Taking the train to Disneyland

Space Mountain Mike · 01-05-2006, 10:33 PM

The last two trips to Disneyland I took the train because I got tired of the traffic, and I get just plain tired when I drive long distances. 97.9 miles is too close to fly so I thought "Amtrak?!". It has literally taken 3-4 hours to drive to the park because of the traffic. I read an article that at one time there was some major marketing to get people to ride the train to the park.

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1584

Ratty12345 · 01-06-2006, 11:23 AM

To tell you the truth, I would probably take a train on my next visit to Disneyland. Driving is too long and has lots of traffic and taking a plane is too short a distance.

TimmyII · 01-06-2006, 11:52 AM

Funny story about taking the train one time.....
A friend and I took a trip from Sacramento to Anaheim for our vacation at the Disneyland Resort. We took the coastal route through San Francisco, Santa Barbara, etc. It was an INCREDIBLY fun trip.
Funny part is that it took us between 12 and 13 hours to ride the train from Sacramento to Anaheim when we could have driven it in six or seven.
But if you like the train and make that PART of your vacation, it's great. Got to catch up on a lot of reading on the trip. It was great!

garbagepixie · 01-06-2006, 12:13 PM

I take the metro for lack of a car... the Metro takes forever.

The train seems nice though.

Ratty12345 · 01-06-2006, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TimmyII

Funny story about taking the train one time.....
A friend and I took a trip from Sacramento to Anaheim for our vacation at the Disneyland Resort. We took the coastal route through San Francisco, Santa Barbara, etc. It was an INCREDIBLY fun trip.
Funny part is that it took us between 12 and 13 hours to ride the train from Sacramento to Anaheim when we could have driven it in six or seven.
But if you like the train and make that PART of your vacation, it's great. Got to catch up on a lot of reading on the trip. It was great!

Just wondering, how can a train ride take longer than a car ride? I would be thinking that a train ride is faster than driving a car.

Piglet · 01-06-2006, 07:54 PM

They make stops at other train depots to pick up other passengers--that can cause delays.

Space Mountain Mike · 01-06-2006, 10:33 PM

Well from San Diego it certainly can! I would say if you're between 60 and 200 miles a train ride is faster especially if you're traveling down the coast. If you're along the California Coast and between Santa Barbara and Ventura or In San Diego County or in Palm Springs then you better believe a train ride will save you time. \

I know from experience that driving from San Diego to Disneyland could take 3 or 4 hours because of traffic. A train ride is 2 hours from station to station (not including the time it takes you to get to the San Diego station). A train ride from Sacramento is pushing it; personally I'd rather ride an airplane.

Not to mention a train ride saves wear and tear on yourself. Whenever I drive long distances I get tired. I was just in Mission Valley today and I rode the San Diego Trolley and it took an hour and would have taken me 20 minutes by car. I'm glad I did it! What's the hurry, it's a Slappy Hour! The parking lot in this place is notoriously bad.

Chatterbug · 01-07-2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TimmyII

Funny story about taking the train one time.....

What Train did you take was it the Pacific Surf liner ? I have thought of taking the train myself sometime and making it Part of my vacation. I have been to many beaches and noticed the tracks run close almost all the way. My only long train trip was from San Jose to (I think it was Belling ham) Washington. That was a long trip some of the scenery was aw some .

disneylover · 01-07-2006, 09:05 AM

I took the train from Martinez to Reno. Driving that would take about 3 hours. On the train it took about 6 hours. Granted, you do go over the sierras to get there. The trip there was nice and had beautiful scenery to look at, but the way home was awful! I just wanted to get home, and it seemed like it took forever!

Overall though, it was a great experience.

On a side note, while waiting to get into DL on July 17th, I met a family from Martinez that had taken the train to the DLR. I thought that was pretty cool to run into a family from my home town in a sea of thousands of people waiting to get inot DL!

Space Mountain Mike · 01-07-2006, 10:53 PM

Well San Diego is just the right distance where it's too far to drive but too close to fly, so the train is my favorite option

RankoAnime · 01-08-2006, 12:20 PM

I've always thought about taking a train to DLR, but I never knew there was a train station nearby. I know we cross some train tracks going on Ball Road (I've seen both Amtrack and Metrolink), but I don't know where those drop off at.

