I am almost at the 30 day mark to our first Disneyland trip! SOOO excited. Question: my family of 4 is travelling with my sister's family of 4. My family is staying at the Disneyland Hotel and hers is staying at Paradise Pier. We haven't quite figured out how we are getting from LAX to our hotels. I just kinda thought we'd play it by ear when we landed. Is that a bad call? I just kinda thought if we had just missed the Disneyland shuttle then we could take one of the other shuttles. There'd be 8 of us so we'd pretty much get a van to ourselves.

Then my flip-side question is, I guess I need to book my return transportation at the same time? Or can I just call a number and book later into our trip?

Hope that all makes sense. And if I DON'T use the Disneyland shuttle, any other recommendations? I know there was one Christine used that she feared for her life on...so I might want to avoid that one.