San Diego...what to do there?

[EvilYoda]

So, Southwest has cheap RT tickets to SD today and so I bought one for next weekend. I haven't been since I was 10-years old with my family so it'll basically all be new to me.

Can anyone tell me what the typical things are to do there? I'll do more research on my own but this'll get the touristy things out of the way. Where to go, what to see, where to eat, etc.

If anybody wants to meet up at night (or during the day), LMK. I just plan on having a nice relaxing mini vacation.

Thanks!

edit: Okay, so I booked the Sheraton Suites on priceline, decent rate, location's okay. I did a search and saw that the SD Bike Shop is right down the street - would it be worth it to rent a bike for a few hours/day to ride around the city? I'll have a rental car, but that was mostly just to get to Stone Brewery.

Any suggestions on a good independent local restaurant to try out? Can be "cheap" or pricey, I just want good food.

 

[jmcoreymv]

zoo, animal park, balboa park, seals at la jolla cove, visit the midway, gaslamp district at night, check out the beach cities (del mar, encinitas, solana beach), sea world, etc

 

[IronWing]

Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas is pretty cool.
www.qbgardens.org

Also the harbor tour is okay.

 

[OCGuy]

whales vagina

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Depends, how old are you?

 

[CrackRabbit]

If it's going to be clear get a mojito and watch the sun set from the deck of the Hotel Del Coronado.
Bring a jacket though, it gets chilly after dark.

 

[queenrobot]

I love Pacific Beach. All the shops and people are pretty cool.

 

[EvilYoda]

I'm 26.

Wow, the weather's cooler than I thought there...thanks for that.

 

[EvilYoda]

Heeeeeeelp meeeeeeeeee. ^_^ (What's the routine on bumping? Can you even do that in OT?)

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Use it to drive right through to Mexico, where you can go have REAL fun.

 

[joesmoke]

you havent lived til youve been to the OSF...

 

[IceBergSLiM]

goto the beach and then at night goto some bars. done.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
Use it to drive right through to Mexico, where you can go have REAL fun.

meh, I'm flying from Phoenix so I could always just do that drive. And I'll be by myself, I'd do that sort of thing with a group.

Looks like touristy stuff during the day and then bars/clubs at night for me. Dunno about the beach if it's 60 degrees out.

 

[judasmachine]

It's boring don't bother, give me your plane ticket and i'll suffer for you.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
Use it to drive right through to Mexico, where you can go have REAL fun.

meh, I'm flying from Phoenix so I could always just do that drive. And I'll be by myself, I'd do that sort of thing with a group.

Looks like touristy stuff during the day and then bars/clubs at night for me. Dunno about the beach if it's 60 degrees out.

DONKEY'S

 

[EvilYoda]

So far, a whale's vagina and donkeys have been suggested. OT is typically a little more helpful.

 

[K1052]

http://www.midway.org/site/pp....=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038957

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: K1052
http://www.midway.org/site/pp....=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038957

Leave it up to a lifer to offer something helpful.

Thanks K1052, I might just check that out

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda

Originally posted by: K1052
http://www.midway.org/site/pp....=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038957

Leave it up to a lifer to offer something helpful.

Thanks K1052, I might just check that out

I helped you just didn't think of how good my idea is.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda

Originally posted by: K1052
http://www.midway.org/site/pp....=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038957

Leave it up to a lifer to offer something helpful.

Thanks K1052, I might just check that out

If you do go early, they cut off the line for entry up into the control island/bridge after a certain point in the afternoon. It takes a few hours to do the self tour because the ship is just that big.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda

Originally posted by: K1052
http://www.midway.org/site/pp....=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038957

Leave it up to a lifer to offer something helpful.

Thanks K1052, I might just check that out

The Midway is a great tour and it really does take many hours. We were there on a rainy day and it was fairly empty.

 

[EvilYoda]

In that case, I don't know if I'll do it...depends on what else there is to do in the city I suppose. I'll only have Saturday and Sunday, since I get in at 8:50PM.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
In that case, I don't know if I'll do it...depends on what else there is to do in the city I suppose. I'll only have Saturday and Sunday, since I get in at 8:50PM.

It's worth the visit if that kind of stuff interests you.

I spent the better part of 3 hours climbing around and inside of this a couple weeks ago: Text

 

[EvilYoda]

I'm looking into brewery tours...I know that Stone is out there but is there any way I can get out to Escondido (other than a cab) if I don't have a car? Looks like a lengthy ride...I might stick to the breweries in town even though I really want to see Stone.

 

[PCTC2]

Rent a car. You'll need it. Otherwise, look into MTS (the bus system is pretty good usually) and the Coaster to get around. Pretty cheap compared to a cab.

But yeah. Pretty much the only things around here are Stone Brewery, I think Karl Straus has one out here too (I like their Amber Lager), the Midway, Balboa Park, some museums, maybe a walk around Coronado, Pacific Beach, and hitting bars in Pacific Beach and the gas-lamp district (just don't be a gas-lamp douche. haha). beaches are nice but the water is cold for the climate. we get the currents off of Alaska. other than that, San Diego is pretty boring. Nice place with nothing to do.