We’ve had others ask about this too. We aren’t familiar enough with the area since we live in San Diego. Maybe one day we’ll have enough time to drive around and research everything but we haven’t yet.
The Pizza Press at the Anaheim Hotel is actually pretty good, especially for breakfast! They also have a nice bar that serves food during the day with good prices and good food!
I was in Anaheim in June. My husband and I ate at Starburger, Mochi Donuts, Luscious dumplings (corner of Katella and Harbor by Walgreens) and Cafe Bulba on the Garden Walk. I highly recommend the custard buns at Luscious dumplings. Star Burger is a fun fusion experience.
Thank you. Never been to California or Disney land and to know there is places that are cheaper outside the park is great. Also, 32$ to park insane. We definitely will be walking everywhere or ubering.
I so appreciate your videos! We are leaving tomorrow for our first visit to the land and your videos have been a great help. Been to WDW many times but this is all new for us in CA. Maybe we will see you at the parks!
Thanks for the tour of Anaheim Garden Walk and Harbor Blvd. My favorite hotel on Harbor is Best Western Park Place Inn because of its proximity to the parks but I plan to stay at Tropicana next time because its price is lower and it’s just a few steps further away.
Perfect video thanks, being able to see the walk, we will be doing each day, I would love a video, on accessing the toy story garage, from Katella, so many people ask daily, if you can enter from there, and how it works, with doing security there, and where it drops you off, would be a popular video, I'm sure 👍
if im not at disneyland in anaheim or taking a break from the parks ill probably go to jack in the box for a lunch but the one on south harbor seems to have there carryout closed so i think ill go to the one next to the anaheim rinks
We stayed at the Fairfield Inn last visit (pre Covid) and loved Mimi’s! We would take an early afternoon break, have a short rest/swim and head to Mimi’s for an early dinner. It was great food and well priced! Coming back in Oct 24 and am tossing up between Candy Cane and Grand Legacy 🧐
Great Vlog Traver! Whenever we have been to Gardenwalk during the day we also found it a bit dead but that has its charm with no trouble getting a table at lunch. Just past the Wahlgreens there is an Ihop which, imo, is the quieter and cleaner of the two close to the parks. The Pizza Press used to be located in the front of the Carousel Inn (which was sold and demolished during the time it was mooted that a overhead bridge and parking lot/alternate entrance to Disneyland would be built pre covid) I was glad to see that it hadn’t disappeared only moved and we find the pizzas reasonable and tasty. As for that particular Denny’s - find it not so clean but depends on the time of day. And would be disappointed if they were still “out” of cold and refreshing egg nog or chocolate milk!
I really like walk tour vlogs. I've never been to Garden Walk. I don't know why. I have eaten at Tony Romas, though. They have great onion loafs. It's an appetizer . Went there every birthday in my teenage yrs. But in Torrance, CA
I’ve got another walking tour style video coming this week! So you’ll enjoy that. Though it might be long. I’m expecting an hour. I’ll try to keep it under 60 minutes if I can.
This was a great video to see for our next trip, we stayed at the best Western stovall last year and it was great but next year we are planning to stay at the main entrance side and definitely gonna check out the garden walk and dennys to help cut meal costs as the trip isn't the cheapest for us Canadians but it was such an incredible trip (my first)
It’s not cheap for anybody. 😂 But I get the conversion rate is probably not your friend. Glad to hear you had an awesome first visit and are excited to come back!
@@SoCalDisneyDad we got to experience food and wine festival too which was so much fun, it was like a food scavenger hunt looking for all the cool food, we build lightsabers too!!! We're looking to come back down next November and see the Christmas season. The exchange rate is definitely not our friend hahaha but it's an incredible place you guys got down there
Aloha we stayed at Camelot the last time and enjoyed it, However it was $300 for the night, but that's what you pay for if you don't want to walk too far. Reall appreciate your blogs!
I would love to stay there sometime. We will eventually get more hotel stays. Have a big one coming up next weekend. Our first on property Disney hotel. And for the next one (don’t know when) we are eyeing up the Cambria. Maybe June? We stay in hotels maybe 4 times a year. So it takes awhile to rack up the reviews.
