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FYI: the 110 volt outlets in the Mickey & Friends parking structure are located on all levels next to the various stairwells. We use these to charge our Leaf when we go there (Model S is still on the way). You sometimes need to move some cones and ignore the parking attendants to park near the stairwells.

We just got back from Disneyland with our Model S - we started in Morgan Hill where we live (10 miles or so N of Gilroy supercharger). We left on a Wed and didn't see ANY other Model S's at the Harris Ranch & Dennis McCarthy Chargers. At Disney - we used the Mickey & Friend's lot the first day. The attendant actually came up to me asking if I liked my Tesla and I said YES of course and asked him if I could park on the North Wall. He gave me a spiel of how Disney wasn't responsible for any damage done and how they couldn't guarantee charge... but moved cones and blocked traffic so I could back into the spot and plug into the wall to trickle charge. Unfortunately, the next two days at Disney the lot that was available was the Simba lot which is outdoor/no wall outlets. I was fine for the rest of the trip since our hotel was just 2 miles away. On the way home, just stopped at the Hawthorne charger (~35 miles away from Disney) and it worked out just fine. Had enough "extra" charge to have fun accelerating over the grapevine. We drove home sunday morning/early afternoon and only saw one S during the whole trip (at Harris Ranch). Fun times!!

We drove from Morgan Hill to disneyland with stops at Harris Ranch (1 hour) and Tejon (40 minutes) with 104 miles left on the rated range. Drove as fast as i could without getting a ticket and using AC.

Just finishing our stay at the Grand Californian Hotel. Was disappointed to learn that after several calls to reservations assuring me fast charging was available that the charging status at the hotel is limited to a 110v 15 amp outlet. Fortunately didn't need to leave until departure. It too 3 days of continuos charging at 3 miles/ hr at 12amps to get full charge of 261 miles rated range. If I do this again will consider visiting Hawthorn supercharger during trip to allow side trips to visit family or Universal Studios.

You may want to consider going to the tesla store in fashion island in Newport. It is only 15-30 minutes or so away, has nice shopping and restaurants and tesla has two hpwc there.

Thanks for the suggestion. I only have a single charger in my 85kWh MS. The HPWC would only give me max 31mile/hr where the super charger is >114m/hr.

I would agree with jasonsc's suggestion. Fashion Island, Newport Beach has an actual Tesla showroom and a charger (don't know if it is a super-charger) on the basement level of one of the parking structures. From Disneyland to Fashion Island could be quite short (distance is much shorter than from Hawthorn), just depends upon traffic. I think you just have to tell the people in the showroom that you've hooked up to a wall unit and your'e set.