Tom, As I type this, in less then 5 minutes the fireworks will be going off at Disneyland, and I'll hear them. If I went to the top of Idaho/Gilbert, I would be able to see them, so yes, I live fairly close to La La Land.
There isn't even a comparison in time from Disneyland to Rustic vs. Disneyland to Barona. During construction of Barona, I would met Todd Eckenrode at Lake Forest Dr., just past the El Toro "Y" and it took us about two hours from there, no traffic. In traffic, if you get caught in Vista/Escondido traffic, it could be three or more hours to the course.
During the building of Rustic Canyon, I would leave here and get to Rustic in about an hour and a half with typical 'light' LA traffic. IF the freeway was really bad, I've spent as much as three hours, most of it being in a dead stop.
But in normal weekend traffic, I can get to Rustic Canyon in 70-75 minutes tops. It will be about the same from Disneyland.
And Sweeney WILL be playing Rustic that week--that's an ORDER!
(There will also be no excuse about having to let the wifey and kids have the car)
(Even though the bastard didn't return my phone call from yesterday)