We are planning a trip to DL in the coming years. We were aiming for July of 2012, but may have to put it off till July of 2013. We will be driving in our own car to California, and DL is not the only place we will be visiting while in California. DH will be doing a race near San Fransisco, we'll be there for 3 or 4 nights then we'll drive to Disneyland. On our way home we hope to spend a day in San Diego, then a few nights near the Grand Canyon. We are expecting this to be a two week (plus a few days) vacation. My question is do we really need a whole week in the Disneyland area? We'd like to visit some local beaches, and of course Hollywood while there. We were planning for 7 nights, but DH is thinking maybe 5 would be enough. We are looking at probably a 3 day ticket to the Disneyland parks. Any suggestions or advice?