Aloha It's pronounced "MO- Chee" (Rise flour) also Tony Romas is a great place for ribs and has an outstanding fried Onion loaf. (Onion rings) if you have a car, we go to El Pollo Loco on Ball st. across the bridge.
I didn’t necessarily say I DONT recommend it. Just that there are two Best Westerns and people confuse them. And the one that I DO recommend is closer, so it’s not that one. I’ve never actually stayed at that one. But the other holds the record for “closest hotel to Disneyland” I’m sure the other one is fine. If you’re already booked to stay there.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Thank you for the reply. We are booking our 1st trip west to Disneyland and then Aulani in August. Your videos have been very helpful with our planning thank you!
I filmed a Merchandise tour today for Disneyland. It does just show the “normal” souvenirs in terms of it being what Disney sells at its stores. If you were wanting something not on property, I’ve never poked around those souvenir stores on Harbor.
@SoCalDisneyDad I didn't mean not on property I've seen a few things indifferent people's videos of u can get silhouette pictures done, so I meant mabey if there more things like that that were unique memory of disneyland there might not be a lot. Was just thinking different than shirts, bags, Keychain, mugs stuff that everyone knows about. Mabey there's not enough for a video it was just a thought
@@rachelbaxter6041 Ah! Yeah, I think places like the San Diego Zoo have more of that type of thing. Like I caricatures and face painting and getting your name drawn out as animals making the shapes of the letters. I’m not sure Disneyland has a whole bunch of that. But in the video I did today, I do highlight every store in the park and try to single out what merch is unique to that store. We get up close on some items, but not all as there’s way too much. But check out the video when it lands and maybe you’ll see something that catches your eye?
In your opinion is two full days plus a partial day enough time to do both parks justice? My family is mostly interested in rides and food, not too into fireworks or shows.
For sure yes! If you are just concerned about rides. I think one park per day, and a final half day at Disneyland would be just fine. I’d recommend Genie+ to make the most of those days, though.
I have a full tour. Probably needs updated. But I’m working my way through updating old content. Just filmed the Disneyland Tour today for 2024. But here’s the old tour. And by old I mean like 6-7 months old. Disneyland's Downtown Disney FULL TOUR | Shops, Restaurants, & More th-cam.com/video/qoXqO0JTo04/w-d-xo.html
Hello, I’m from Brazil and me and Family are going to disneyland for the first time. Where is the best place do park our car? We are going to stay in a Airbnb, so is the disney parking lot the best place or there are better places do park? Thinking about cost too. Tks!
I, personally, have never parked anywhere else but the Mickey & Friends parking garage, even when I had to pay full price. I'd just rather have my car on Disney property. As an Inspire Key holder, I get free parking, which is a nice perk as often as we go. But I still would park there even if I didn't have that perk. I have heard you can find free or near to free parking lots places and then take a bus (for a small fee) to the parks. Probably an ART (Anaheim Resort Transportation) bus, but I'm not 100% sure.
No. May is not hot here. Not like WDW. In May, us wimpy SoCal residents will still be wearing jackets the first 2 hours the park is open. 🤣 It will be gray, overcast every morning until around Noon and then the sun may choose to show itself or not. It’s hit or miss. It’s called May Gray, and it’s a marine layer of cloud that usually burns off around Noon and leaves clear blue skies behind, but not always. Lows start the day at around 55-58 degrees and it’ll reach 75-78 as a high on average. Our heat doesn’t appear until mid-July. And Labor Day is generally one of the hottest days of the year. So you should be golden in May.
@SoCalDisneyDad thanks for replying 🙏 you're so nice. A suggestion for one (maybe a few) of your surveys... which was the first video we watched? For me, it was the "things you need to bring in your backpack and the helpful advice to bring a reusable straw and the pos-its"!
@@cassyramirez4467 That’s a great idea. Helpful to know for sure! We are starting to redo some of those videos. I redid the Money Saving Tips video today and added like an extra 10 things this time. Plus updated some of the ticket purchasing information. I might consider redoing that backpack video because I’ve had a few people ask me “what to pack” And we now use the fanny pack tip on every visit since then. James loves his snack pouch. Food whenever he wants it. 🤣
Not too far beyond DL and PP hotels is an Italian restaurant named Marr’s Pizza. Down Katella passed the convention center. Some of the best pizza I have ever had. EVER.
