lffamDSon
DS of lffam. Disney, Marvel and STAR WARS!
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- Feb 5, 2016
Welcome to our Pre Trip Report for our upcoming trip to the States. As some of you know, my dad, lffam, just finished our Trip Report for our Disney Christmas trip, check it out here.
The Who
DH (lffam), DW, DS13 (me, I’ll be 14 when we leave)
We are planning to go back to New York and Washington, just because there are so many things there that we want to do, as well as LA for D23 Expo (Disney’s bi-annual expo) and Disneyland. We are also planning to go to Boston, and be there for 4th July and see a Red Sox game. Also Canada, as we have heard from friends that for Niagara Falls, it is best to stay on the Canadian side.
Let’s get into some nitty gritty.
Itinerary
We are there from in June & July for a month or so.
We will be flying Qantas (thanks to some points upgrades)
We are still working out exact dates for where we go, but these places are locked in. We have to revolve around New York, as that is the flight’s destination/our base city.
BNE-LAX-JFK
7-8 days in NY
Train to DC
5 days in DC
Train to Boston
5 days in Boston (Independence Day!)
Fly to Niagara (Canadian side) from Boston
2 days Niagara
Fly Niagara to JFK
JFK-LAX
Arrive late night
Disneyland
d23 Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Fly out late Monday
New York
We want to see something on Broadway, since we planned to see something (I said School of Rock) last time, but we didn’t get around to it. Also a few museums, Highline Park, do Brooklyn Bridge the opposite way, bike ride around central park, go to Hell’s Kitchen, go to Marvel (that’s mine), walking food tour, 9/11 Museum, Museum of modern art, empire state building, and more…
Washington DC
Go to the memorials, Arlington, African American history, national archives, house where Lincoln died, JFK thing somewhere, museums, and more…
Boston
Red Sox game (baseball) most likely on July 4, Dad wants to do the Freedom Trail, wahlburgers- mark Wahlberg’s family burger place. We don’t know much about Boston so lots of research to do.
Niagara Falls
We have been told best to go see it from the Canadian side. Don’t know how long, etc, not sure if we could fit in a few days in nearby Canadian city??
Disneyland and d23
We couldn’t do a trip to America without some Disney. This has just been added as of a few days ago, wasn’t part of the original plan, but we thought that we were going to miss d23 by a few days so we had to do it. D23 is Disney’s massive bi-annual celebration of all things Disney. Finding Dory was announced here, the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War was shown here and Star Wars Land was announced here. So it was an offer we could not pass up. Also, next year the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode VIII is premiering, so they will most likely show a trailer here, eek!
We are hoping, but are not getting our hopes up, that Star Wars land will be open, but it is not likely, as they have only started on the first ride this week. And yes, I’m keeping tabs on them (hint: http://micechat.com/)
So please give us tips to master these places, and things you think are worth visiting! We can’t wait for this trip! (I’m so excited, I’m pretending Disneyland is our house)
The Who
DH (lffam), DW, DS13 (me, I’ll be 14 when we leave)
We are planning to go back to New York and Washington, just because there are so many things there that we want to do, as well as LA for D23 Expo (Disney’s bi-annual expo) and Disneyland. We are also planning to go to Boston, and be there for 4th July and see a Red Sox game. Also Canada, as we have heard from friends that for Niagara Falls, it is best to stay on the Canadian side.
Let’s get into some nitty gritty.
Itinerary
We are there from in June & July for a month or so.
We will be flying Qantas (thanks to some points upgrades)
We are still working out exact dates for where we go, but these places are locked in. We have to revolve around New York, as that is the flight’s destination/our base city.
BNE-LAX-JFK
7-8 days in NY
Train to DC
5 days in DC
Train to Boston
5 days in Boston (Independence Day!)
Fly to Niagara (Canadian side) from Boston
2 days Niagara
Fly Niagara to JFK
JFK-LAX
Arrive late night
Disneyland
d23 Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Fly out late Monday
New York
We want to see something on Broadway, since we planned to see something (I said School of Rock) last time, but we didn’t get around to it. Also a few museums, Highline Park, do Brooklyn Bridge the opposite way, bike ride around central park, go to Hell’s Kitchen, go to Marvel (that’s mine), walking food tour, 9/11 Museum, Museum of modern art, empire state building, and more…
Washington DC
Go to the memorials, Arlington, African American history, national archives, house where Lincoln died, JFK thing somewhere, museums, and more…
Boston
Red Sox game (baseball) most likely on July 4, Dad wants to do the Freedom Trail, wahlburgers- mark Wahlberg’s family burger place. We don’t know much about Boston so lots of research to do.
Niagara Falls
We have been told best to go see it from the Canadian side. Don’t know how long, etc, not sure if we could fit in a few days in nearby Canadian city??
Disneyland and d23
We couldn’t do a trip to America without some Disney. This has just been added as of a few days ago, wasn’t part of the original plan, but we thought that we were going to miss d23 by a few days so we had to do it. D23 is Disney’s massive bi-annual celebration of all things Disney. Finding Dory was announced here, the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War was shown here and Star Wars Land was announced here. So it was an offer we could not pass up. Also, next year the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode VIII is premiering, so they will most likely show a trailer here, eek!
We are hoping, but are not getting our hopes up, that Star Wars land will be open, but it is not likely, as they have only started on the first ride this week. And yes, I’m keeping tabs on them (hint: http://micechat.com/)
So please give us tips to master these places, and things you think are worth visiting! We can’t wait for this trip! (I’m so excited, I’m pretending Disneyland is our house)
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