• Disneyland Monorail: Full Loop POV

    Disneyland Monorail: Full Loop POV

    Honk, Honk! Welcome aboard the Disneyland Monorail, originally opening in 1959, enjoy this timeless classic feat of engineering as practical transportation from Tomorrowland to Downtown Disney, and back. Guests boarding from Tomorrowland can stay onboard for a round trip. If guests board at Downtown Disney, they have to disembark at Tomorrowland to make room for Read more

  • Last Day for Disneyland MagicKey Holders for 2022 Was Hampered by Attractions Down Time

    Last Day for Disneyland MagicKey Holders for 2022 Was Hampered by Attractions Down Time

    If you renewed for Disneyland MagicKey, December 20, 2022, was the last day before getting blacked out for the rest of the year as even the top pass, the Inspire Pass, is blacked out too. I happen to have a day off that day from work, so I can take in my last day of Read more

  • Anaheim to Dana Point Car Free Part 7: Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Anaheim on Metrolink

    Anaheim to Dana Point Car Free Part 7: Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Anaheim on Metrolink

    Due to needing to rest up at the mall, I missed the last direct Metrolink Orange County line train from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Anaheim. To get back to Anaheim, I needed to do a transfer.  Getting to the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station, I walked a mile on narrow sidewalks along a busy Crown Valley Read more

  • Anaheim To Dana Point Car Free: Part 6: Shops at Mission Viejo

    Anaheim To Dana Point Car Free: Part 6: Shops at Mission Viejo

    See the Instagram post below for more pictures. After the bus got into Mission Viejo, the bus was way too crowded with students going to Saddleback College for their classes. At first, I thought I was at my bus stop to get to the Shops at Mission Viejo, however, I was off by a mile, Read more

  • Anaheim To Dana Point Car Free: Part 5: San Juan Capistrano

    Anaheim To Dana Point Car Free: Part 5: San Juan Capistrano

    After jogging four miles from Dana Point Harbor go up the San Juan Creek trail to San Juan Capistrano (SJC). I saw the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner stop at the station, and then I saw a note on the ticket machine that selected trains to start here instead of Irvine. Oh well, the fare is $16 Read more

  • Anaheim to Dana Point Car Free: Part 4: City of Dana Point & Harbor Area

    Anaheim to Dana Point Car Free: Part 4: City of Dana Point & Harbor Area

    Welcome to the city of Dana Point, a harbor town that is home to Doheny State Beach, Dana Point Harbor, and the namesake point. A point in geology landmass is a piece of land that sticks out into the ocean, similar to Candlestick Point, for my San Francisco readers. It was named after Richard Dana Read more