I am planning on going to Anaheim June 21-28. Flying to LAX. 4 adults and 3 kids ages (11, 6 and 4). Plan on doing the following Disneyland, LEGOland, Sea World, Beach, Angels vs. Mariners on Wednesday. Any ideas/ itineriaries that could help me out. I' ve read several on here and all help is greatly appreciated!

Wow, this is a lot to do in 7 days and with kids may be pushing it. I live in Orange County so can tell you the following. Best airport to fly into if not too late to change is SNA (John Wayne). Much easier access, etc. From LAX to Disneyland is 1 1/2 hours provided you do not land at rush hour, then provide for 2-2 1/2 hours. Going north to south, Disnyeland, then Legoland, then Seaworld. Disneyworld, recommend 2 days, avoid the new park next to Disneyland, California adventure park, absolute waste of money. Anaheim to Legoland is straight due south and give yourself 2 1/2 hours drive. Legoland is great for kids up to age 12. My 5 year old son loves it and we have season pass. One day at Legoland is enough. Suggest downtime day for the kids between Disneyland and Legoland, and there are numerous beaches along the coast HWY, Hwy 1. Be careful of riptides, ask the locals. Suggest (south to north beach direction) Newport/Balboa beach then LaJolla beach. There is also another beach close to Seaworld, but can't think of the name right yet. Seaworld is a day only. Fun time is tide pools at Laguna Beach and is free. Laguna is a good down time day to walk around beach, get food and nice drive down the coast. Note: Coast highway ends at Dana Point and then Hwy 5 south past Camp Pendleton marine base. No exit off Highway until Ocean cities, so plan a 1 hour drive with nothing to do but look. Sometimes you can see the marines doing beach drills and the kids love it. SUGGEST SUNBLOCK, seriously I was transferred from Montreal a few years back and got so badly burnt. Sun is strronger here. Also note the ocean will not be warm at this time of year, but the tourists could care less and go swimming anyways. After 10 years here, I now put on a wetsuit as my blood as surely thinned. One really good fun day however it is a day trip is Huntington Garden. Kids can run free and wife if botanical at all will love the place. My wife insists on a once a year visit and my daughters 19 and 17 enjoy it as well as 5 year old son. Book the tea room for lunch and it is a good deal. Good luck and have fun.

I think your activities are very doable even with kids. We have lots of out of state guests and they all want to see what you want to see and more and they always seem to get it all packed in and have a great time. Driving does take some time out here but does help if you can do the longer drives in non rush hour times. Orange County John Wayne Airport is more convenient but many of our guests chose to fly into LAx because the SNA rates are a lot higher or they can't get a flight into SNA from their hometowns, so don't worry if you have to fly into LAX. It will work. Have fun and welcome to CA.

Do not miss Disney's California Adventure park. It has gotten mixed reviews. I was there on Friday and loved it. You MUST see the "Aladdin" show! What they have done is a Broadway spectacular in about 45-50 minutes. When you get to the park (and you better get there early to do this), go directly to the Hyperion Theater and pick up tickets. The tickets are all given out very quickly for the entire day. I felt the "Aladdin" show by itself was worth the price of admission.

Given the ages of the kids you are traveling with, you would probably not want to spend much time on "The Pier" which has the roller coasters and more "scary" rides. The "insect" area has a lot of rides for younger kids.

I do recommend that you go on the ride that makes you feel like you are flying over California, "It's a Bugs Life" and the "Muppet Show".

I would allow one day for Disneyland (which I did not visit last week because I have been there and been there and been there-ha!) and a second day for California Adventure.

Then I would plan a less ambitious day on the beach before going to anymore theme parks.

Please remember that the theme parks are very expensive. You do not have to do them all. I have not been to Legoland or Seaworld in San Diego. Assuming the Seaworld in San Diego is pretty similar to the one in Orlando, I do recommend it. You get to sit down for a lot of the shows--and there is much to be said for that when you are theme parking it up.

I flew into Long Beach, which is much easier than LAX, but, if you have your tickets, you have your tickets. Have fun!

Just a minor corrction on the first response..it is 30 to 60 minutes max to Disneyland from LAX. You can get to San Diego in 2.5 hours

Minor point, but I would split my stay into Anaheim area and San Diego. I don't think you would want to drive from Anaheim to San Diego 2 complete times (4 hours round trip each day).

I agree that California Adventure is a lot of fun, but the MK is much better. My kids love the swing ride and the smaller roller coaster. Consider a park hopper ticket.

