@techmann
I modified angelleye's code to be this:
.woocommerce-cart .wc-proceed-to-checkout a.checkout-button {
display: none;
}
My theme has a place for custom CSS which is where I entered it. However, you could also enter it into the style.css file. I would recommend having a child theme before doing it though. So in your child theme's style.css file just enter the above code somewhere ( I like to enter new things directly above the last line of the file ) and it should work. This bypasses the checkout page all together and uses the plugin's paypal express button instead. Exactly what I was looking for.