Toy story mania
Radiator Springs
Incredicoaster
Little mermaid
Sulley meet and greet
Bengal bbq snack mobile order drama waited 20 minutes
Big Thunder
Haunted mansion
Bengal bbq mobile order late lunch still chaos
Shops
Back to parkvue inn pack and lyft xl to airport
Car service airport express
Quality vehicles and drivers, smooth ride, friendly drivers. Yes it’s a little more than a cab, but so much more enjoyable than a big cab which are rickety and all over the freeway. Highly recommend!
Magic morning, dragged ourselves to the park by 7.30.
Snow whites scary adventure
Breakfast at the river Belle terrace
DCA photo with Captain Marvel, monsters inc, radiator springs, incredicoaster, little mermaid, Disney channel fan fest parade descendants 3, photo with Gamora, two sessions with a max pass photographer, so great!
Toy story midway mania
Downtown Disney
Tangaroa Terrace for a drink piranha and zombie, both cups available!!! International guests NEED passport for ID, third time they have have stated this in as many years, despite is having valid drivers license and being over 40!
Chill for a bit
5 dinner At pizza planet again, the DF GF pizza is too good. I picked up a s’mores parfait to eat at the parade
5.30 sit down for parade, our ‘spot’ we use every time was empty, got seats, everywhere else was getting full at 5pm!
Mickey’s Soundsational Parade was
Indiana Jones
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Mickey’s mix magic fireworks, the worst of the three most recent firework shows I have seen. It was enjoyable at parts, but didn’t inspire emotion.
We arrived at 7.55 for 8am opening and strolled through security and ticket check, not many people about.
Walk on big thunder
Walk on pirates - pirates was a lot more wet than I remember, bag, face and butt all wet
Walk on haunted mansion
And we used big thunder fastpass
9.50 reservation at carnation cafe, timed to go with our 11.30 walking with Walt reservation. Great allergy menu, we had the allergy waffles, with fruit instead of meat on the side! So good!!!
11 for 11.30 walking with Walt tour, this was $230 for both of us, but we try to do something special on each visit.
The meal included was also helpful with allergies, which is always great.
Meet up with Ash and G, train around Disneyland, big thunder mountain, haunted mansion, buzz Astro blasters, I had a hard root beer at clarabelles, it was delicious but an undertaking! Dinner at bengal bbq, and later we shared a bowl of vegan gumbo at royal street veranda.
Loads of steps!
Day 1
Haunted mansion
Splash mountain
Ate s’mores square
FP Matterhorn bobsleds
Lunch pizza planet
FP Big Thunder mountain BRILLIANT but app Down from 12.30, missing future fast passes, cane back up around 6pm, we got the cost we paid back in gift cards after queuing for 30 minutes
Enchanted tiki room
It’s a Small World
Chill at room, supplies etc
6.05 dinner at wine country trattoria for the world of colour meal, seated around 6.20. Excellent allergy menu. However the execution of this sucked. My husband who has a lactose allergy ordered the vegan Items received cheese on his first course. And the last course they gave me the sorbet despite repeatedly requesting the panacotta. I don’t know if it was the server or the kitchen, but it wasn’t impressive.
We had a free choice fastpass which we used at toy story mania, it was a lot of fun!
And finally World of Color, this was why we did the meal package at Wine Country Trattoria. You get into preferred viewing, if there are stairs available (there were heaps available at around an hour before start), grab them! We got a treat from Bongos sweet stuff to eat while we waited. The show was beautiful, I cried 3 times. Worth the average meal.
I love hiking here, it’s so different to home!
Superfood cafe Santa Monica
A great little cafe with meat and vegetarian and vegan options. Can definitely say that the veg and vegan options were delicious! And the hot chocolate was tasty and huge!
Santa Monica and Venice Beach
I am always stifled in LA, I don’t know why, but we get to the beach and I can breathe. Some of the air is weed and urine, but I just prefer it out here. Lots of interesting characters.
House Of Ink Venice Beach
Mark got tattooed by Ozzy, it was awesome! A beautiful piece. The artists were all so friendly and talented, definitely hit this studio if you are in the area.
Veggie grill
We got this delivered as we were exhausted after our day. It was okay. I expected more to be honest.
I had a whole big plan for LA this afternoon, but Vegas was a lot, and Mark was exhausted, so we just walked about locally.
Magic castle hotel
We stay here for so many reasons! It’s cute, the staff are awesome, they washed and dried my clothes and returned them to us in 6 hours! So many free snacks and drinks, breakfast included. Honestly, it’s a dream! We stayed in room 101 again. My only complaint is in the evening there were a couple of really loud families hanging out right outside of our room. We were trying to wind down from a busy day, and it was really frustrating. Would have loved if the staff had have asked them to keep it down.
Hollywood BLVD
So scummy! But mark was determined to see the Cypress Hill Star, so we did!
Trejos Cantina
3 VEGAN tacos, and another one on the specials menu! Yes, it’s expensive, and touristy, but those tacos, man, it’s so nice to be able to eat without worry! They were so good. The guac was possibly the best guac I have ever tasted.
Last day here, more pool, packing, walking the strip.
Mall
Fashion show mall is your normal chain shops, everything you need. We always go twice!
PF Chang’s again
The ma po tofu, and Buddha’s feast veg, so good! Delicious cocktails too!
