Trip to LAX

Hi, Greg,

Ok, general switch turned ON! Hit me!

Flavio

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Flavio Silva wrote:

Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?



Ummm...do you think you could be a *bit* more general...???

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Best
Greg

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*From:* "TheNewsGuy(Mike)"
*Date:* Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:03 -0500

Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?

Check out...

Rodeo Drive
Tar pits
Walk of fame
Graumann's Chinese theater
Mulholland drive
Venice beach
Beverly Hills
WB studio tour
TV Show taping
Olvera Street
Sunset Strip at night
Getty Museum

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is fun, too.

Hi, Barney,

Oh! Queen Mary!! Is the Spruce Goose still there?

Flavio


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In article ,
(TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote:

*From:* "TheNewsGuy(Mike)"
*Date:* Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:03 -0500

Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?

Check out...

Rodeo Drive
Tar pits
Walk of fame
Graumann's Chinese theater
Mulholland drive
Venice beach
Beverly Hills
WB studio tour
TV Show taping
Olvera Street
Sunset Strip at night
Getty Museum

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is fun, too.

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(Flavio Silva) wrote:

*From:* "Flavio Silva"
*Date:* Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:27:51 -0200

Hi, Barney,

Oh! Queen Mary!! Is the Spruce Goose still there?

I believe so but it's several years since I was there - I'm sure the QM
will have a Website.

Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, Barney,

Oh! Queen Mary!! Is the Spruce Goose still there?

The Goose has moved to Oregon.


Flavio


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In article ,
(TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote:

*From:* "TheNewsGuy(Mike)"
*Date:* Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:03 -0500

Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?

Check out...

Rodeo Drive
Tar pits
Walk of fame
Graumann's Chinese theater
Mulholland drive
Venice beach
Beverly Hills
WB studio tour
TV Show taping
Olvera Street
Sunset Strip at night
Getty Museum

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is fun, too.

"Flavio Silva" wrote in message
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Hi, P

Thanks for your input!

Regarding lodging I was thinking about staying in Hollywood, Santa Monica
or
maybe close to Disneyland... It has to be a safe and not too expensive
area,
though.

Either Hollywood or Santa Monica would be fine, though there are some dicey
areas in Hollywood. As I mentioned in another post, Disneyland is in
Anahiem, Orange County, and quite some distance away from Los Angeles.



My kid is a 15 years old girl addiscted to Roller Coasters!

In that case, I'd recommend a visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA) and, possibly, the Getty Museum. LACMA has a better collection, the
Getty an impressive campus.

I avoid roller coasters at all costs, so I have no recommendations.

And definitely take her on the Warner Brothers and/or Paramount studio
tours.


Ok! No celebrity homes. Yes to Venice Beach to see the weirdos!

Thanks again for the tips!

Flavio
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"Flavio Silva" wrote in message
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Hi!

Thanks!

How could I forget it?!?!

What else? Should we go visit celebrities homes? Buy those maps and
all?
Chinese Theater? What else is interesting in LA?

Thanks!

Oh, boy.

Skip the celebrity homes and maps.

The Chinese Theater can be fun -- you'll see hand and footprints of
movie
stars, plus the architecture of the building is rather interesting. The
rest of the Hollywood area is, basically, a tourist trap. There are
still
a
number of working studios in the area but, with the exception of
Paramount
(see below), they are closed to the public and there's nothing to except
blank walls.

Skip the NBC tour. If you're interested in how film and television is
produced, make an appointment for the Burbank Studios tour and, perhaps,
Paramount's tour as well. You'll get to see the actual workings of a
real
studio, lots of backstage stuff and, if you're lucky, you'll get to see
a
film being shot. Just my personal opinion, but watching live audience
television shows isn't particularly interesting -- basically, theater
with
cameras between you and the performers.

If you like theme parks, you can go to Universal, but skip the studio
tour -- it's stagey, touristy and has very little to do with how movies
are
made.

How old are your kids? LA has some wonderful world-class art museums,
but
if your children are too young to appreciate what they see, I wouldn't
recommend it.

Go to Venice Beach and walk (or, if you like, skate) along the
boardwalk.
You'll see every conceivable weirdo and LA-type there, and it's quite
safe.

For young kids, the La Brea Tarpits can be fun -- lots of dinosaurs and
similar things.

To be perfectly honest, I lived in LA for 20 years and never thought it
was
that interesting of a place.

Incidently, you do know, don't you, that Disneyland is not in Los
Angeles.
It's in Anaheim and can be a pretty significant drive depending on the
day
of the week and the time of day. Count on a minimum of an hour to reach
it
from west LA (which is where I assume you'll be staying -- mostly
business
people stay in downtown LA, as there is little to do there after dark).





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Sounds like you like theme parks so be sure and hit Universal
Studios.
You may also want to take a tour of The NBC studios.



Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days
to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?

Thnaks for any info!

Flavio

"Flavio Silva" wrote in message
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Hi, Barney,

Oh! Queen Mary!! Is the Spruce Goose still there?

Flavio

The Spruce Goose is no longer in California. However, I agree -- the Queen
Mary is fun to visit. It's nicely restored and they offer an interesting
tour.




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In article ,
(TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote:

*From:* "TheNewsGuy(Mike)"
*Date:* Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:03 -0500

Flavio Silva wrote:
Hi, world,

We're a family of 3, planning a trip to LA, staying for 4/5 days to
visit
DisneyLand and 6 Flags Magic Mountain. What else should we visit?

Check out...

Rodeo Drive
Tar pits
Walk of fame
Graumann's Chinese theater
Mulholland drive
Venice beach
Beverly Hills
WB studio tour
TV Show taping
Olvera Street
Sunset Strip at night
Getty Museum

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is fun, too.

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Flavio Silva wrote in article
:

Oh! Queen Mary!! Is the Spruce Goose still there?

No; it was moved to a museum in McMinnville, Oregon, in 1992. It was
quite a feat to take it apart, move it, and reassemble it.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/
http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/sprucegoose/
--
Don Kirkman

Stay in the Disneyland area. Much better deals are to be had for
lodging.