Getting to Disneyland from Los Angeles via transit (on 4th of July!)
Disneyland Railroad locomotive Inspired by this account from a year ago: How to take FlyAway Bus, Amtrak to Disneyland from LAX - Los Angeles Times Transit to Union Station First, I need to get to Union Station (I use Metro Rail trains, which I can walk to). Checked the weekend / holiday schedule for, in my case, the Expo sorry, E-line , and the red/purple ... whoops again, sorry, the B-line and D-line . I have a virtual TAP card on my phone (which you can configure to work even with a low battery ‡ ). This portion of the trip will be $1.75 each way. Working backwards, I want to be at Union Station by 6:45 a.m., so I need to be at 7th Street / Metro Center by 6:37 a.m. to catch the B or D Line train, which means being at my local station about 5:30 a.m. (~60 minutes total travel time to Union Station, ± a few minutes waiting at stations / changing trains). It’s a ~40 minute walk or a ~9 minute bike ride (or a relatively cheap Uber or Lyft) to get there, so, set my alarm for ...