This time we tried coming at 8.15, I had been up since 5.30 so it wasn’t a stretch to go to the pool a bit earlier. The pool opens at 9, so at 8.15 there were only 10 people ahead of us, by 8.40 that had doubled to 20! Breakfast again at the beach club, so good! I love the customer service here, when you ask for the bacon and sausage to be left off, they offer you extra hash brown 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Las Vegas sign
We grabbed a lyft our queued for around half hour, and got some cute photos. We have never queued before, but decided this was the time to do it! We walked back to the hotel through hotels and casinos.
Wynn Buffet
Easter Sunday dinner buffet, we LOVE the Wynn buffet. It’s amazing for meat eaters, but also amazing for vegans and vegetarians. We feasted! So much food and delicious desserts. Pricey though!
We love the egg selection at the beach club pool. It’s cheap, filling, and the staff are sooooo lovely!
Graceland chapel wedding
This was so much fun. We were in Vegas celebrating our Lucky 13 wedding anniversary, and wanted to renew our vows. Elvis was AWESOME, the photographer was awesome, everything was on time. We were so happy with our experience.
Cost $199 for ceremony (we got the viva Las Vegas package, and added some extras)
$60 for officiant
$20 suggested for photographer, we chose $30
$40 limo driver, we chose $50
Downtown tattoo
We have been here before and loved the studio, and the artists. This time we booked for matching 13 tattoos with Buddy. He was friendly, concise, quick, super happy with his work! Highly recommend.
Frankie’s tiki bar
We have been meaning to go here since we started visiting Vegas, was good to finally make it. The cocktails were delicious! $11 for a cocktail (plus tip), or $27.99 for cocktail in souvenir cup, they were really cool too. We went while it was sunny and hot outside and it took a good 5 minutes to get used to how dark it is in there!
PF Chang’s
We missioned up the strip to get here, we missed lunch so things were getting a bit intense, but we know PF Chang’s look after vegetarians, and they really did! The tofu was amazing!!! Our whole meal was so good, drinks delicious too. I know it’s a chain, but when you want a vegetable feast, they never disappoint!
Got there at 8.30 for 9am opening, queue was 40 deep plus the diamond members etc on the other side, got in at 9.20 and fortunately got some sun beds. I say fortunately because they have replaced most sunneds with paid day beds. To be honest, that sucks. But we do love it there.
Drag brunch at Senor Frogs
We had GA tickets for the 2.30 show. We arrived at 2, and the VIP line was off the hook! Get there an hour early! When we got in, we clearly had some of the furthest seats from the stage, but the girls only spend a very small amount of time on the stage, the rest is going through the crowd getting tips. We don’t tip in Australia, so this was a real cultural difference, I’m not sure I liked it, it is so nice to be in close proximity to the girls, but I fear for their safety with so many drunk people in the audience trying to touch them. They seem safer on the stage, and everyone can see their whole performance. We both tipped every song and spent just over $30 for both on tips.
Kahanna Montrese (from the most current season) was amazing, it really shows the caliber of Queens on the show, you didn’t even get to see that spark! Coco was flawless! Shannel’s looks were beautiful, her solo performance didn’t grab me. She is a brilliant host though. India Farah was good, and Desiree St James was brilliant (dancing!!!).
The bottomless mimosas were great, the food was fine. Enough vegetarian options to keep us happy! Definitely recommend.
The strip
Smoke, weed and drinks everywhere. So basically the same as last year. Kids everywhere too, not entirely sure why parents want to subject their kids to Vegas. Semi naked show girls all over the strip taking photos for tips, massive billboards of naked women everywhere, I don’t know, we will stick with taking our kids to Disneyland.
Las Vegas premium outlets north
Outdoor shopping mall. $13 lyft from Flamingo. There is always something to buy here. I got extremely lucky with the Nike and the Disney store.
Shake Shack
We had been shopping for hours and coming to the end of it we were trying to decide where to go, logistics of dropping stuff home and then going out for dinner. It was 8.30, hanger wasn’t far away! And then we saw Shake Shack, I have been missing NYC so much lately! Was very happy to stop in there and eat! They also have a really good GF bun now. Fast food heaven.
We bought our sims on eBay before we left, that’s standard for us, need to use rideshare apps and maps on our trips, also makes it easy to find each other so we can separate while shopping.
Qantas
We don’t usually fly with Qantas, but our experience with them over Christmas was excellent. This trip we felt that the seats felt a bit small, and the allergy food offerings aren’t as good as other airlines.
Flamingo
Quick check in. We went for the newly renovated rooms, they are beautiful and clean, but there is something about the older Go rooms that I do like! They feel bigger, and more ‘Las Vegas’ if that’s even a thing!
Pool, the pool is one of the main reasons we keep coming back here. But half hour before opening the queue was 40 people deep. And once in, they have replaced most of the free sun beds for paid day beds. Not a good look!
Lyft
With new sim, so easy to update my number and get going. Because I have a 5 star rating from previous trips, we have 10% off our first ten rides on this trip. Uber at home doesn’t do this! Drivers as always are lovely, felt safe getting around town.
El Segundo Sol (near fashion show mall on strip)
I was keen to get back here, mostly for their sangria. Unfortunately it was more red than sangria, and the white sangria was way too tangy. Fortunately the tacos (veggie and mahi mahi) were good! Paired with the bottomless chips and salsa we were stuffed! The drinks were a let down though.
