Originally Posted by
HeHateY
The area around Anaheim Convention Center seems to be safe. It is bounded on the North by the origianal Anaheim Arena and then Disneyland is across the street. There are many hotels built cheek-by-jowl to the east with a big parking lot on the western side.
Anaheim has a decent transit service aimed at the Conv. Center and Disneyland called Anaheim Resort Transit:
http://www.rideart.org/
It can get you to the other hotels is the larger area and to MousePark's main entrance (on its eastern side) and the Amtrak/Metrolink Station and Crystal Cathedral and a large mall, etc.
PS I was conceived in Claremont, (NH) lol! My sibs were born there but with one more they had to move to a larger home and were doing so when I was born! Have many family friends there still.
Well, now that you are flying into ONT, why not stop off in Claremont, CA for a cup of coffee. It was built up by college professors from New England and there is only one other town with that name in the USA, and guess what state it is in! Just west of ONT on I-10 (or "the 10" in local parlance) but before the interchange with "the 57"; use Indian Hill Blvd. Exit and go north until you cross the tracks, then take a right.
For future reference, there is a frequent coach/bus (Gray Line's Disneyland Express) service from both LAX and John Wayne (SNA) to Anaheim CC/Disneyland. Long Beach (LGB) is next closest to Anaheim after SNA and has non-stop jetBlue service to Boston (but not MHT).
ONT is about a 45 minute drive to Anaheim. I would take I-10 to CA-57 and then take Katella westbound to Anaheim CC.
Thank you!! I LOVE that bit of trivia! The day I leave I may just be able to stop off there if I can find my way.
I am not renting a car as it would $12 a day for parking both at the hotel and convention center plus the cost of the rental. This is a very low budget trip for be due to current circumstances, I don't graduate until May and am already scraping the plate. I posted more about this in a post in the LA section of USA travel, just too long to repeat here with this lousy keyboard it would take forever.
I have to make the best of this trip as it will advance my career as a nurse and show I am serious about being a OR Nurse.
The hotel is 2 miles from the convention center near some mall called the Block at Orange. I hope there is transit there as the comp shuttle most days does not begin until after I need to be at the convention center, us nurses start early!
So I am looking for free or very cheap things to do including eats. Disney is out this trip unless I win tix or something, lol.
The ART info is greatly appreciated and will help A LOT. They do go right near the hotel I am staying in too!
PS I was conceived in Claremont (NH) and my sibs were born there. With one more they bought a bigger home and were moving in when I came along!