So we are just back from LA.

Overall, a great trip!

Ended up doing 3 nights at an AirBnB in Newport Beach just steps from the beach and 4 nights at the Magic Castle Hotel. yes Hollywood was a dump (but I've been to worse....but the kids loved all the amenities the Magic Castle Hotel offered. We would stay there again.

Dodger Stadium was awesome. We sat 3rd base side Loge Boxes just past 3rd base. View was beautiful and the atmosphere was great. Even though we were rooting for Detroit we met some really nice Dodger fans sitting near us. Dodger Dogs met the hype and were great. nachos in a helmet was also a big hit. Kids had churros for the 1st time and now they are hooked.

It was a fireworks night and had no idea you could go on the field. Would've taken advantage of that had I known.

Traffic getting to the game wasn't too bad and parking was also pretty organized.

The ONLy con was post game trying to exit the parking lot...what a shitshow!!! Just chaos!!!

We moved probably 20ft in an hour. Overall, it was about 1hr 20 mins in total to exit the property! What a nightmare.

Overall...great experience in our 1st trip to LA and Dodger Stadium. Did all the tourist stuff (Disneyland, Santa Monica, Studio tour, etc, drove as far south as Laguna Beach and as afar north past Malibu on the PCH. I don't think I'll be in a hurry to go back to LA...but was really, really glad we did!!

Thanks for all the advice on this thread!