Third Anniversary

The hubster and I always end up going back home to visit my family in August which is right around our wedding anniversary.  August is just a nice time to go back and I find the flights to be cheaper that time of year.  This will be our third anniversary and so far we've done something for everyone.  The first one we went to Walt Disney World in Florida.  The second my parents paid for our hotel in Vegas.  This year will be no different, but on a much smaller scale.  We'll be spending two days and one night at...

As a couple, we've gone at least 2-3 times.  We haven't gone the past few times back to Southern California, so we're due.  We're also hitting up:

For the first time.  When we went to Florida, we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge because the hubster loves Disney and loves to stay on property.  It is convenient and part of the Disney experience.  When we decided to do this short overnight trip, we had talked about where to stay.  There are a lot of options since we'll have one of my parent's cars.  My concern was about cost, location, and parking.  The hubster had brought up staying on property, but Disneyland is nothing in size compared to Disneyworld.  There really isn't an "on-property".  I indulged him and looked up the rates and they were out of our budget.  We tabled that idea and looked into the Anaheim Hilton since I had stayed there before.  It was in walking distance and relatively inexpensive.  I was still holding off on booking because we still hadn't really decided.

Two nights ago, I broached the subject with the hubster again and looked up rates on hotels.com.  Look what  popped up at a significant discount.

So this is where we'll be staying one night at.  It's still more than I would like to spend, but it makes the hubster happy and he's done so well in school and it's his anniversary too.  I'm trying to plan out our itinerary while at the parks to maximize the hotel's features and get our monies worth.  I am sure this will drive him crazy since he's a more go with the flow kind of guy.  To give him credit, it really is a nice looking hotel and I've jogged past it numerous times when I was there for a conference.  Some pictures:

This picture reminds me so much of the Wilderness Lodge in Florida.

I will be taking advantage of this pool.

I also booked dinner reservations at the Napa Rose inside the hotel.  The reservation is at 8:00, but I'm thinking I should move it up so we don't miss the fireworks.  Every time we've gone, we've always left early since we were so tired and also had to drive back down to San Diego.  Maybe this time I'll be able to relax and enjoy the day and not stress out about hitting up all the big rides.  I have been enough times that I shouldn't really care, but it's that whole getting my monies worth thing again.