Originally Posted By DismayingObservation LOL! Oh, yeah! They're all over the place! Up for a little bit of ring-and-run in Toontown, are we?
Originally Posted By zekeayala That there is where you leave the world of today....and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.... =) and the smell of all the little treats being made on Main street. The smell of POTC in the morning... the way that you can be walking...not even an OUNCE of hunger in ur stomach...and then you smell a churro stand and HAVE to get one... doing Disneyland and DCA all before 7pm...and sitting down for a few hours waiting for Remember...Dreams Come True. Remember...Dreams Come True right in front of the "partenr's" statue... buying the infamous Mickey ears...and getting the name engraved on the back... and sleeping with a smile on my face the entire ride home...knowing that today was the most magical day ever....
Originally Posted By digby7 I love how when my neighbor clorinates his swimming pool, I can shut my eyes and I am in POTC or Small World, any of the water rides.
Originally Posted By jedijeff25 Walking hand in hand with my kids down Main St first thing in the morning....and imagining Walt standing behind us up on the Train Station watching us walk towards the castle....and knowing that this is exactly why he built this place.
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 jedijeff25 just made me get a little bit emotional. But just a little! I didn't even cry... close call. >>>I guess the truth is, thousands of cast members have had the experience, but most of them don't really care and just race through the park. Even as a guest you may have the opportunity for private time in Disneyland. In the off season at some of the after hours corporate events, guests get to see the park vacant as well as they walk to their party locations. But they never soak it in, I think they feel as if they are seeing something Taboo or wrong that they shouldn't see. So for the most part they try and avoid all contact with Disneyland after closing.. LOL But if you ever have the chance to take that magic stroll, I hope you will take a few moments to breath in the magic of Walt's park, and thank him for touching so many lives with his imagination.<<< One of my favorite days ever was when I was 16 or 17. It was Presidents Day weekend; I think Saturday. It rained so much that nearly everyone left the park very early, including my parents. I believe the rain was unexpected. There was no line for anything in the park except Rocket Rods, which had a 20-30 minute wait instead of the usual 70 minute wait. They did not close the park early, and I stayed until the midnight closing. There were many many areas of the park where I would look in all directions and either see no other guests or very very few of them. It was SO magical to feel like I had Disneyland to myself. Really the feeling is indescribable. I did nearly every attraction in a matter of a few hours. I couldn't do Alice or Mad Tea Party as they close when it rains, but I did most or all of the others. I was soaked to the bone and loved every minute of it. The next day it rained again, but it didn't stop the crowds as much. This time it was expected, so everyone came prepared. As we were leaving to catch our plane, they announced that the park would close early due to inclement weather. I was grateful that they had kept the park open just for me (in my head anyway) the previous night, and felt a little bad for those who would be forced to leave early that night.
Originally Posted By mater4 >>Thank you to the person that started this thread, Ive really enjoyed it << You are very welcome. I needed something to get me excited for my trip next weekend. 9 days to go! I plan on taking it slow to enjoy the many things mentioned. Disney55 what a fun wet day.
Originally Posted By Grumpy Pete Disneyland55, Wow, now I hope I get to be there on a rainy day like you experienced. It sounds like you had a great time. Having the park essentially to yourself when the rain chased everyone else out would be the ultimate visit! I love the music, the feeling that the outside world does not exist once you walk under the tunnel, the piano players, Dole Whips, Mary Poppins & Bert, the list could go on and on. It's just great visiting Uncle Walt's gift to us.
Originally Posted By mouseymom So much to love, but a few favorites. Looking down on the lights of the city on Peter Pan. Riding the canal boats at night. Watching my kids interact with the characters. Sounds and smells on Pirates. The music and blustery day on Pooh. Making scrapbooks when we get home, then enjoying them for years.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I can remember a particular rainy night when everyone had gone home. I was working Autopia (this was pre-2000 re-do), and we dropped down to a single line of cars (not side and a line--just a line), so only about 12 cars running. The cars had water in the seats, the Cast Members were freezing, and it was more a misty drizzle than heavy rain. The air was cold and foggy and heavy and silent. We'd get a group of 2 or 3, send them away, and then the silence would return. Those remaining at load would move all the other cars up so that our guests would have room to unload when they returned. Very surreal and strangely magical. (Note: most people never think about it, but Autopia is the one Attraction that cannot operate without Guests. Once you board, if there are not people boarding cars after you, you'll never make it back to the unload area, because all the other cars have to keep going to get out of your way. That's why you will always see a line at Autopia. They might be running only 1 of 4 lines with plenty of CMs to open more, but if there aren't enough people, they won't. They have to keep that line to make sure everyone can get off.) :O)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^That's too cool, MB... Just another of those little, but big things us "regular folk" would never consider.
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 Alex, you can share as much as you want with me! I'll never get annoyed by it.
Originally Posted By Kuzkotopia I will be in DL in exactly 4 days and 2 hrs! Boy, you can't tell I'm excited.... Things I love about Disneyland... The smell of POTC The music that pumps through Main Street all day and all night Dole Whips The Shooting Gallery The POTC shop with all the "jewels" in the barrels for kids to buy! Walking through the most remote, boring side-street of DL- like if your just going to the bathroom somewhere- and still loving every inch of it. The Imaginarium (is that what the huge turning circular building is called w/ all the fun inventions inside)? Standing in line outside next to the Tree and listening to the "motor" run at Indy The big soft home-made cookies at the candy store in the corner next to Pooh's Ride Club 33 (I've really been!!!!) The big Salad at Carnation w/ the Mickey Mouse shaped corn chips in it Walking the back way to BTMR from Fantasyland SOOOO many things I can't wait for in 4 days and 2 hrs.!!!!!!
Originally Posted By danyoung >The Imaginarium (is that what the huge turning circular building is called w/ all the fun inventions inside)?< That's InnoVentions.
Originally Posted By Kuzkotopia Thanks Dan. I lost my head there for a second.... I cant believe I forgot that!
Originally Posted By juicer Hey there, Monorailblue - I was a seasonal at the Autopia's in 1996(Fantasyland and Tommarowland Autopias) - It was the summer they started the "CM Empowerment Program" where they got rid of the Lead's. Where you working there then? That would be a hoot if we both worked there then
Originally Posted By Yo-Ho Socks My favorite things about Disneyland: - Smelling the food and treats on Main Street the first morning - The Haunted Mansion stretch rooms - The launch in Space Mountain - Captain Rex: "Hold on, everybody. Light speed!!!" - "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me! We pillage we plunder we rifle we loot, drink up me 'earties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot, drink up me 'earties, yo ho! ...." - The mine shaft in Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Monte Cristo sandwich at the Cafe Orleans - Polynesian dancers in It's a Small World - The queue of Indiana Jones Adventure - Kicking some serious Zurg fanny on Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters - the park lit up for Christmas! - yodeling at the Matterhorn
