By traveltripz on Apr 25, 2008 in Disneyland, USA, Featured | 0 Comments
On Wednesday 9th April, we arrived in Anaheim from Vancouver for the final leg of our holiday. We have been away from Australia since 20 February and have managed to fit in so many great sights and visits and now we are at Disneyland. This is a smaller theme park than the Disney World theme […]
By traveltripz on Apr 14, 2008 in Disneyland, USA, Travel Tips, Featured | 2 Comments
Some of the rides at Disneyland are so popular that the regular queue can have a waiting time of up to 100 minutes. Waiting in long lines means you have less time to spend on other activities that you may want to see. So make sure you take advantage of Disney’s FASTPASS to cut down your […]
By traveltripz on Apr 14, 2008 in Disneyland, USA, Travel Tips | 0 Comments
We arrived late last Wednesday night so it was too late to go over to Disneyland, however we were up bright and early the next morning. Breakfast was taken in the hotel, nothing special, couple of eggs and 2 slices of bacon with toast.
Before you head off to the Disneyland park check if your hotel […]
By traveltripz on Apr 9, 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, Hotel Reviews | 0 Comments
After our stay at the Holiday Inn Burnaby for the Stargate convention we moved to downtown Vancouver for a couple of days. Since we have had great stays at all of the Holiday Inns we have stayed in so far, we decided to stay at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Vancouver Downtown at 1110 Howe […]
By traveltripz on Apr 6, 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, Entertainment Reviews | 0 Comments
This week we attended the Stargate Convention in Burnaby, Vancouver. We purchased the Preferred Weekend Package for the event which wasn’t as good as the Gold Package but unfortunately it was a last minute idea to attend and the Gold tickets were sold out. The Preferred Package got us a reserved ticket (albeit down the […]
By traveltripz on Apr 2, 2008 in Vancouver, Canada | 1 Comment
While we were attending the Stargate convention in Vancouver we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Burnaby. We had tried to book into the Hilton Hotel which is where the convention was being held but it was booked out.
Fortunately, the Holiday Inn is within a few minutes walk to the Hilton so it still worked […]
By traveltripz on Apr 2, 2008 in Vancouver, Canada | 0 Comments
After leaving San Diego to head to Vancouver for the Stargate Convention, we learned one valuable lesson, pack something to eat on the plane as they only serve drinks.
We arrive at Vancouver airport and decide to take a limousine to the hotel, mainly because it is only slightly dearer than a taxi and if we […]
By traveltripz on Mar 31, 2008 in San Diego, USA | 0 Comments
Today we are catching up with some friends from Australia at the San Diego zoo at 10am in front of the Panda cage.
Leon and Simone are on their honeymoon and they have been travelling around California for the past three weeks, just as we have, but today is the first opportunity we have had to […]
By traveltripz on Mar 30, 2008 in San Diego | 1 Comment
Today there is a street fair in Rolando St which is only a couple of minutes from the Best Western Hotel in El Cajon Blvd.
We head down the road at about 10am and not all the stall holders have set up as yet. After strolling down through the rides and stalls we go up the […]
By traveltripz on Mar 29, 2008 in San Diego, USA | 2 Comments
After reading some of the reviews on the internet about Tijuana we have decided against going there today and instead we went into the Gas Lamp district to have a look around.
Now that we have worked out the bus system, we caught the No. 1 bus right across the road from the hotel and this […]