To be honest with you, gardenwalk makes very little sense to me generally… I know the goal is to attract locals, but it is kinda weird to have this kind of concept this close to Disneyland. Particularly when there is a lot more visible dining on Harbor by the convention center. (I am a little surprised you didn’t go that far.) My guess is it is about the real estate and not really about much else.
It’s a 20 minute walk down to the convention center area (at least it’s about 20 minutes to the Clarion, which I’ve stayed at before), so I was trying to keep it to where people would want to quickly walk to. Less than 10 minutes away. Mostly just what’s available right outside the park.
@@SoCalDisneyDad you say that like folks aren’t staying at the convention center or beyond… I used to stay at the Hyatt Regency to attend CTA conventions and attend the park after, and it is a super long walk (Shuttle to the park is recommended) but there are several eateries around within walking distance. A lot of folks don’t know that the Hyatt Regency used to be the Team DLR office building before they built the one on property along the I-5 boarder. Which is a weird random fact.
You travor you need to review sea world. Asap. The front of the entrance is a disaster. Got here in the morning snd the line is a giant disaster one hour wait. Walked back to my car. No more ritas ice
I heard about that. I’m actually letting my pass expire. As I’m kind of over SeaWorld. It’s going down hill. Or has, from what it was even 3 years ago. And definitely from what it was before Covid.
It has been great, whats left of it. But uh it has been terrible. The new jelly fish exhibit is taking over the front and its just repulsive. Sad that we are too leaving the world of the sea until next year. Maybe it will be better. But the drive to Disneyland from SD is just as repulsive.
@@mexicanamerican21 Yeah, it’s a tedious drive. I’ve gotten used to it now, but the killer part, for me, is waking up at 5:30 to make the drive. Once I’m up it’s not so bad. Traffic is usually non existent that early.
I can’t think of Denny’s without also thinking of The Santa Clause, so I appreciated the reference.
Video idea- things to do in the area when taking a day off from the parks! Especially things that are within walking/ Uber distance.
We’ve had others ask about this too. We aren’t familiar enough with the area since we live in San Diego. Maybe one day we’ll have enough time to drive around and research everything but we haven’t yet.
That PIZZA place on the corner of Harbour Blvd and Katella Ave is awesome ❤
The Pizza Press at the Anaheim Hotel is actually pretty good, especially for breakfast! They also have a nice bar that serves food during the day with good prices and good food!
Breakfast burritos r easy to eat while walking into security.
I was in Anaheim in June. My husband and I ate at Starburger, Mochi Donuts, Luscious dumplings (corner of Katella and Harbor by Walgreens) and Cafe Bulba on the Garden Walk. I highly recommend the custard buns at Luscious dumplings. Star Burger is a fun fusion experience.
We’ve been to Luscious Dumplings & really enjoyed it!
Thank you. Never been to California or Disney land and to know there is places that are cheaper outside the park is great. Also, 32$ to park insane. We definitely will be walking everywhere or ubering.
Johnny Rockets, whoah that's a blast from the past. I'm surprised these places are all still in business, I haven't thought about them in many years.
Yeah, the Garden Walk always feels like a bit of a ghost town to me. But the food is still open.
Thanks! I've been looking for exactly this video for ages ❤ we're staying on Harbour in September so was wondering what was around outside the park
Happy birthday, Amy! Great video. Great information.
Oh this is brilliant, just what we needed to see as we are headed over later this year from australia. Thankyou
I love this I would love to see more videos like this
Awesome tour I didn’t know about Garden walk! Happy birthday Amy!🧚♀️
Thank you for this!
Super good idea showing us what’s around the park!
I didn’t know about the Garden walk. Thanks for the info
Fifth rooftop bar is very nice! Good date night spot. You can see into Disneyland!
Happiest of birthdays beautiful Amy
Thank you for the video
Thanks for this video. My wife and I are heading to Disneyland in late March and were just thinking about what was outside the park.
Great video good job I learned something today thank 😮
Byrd's Hot Chicken is my go to, always delicious but fair warning even their medium is very spicy.😅
I so appreciate your videos! We are leaving tomorrow for our first visit to the land and your videos have been a great help. Been to WDW many times but this is all new for us in CA. Maybe we will see you at the parks!