Space Mountain Mike · 01-08-2006, 01:08 PM

Both Metrolink and Amtrak™ stop at Anaheim Stadium. You have to walk across the parking lot to the entrance to the parking lot, where there is a building there called "the grove". Cross Katella then to the bus stop at Katella & State College. In all, it's a 10 minute walk to the bus stop. Take bus line 50 westbound to Katella and harbor it's only a 5 minute bus ride

Wendell · 01-08-2006, 06:05 PM

Train is a little faster than car from San Diego during high traffic. I like train rides anywhere. It is really fun. A little off topic, if you want to take a bus, it is cheaper than car. However, car is much faster than bus during any kind of traffic. Bottom line, don't take a bus if you want to get there quick. Take the train.

TimmyII · 01-10-2006, 11:54 PM

Yeah, for me it started in Sacramento (coastal route--specific route name escapes me) went into Emeryville (home of Pixar!) then to Oakland then some other stop, then stopped in Santa Barbara, then several more stops in Los Angeles until finally reaching Angels Stadium depot.
There the hotel shuttle from the hotel we stayed at picked us up and took us back. That was 1995, two weeks after Indy opened.

Space Mountain Mike · 01-11-2006, 12:29 AM

If I lived in Northern California, train would take too long I think I would fly at that point. As I said, San Diego is just the distance where it's too close to fly but too far to drive.

01-05-2006, 10:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Space Mountain Mike Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 352 Images: 124	Taking the train to Disneyland The last two trips to Disneyland I took the train because I got tired of the traffic, and I get just plain tired when I drive long distances. 97.9 miles is too close to fly so I thought "Amtrak?!". It has literally taken 3-4 hours to drive to the park because of the traffic. I read an article that at one time there was some major marketing to get people to ride the train to the park. http://www.jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1584 __________________ Well, all right. I guess I'll just sit here and blow up then, shall I? click here to see my Disneyland videosClick here to see my photos

01-06-2006, 11:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ratty12345 Random Azn Dude from CA Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 611 Images: 7	To tell you the truth, I would probably take a train on my next visit to Disneyland. Driving is too long and has lots of traffic and taking a plane is too short a distance. __________________ "To all that come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world." -Walt Disney, July 17, 1955-

01-06-2006, 11:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
TimmyII Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 911 Images: 6	Funny story about taking the train one time..... A friend and I took a trip from Sacramento to Anaheim for our vacation at the Disneyland Resort. We took the coastal route through San Francisco, Santa Barbara, etc. It was an INCREDIBLY fun trip. Funny part is that it took us between 12 and 13 hours to ride the train from Sacramento to Anaheim when we could have driven it in six or seven. But if you like the train and make that PART of your vacation, it's great. Got to catch up on a lot of reading on the trip. It was great! __________________ TimmyII -- Former Disneyland Cast Member 1996-2001 Department 384 "Disneyland is not just another amusement park...Disneyland is a show!" - Walt Disney My Countdown Counting down to: My trip to Disneyland Paris! 280 days 13 hours 47 minutes

01-06-2006, 12:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
garbagepixie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 102	I take the metro for lack of a car... the Metro takes forever. The train seems nice though. __________________ John Hammond: All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked, nothing. Dr. Ian Malcolm: But, John. But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists. -Jurassic Park Disneyland Passholder since 1998

01-06-2006, 07:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Piglet Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Posts: 857	They make stops at other train depots to pick up other passengers--that can cause delays. __________________ <-- My kids with Piglet at Disneyland, taken 6/05. A big thank-you to Kit Cloudkicker for the awesome sig he designed for me!!

