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paula
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 Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: What can I walk to from the Hilton? |
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| I'm trying to decide whether to rent a car for the convention. Most of that decision depends on what is within walking distance of the hotel, where I would define "walking distance" as a mile or less and well-lit/safe at night. Is there a grocery store and/or liquor store in that range? Many restaurants? |
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Sieglinde
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject: Disney Resort |
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I don't know how close the Disney resort is to the hotels and convention center. (It has been too many years) but it has all kinds of stores and resaurants.
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VanessaVanWagner
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[Edited to remove answer to question no one had asked]
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Colemanus
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Kevin Standlee
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Colemanus wrote: | | Always nice to rent a car |
Yes, but then you have to pay $10/day to park it in the hotel's garage. No free parking around the hotels and convention center.
There are convenience stores and restaurants within a short walk of the hotel/convention center complex. There are more stores a longer walk -- less than a mile, and I did the walk myself during a planning meeting a few months ago.
The thing to keep in mind is that the Hilton "turns its back" on Disney, and most of the shops and restaurants are on the Disney side of the hotel; that is, you have to walk around the perimeter of the hotel/convention center complex to get to the shops. If you're someone who walks out the front entrance of the hotel, and if you can't see a shop or restaurant, decides there are none -- I encountered this at ConJose -- then you will in fact be stuck. |
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paula
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the tips, Kevin. Yes, the hotel parking fee is the main reason I'm likely to not rent a car. Sounds like I can manage with what's in walking distance if I bring a bottle of good scotch with me. |
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Kevin Standlee
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| paula wrote: | | Thanks for the tips, Kevin. Yes, the hotel parking fee is the main reason I'm likely to not rent a car. Sounds like I can manage with what's in walking distance if I bring a bottle of good scotch with me. |
As I recall, there is even a liquor store on that corner of Katella and Harbor. I didn't say it would be good liquor, though. |
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paula
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, that's why I'm bringin' my own! |
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Lazarus
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Kevin Standlee wrote: | | paula wrote: | | Thanks for the tips, Kevin. Yes, the hotel parking fee is the main reason I'm likely to not rent a car. Sounds like I can manage with what's in walking distance if I bring a bottle of good scotch with me. |
As I recall, there is even a liquor store on that corner of Katella and Harbor. I didn't say it would be good liquor, though. |
Yeah, but I'm coming from Canada, so bringing my own bottle of scotch (or whatever) is not going to be as easy or practical. So are there any GOOD liquor stores around or am I going to have to hunt down "paula" and bum a drink off her?
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David Bliss
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:35 am Post subject: Re: Disney Resort |
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| Sieglinde wrote: | | I don't know how close the Disney resort is to the hotels and convention center. (It has been too many years) but it has all kinds of stores and resaurants. |
Disney is right across the street but the entrance to the parks and the Downtown Disney shopping/dining area is a good half mile away. As of a year ago there was a shuttle service running between the parks and various hotels. Maybe other destinations too. Pick-up was between the Hilton and Marriott and an all day pass cost 2 or 3 dollars. |
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zachary
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:58 am Post subject: Details are actually already on the laconiv site. Who knew? |
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Details about said shuttles and a map of the area including restaurants are actually on the laconiv site, hidden under "Getting to Anaheim", (which one probably wouldn't look at if one already knew how one was getting to Anaheim). http://laconiv.org/2006/vis/localbus.htm
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