Unfortunately, we are here today, and won’t be up again until next Saturday. But I wish you a magical visit all the same! Enjoy!
Great video - thanks
Downtown Disney and Disney hotel dining would be awesome
Never mind ground your video from a few months back!
I always wondered where House of Blues moved to. Now I know!! Thank you 💯👍
Same Amy, it's been years since I've eaten at a Tony Romas! 😂
Thanks for the tour of Anaheim Garden Walk and Harbor Blvd. My favorite hotel on Harbor is Best Western Park Place Inn because of its proximity to the parks but I plan to stay at Tropicana next time because its price is lower and it’s just a few steps further away.
Perfect video thanks, being able to see the walk, we will be doing each day, I would love a video, on accessing the toy story garage, from Katella, so many people ask daily, if you can enter from there, and how it works, with doing security there, and where it drops you off, would be a popular video, I'm sure 👍
happy birthday to your wife!!!
Not too far away drive wise is The Packing District. A food court style place with lots to choose from. If you are around Traver you should check out.
Awesome topic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!!!
if im not at disneyland in anaheim or taking a break from the parks ill probably go to jack in the box for a lunch but the one on south harbor seems to have there carryout closed so i think ill go to the one next to the anaheim rinks
We stayed at the Fairfield Inn last visit (pre Covid) and loved Mimi’s! We would take an early afternoon break, have a short rest/swim and head to Mimi’s for an early dinner. It was great food and well priced!
Coming back in Oct 24 and am tossing up between Candy Cane and Grand Legacy 🧐
I have never been to Garden Walk even though I stay at a hotel that is very close to it. Going to walk over there on one of my trips.
Great Vlog Traver! Whenever we have been to Gardenwalk during the day we also found it a bit dead but that has its charm with no trouble getting a table at lunch. Just past the Wahlgreens there is an Ihop which, imo, is the quieter and cleaner of the two close to the parks. The Pizza Press used to be located in the front of the Carousel Inn (which was sold and demolished during the time it was mooted that a overhead bridge and parking lot/alternate entrance to Disneyland would be built pre covid) I was glad to see that it hadn’t disappeared only moved and we find the pizzas reasonable and tasty. As for that particular Denny’s - find it not so clean but depends on the time of day. And would be disappointed if they were still “out” of cold and refreshing egg nog or chocolate milk!
Have eaten at the Denny’s many times at any time of day, and it has always been consistently good Denny’s.
Aloha Ihop and Denny's both have good Gluten free menus
I really like walk tour vlogs. I've never been to Garden Walk. I don't know why. I have eaten at Tony Romas, though. They have great onion loafs. It's an appetizer . Went there every birthday in my teenage yrs. But in Torrance, CA
I’ve got another walking tour style video coming this week! So you’ll enjoy that.
Though it might be long. I’m expecting an hour. I’ll try to keep it under 60 minutes if I can.
@@SoCalDisneyDad I like long vlogs. So it's ok with me.
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue should open up a spot on that path way for some legit Hawaiian bbq plate lunch🤙🏽
We have an L&L about 10 minutes away from us but we haven’t tried it yet. It’s pretty authentic?
@@SoCalDisneyDadL&L is a chain from Hawaii. Try the loco moco! 2 hamburger patties on top of rice with 2 eggs and gravy on top. A Hawaii favorite!
That Tony Romas is my second favorite, great Ribs, after Earl of Sandwich Tavern
We will have to try it sometime. Thanks for the recommend.
I loveee the movie reference 😂😂😂
We ate at the Cheesecake Factory last summer but didn’t realize there was so much we missed with the Garden walk🥲.
This was a great video to see for our next trip, we stayed at the best Western stovall last year and it was great but next year we are planning to stay at the main entrance side and definitely gonna check out the garden walk and dennys to help cut meal costs as the trip isn't the cheapest for us Canadians but it was such an incredible trip (my first)
It’s not cheap for anybody. 😂
But I get the conversion rate is probably not your friend.
Glad to hear you had an awesome first visit and are excited to come back!
