I have one more lesson learned to pass along. If you want to take the train from Whittier you need to sign up for it as soon as possible. For us this was not an option on the website ahead of time. There are only 300 seats so by the time we requested this it was full. We had to take a bus. The bus takes almost the exact path as the train so it wasn't bad. But we got to the airport at 9:15am for a 3:30pm flight. My understanding was that the train gets you there at 11ish. We rented a car and drove to several parks that surround the airport. I recommend earthquake park. Very nice. If the Beluga's are in this would be a real treat.