We are looking into various transportation possibilities to Disneyland. I myself have little experience outside of driving in a car. We are looking into Amtrak, the passenger train. I have never been on a train before, and have no real experience. So here are the Pros and Cons for each situation, and if any of you have an opinion or have used Amtrak, it would be greatly appriciated!!!
Going by car:
Pros: We could leave whenever, after the kids had a good night sleep in their own beds. Will take about 8 1/2 hours.
Cons: Potty training Kyra (who has in incredibily small bladder, we would have to stop quite a bit.) Kyle isn't a huge fan of the car. Karl would be driving, which is fine, but wouldn't be able to help with the kids. I HATE DRIVING ON BUSY FREEWAYS! It totally freaks me out, which isn't the best when traveling through LA traffic. We would probably take the car into a professional for a complete go over, before we left, to make sure everything looked okay..so that will cost a little bit of money.
Going by Amtrak:
Pros: Karl wouldn't have to drive. Kids could walk around the whole time. Kids could look around at the train. Karl could help with the kids. Kyra could go potty whenever she needed too. Did I mention that the kids could walk around the whole time.
Cons: We have to leave Tucson at 11 at night. It would take 1 1/2 hours longer. $50 more than the cost of gas. We would each have our own chair, but no beds. So the kids would have to sleep in our laps on the way there, but we wouldn't be going to Disneyland until the next day, so we could go to bed at 8 with the kids, and not be incredibily tired for Disneyland (On the way home we leave at like 9 in the morning, so its not a huge deal)
So those are really the 2 options. Does anyone have any thoughts on my limitied transportation knowledge? THANKS!
5 comments:
Well the only other option is the plane but I'm guessing that's way too spendy for you guys.
How would you get to disneyland once you're off the train?
Rental Car, taxi.
Tough choice.
Actually they have a shuttle from the stations to our hotel, for only $8 for our entire family!
If the train would be more relaxing, then I say, go for it. The extra $50 might be worth the piece of mind just for the potty training factor alone. Also, if there are no transportation issues once you get there, then that is another plus. You don't have to worry/pay for parking, but the walking all over might be hard on the kids....are you taking a stroller??
Disneyland sounds so fun right now! :):):)
I have taken Amtrak to California twice, despite the extra money and 1.5 hour I would recommend it. It is a fun experience to see the countryside (sometimes boring) but it is more relaxing then driving, I really enjoyed it.
The seats are bigger then train or bus seats and they laid back pretty far so it was fairly comfortable. I'm interested to hear what you guys decide!-AR
I would go on the Amtrak if I were you. I know it might be a little more expensive, but I think it will be more relaxing for all people involved. It seems like traveling that way with kids would be a whole lot easier on you and Karl. Also, when you figure in the cost of getting the car checked over and getting whatever service you needed done on it, it probably wouldn't come to that much more to take the train.But, I've always wanted to take the train, just to see what it's like, so I might be a little biased.
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