@@SoCalDisneyDad we got to experience food and wine festival too which was so much fun, it was like a food scavenger hunt looking for all the cool food, we build lightsabers too!!! We're looking to come back down next November and see the Christmas season. The exchange rate is definitely not our friend hahaha but it's an incredible place you guys got down there
great
10:43 also ate at this ihop for breakfast and hated it it was chaos
Aloha we stayed at Camelot the last time and enjoyed it, However it was $300 for the night, but that's what you pay for if you don't want to walk too far.
Reall appreciate your blogs!
I would love to stay there sometime. We will eventually get more hotel stays.
Have a big one coming up next weekend. Our first on property Disney hotel.
And for the next one (don’t know when) we are eyeing up the Cambria. Maybe June?
We stay in hotels maybe 4 times a year. So it takes awhile to rack up the reviews.
Aloha It's pronounced "MO- Chee" (Rise flour) also Tony Romas is a great place for ribs and has an outstanding fried Onion loaf. (Onion rings) if you have a car, we go to El Pollo Loco on Ball st. across the bridge.
Thanks for the video, exactly the info we were looking. Why did you say you don't recommend the best western Anaheim inn??
I didn’t necessarily say I DONT recommend it. Just that there are two Best Westerns and people confuse them. And the one that I DO recommend is closer, so it’s not that one.
I’ve never actually stayed at that one. But the other holds the record for “closest hotel to Disneyland”
I’m sure the other one is fine. If you’re already booked to stay there.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Thank you for the reply. We are booking our 1st trip west to Disneyland and then Aulani in August. Your videos have been very helpful with our planning thank you!
I am coming this year for the first time. I would love a video with most unique, and different survniers not the normal ones u can get anywhere
I filmed a Merchandise tour today for Disneyland. It does just show the “normal” souvenirs in terms of it being what Disney sells at its stores.
If you were wanting something not on property, I’ve never poked around those souvenir stores on Harbor.
@SoCalDisneyDad I didn't mean not on property I've seen a few things indifferent people's videos of u can get silhouette pictures done, so I meant mabey if there more things like that that were unique memory of disneyland there might not be a lot. Was just thinking different than shirts, bags, Keychain, mugs stuff that everyone knows about. Mabey there's not enough for a video it was just a thought
@@rachelbaxter6041 Ah! Yeah, I think places like the San Diego Zoo have more of that type of thing. Like I caricatures and face painting and getting your name drawn out as animals making the shapes of the letters.
I’m not sure Disneyland has a whole bunch of that. But in the video I did today, I do highlight every store in the park and try to single out what merch is unique to that store. We get up close on some items, but not all as there’s way too much.
But check out the video when it lands and maybe you’ll see something that catches your eye?
Aloha We usually stay at the Clemintine, so walk past this all the time. never went in. will dothat next time. thank you.
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In your opinion is two full days plus a partial day enough time to do both parks justice? My family is mostly interested in rides and food, not too into fireworks or shows.
For sure yes! If you are just concerned about rides. I think one park per day, and a final half day at Disneyland would be just fine.
I’d recommend Genie+ to make the most of those days, though.
You should come to st Louis zoo this year
Have you done a downtown Disney restaurant video?
I have a full tour. Probably needs updated. But I’m working my way through updating old content.
Just filmed the Disneyland Tour today for 2024.
But here’s the old tour. And by old I mean like 6-7 months old.
Disneyland's Downtown Disney FULL TOUR | Shops, Restaurants, & More
th-cam.com/video/qoXqO0JTo04/w-d-xo.html
@@SoCalDisneyDad thanks!! Can’t wait for the 2024 tour you did today.
Hello, I’m from Brazil and me and Family are going to disneyland for the first time. Where is the best place do park our car? We are going to stay in a Airbnb, so is the disney parking lot the best place or there are better places do park? Thinking about cost too. Tks!
I, personally, have never parked anywhere else but the Mickey & Friends parking garage, even when I had to pay full price. I'd just rather have my car on Disney property. As an Inspire Key holder, I get free parking, which is a nice perk as often as we go. But I still would park there even if I didn't have that perk.
I have heard you can find free or near to free parking lots places and then take a bus (for a small fee) to the parks. Probably an ART (Anaheim Resort Transportation) bus, but I'm not 100% sure.
