In
Southern California, we take any efforts to build a mass transit
system personally. How dare the swinish scum-sucking politicians use
our tax money to build a system that does not use the holy
automobile! The most pure are the politicians of Los Angeles who
will sink to any level to obstruct or destroy anything in the public
interest such as mass transit.
But
the city of Anaheim is not at one with the body of Christ in Commerce
for they are failing to obstruct mass transit. These do-gooding,
tree-hugging, business hating lefty swine think that they can build
infrastructure for the public good. I laugh at their pathetic
efforts here in Southern California. Don't they know that the
Republicans will rise up and destroy them?
Nevertheless
I am here to testify that I have personally taken the train to
Disneyland from Oceanside and it worked very well. Furthermore,
Anaheim not only makes this convenient, they have built a whole new
transit center / train station / bus station / etc. to support the
activity. In other words, they appear to want people to use mass
transit. Crazy, huh?
Anaheim Station from a distance
Interior of Anaheim Station
The
ticket to/from Anaheim from Ocanside is roughly $20 each way by
Amtrak, and perhaps 1/2 that by Metrolink. The trains via Amtrak
run about every two hours. I would think that the main application
here would be to/from LA and I do not know what it costs, but I can
tell you that it takes roughly 40 minutes by train to get from Union
Station to Anaheim station.
Once
in Anaheim, you have the option of using some sort of bus system to
get you to Disneyland, but I opted for using the taxi cabs that were
provided in a taxi stand right outside the station. How amazing and
unique, what a concept, a taxi stand. There are no taxi stands
outside stations in LA other than Union station. The taxi fare is
about $15.00 each way, and it takes about 10 minutes.
One
thing to keep in mind is that the taxi stand at Disneyland is
convenient, but the whole transit situation outside Disneyland at
10:00 PM or so is so confusing that you might want to ask directions
rather than just trying to make your way back by memory as I did.
I
also tested whether one could see an evening show of some sort, we
saw Fantasmic or something like that, and still make it to the final
train Southbound from Amtrak which arrives at Anaheim about 10:50 PM.
If you do not make that train, then you are stuck overnight or must
have some other plan. Even though I decided to stay overnight at a
local hotel, I did verify that I could easily make the train after
the show. One must not dawdle however, one must push on and get to
your train as there is quite a delay walking out of the park with
everyone else.
Not
only did the transit work very well, but I decided to reduce stress
by staying overnight, and I was able to get a very reasonable hotel
room at a local Motel 6 at 100 Disney Way, conveniently located, and
reasonably priced at $100/night. A short bus or cab ride from
Disneyland, one could probably even walk it if one were ambitious.
The
new Anaheim station opened (a soft open) the day I returned to
Oceanside, and it looks rather Saudi Arabian, which is to say large
and futuristic. It seemed very nice to me as I ran though it trying
to make my train.
In
short, it is completely possible to use the train to go to/from
Disneyland from LA or San Diego. It is convenient and probably not
all that more expensive than driving and parking.
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