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[tigersprinkles]

just back had a great trip more to come need to go to bed time change stinks here on the east coast

[hoosiermomma2]

Glad you are back safely and had a great trip!!! Get some good rest and we will be looking forward to hearing all you have to share!

[TMWIlson7196]

Welcome back. Can't wait to hear about your trip.

[Bee]

WELCOME BACK!

[chezp]

Welcome back!

[bsblady01]

welcome home

[tigersprinkles]

Originally Posted by tigersprinkles

just back had a great trip more to come need to go to bed time change stinks here on the east coast

TIME TO START THAT 17 DAY TRIP REPORT ITS VERY LONG SO I DO IT IN SECTIONS. we left longisland 7/23 at 11;50 ON SOUTHWEST ARRIVED IN LAS VEGAS AT210 PM GOT OUR rental car a converable from alamo nice car.drove down the vegas strip. then ck into excalibur for 2nites nice motel only bad thing pool closes at 7pm. had dinner,gambled a little lost about $ 50. THen went to sleep got up reel early on fri for grancanyon south rim bus tour.picked us up at 6am witha small bus went to about 6 motels then to their depot then loaded treir coach buses got a box with muffin apple or orange and oj. stopped at the hooverdam about 15min ,took pichures son got a shirt. then bac on the road stooped at a mcdonalds for a snack on the way and on the way back. stopped at a motel for a hot buffet lunch that was included.the chicken was verry good.then to the grancanyon. it rained for about 15mins before the canyon at angels point it was hazy at 1st then it clear up what a splened site of the canyon, then we went to another pointe and that was also great. thjenloaded the buses for the ride back. stopped at a gift shop.dw took picture of the flintstones camp grounds very cute. then dinner at mcds ten to hooverdam switch drivers out of driving time for driver. also watch nice movies, back to motel about 16hrs very long day but well worth it. more to follow. thanks ron

[TinkRockz]

Slightly off topic, but glad to see we are not the only ones who do day trips to Grand Canyon. Difference is we drove ourselves - 8 in a Suburban - and came at it from Phoenix.

We're headed to DLR at the start of Sept. - but we are flying all the way. No more "long haul" drives for us this summer!!!!

Can't wait to hear the latest about DLR.

[shellybelly72]

welcome back!

[Diz]

Originally Posted by TinkRockz

Slightly off topic, but glad to see we are not the only ones who do day trips to Grand Canyon. Difference is we drove ourselves - 8 in a Suburban - and came at it from Phoenix.

We're headed to DLR at the start of Sept. - but we are flying all the way. No more "long haul" drives for us this summer!!!!

Can't wait to hear the latest about DLR.

Add us to the list!
We drove from an absolutely gorgeous hotel in Scottsdale.

[Diz]

Originally Posted by tigersprinkles

TIME TO START THAT 17 DAY TRIP REPORT ITS VERY LONG SO I DO IT IN SECTIONS. we left longisland 7/23 at 11;50 ON SOUTHWEST ARRIVED IN LAS VEGAS AT210 PM GOT OUR rental car a converable from alamo nice car.drove down the vegas strip. then ck into excalibur for 2nites nice motel only bad thing pool closes at 7pm. had dinner,gambled a little lost about $ 50. THen went to sleep got up reel early on fri for grancanyon south rim bus tour.picked us up at 6am witha small bus went to about 6 motels then to their depot then loaded treir coach buses got a box with muffin apple or orange and oj. stopped at the hooverdam about 15min ,took pichures son got a shirt. then bac on the road stooped at a mcdonalds for a snack on the way and on the way back. stopped at a motel for a hot buffet lunch that was included.the chicken was verry good.then to the grancanyon. it rained for about 15mins before the canyon at angels point it was hazy at 1st then it clear up what a splened site of the canyon, then we went to another pointe and that was also great. thjenloaded the buses for the ride back. stopped at a gift shop.dw took picture of the flintstones camp grounds very cute. then dinner at mcds ten to hooverdam switch drivers out of driving time for driver. also watch nice movies, back to motel about 16hrs very long day but well worth it. more to follow. thanks ron

Sounds like a long day, but it sounds like you had a great time!
What kind of convertible did you have?
Were you lucky at gambling?

One trip to DL, I found a PT Cruiser convertible for $100 for the week! I snatched it right up!! But it is so very driving around CA with a convertible! I loved it!

Can't wait to hear more about your trip.

[HeatherD]

Glad to hear you're safely back. Can't wait to read more about your trip...

[tigersprinkles]

sat we left vegas and drove to dl walked around downtown disney for a little bit. then we drove up to pasedena. cked into super8. 1 of the worst super8s we stayed at. but had agood time in the area. sat nite went to toyotairwindale speedway a nice track. sun went to universal on mon also alot of fun . tues rode around hollywood area alot to see had fun. wed went to warnerbros did the tour verynice. thenoff to dlcked into dlh for 8nites.more to come

[Nicole626Stitch]

Can't wait to hear more about your DL trip! Hope you had a blast!

[tigersprinkles]

as we continue cked into dlh magic tower on wed 7/29 for 8nites had dinner at goofys went swimming for about 15min. way to cold with the wind. got up early on thurs did dl for about 8hrs did alot of rides fri went to cal/adv had alot of fun stayed all day open to closed. sat was a easy day went to the beach. came back switch our park passes from 6 days to aps for $195 dollars for 2 a and 1ch went to dl till the fireworks were over. sun went to ca/ad for half of the day. then swimming mon went to dl tues dl wed ca/ad trurs dl. we ate at goofys storytellers, goofys 2times hooks pointe, espn, rainforest,minnies breakfast, carnations had hag/daz ice cream every nite after the parks. ate at joes crab shack bubba gumps at universal and had counter serve at ca/ad . overall it was very nice. comparing wdw and dl is almost inpossible as there both very nice in there own way!!!!!!!!!! SO WE ARE GOING NEXT SUMMER FOR 2DAYS AT WDW THEN 5 NITE DOUBLE DIP CASAWAY CAY CRUISE THEN BACK TO DL FOR AWEEK. SO YES WELOVED DL. WE left dl on thurs nite drove back tolasvegas stayed at b uffalo bills. not nice motel ran down. fri flew to see family in va. sun flew home. to longisland. over all a very nice and excellent trip. the hardest part is getting used to the time change when you get home.at dl it was great getting up early. thanks for all the tips before we got to dl. ALMOST FORGOT AT THE AIRPORT IN VEGAS WON ABOUT 300 WHEN OUR PLANE WAS DELAYED AN HR. THANKS RON