Hi! A question (not related to the video). Do you think a portable/individual fan is necessarily if visiting on May? Thanks
No. May is not hot here. Not like WDW.
In May, us wimpy SoCal residents will still be wearing jackets the first 2 hours the park is open. 🤣
It will be gray, overcast every morning until around Noon and then the sun may choose to show itself or not. It’s hit or miss. It’s called May Gray, and it’s a marine layer of cloud that usually burns off around Noon and leaves clear blue skies behind, but not always.
Lows start the day at around 55-58 degrees and it’ll reach 75-78 as a high on average.
Our heat doesn’t appear until mid-July. And Labor Day is generally one of the hottest days of the year.
So you should be golden in May.
@SoCalDisneyDad thanks for replying 🙏 you're so nice. A suggestion for one (maybe a few) of your surveys... which was the first video we watched? For me, it was the "things you need to bring in your backpack and the helpful advice to bring a reusable straw and the pos-its"!
@@cassyramirez4467 That’s a great idea. Helpful to know for sure!
We are starting to redo some of those videos.
I redid the Money Saving Tips video today and added like an extra 10 things this time. Plus updated some of the ticket purchasing information.
I might consider redoing that backpack video because I’ve had a few people ask me “what to pack”
And we now use the fanny pack tip on every visit since then. James loves his snack pouch. Food whenever he wants it. 🤣
8:58 “moe-chee “
I have a suggestion, can you start reviewing hotels near Disneyland ?
Here’s a playlist you might find helpful:
Disneyland Area Hotel Reviews
th-cam.com/play/PL_0Qje8SjlSBhMewBdqEZb11TcMrzPelW.html
He has!
Thanks for the great vlog. Is it worth checking out anything like places to eat on the other side of the park? Like by the new Westin?
It’s just a lot further away. But you definitely could if something is down that way you want to go to and you don’t mind the walk.
Not too far beyond DL and PP hotels is an Italian restaurant named Marr’s Pizza. Down Katella passed the convention center. Some of the best pizza I have ever had. EVER.
@@michaelbferroni2631 That’s a bold claim. I’ll have to check it out sometime. 😂 I love pizza.
To be honest with you, gardenwalk makes very little sense to me generally… I know the goal is to attract locals, but it is kinda weird to have this kind of concept this close to Disneyland. Particularly when there is a lot more visible dining on Harbor by the convention center. (I am a little surprised you didn’t go that far.) My guess is it is about the real estate and not really about much else.
It’s a 20 minute walk down to the convention center area (at least it’s about 20 minutes to the Clarion, which I’ve stayed at before), so I was trying to keep it to where people would want to quickly walk to. Less than 10 minutes away.
Mostly just what’s available right outside the park.
@@SoCalDisneyDad you say that like folks aren’t staying at the convention center or beyond… I used to stay at the Hyatt Regency to attend CTA conventions and attend the park after, and it is a super long walk (Shuttle to the park is recommended) but there are several eateries around within walking distance. A lot of folks don’t know that the Hyatt Regency used to be the Team DLR office building before they built the one on property along the I-5 boarder. Which is a weird random fact.
5:55 ate at this mexican place for breakfast. Wouldn’t recommend it lol
Careful!!! They might be out of chocolate milk 😬
And I have to say, sometimes I'd rather have McDonald's than some of the restaurants we've wasted money at on our Disney trips!
I’d rather have McDonalds than Golden Horseshoe or Blue Bayou. 🤣
You travor you need to review sea world. Asap. The front of the entrance is a disaster. Got here in the morning snd the line is a giant disaster one hour wait. Walked back to my car. No more ritas ice
I heard about that. I’m actually letting my pass expire. As I’m kind of over SeaWorld. It’s going down hill. Or has, from what it was even 3 years ago. And definitely from what it was before Covid.
It has been great, whats left of it. But uh it has been terrible. The new jelly fish exhibit is taking over the front and its just repulsive. Sad that we are too leaving the world of the sea until next year. Maybe it will be better. But the drive to Disneyland from SD is just as repulsive.
@@mexicanamerican21 Yeah, it’s a tedious drive. I’ve gotten used to it now, but the killer part, for me, is waking up at 5:30 to make the drive. Once I’m up it’s not so bad. Traffic is usually non existent that early.