife does not want me to drive in LA. She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.:sigh: Any suggestion is helpful
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Whatever else you do, you have to visit Venice Beach[^]. :cool:
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Guys, Me and my wife are planning for a 3 day trip to LA on 2nd week of Decemeber.Usual places to visit like kodak theatre, Universal studios, walk of fame, Disneyland( may be). Is there is anything special which I should see and anything which I should avoid. Also can anyone suggest good hotel near these area. I have only one restriction, I cannot have rental car and drive because my wife does not want me to drive in LA. She feels driving in LA is dangerous compared to Seattle.:sigh: Any suggestion is helpful
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I'm not a travelling guru, and definitely not widely travelled, so take all this with the suitably large mound of salt :) Personally I would skip the walk of fame. It was drab, and I found it boring (I'm not much of a tv or movie person). But one thing I loved, and would consider mandatory for anyone visting was the Getty centre (http://www.getty.edu/museum/. It was amazing. Beautiful architecture. I got to se the sprawling grey concrete mass that is LA from a distance, and the art. Illuminated manuscripts, scrulpture, it was stunning. But the most amazing experience was seeing original Rembrandts. It still makes my skin go all goose pimply thinking about it. I also really enjoyed just walking around the fashion district. It was an great experience for me because: - Where I live there is 60000 people. - Everyone here speaks english - Our city isn't organise into districts. I got to talk and meet some interesting people, and seeing the accets and wide variety of people was very cool. So in summary - skip the stuff you see on TV, and go for the things you don't. - Phil
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Yeah, Griffith reopened on Friday. :( I've never gone to Disneyworld (in Florida), but since I don't like roller coasters and the other stuff seems to be more kid-oriented, I don't know if I'd like it any more than Disneyland. I have a personal rule not to look at stuff random people on the street hand out. :~
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Michael Dunn wrote:
but since I don't like roller coasters and the other stuff seems to be more kid-oriented,
I dunno - there's lots of other, non roller coaster rides that were super cool. The only place that's super kid oriented is Magic Kingdom, but that's still worth seeing, at least I thought so.
Michael Dunn wrote:
Yeah, Griffith reopened on Friday
OK, so Griffith and Universal for my next trip ? :P
Michael Dunn wrote:
I have a personal rule not to look at stuff random people on the street hand out
I found it in my luggage while packing in Toronto. It's very funny stuff. I'm glad I didn't read it at the time, I may not have been able to hold myself back.
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