Deciding how to get from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Disneyland hotel for your Disney vacation can be a challenge. You can be worried about whether you really need a car if you’re going to spend several days at the resort or not.
You can also be tensed about the best way for traveling alone and the fastest or the cheapest way to get car service from LAX to Disneyland hotel. LAX is 33.5 miles from Disneyland. Some possible options are given below for your consideration. These methods also work for getting from Disneyland to LAX.
Driving and Hiring a Car
If you’re staying only one night at Disneyland and then moving on, you might want to go ahead and rent a car, but if you plan on spending several days at the park, you would just be paying to rent and park a car you’re not using. So it may not be the wisest option.
The straightest route is to take the 105 Freeway east from the airport just a short way to the 405 south, to the 22 East. You can exit Harbor Blvd South and turn Left at the light, which is shorter, but if you miss it or get confused because you know you need to go north, you can take the next exit, Harbor Blvd North and turn right at the light.
If this route is totally blocked down, consult any GPS map or app or the WAZE app, which is better at getting you off backed-up freeways and moving for available options to get you around traffic.
Driving without traffic could take as little as 35-40 minutes with car service from LAX to Disneyland hotel. There’s usually traffic, so plan on an hour or up to two during afternoon rush hour. Use the car pool (HOV) lane if there’s more than one person in the car, to speed things up.
Taxi
Current taxi fare for a taxi ride in a car service from LAX to Disneyland is minimum $88 plus tip. It can be significantly higher if there’s a lot of traffic and time rates kick in, or if you’re at one of the hotels farther from Disneyland. Check current taxi fares.
Renting a Limo, Car Service or Driver
You can plan ahead to have a driver greet you at the airport and escort you and your family to Disneyland to enjoy your trip with a bit of luxury.
Shared Ride Shuttles
Shared Ride vans are a comparatively cheaper way to travel between Disneyland and LAX or other airports. Fares start from $15 per person in a 9 passenger van from LAX, and they will pick you up or drop you off right at your Disneyland hotel.
You may have to wait while the van goes round the airport taking more passengers and stops at several hotels, but with a shared-ride van to or from Disneyland, chances are you won’t have more than 4 hotel stops in total and even probably less, since most resort guests are not traveling alone.
You’ll require a reservation with any of the ride sharing companies to get picked up at your hotel. In the other direction, you may be able to walk out of LAX and catch the next shuttle headed to Disneyland. However, fares may be cheaper for advance online reservations.
If you’re not going to or from a hotel or attraction, like if you are staying at a friend’s house, Shuttle2LAX has better prices, but for hotel stops the other two are cheaper. There are many more out there. Including several stops to pick up and drop off other people, and depending on traffic, the trip could take up to an hour and a half.
You must remember that if you enter Disneyland, instead of a Disneyland area hotel into the shuttle search engine, it will calculate the rate differently. Every shuttle operates differently, so always compare round trip versus one way and hotel drop off versus attraction drop off fares.