San Diego is only a six hour drive from Phoenix, Arizona. For the third year in a row, we have taken our little guy to San Diego. The city has many children attractions including the beach, world-renowned zoo, and theme parks.
Here are a few pictures of our little guy in San Diego when he was seven months old. We took him to the San Diego Zoo and to Pacific Beach. He loved both the zoo and the beach. It was his first time playing with sand as you can see from his facial expression.
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| San Diego Zoo |
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| Pacific Beach (San Diego) |
When our son was 1 and a half old we took him back to San Diego. We stayed at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront. It is a very nice hotel. It had a great pool and many amenities. We again visited the San Diego zoo. This time we visited Legoland which is in Carlsbad (near San Diego). Legoland was ok. Our son was a little too young for many of the rides. I would recommend holding off on Legoland until your child is four, as most of the rides are catered for that age group. Our son’s admission was free but adult tickets are pricey. I didn’t find the admission costs worth the price. We also visited Coronado Island Beach. The sand is very nice and soft at Coronado Beach and the waves for some reason are not as high. Coronado Island Beach is the family friendly beach. We also took our son to a Padres Game and walked around Gaslamp District. Padres Games are so much fun in SD. They have a sand box tickets that are as low as $5 per person.I think under 3 years old are free but I'm not certain.
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| San Diego Zoo |
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| Legoland |
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| Legoland |
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| Gaslamp District |
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| Padres Game |
We just returned from San Diego. We left on June 4th and spent four days/three nights.We booked a hotel at Best Western Mission Bay. It was a nice affordable hotel. We went back to Coronado Island Beach. We also took our son to Sea World. He enjoyed Sea World especially running around Sesame Place. However, after a while, he became bored with some of the shows. We bought a summer season pass so we visited Sea World for two days, to break it up. Sea World was fun but our son had more fun visiting Disneyland. Disneyland has more rides and toddler activities than Sea World. Sea World is great for younger children who aren’t walking or sitting as there is so much to observe there.
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| Sea World |
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| Sea World- Sesame Place |
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| Sea World- he loved meeting Elmo! |
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| Beach at Coronado Island |
The drives to San Diego from have always been pleasant. Our son does very well sitting in his car seat. When he was seven months he would just sit there, observe, and nap. When he was a year and a half, we would get a little fussy at times. He would cry that he wanted out of the seat but would quickly calm down and stop crying. Our last car ride to San Diego (now that our son is a little over 2 years old) was great. Our son didn't cry at all! I played his music CD which helped. Other than that, we just sat there observing the road and napped half of the ride there. Maybe all this traveling is paying off after all :-)!
Happy beach travels!
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