At this point in time I can't justify $50 in gas to get a $70 gift card. My b-day is the 10th. A day trip to DLR is out since The Boy has school.

I have no clue what my work schedule will be. I'm currently owned by my noew job for a while, but if I can get away, I'll be at the DLR.

i plan on going to San Francisco ona Daytrip from LA . Frst time in S F.

Um, San Francisco is not possible as a "Day Trip" from Los Angeles, at least not as Day Trips are usually defined (as in something you can get to and back and spend more than an hour there in a single day).

San Francisco is about a 7-hour drive from L.A. It could be a day trip if you fly, I suppose. And with gasoline/petrol prices being what they are, flying isn't that much more expensive.

San Francisco is worth at least a couple of days, tho.

If you're going to do a "day trip" to SF I highly suggest the first flight out and the last flight back. There is so much to see and do though that if you can take a few days that would be your best bet.

I was up there for 4 days and barely scratched the surface of the "standard" stuff, let alone all the hidden treasures.

BTW, the weekend of Sept. 12 won't work for me for a Diz meet, but perhaps the following weekend???

I have met some from LoT, some from MP before LoT, and some from Mouseadventure, but not actually a LoT meet with the possible exception Of Lisa and Chris with the Bears at DtD for a few minutes. I'm not sure what the eaisiest way would be to meet up at the expo, but maybe we could arrange something. I'm going on Sat. Louis is going on Sunday, and then we have a dinner planned afterwards.

For SF i'm gonna fly from LAX to SFO for $120 or €90 then yeah we're gonna take the first flight in the morning and the last at night .

I know this is a short amount of time for SF but it's my first time outside of the Airport as i had some layover in SFO . I actually saw the Golden Gate bridge when we took off in 2001 .

As everyone is going to the Expo on the Saturday we thought that it would be better for us to go to Magic Mountain that day as the park close at 10pm .

I'll also stay the first night in Anaheim in a motel near Disneyland on Katella . Because i remember the first night we came from Paris we were so tired that i coudln't understand english very well lol . So we figured that spending the first night in the area would be better and we found an awesome deal online for $30 all tax included ( Thanks for the Recession ) .

I've seen the new '' Murphy '' Dragon on youtube and all i can say is that i can"t wait to see it in person .

Does LAX gets some Trouble and/or Flight delays because of the fires ?