Carousel Day or Merry-Go-Round Day 2024 is on Thursday, July 25, 2024: Go-Round Day - What area in Los Angeles is nice for a 5 day stay with kids?

Thursday, July 25, 2024 is Carousel Day or Merry-Go-Round Day 2024. Heritage: National Carousel Day in Iowa - The Iowan magazine “Merry-go-round” typically

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There are literally hundreds of things to do here in LA. Here is my list of “must sees” for families with kids. Visit as many as you have time for.:

Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth. Half a billion visitors can’t be wrong. #1 Destination.

Universal Studios: A theme park that grew out of a studio tour. #2 Destination.

Even if you don’t visit Disneyland or Universal Studios Tour, Downtown Disney District and Universal City Walk are very fun places to visit for shopping and eating. And they’re free to visit. If you’re adventurous, try the indoor skydiving (www.iflyhollywood.com). It’s a blast!

Hollywood: Most kids won’t really like the Walk of Fame or Chinese Theater, but they might enjoy the people dressed in costume who stand in front of the Chinese Theater. They will pose with you or the kids, and expect tip money. Right across the street is the El Capitan theater, which was restored to its former glory, is owned by Disney and shows Disney movies.

Olvera Street/Union Station: Olvera Street is the birthplace of LA, and it emphasizes our Mexican heritage. In addition to the Avila Adobe (oldest building in LA), you can eat at some pretty good Mexican Restaurants, do a little shopping, and taste a churro. If you don’t want to go to Tijuana, this is as close as it gets without going there. Union Station has great architecture from a bygone age. Also, you are 2 blocks from Phillippe’s (see below).

Santa Monica Beach and Pier: Great beach scene and a classic seaside amusement park, complete with antique carousel that has been in a lot of TV and movies. (The Sting and "Three's Company" come immediately to mind).Bubba Gump Shrimp Company right on the pier. Kids love the rides on the pier, and the games. Or just playing in the sand.

Griffith Park - Home of the Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Park Observatory, Travel Town, the Greek Theatre, Pony Rides and Griffith Park Railroad, Merry-Go-Round, and Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage. While the zoo is not as good as San Diego Zoo, it is still good, and enough to entertain most kids. The Pony Rides and railroad are for the younger kids. Travel Town is a rail museum where you’re not SUPPOSED to climb on the engines, but kids have been ignoring those signs for 40 years. The recently renovated Observatory is a lot of fun. Or you can just play in one of the picnic areas in the park. There are plenty of toys to play on.

Los Angeles Science Center: A favorite museum for kids for over 40 years. Exposition Park, by the Coliseum.

Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana: The big cube right next to I-5, exit Main St.

Los Angeles Children’s Museum: Located in the Hansen Dam Recreation Area, currently under construction. Original location near the Music Center is closed.

La Brea Tar Pits/Paige Museum: What kid doesn’t like dinosaur exhibits?

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach: Lots of fun marine exhibits for kids to explore. And the mac and cheese at Bubba Gump’s across the street is good, too.

Legoland, Carlsbad: This is more of a San Diego attraction, but kids 10 and under generally love it.

Places to Stay:

Since LA is so spread out, there is no single place that is close to EVERYTHING. Most people who come here tend to stay in Hollywood, Santa Monica, or Anaheim. In Hollywood, I recommend the Orchid Suites, Hollywood Celebrity Hotel, or Holiday Inn Walk of Fame, all near Hollywood and Highland. In Santa Monica, the Holiday Inn Santa Monica is close to the pier and reasonably priced. In Anaheim, I recommend the Howard Johnson (HoJo) Anaheim, and the Candy Cane Inn. There is also a nice place in Burbank called the Best Western Media Center, very close to Warner, NBC, and Universal Studios.

Places to eat:

In-N-Out Burger: Multiple locations, best burger in LA, ask anyone.

Pink’s Hot Dogs: 709 N. La Brea, just north of Melrose. You might even see a celebrity. Maybe.

Tommy’s Chili Burgers: Look for the shack, an LA tradition. The original location is at Beverly & Rampart, a couple miles west of downtown.

Canter’s Deli: 419 N. Fairfax, between Beverly & Melrose. Near CBS, you might spot a celebrity.

Phillippe’s: 1001 N. Alameda. Great roast beef sandwiches. Near Union Station and Olvera Street. Watch the mustard, it’s hot.

Tito’s Taco’s: Voted best tacos in LA, even though it’s in Culver City. King Taco is a good alternate if you can deal with East LA.

The Pantry: Corner of Figueroa and 9th, downtown. Huge portions, they never close, GREAT steak and eggs.

Medieval Times and/or Pirate’s Dinner Adventure: Dinner and an adventure show, both are on Beach Blvd in Buena Park, you get to eat with your hands.

Places to Shop:

Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica

The Grove, Los Angeles

Americana @ Brand, Glendale

Beverly Center, Los Angeles

Citadel Outlets, Commerce

Brea Mall, Brea

The Block at Orange, Orange

South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa

Fashion Island, Newport Beach

Help with this acrostic poem?

so does you poem have to make an acrostic with the words merry-go-rounds? or is that just the topic, and it can spell something else. An acrostic spells something out with the first letter of each line. Like, if you used the word Carousel (which is another word for merry-go-round), you could start it:

Carefree days of summer spent

Around and round we go

Round in circles on a steed that went

On a shiny pole of gold

etc.

i have a question about few istanbul shopping malls?

Carousel and Olivium are far. Carousel is one of the oldest. Depends on where you stay, but most probably far from where you'll stay. Carousel used to be very interesting before all these places opened. It takes its name from a merry go round in the middle of the mall. It is at Bakirkoy area, which is probably far from the others.

Nisantasi City's is small. You can visit that, take a cab and visit Akmerkez on the same day.

Akmerkez is worth a visit. It has been a while it opened, but it is a good mall.

As Noone said, you can visit Cevahir in Sisli, then move on to Akmerkez. Cevahir is huge.

Canyon is an interesting mall too. Not to shop, but to look around. Most of the brands are very expensive. It has a style_architecture wise- worth seeing. That and Metro City are very close. 200 meters. Metro City is not that interesting_ architecture wise_ but is fit for shopping- money wise. You can reach both with subway from Taksim. The subway has exits to both at Levent.

Istinye Park is a very intersting mall too. It has a style- it has a Carsi ( Market Place) that looks as if it is an open market, and it has very interesting shops. A good range- cheap, expensive, rare to find.... A bit far depending on where you'll stay- but worth a visit. You can take the subway from Taksim again, then continue with minibus or taxi to arrive there.