Summer Deal

Seems DisneyLand is running a summer Deal

Purchase a DisneyLand Resort Vacation Package and save with rates as low as $77 per person per day for two nights and three days at the Jolly Roger Hotel---
including Park Hopper Theme Park Tickets----For parties of two adults and two Children!

Offer only Available until August 31st, 2008



So this offer has me thinking! Should I drive to California or Fly which is cheaper with three kids And which provides me with the most sanity? Should I should I not take the dive! Joe says we can go but he is not. So my Friend in Okla said she would fly up and drive with us. hmmmm.... Can't go till August because of all the other activities already paid for for the kids. Do any of you DisneyLand area residents HAppen to know when School Starts over there. Would August be crazy hot for us MN TUndra ppl? So many questions ? !

Oh And has anyone seen or been in the Jolly Roger Hotel I have never heard of this place.

Ok I am going out on a hunt for answers

That would be sooo cool if you could come to Disneyland this summer! Woot!

Schools: More and more schools here are going to the modified traditional schedule. This means that a lot of them start around August 20 to 23..somewhere in there. Some schools are still on the old schedule where they start in September, but most schools back east are already starting school by then. I think you would have less crowds. Maybe not less than late september, but still less than July.

Weather: August isn't the prettiest month here in Southern California. We tend to have our smoggy days in summer. It can be hot and smoggy. The nights can be pleasant, though. California traditionally has lower humidity..so our nights can cool a little in summer. In fact, sometimes you might need sweaters later in the night.

Jolly Roger: I have never stayed at the Jolly Roger, but if Disneyland has chosen it as a "Good Neighbor" hotel, then it can't be a dive. I mean...they do want people to return to the resort and not give them a bad experience.

Fly vs. Drive : Well..this depends on the deals you can get on a flight. I know there aren't a lot right now with fuel costs up. However, auto gas is going to cost you as well. I would look into doing both and crunch some numbers. Southwest would probably be the best prices. I am not sure what it costs to fly to Minnesota. Remember, if you drive, that means more meals and probably a couple nights in hotels. The drive is probably, what? 3 days? You couldn't be in the car too long every day with the kids. When we drove across country to WDW in 2000...we noticed that the kids started really getting restless around the 8 hour mark...and they were 15 and 12 at the time. They were really good about it and recognized the adventure of it all. Not sure how younger ones will do. You know them better than I do.

I hope you can come. It would be cool to meet you!

Um, errr I use this site, Tripadvisor a lot. But you need to read this one yourself. The most current review is from less than a week ago

Tripadvisor.com - Jolly Roger - Anaheim

THank You Very Much Ski For putting up the Review! I would have been very upset to get there And find it undesirable.

I am thinking THe HoJo Is looking awesome compared to Jolly Roger!
LoL It is Running about $123 a night for all of us.

I have spent quite a few years reading and writing on Lonely Planet - Thorntree, a travel site. Great information for travelers there.

As a little side note, the reason I found VMK in the first place was that I was looking for another forum that might engage me, and the first I found was Dis Boards and near the bottom they were talking about VMK, and the rest is (poetically) history...

Check out the USA branch on the Thorntree - might give you some info. I haven't been on there in a while...

Ski...

Eeks! After reading those reviews... Disney needs to take the Jolly Roger off their Good Neighbor hotel list!