Quick guides
Short tables and the order we would follow again. The longer stories stay in the journal.
Famous Locations
ラホヤの海岸
We walked the cove for clear water and the animals, and parking decided whether the day felt easy. The cave, the seawall, and a guided snorkel were the parts I would plan again.
Before 9
Easiest street parking
145 steps
Down and back up
$13
Adult cave ticket now
Hotel Reviews
ラホヤ近辺の宿
Rooms on the La Jolla water were more than we wanted to pay in peak summer, so we slept inland and drove to the coast. A kitchen, a grocery store, and a reservation made with the hotel itself mattered more than the lobby.
Book direct
The lesson that stuck
15 min
Sorrento Valley to the cove
$500–$700
Cove rates we walked away from
Theme Parks
一日食事パス
I bought one dining pass for myself and treated it like a timer: a real plate every hour and a half, then back to the shows. It paid off on our visit because I started hungry and stayed at the restaurants that actually take the pass.
90 min
One scan, then you wait
Side or dessert
Not both
$59.99
Adult price to recheck
Theme Parks
ディズニーのカード
We looked at the Chase Disney Inspire card because tickets and hotel nights add up fast. The useful credits are real, and a few of the bonuses only pay off if we were already going to spend that money.
$149
Annual fee to recheck
$300 + $200
Welcome offer we saw
$100
After $200 in tickets
Famous Locations
ミッドウェー博物館
We went aboard because the kids wanted real airplanes they could walk around, and the flight deck was the part that worked for every age. I learned to do the narrow decks first, then stay up in the open air.
Flight deck
Start here with kids
15 min
Film is loud and dark
4 p.m.
Last admission
Special Trips
羽田の夜
I almost spent the night outside a locked terminal because I thought every building at Haneda stayed open. With children, the useful plan is Terminal 3, and a capsule hotel is the plan I would skip.
T3
The terminal that stays open
Under 12
Not allowed at First Cabin
1:15 a.m.
Last listed T3 shuttle
