How many days do you want to spend at Dinseyland? Bob R....who might have the Disney hook-up
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au>wrote: > Definitely doing Disney - our 9 year old son is really looking forward to > that. Our 14 year old daughter is not interested at all she'd rather go to > the Getty Museum! > We will be in LA from 1 June - staying at Holiday Inn Buena Park - flying > to Chicago 5 June. > We are slowing informing ourselves about distances in LA, I have been told > there a more people in LA then Australia - our population is around > 20million. > > Train fare from Milwaukee to La Crosse for 2 adults, 1 child USD$110.00 one > way been on Amtrak website. > Travel agent reckoned Chicago to La Crosse one way is USD$600 per person! > Don't know what airline didn't bother asking. > > We have a love of train travel: 12 years ago we did 2 month round Europe on > the trains with a two year old in tow & 3 year ago we did the length of > Vietnam by train. > Thanks to all your responses maybe driving is the way to go, it's Hendrik's > choice as he will be doing most of the driving > > Curt Raymond wrote: > >> Anaheim? >> >> So you'll be doing Disney I suppose. I went 2 years ago and surprised >> myself by enjoying it. I usually spend 2 weeks in LA in June, we'll have to >> see if our trips overlap. Maybe I can get you tickets to see Leno or >> something, I've got contacts "In the biz" as they say. >> >> A warning, it'll take about an hour to drive from Anaheim to Hollywood. >> I'm not kidding. Yes I realize its like 15 miles... At rush hour it'll take >> 2 hours at least. >> >> How much does it cost to take the train to LaCrosse? How much to fly? It >> might be cheaper/easier to fly and then drive around. A quote from "Greg The >> Bunny" (one of my favorite largely unknown Fox sitcoms) might entice you = >> "Nobody likes train travel, all you see is poor people's backyards". I agree >> and I LIKE rail travel. >> >> How long is this trip? It sounds like theres going to be a helluva lot of >> riding in trains... >> >> -Curt >> >> >> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:52:01 +1030 >> From: Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hendrik and Co coming to the US of A in June >> Message-ID: <4b81c019.4070...@ozemail.com.au> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Hi All >> >> Hendrik's wife - name is Fay - here. Thanks for all the responses, greatly >> appreciated. >> >> We have our LA 4 day stay sorted. We have allowed 2 hours to get through >> customs at LAX - is that enough time?- and have booked a shuttle service to >> Anaheim as we are staying there for 4 nights. >> I got cheap flights with American Airlines to Chicago & have found that it >> is a ninety minute train ride to Milwaukee from there. >> Have been on Amtrak website & we can go from Milwaukee to La Crosse by >> train - 3 hour ride. >> >> The main reason for train travel was to go from Chicago to New York - but >> that means we have to go back to Chicago from La Crosse. >> From New York I have looked at traveling by train to San Francisco. Then >> driving to Las Vegas & then back to LA. >> >> If anyone has any better suggestions please let us know - Hendrik would >> prefer to drive & would love to do part of Route 66 from Chicago to Las >> Vegas - however this would mean backtracking twice. >> >> Our daughter & her team buddies are having a home stay in Decorah Iowa >> before the conference in La Crosse. >> They are all flying to Minneapolis/St.Paul as the Decorah people have >> offered to pick them up from there. >> As a back up if anything goes wrong I am trying to find a bus service for >> them & am having trouble. >> Is it Rochester buses that service that area? >> >> Your smoking laws seem to be as strict as they are here in South >> Australia, doesn't vary much from state to state here. >> Rail travel is also really expensive here, depending where you want to go >> it can be unaffordable for the average person. >> >> Thanks all >> Fay >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