01-06-2006, 10:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
Space Mountain Mike Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 352 Images: 124	Well from San Diego it certainly can! I would say if you're between 60 and 200 miles a train ride is faster especially if you're traveling down the coast. If you're along the California Coast and between Santa Barbara and Ventura or In San Diego County or in Palm Springs then you better believe a train ride will save you time. \ I know from experience that driving from San Diego to Disneyland could take 3 or 4 hours because of traffic. A train ride is 2 hours from station to station (not including the time it takes you to get to the San Diego station). A train ride from Sacramento is pushing it; personally I'd rather ride an airplane. Not to mention a train ride saves wear and tear on yourself. Whenever I drive long distances I get tired. I was just in Mission Valley today and I rode the San Diego Trolley and it took an hour and would have taken me 20 minutes by car. I'm glad I did it! What's the hurry, it's a Slappy Hour! The parking lot in this place is notoriously bad. __________________ Well, all right. I guess I'll just sit here and blow up then, shall I? click here to see my Disneyland videosClick here to see my photos

01-07-2006, 09:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
disneylover Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Martinez, CA (Bay Area) Posts: 291 Images: 3	I took the train from Martinez to Reno. Driving that would take about 3 hours. On the train it took about 6 hours. Granted, you do go over the sierras to get there. The trip there was nice and had beautiful scenery to look at, but the way home was awful! I just wanted to get home, and it seemed like it took forever! Overall though, it was a great experience. On a side note, while waiting to get into DL on July 17th, I met a family from Martinez that had taken the train to the DLR. I thought that was pretty cool to run into a family from my home town in a sea of thousands of people waiting to get inot DL! __________________ Here you leave today and enter the world of Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Fantasy. I was there July 17, 2005.

01-07-2006, 10:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Space Mountain Mike Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 352 Images: 124	Well San Diego is just the right distance where it's too far to drive but too close to fly, so the train is my favorite option __________________ Well, all right. I guess I'll just sit here and blow up then, shall I? click here to see my Disneyland videosClick here to see my photos

01-08-2006, 12:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
RankoAnime Stitch - Up, up and away! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 45 minutes from Disneyland Posts: 897 Images: 23	I've always thought about taking a train to DLR, but I never knew there was a train station nearby. I know we cross some train tracks going on Ball Road (I've seen both Amtrack and Metrolink), but I don't know where those drop off at.

01-08-2006, 01:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
Space Mountain Mike Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 352 Images: 124	Both Metrolink and Amtrak™ stop at Anaheim Stadium. You have to walk across the parking lot to the entrance to the parking lot, where there is a building there called "the grove". Cross Katella then to the bus stop at Katella & State College. In all, it's a 10 minute walk to the bus stop. Take bus line 50 westbound to Katella and harbor it's only a 5 minute bus ride __________________ Well, all right. I guess I'll just sit here and blow up then, shall I? click here to see my Disneyland videosClick here to see my photos Last edited by Space Mountain Mike; 01-09-2006 at 07:51 AM.

01-08-2006, 06:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
Wendell Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Elfin Forest in Sunny (or Snowy now) San Diego Posts: 99	Train is a little faster than car from San Diego during high traffic. I like train rides anywhere. It is really fun. A little off topic, if you want to take a bus, it is cheaper than car. However, car is much faster than bus during any kind of traffic. Bottom line, don't take a bus if you want to get there quick. Take the train. __________________ This is For Walt! [i]Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's the little old bird women comes. In her own special way to the people she calls, "come by my bags full of crumbs. Come feed the little birds show them you care, and you'll be glad if you do, the young ones are hungry their nests are so bare, all it takes is tuppence from you. Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. Feed the birds, that's what she cries while overhead, her birds fill the skies. [i]

01-10-2006, 11:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
TimmyII Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 911 Images: 6	Yeah, for me it started in Sacramento (coastal route--specific route name escapes me) went into Emeryville (home of Pixar!) then to Oakland then some other stop, then stopped in Santa Barbara, then several more stops in Los Angeles until finally reaching Angels Stadium depot. There the hotel shuttle from the hotel we stayed at picked us up and took us back. That was 1995, two weeks after Indy opened. __________________ TimmyII -- Former Disneyland Cast Member 1996-2001 Department 384 "Disneyland is not just another amusement park...Disneyland is a show!" - Walt Disney My Countdown Counting down to: My trip to Disneyland Paris! 280 days 13 hours 47 minutes

01-11-2006, 12:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
Space Mountain Mike Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 352 Images: 124	If I lived in Northern California, train would take too long I think I would fly at that point. As I said, San Diego is just the distance where it's too close to fly but too far to drive. __________________ Well, all right. I guess I'll just sit here and blow up then, shall I? click here to see my Disneyland videosClick here to see my photos

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