We arrived in Anaheim by Greyhound bus at around 7pm on the 15th July and checked in to our hotel, which is just two blocks from Disneyland. We've both been to Disneyworld in Florida and Disneyland in Paris so we knew to expect crowds when we made it to the theme park the next morning - a Saturday in July! It felt like we were swimming through the crowds rather than walking. We were quite lucky with the queues though and didn't have to wait more than 15-30 minu...

On our last couple of days on the bus tour we went to a Mormon temple in Salt Lake City (yes, they tried to convert us), Bingham Copper Mine in Utah and finally back to Las Vegas for our last night - this time in the Stratosphere which meant we got free access to their observation tower and a pretty incredible view of the Las Vegas skyline at night - before being dropped off in LA so that we could get to our hostel in Hollywood. We've only had a couple of days h...