So you’re planning a road trip with the family and you want to know the ins and outs of the road untraveled long before you go. I don’t blame you; that’s what I always wanted to do to. After all, I love not knowing where the next turn will take me, but when my kids are along for the ride? The next turn better have snacks and diapers.

I’ve traveled the I5 from Canada to California 12 times over the past decade, so I know a little bit about how to do a road trip from Canada to Disneyland. And because I’ve done it every year since my kids were seriously little and I’ve survived – I think that makes me a road trip expert in these parts. I even drove this year BY MYSELF with 4 kids in tow, and I not only made it in 19 hours, I had a great time.

Check out all of the road trip articles I’ve written on here and for The Vancouver Province on our past road trips:

Road Trip To California From Vancouver, BC

• Roadtrip to Salem, Oregon to see the Total Eclipse
• Road Trip to California – Take One
• Road Trip to California – Part Two
• Road Trip with Kids – Take Three
• What to see on a Vancouver to Los Angeles Road Trip
• Vancouver to Disneyland – 2013
• Vancouver to Disneyland – 2013 take 2
• Canada to Los Angeles – Part 3
• Two Hours In Portland
• Plan A Road Trip- 3 spots to stop on the I5 to California
• Top 5 Road Trip Essentials When Traveling With Baby
• The best road trip vehicle – 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan review

Things To Do In Los Angeles

• History meets possibility at Griffith Observatory
• Things to do in Los Angeles besides Disneyland
• 3 reasons why Vancouver makes me miss Los Angeles
• Visit the Encounter Room LAX
• Walt Disney’s Barn – Griffith Park
• Walt Disney Studios Tour
• Visiting The Walt Disney Archives
• 8 Hours At Universal Studios LA
• Let’s Go Surfing At Huntington Beach
• Take A Stroll To The Hollywood Bowl

Things To Do In California

• Walt Disney Family Museum review
• Waffles Gone Wild at Bruxie – California Food You Can’t Get In Canada
• Road Cycle Across The Golden Gate Bridge
• Vintage Sandwiches served up in modern day downtown Disney

Great Hotels To Stay At On A Road Trip Down The West Coast

• Get Swept Up In The Wilderness At The Heathman Lodge
• Hampton Inn Red Bluff – I haven’t written this one up, but it’s a great place to stay on the way to California

Hotels to stay at near the Disneyland Resort

• Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel Review
• Hotel Indigo Anaheim Hotel Review
• California Dreaming at the Hyatt OC
• Say hi to the cockroaches – Best Western Plus Orange Review (if I could give it 8 thumbs down, I would)
• Disneyland Hotels & Paradise Pier Hotel Review

Disneyland California Articles

• The Earl of Sandwich is my best friend ever
• How to celebrate the 60th at Disneyland
• A Canadians Guide to Disneyland Tickets
• What’s New At Disneyland?
• Disneyland Jedi Training Academy Tips
• Disneyland Vacation For The Large Family
• Disneyland – Riding the Lily Belle Caboose
• Disneyland – App review Mousewait
• Disneyland – Star Tours, the Adventure Continues