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That's pretty crazy how fast that is rising. Tripled in the last 15 years.
 
Wow. It has been a few years since I was there last. At $50 it was marginally reasonable. At $100, hell the holy mother **** no.
 
My favorite beach is a little nook called Torrey Pines. Just to the north of San Diego. . . All I need there is a pooper scooper and my dogs are legit.
 
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I hate Disneyland. My only advice is to get there early. As the day goes on, the ride lines get worse and worse. Good luck. As for beaches, Huntington has always been my favorite.
 
I love Walt Disney World in Florida, been there multiple times over the years, always stay somewhere on site which makes it much more tolerable. Been to Disneyland three times, once as a kid myself as twice with my own kids. It's not nearly the same pleasant experience as WDW since it's so much smaller and you can't stay on site (well, maybe now you can, but not 20 years ago)


speaking of beaches, has anyone mentioned Seal Beach? That's probably the closest. Never been there though, but I'll bet it's decent.


Venice Beach is a real experience. Probably too far. Your kids would be very intrigued though.

Manhattan Beach is a nice beach and a nice town. The town is right by the beach.
 
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I love Walt Disney World in Florida, been there multiple times over the years, always stay somewhere on site which makes it much more tolerable. Been to Disneyland three times, once as a kid myself as twice with my own kids. It's not nearly the same pleasant experience as WDW since it's so much smaller and you can't stay on site (well, maybe now you can, but not 20 years ago)


speaking of beaches, has anyone mentioned Seal Beach? That's probably the closest. Never been there though, but I'll bet it's decent.


Venice Beach is a real experience. Probably too far. Your kids would be very intrigued though.

Manhattan Beach is a nice beach and a nice town. The town is right by the beach.
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They've had a Disneyland Hotel for quite awhile and built some new ones recently, built a shopping center on the property, and the other California Adventure theme park so it's quite a bit bigger if you haven't been there in a few years. But yeah, nowhere close to Disneyworld for sure, though I've never been to DisneyWorld.
 
Venice Beach is ok if your kids are a little older. It really isn't a great place for the beach per se, but for people watching and ogling weirdos it is pretty good. Just be ready to be followed around the entire day by dozens of aspiring rap artists pushing their self-made dvd's. Hint: they suck. Also, on venice beach you really have to watch your possessions.
 
So we ended up going to Sunset Beach. The water was a little chilly, but my kids and I enjoyed playing in the rolling waves anyway. They had notices posted about rays in the water, so we were trying to be careful and shuffle our feet and stuff like that. After we played for a while, my older kids said they wanted to go out deeper one last time so I took them out. On our way back in a bigger roller hit us from behind and made me kind of lurch forward a little. The next thing I feel is a sharp pain in the top of my foot. Yep, a ray got me. Let me tell you, that takes about 5 minutes, but then the pain really sets in. That son of a mother hurt like a bitch. My whole ankle and foot swelled up and my whole foot was covered in blood before the lifeguard got there. I hadn't been in that much pain in a long time.
Disneyland was fun, mostly in seeing my kids reaction to it all. We didn't have any problems with things disappearing from the stroller, but then again, we didn't leave anything of value on it. My wife carried her camera on the rides when we all rode, or whoever was sitting off kept it. The best part was that I literally didn't spend a dime in the parks. We took stuff for sandwiches or hit Del Taco before we went in and had a **** ton of treats for the kids.
All said and done, we drove 1644 miles on our 8 day, 7 night vacation, and I didn't kill anyone.
 
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So we ended up going to Sunset Beach. The water was a little chilly, but my kids and I enjoyed playing in the rolling waves anyway. They had notices posted about rays in the water, so we were trying to be careful and shuffle our feet and stuff like that. After we played for a while, my older kids said they wanted to go out deeper one last time so I took them out. On our way back in a bigger roller hit us from behind and made me kind of lurch forward a little. The next thing I feel is a sharp pain in the top of my foot. Yep, a ray got me. Let me tell you, that takes about 5 minutes, but then the pain really sets in. That son of a mother hurt like a bitch. My whole ankle and foot swelled up and my whole foot was covered in blood before the lifeguard got there.
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Did the lifeguard just tell you to pee on it and everything would be ok?
 
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