A Travel Diary
Disneyland, Hollywood & the coast — New Year's 2016–17
A holiday week in Southern California — Disneyland and Disney California Adventure decked out for Christmas, the Hollywood Sign and the Walk of Fame, the ice-age skeletons of the La Brea Tar Pits, the Santa Monica coast, the battleship USS Iowa, and New Year's fireworks bursting over Sleeping Beauty Castle. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.
A holiday week in Southern California, and this time Disneyland was the anchor. The parks were decked out for Christmas — Disneyland and California Adventure both — and we timed it so the New Year's fireworks burst right over Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Around the parks we filled the days with the classics: the Hollywood Sign and the Walk of Fame, the ice-age skeletons of the La Brea Tar Pits, the Santa Monica coast, and the battleship USS Iowa down at the port. A festive, full week to send off the year.
This trip ran 7 days, December 25, 2016 – January 1, 2017. Along the way we spent time at Disney California Adventure, Hollywood & Los Angeles, Disneyland, and USS Iowa Battleship. The gallery below tells it day by day, in 39 photographs.
Sun 25 Dec
Disney California Adventure










Mon 26 Dec
Disney California Adventure








Tue 27 Dec
Disney California Adventure


Wed 28 Dec
Hollywood & Los Angeles





Fri 30 Dec
Hollywood & Los Angeles



Sat 31 Dec
Disneyland







Sun 1 Jan
USS Iowa Battleship



