Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl part of my Magic is reading all the great posts here...... makes me smile for sure !!!!!
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle For me, it's always the first day of visiting, when we walk (our hotel is 1 block away from the DLR) right into the tram unloading area, and I hear the music. Doesn't matter what song, I can't help but smile because I know I've arrived at my favorite place.
Originally Posted By BoyStory When I hear the "Your attention Please"...spiel from the "conductor" at the MS Train Station and the toot of the train- I have already stepped into that 4th dimension. There are also a few favorite spots at Disneyland and DCA where time seems to stand still and I feel so blessed to be where I'm standing on this planet . One place is in NOS just past the entrance of Pirates walking with the crowd (hopefully not too large, LOL) of happy people passing by who have no doubt just been on the rides we're getting ready to board (HM,Splash). Again it's the Jazz music playing seemingly in sync with the intermittent blast of the horn from the Mark Twain; music to my ears. Then POTC holds a lot of magic for me b/c it really reminds me of my childhood at Disneyland. I used to wonder who lived in the buildings above. I love the smell of stagnant water and the click-click of the boats returning from their voyage in the queue area with the lull of the pirates music playing. The scene we pass with the old man rocking in the chair with "Old Susanna" being slowly but methodically strummed by an unknown source....yeah, that's the essence of Disney magic to me. Yes, there is even an area of DCA that to me has that Disney magic. It's the wide area in front of Soarin'. I don't think I've ever stood in that spot and experienced any other kind of weather but the sun on my shoulders or maybe a gentle breeze at night. It always makes me think about how much nicer the weather is in So Cal than Nor Cal .
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Everyone has done such an incredible job on this thread....I've read the comments and I completely concur (well, maybe not about indigestion after the Monte Cristo, but....) Ever since I was a little girl, while Walt was still with us, it was driving the last bit through the remaining groves. It was seeing the Matterhorn before seeing anything else. It was seeing the old Disneyland sign at the now defunct parking lot. It was the sounds, too: Count Basie's orchestra playing the song my mother named me for the instant I stepped through Cinderella's castle and on to the bridge as I was leaving the park. I leaned on the railing and watched them across the water and just cried from sheer joy. The smells: Pirates...all of the food... The sights: young children completely believing their eyes...teenagers and adults, too. There are few places I consider to be heaven on earth. Disneyland is one of them. What a privilege it is to be a part of it all. My words cannot express my joy.
Originally Posted By WendyMoiraAngela Is your name Ella? Dude, that is AWESOME. I've picked my name out for my first daughter already, and although it has nothing to do w/ Disney, I have always wanted to one day name a daughter Wendy, because Peter Pan is my favorite Disney movie. I read someone else's post about the smell of the water from POTC. It has been six years since my last visit to DL and it's heartbreaking, because I realize now that I'm forgetting some little things.... like, for example, the smell of the water. It is so hard to be away for so long.
Originally Posted By Megara <<Sitting at one of the tables in NOS and just people watching, while seeing the Rivers of America and the Mark Twain and canoes go by . I'm writing a novel now and I think I wrote the first third of it just sitting there!>> No wonder I can never get a table there
Originally Posted By pecos bill Walking into Pirates on a late night before closing, and getting a boat all to yourself! Trying to look cool, then giggling to yourself as you launch into the bayou.
Originally Posted By PirateMinnie Oh, the smell of the water in POTC! You hit the nail on the head. That really brings back the memories and magic for me too.
Originally Posted By Colin Walking through AL, and hearing the theme music from Tarzan's Treehouse. I always associate that music with the JC, since I'm by the JC when I hear it. I have wooden wind chimes that sound just like it. Hearing the music from the Teacups. Riding the Mark Twain. Especially around the backside, when you're away from the rest of the park, and it seems like you're in a different world. Riding the RR(and also hearing "All aboard!" when passing through the tunnel) While in the middle of FL. The smell when entering Pirates. I'm sure there's many other places that I'm not thinking of right now.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<Is your name Ella? Dude, that is AWESOME. I've picked my name out for my first daughter already, and although it has nothing to do w/ Disney, I have always wanted to one day name a daughter Wendy, because Peter Pan is my favorite Disney movie.>> WendyMoiraAngela! No, it's not Ella (it's Laura), but I do have a granddaughter named Ella Jane because her mother (my daughter) and I love Ella Fitzgerald so much. And...I my two youngest daughters (14 and 17) ADORE Alice in Wonderland and she is their favorite character and it is their favorite movie! Soulmates! And yes, it's very hard to be away for so long. I will admit that I teared up reading people's posts too, because they brought back so many long-forgotten memories. One last indulgence: I wanted to be named Angela when I was a little girl, after Angela Cartwright (from Make Room for Daddy..an old tv show..and The Sound of Music)
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I feel the magic when we wind around DL on the monorail, and when we pile off the monorail, coming into DL...that area is sooo vastly different than the MK at WDW. During the day, around the Matterhorn, on POTC, in front of Alice, I have several times that I think I can almost feel Walt, catch his whisper on the wind saying I built all this for the people you see here, forgetting their troubles for a while, being happy, and at some point I look at my kids and wonder what I ever did in this life to deserve my family.
Originally Posted By disneymamaof3 • Watching my husband carry one of our 2 daughters on his shoulders. • When my husband and our son sprint towards Indiana Jones for one last ride. • The RDCT fireworks! Especially during the haunted mansion sequence - listening to everyone seeing them for the first time is totally awesome. • The teacups music - always makes me dance! • The smell on Pirates! • The rows of strollers lined up outside of Small World (and everywhere else) - with little or no concern of anyone getting stollen. • Sitting on Main Street and hearing the Jungle Cruise pistols!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove LOL! Hilarious, Mama! Continuing to love this thread...everyone is just dead on with all of the Magic. It is universal, isn't it?
Originally Posted By knoxvelour <<It is universal, isn't it?>> No, it's Disney...Universal is about an hour's drive north
Originally Posted By BoyStory ^^^ROTFL,knoxvelour! disneymamaof3, reading "Watching my husband carry one of our 2 daughters on his shoulders." while listening to "Baby of Mine" on LP radio got me all choked up... But soon spared by a little comic relief by knoxvelor I agree about the Disney magic- you either "get it" or you don't- it's so nice when you see how many people are experiencing that same magic. Reading these posts is like natural Prozac !
Originally Posted By dresswhites i felt the magic several times yesterday on my visit. - i felt it at the hungry bear watching the ducks, rafts transporting workers, and canoe's launching. -i felt it at the edge of the east small world promenade, listening to the tick tock and music -i felt it riding the jungle cruise at night -i felt looking up at night with that disinctive california night sky. -and of course remember!
Originally Posted By murfsmom does any one watch the birds come in at dusk ? even they know the magic of disneyland !!!!
Originally Posted By dresswhites ah yes, the point in the even when disneyland becomes a scene from "the birds" it is wierd, but your right somewhat magical in its own way. i forgot to mention casey jr at night is pretty magical. in fact all of fantasyland at night is very magical. i think because fantasyland is the land that has the most disneyland only attractions, it very magical. you know you are disneyland with the matterhorn towering above everything.
