I have one word when it comes to Universal Studios Hollywood. Small. I was surprised at how small it was. I knew it wasn’t even close to the size of Universal Studios Orlando (especially now that it also has Islands of Adventure)…but it was pretty small. We still managed to have a fun day though. [...]

I was really looking forward to going to California Adventure. It was a NEW Disney park for me! I had been to all of the ones in Orlando before, and Disneyland wasn’t really “new” to me since I had seen much of it at the Magic Kingdom, but California Adventure was mostly new (minus some [...]

Let me preface this by saying that I live on the East Coast. Because of this, I had never been to Disneyland before last week, but have been to Walt Disney World many times over the years. So any comments I have to make will obviously be biased on the fact that I am much [...]

Once we got our car, the first place we went to was our hotel, so we could check in. After a LOT of research on where to stay, we decided on the Howard Johnson Anaheim hotel. Why? Here are our reasons: Reviews – All of the reviews I read (on both TripAdvisor as well as [...]

This is a picture of the car we rented for the week. We ended up getting it through Advantage Rent-A-Car, but got the best price by using Kayak. I had checked out a bunch of different websites, and Kayak gave me the best price. It was easy to get the free shuttle from LAX to [...]

We’re back from our 8-Day Southern California Vacation. It was a lot of fun, but we both ended up getting a cold towards the end of the trip, so I’m sorry if the trip report comes a little slowly. We had a great time though, and loved the warmer weather. Now we’re back in the [...]

While looking for things to do and see in between Los Angeles and San Diego, I came across something very cool for people who love flowers. The Flower Fields is in Carlsbad, California, and isn’t far from Legoland. It is exactly as the name states – a field of flowers. It looks incredible though, and [...]

If you’re visiting both Los Angeles and San Diego in an upcoming trip to California, you might be interested in getting the Southern California CityPass. It’s a pass that will get you into the following: 3-Day Disneyland Resort Park Hopper 1-Day ticket to Universal Studios Hollywood 1-Day ticket to SeaWorld 1-Day ticket to your choice [...]

We’re planning a trip to Southern California. Since I have never been there, and my husband hasn’t since he was a kid, we really have a lot of research to do! To help others out, over the next few days (and probably weeks), I’ll be posting some cool things I find that will hopefully help [...]