Rob doing Disney at Thanksgiving

What date are you here?

 

Your choices are fine Rob

Do a organized tour for sure they are fun, I live here and still enjoy them with visitors to town.

See if you can hot one of the CC events sunday am

 

Hollywood's kinda spread-out for uber unless you rent one for the day. Or maybe uber to Universal/City-walk and do a day of that? Or carry-on going passed Hollywood and give the karts at Willow Springs the bidness?

 

Rob, you can check out the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA
https://www.petersen.org/exhibitions/

 

I have a friend who is a member. But we’re in Orlando. I’ll ask about California access.


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Hey, if you're in the Hollywood area, immediately adjacent is Los Feliz. There, you'll find Griffith Park has healthy hiking trails & if you go off the beaten path, you can come back smelling like sage.

"The pheasants are beneath me." - SoCal to az
"I have very few pet peeves in life . . . " - PeterS
"Change is inedible" - fc2

 

I got family there so I go regularly.

Petersen Auto museum
Bestia restaurant (Dinner)
Grammy museum
Bottega Louie restaurant (Lunch)
Hike Runyon canyon
The old Observitory
Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock house

Hollywood: Just uber to Chinese theater and walk around. It won’t take long to loop around the street. You can also see Kimmel there. If you feel like catching a movie it’s cool experience to see a movie in the ArchLight Hollywood theater. That location is historic. Usually they have movie props in the lobby.

 

The real Hollywood isn’t a great idea for kids imo. If she wants to see where movies are really made, that would be Burbank. Universal Studios is great and I beleve Warner Bros. Studios has a tour. Going to a show taping is a lot of fun as well and free.

 

Also The Last Bookstore is cool.
And Joan’s On 3rd is good for breakfast / lunch.

 

Rob besides this there’s also the Marconi Automotive Museum in Orange County: https://marconimuseum.org/requestproposal/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3KzdBRDWARIsAIJ8TMRfS2zYaYkvBJoz-f9tSIVlVM4_wlGhY-encewpCHEZveY3iCH7YwoaAs8sEALw_wcB

 

How old is your daughter Rob? I was thinking LEGO Land is supposed to be fun or Queen Mary in Long Beach.

 

12?!? Time flies!

"The pheasants are beneath me." - SoCal to az
"I have very few pet peeves in life . . . " - PeterS
"Change is inedible" - fc2

 

+ 1
I did similar Hollywood day tour with my goddaughter, her sister and their mother visiting from Europe few years ago.
Girls were about 15 & 13 at the time and seem to have enjoyed that approach enormously.
Santa Monica/Venice Beaches were to their preferred choice, probably due to familiarity through Movies and TV.

 

If the weather is good bike ride the strand in Redondo Beach. It could be mid 60's to low 70's. Locals are off the beach but it could be very nice and you would have it nearly to yourself. You could fly kites and not hit anyone.

https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/air-space/space-shuttle-endeavour
The shuttle is still here...

https://oc.discoverycube.org/
Close to disney!

http://griffithobservatory.org/

And night hikes! https://angeles.sierraclub.org/griffith_park/evening_hikes

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/

For Hollywood:
https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/kids-guide-hollywood

Tip: Do not eat any BBQ while you are here regardless of who tells you. It sucks!

 

Disneyland is still cool. Anaheim is not.

 

California Adventures is also nice.

 

Lunch is definitely worth it. For dinner you need to have pants and proper attire. Which would be fine, but you don't want to schlep all that around with you. Not to mention the food at Disneyland is awful . If you can't get Club 33, then Blue Bayou is the next best. The reservations book up fast. In the fact that maybe I can pull it off.... How many in your party?

Also skip Hollywood, it's a big let down. I can say this because I was born there and I still work there

I'd probably stay in Newport Beach

 

Definitely do California Adventure. The Cars ride is classic Disney. Arrive at the park early and immediately get your Fastpass for the Cars ride. (If you are staying at the resort, you can get in early so it will not be an issue) It gets very busy.

 

Yeah, you have to do the Park Hopper to have both parks at D'Land. "Doing" Hollywood though? It's not like there's one specific solution for doing Hollywood.

Star's Homes tours aren't horrible. Breakfast on Sunset Plaza (BONUS for you if you're there the weekend of the monthly car show) Walking on Rodeo Dr, Malibu Country Mart and a drive up there, seeing places that were in movies are all good things to do. Universal Studios Tour is fun too, if having already done D'Land doesn't burn everyone out on crowds and lines. I highly recommend the VIP pass at Universal though so you can skip a lot of the drama.