Hope you don't mind if I ask a question about traffic in the same vicinity. I have to be in Irvine for two different swim meets in August, and the morning events would be around 10am, and evening events at 6pm.

There's a Hyatt in Anaheim/Garden Grove with pretty decent rates for both stays, but it's 12 miles from the pool, about 8-9 miles of that along the 405 and the rest on surface streets on either end. The Hyatt in Irvine is too expensive for me.

Anyone able to give me an idea of travel time to the pool for morning and evening events? Ideally I'd like to be there 30 mins before events start, so figure arrival no later than 9:30am and 5:30pm. Is this workable or should I pay more to stay in Irvine or consider Foothill Ranch (see there's a toll road there, but better hotel rates than Irvine even with tolls).