I decided to start by doing some brainstorming and research. I started listing all the possible places that I find significant in San Diego.
As I was making my list, I found that the list started to turn and twist. It was not easy to try to keep it organized. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to list them by zones, seasons, audiences, prices, or time needed to visit. Many places started to overlap and I began to get a little confused about what was what, and where. I guess my next step is to figure out which will be the best way to sort this information. I need to consider that I may need to add more places if I find something of interest during the completion of my project.
This is what I have so far:
1- Look at itineraries made by professionals
2- Research how to plan a tour
3- Research places to visit in SD
4- Creating a legend
5- Possibly organizing sites by:
- Adults only
- Family
- Kids only
- Free
- North County
o Legoland
o Safari Park
o Casinos
§ Valley View
- Beaches
o Mission Beach
§ Belmont Park
o Imperial Beach
o Pacific Beach
o Coronado
o Moonlight Beach
o Oceanside
o Ocean Beach
o La Jolla Shores
o Del Mar
o Fletcher Cove
- East County
o Lakeside Rodeo
o Country Fest
o Julian
§ Horse back riding
§ Apple pie
§ Gold mining and panning tour
o Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
§ Golden State ride
§ Museum honoring Buffalo Soldiers, US Calvary, and the American Frontier.
o Casinos
§ Sycuan
· Casino
· Buffet
· Powwow
§ Barona
· Museum
· Casino
· Buffet
· Powwow
§ Viejas
· Shows
· Shopping
· Powwow
- Downtown
o Sight seeing
§ Seaport Village
§ Convention Center
· Comic Con
§ Coronado Hotel
§ Coronado bridge
§ Horton Plaza Mall
§ Gaslamp
· Bars
· Restaurants
· Dance Clubs
§ Petco park
§ Cruises
· Dinner
· Whale watching
· Seal Tour (amphibious tour)
o La Jolla
§ seals
§ cave
§ Mount Soledad
§ Scripps Birch Aquarium
- Old Town
- Museums
o Balboa Park
o Cabrillo Point
o San Diego Mission
o Star of India
o Midway Museum
- Theme Parks
o SD Zoo
o Legoland
§ Water park
o Seaworld
§ Aquatica
o Safari Park
o Scripps Birch Aquarium
- Seasonal
o Summer
§ Sand Castle contest (Imperial Beach)
§ Over The Line (Mission Bay)
§ Powwows (Native American Festivals)
§ Comic Con
§ Del Mar
· County Fair
· Horse Races
o Spring
§ SD Jazz festival
o Winter
§ Julian (Apple pie/snow)
§ Boat parade of lights
§ Christmas light display (houses)
§ Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (North Pole train ride)
o Fall
§ October Fest
§ Pumpkin patch
§ Halloween
· Haunted Trails
· Haunted hotel/houses
§ Día de los Muertos
§ Mother Goose Parade
- All day sites
- ½ day sites
- 1-2 hr sites
- Morning only sites
- Any time sites
- Weekdays only
- Weekends only
- Night only sites
o Swing classes in North Park (wed)
o Dizzy’s –Mini Concerts (Thursday-Saturday)
o El Zarape live music (Thursdays)
o Gaslamp bars, clubs, restaurants
As I was making my list, I found that the list started to turn and twist. It was not easy to try to keep it organized. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to list them by zones, seasons, audiences, prices, or time needed to visit. Many places started to overlap and I began to get a little confused about what was what, and where. I guess my next step is to figure out which will be the best way to sort this information. I need to consider that I may need to add more places if I find something of interest during the completion of my project.
This is what I have so far:
1- Look at itineraries made by professionals
2- Research how to plan a tour
3- Research places to visit in SD
4- Creating a legend
5- Possibly organizing sites by:
- Adults only
- Family
- Kids only
- Free
- North County
o Legoland
o Safari Park
o Casinos
§ Valley View
- Beaches
o Mission Beach
§ Belmont Park
o Imperial Beach
o Pacific Beach
o Coronado
o Moonlight Beach
o Oceanside
o Ocean Beach
o La Jolla Shores
o Del Mar
o Fletcher Cove
- East County
o Lakeside Rodeo
o Country Fest
o Julian
§ Horse back riding
§ Apple pie
§ Gold mining and panning tour
o Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
§ Golden State ride
§ Museum honoring Buffalo Soldiers, US Calvary, and the American Frontier.
o Casinos
§ Sycuan
· Casino
· Buffet
· Powwow
§ Barona
· Museum
· Casino
· Buffet
· Powwow
§ Viejas
· Shows
· Shopping
· Powwow
- Downtown
o Sight seeing
§ Seaport Village
§ Convention Center
· Comic Con
§ Coronado Hotel
§ Coronado bridge
§ Horton Plaza Mall
§ Gaslamp
· Bars
· Restaurants
· Dance Clubs
§ Petco park
§ Cruises
· Dinner
· Whale watching
· Seal Tour (amphibious tour)
o La Jolla
§ seals
§ cave
§ Mount Soledad
§ Scripps Birch Aquarium
- Old Town
- Museums
o Balboa Park
o Cabrillo Point
o San Diego Mission
o Star of India
o Midway Museum
- Theme Parks
o SD Zoo
o Legoland
§ Water park
o Seaworld
§ Aquatica
o Safari Park
o Scripps Birch Aquarium
- Seasonal
o Summer
§ Sand Castle contest (Imperial Beach)
§ Over The Line (Mission Bay)
§ Powwows (Native American Festivals)
§ Comic Con
§ Del Mar
· County Fair
· Horse Races
o Spring
§ SD Jazz festival
o Winter
§ Julian (Apple pie/snow)
§ Boat parade of lights
§ Christmas light display (houses)
§ Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (North Pole train ride)
o Fall
§ October Fest
§ Pumpkin patch
§ Halloween
· Haunted Trails
· Haunted hotel/houses
§ Día de los Muertos
§ Mother Goose Parade
- All day sites
- ½ day sites
- 1-2 hr sites
- Morning only sites
- Any time sites
- Weekdays only
- Weekends only
- Night only sites
o Swing classes in North Park (wed)
o Dizzy’s –Mini Concerts (Thursday-Saturday)
o El Zarape live music (Thursdays)
o Gaslamp bars, clubs, restaurants