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Need advice on things to do in Los Angeles with my kids.
6/3/15 | Me

Posted on 06/03/2015 7:59:45 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal

I am planning to fly into LAX this August with my daughter (7) and son (9) while Mom stays home with the other two. We are mainly going to spend an afternoon with my dad on the Iowa at his Navy reunion, but will have a day, day-and-a-half to do other things.

I would definitely like to go to a beach as the kids have never seen the ocean. Some other attraction or park would be nice too.

I've never been to the L.A. area before and am not entirely sure what to expect. Could use some advice! Thanks.


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To: ansel12

Yeah, I’m looking at a map now and realize how packed the area is with streets and places I’ve heard of a million times but have never actually seen. Should be interesting!


41 posted on 06/03/2015 8:31:35 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Double Double, animal style!


42 posted on 06/03/2015 8:32:12 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
You could take your kids for surf lessons in Manhattan Beach and then eat at the pier. Manhattan Beach is about 3 miles south of LAX so it is easy to get to.

Here are some links for various surf camps that operate in August. The Freedom surf camp is the one I enrolled my son in. It is $90 for the day per person. I think you can do a half day for less but call them to find out. The other camp is a little pricier - $90 for 90 minutes.

http://freeedom.org/surf/

http://www.campsurf.com/los-angeles-surf-lessons/private/#7ee67fe49807ecb69

43 posted on 06/03/2015 8:32:17 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Leave. LA beaches are a mass of boom boxes and cigarette butts on the weekends and not much better on the weekdays. If you must visit LA got to Santa Barbara.


44 posted on 06/03/2015 8:33:03 AM PDT by pacific_waters
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To: golux

http://santamonicapier.org/


45 posted on 06/03/2015 8:33:13 AM PDT by golux
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Go here, there is an air space museum, an interactive science museum, space shuttle display. All fun http://www.nhm.org/site/


46 posted on 06/03/2015 8:34:10 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: golux; Codeflier
Oh - the Santa Monica pier was in a scene from Iron Man!
47 posted on 06/03/2015 8:34:15 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

in n out is kind of the burger equivalent of the emperor has no clothes. Carl’s Jr makes a tastier burger. I have no idea how the marketing BS that in n out is the worlds’ best burger got started but it ain’t.


48 posted on 06/03/2015 8:35:14 AM PDT by pacific_waters
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To: ansel12

You’ll spend a day and a half in LA traffic that is like a parking lot only slower. Avoid any places like Disneyland as that is where all the thieves and panhandlers accumulate. Stay in a place that has guarded parking.


49 posted on 06/03/2015 8:35:57 AM PDT by RW_Whacko
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To: Signalman

I’d have to agree that it is a good deli, not NYC but passable.


50 posted on 06/03/2015 8:36:56 AM PDT by pacific_waters
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To: Gay State Conservative

Forgot how much I liked that video!


51 posted on 06/03/2015 8:38:07 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: vbmoneyspender
By the way, don't listen to the messages about the beaches in LA being horrible. The beaches from Manhattan Beach on south to Palos Verdes are very nice. You won't be bothered and you will have a nice relaxing time. I have lived in the South Bay for 25 years and surf almost every day and the beaches are nice and clean and safe with friendly people and a small town atmosphere.

If you wanted to do something fun after doing the surf camp I suggested in my previous post, you could go down to the Redondo Pier where they have a large fishermans market where fresh fish are sold and there are plenty of restaurants to eat at.

52 posted on 06/03/2015 8:39:19 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

The 101 is the Hollywood Freeway. You can see the Hollywood sign when driving north. Sunset Blvd goes off the Hollywood Freeway (before you go through the mountains where Universal Studios is) and travels west to the ocean. It ends north of Santa Monica. Pacific Coast Highway is a pretty drive, but kids will get bored unless they just love looking at the ocean. Santa Monica Pier is great for young kids as it has an amusement park with Ferris wheel, etc. I believe you can drive right onto the pier and park underneath. It’s been years since we went to Santa Monica Pier.......we have no young kids anymore.


53 posted on 06/03/2015 8:40:20 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (Not my circus, not my monkeys.......)
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To: smokingfrog

YES!! The Tar Pits, George C Page Museum, will interest every age. We were just there a few months ago. Never get tired of it and our son loved going there when he was in grade school.


54 posted on 06/03/2015 8:43:11 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (Not my circus, not my monkeys.......)
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To: vbmoneyspender

Thanks! We will get in about 2 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. It seems like Manhattan and Redondo would be easy to reach yet that day.


55 posted on 06/03/2015 8:43:17 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.


56 posted on 06/03/2015 8:45:34 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

You can’t go wrong hugging the Pacific on the PCH. I do not enjoy large cities so I wouldn’t go in to LA proper. The beaches south of SP are busy and tough to find parking. North a few miles has better access. Maybe a theme park but that is a full day and very expensive. You can spend some time at Santa Monica Pier and do some rides only a few miles from the airport. Disneyland is at least an hour drive and there is nothing nice along the way. LAX is quite cheap and easy for car rental and easy to get in and out of. Hotels are around $100 a night. Anything less wild be far from the beach. What are the kids interested in? LA is so huge it has something for everyone.


57 posted on 06/03/2015 8:46:39 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
Yeah, I’m looking at a map now and realize how packed the area is with streets and places I’ve heard of a million times but have never actually seen. Should be interesting!

It's a freebie and will distract the kids, and they will remember them all their lives "Kids we are on the Santa Monica freeway right now, remember the (movie), (song), (TV series)

I used to recommend going to the tallest buildings in town and riding the elevators to the top, for the city experience, if someone was from a place without high rises, but I don't know if people can play downtown today.

Take the advice on beaches, don't just drive to one thinking that they are all the same, you want to miss the worst of the tourist beaches. If you drive to a remote beach, have a picnic and let the kids immerse themselves in the experience.

58 posted on 06/03/2015 8:46:40 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

The USS Iowa is awesome to visit. It’s located in San Pedro where Spanish is the native language and EBT the preferred currency.

Suggest Disneyland, Huntington Beach, and/or Aquarium of the Pacific.


59 posted on 06/03/2015 8:48:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

If I were going, I would probably visit the Peterson Automotive Museum. Wish I could also tour Jay Leno’s garage.


60 posted on 06/03/2015 8:49:16 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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