Since you are set on the baseball game on Wednesday night in Anaheim, and probably don't want to check in and out of hotels too much with such a big group, how about spending the first four days in the San Diego/North coast area, in proximity to Seaworld, Legoland, and, possibly, the beach. Then drive to Anaheim on Wednesday, see the game, relax on Thursday and spend Friday at Disneyland (I agree with those who say California Adventure is not mandatory for kids this age.) You and the kids may get your fill of amusement parks with more than three in 8 days - to me, Legoland, SeaWorld and Disneyland are the best choices for 4-11 year olds. Leave time for relaxing (and recovering from action-packed days at the parks)and possibly splitting up into more than one group, so the other adults have some freedom.

I really like all the help. One thing about your suggestions. We are staying in Anaheim the whole week in a 3br. So keep that in mind when u help me out!

I really like all the help. One thing about your suggestions. We are staying in Anaheim the whole week in a 3br. So keep that in mind when u help me out!

We usually fly into Burbank and it has never taken us even 1 hour. Burbank to Anaheim is 36 miles and LAX to Anaheim is 34 miles and John Ayne airport to Anaheim is 15 miles. I know sometimes traffic can slow things down but if you avoid rush hour you should be able to make it fairly quickly from LAX.

Disneyland is wayyyy more crowded on Friday and Saturday. You should visit Disneyland during the week rather than on a Friday or Saturday.

I, too, was going to recommend splitting your stay between San Diego and Anaheim as the drive down to San Diego twice in one week can be a bit tiring. However, if your reservations are set, then I just suggest you have fun with it.

I live in Orange County as well, and would highly suggest you skip California Adventures altogether. Quite frankly, Disney no longer has the room to build a second, quality park, and instead built something that is only worth (maybe) have the ticket price they charge. (Just galls me that Disney wants to treat these as two separate parks when they are mere feet away from each other!) There is far more interesting things to do at Disneyland, especially for the age range of the children involved. If you have some extra time, then you might want to consider a "hopper", but keep in mind that most of what you will be doing are shows and maybe two rides. The parade has now been shifted over to California Adventures (another bone of contention for me, and I think a way to try to get more people to go there), but you can see the fireworks from Disneyland.

The rest is perfectly doable. Just keep in mind that typically in So Cal in June we have what is termed as "June Gloom." It surprises the tourists and even the natives get confused. We typically have wonderfully warm weather in May and July, but June can be overcast and cool on some days. It is not unusual to get a little rain in June as well. Not sure where you are from, but I would suggest packing a light jacket for the evenings and not get too down if you don't get 8 complete days of sunshine.

As stated above, the water at the beach is still a little too cool for the natives, but tourists typically have fun with it.

Enjoy!

We took our nephews (ages 8 & 9) to California Adventure and they loved and so did we. I really do think your kids would too. Don't know why CA Adventure has gotten such a bad rap. I think you'll like it.

You cannot get a one day park Hopper ticket if you are not staying in the resort. You must buy a 2-day ticket if you want that.

If you are staying in one of the resort hotels, perhaps there is a one day park hopper deal.

Personally, I do not think either of the Disney parks is worth more than one day BUT you cannot do them both in one day either.

LauraSKahn is correct - the only way to jump back and forth between the two in one day is if you are staying at a Disney resort or if you are an annual pass holder. Otherwise, you there is the 2 day "hopper", which considering the price is nothing more than a typical Disney rip off. (Each park is $47 to get in to. A 2 day "hopper" is $99, as opposed to buying one admission each day which would be $94. Yeah. Pay Disney $5 more just to walk back and forth.)

The reason C.A. gets a bad rap is that there simply isn't that much to do there, if one likes rides. If you like sitting in shows, it's great. That's what some people like. If you want rides, it's just not happening.

I think your plan is doable. I took a trip to Disneyland and used a package through AAA (honeymoon and I didn't want more hassle than I already had with a wedding - do not tease me or harp on me I also travel to other places!). The package also included options to go to San Diego for Sea World and perhaps Legoland. I don't know if transportation was included. If it was this might help - all of you can rest on the way down and back. Some people dislike driving and would rather leave it to others.

Also when I was planning my trip to San Diego I saw the CityPass offered tickets to Southern California and I think most of the places you are going to visit.

Oops wasn't finished. Just one suggestion for Sea World. Plan your day! Get the map/schedule. We had a shuttle so our time was very limited. We went on the ice ride (no line when the gate opens) then to one show after another. We were able to see all the shows and all that we wanted to see but they are back to back and if you don't schedule then you may miss one. Pets Rule was very fun and we almost didn't do it. Also on this day you will be sitting so put sunscreen on your knees! Seriously!

Enjoy!