Originally Posted By Lisann22 1963, I was 6 months old. I was born in June and my parents took me that December for the day. I have no clue! LOL! 1966, I was 3 and I have very vivid memories of meeting Mickey, walking through the Castle, riding Peter Pan and Dumbo.
Originally Posted By coffeesnob Mine was in '76 when I was 4. We drove down from OR with 4 kids and 2 adults crammed into a red VW station wagon. We stayed in a motel where I jumped on the bed and bit my tongue. Someone had the audacity to make me have a sideways ponytail. Most traumatic ride: Adventure Through Inner Space. If you’re the youngest by 9 or more years, the shortest by several feet…whose bad idea was it to make entire families go into a machine where they would get shorter? Nobody understood. If I got any shorter, I’d disappear. I could clearly see it happening, dozens of people going up the microscope to their tiny demise. I was horrified, and made sure the entire Park knew it. I recall a lot from that trip, though I was only 4. The Mine Train, the cactus, the caves, the geysers. Abraham Lincoln, where I thought that it was nice he could still be alive in DL, even though he was dead everywhere else. Pirates, lots and lots of pirates. The Indian powwow. Autopia. Circle-vision. America Sings, or whatever it was in that building at the time. The sky ride. Peter Pan especially, and the other dark rides. Dumbo. The Jungle Cruise and shooting the hippo. Country Bear Jamboree. So much Small World that the rest of my family can’t even listen to the song anymore. That’s what they get for buying me the record. Did anyone else have the record? The hyena's were my favorite. Everyone’s convinced I went on the Matterhorn, but I don’t remember it.
Originally Posted By coffeesnob Mine was in '76 when I was 4. We drove down from OR with 4 kids and 2 adults crammed into a red VW station wagon. We stayed in a motel where I jumped on the bed and bit my tongue. Someone had the audacity to make me have a sideways ponytail. Most traumatic ride: Adventure Through Inner Space. If you’re the youngest by 9 or more years, the shortest by several feet…whose bad idea was it to make entire families go into a machine where they would get shorter? Nobody understood. If I got any shorter, I’d disappear. I could clearly see it happening, dozens of people going up the microscope to their tiny demise. I was horrified, and made sure the entire Park knew it. I recall a lot from that trip, though I was only 4. The Mine Train, the cactus, the caves, the geysers. Abraham Lincoln, where I thought that it was nice he could still be alive in DL, even though he was dead everywhere else. Pirates, lots and lots of pirates. The Indian powwow. Autopia. Circle-vision. America Sings, or whatever it was in that building at the time. The sky ride. Peter Pan especially, and the other dark rides. Dumbo. The Jungle Cruise and shooting the hippo. Country Bear Jamboree. So much Small World that the rest of my family can’t even listen to the song anymore. That’s what they get for buying me the record. Did anyone else have the record? The hyena's were my favorite. Everyone’s convinced I went on the Matterhorn, but I don’t remember it.
Originally Posted By alexbook We went every year or two when I was a kid. The earliest trip I remember must have been around 1967 (when I was 7), but I remember that at that time I remembered having been there before. Does that make any sense? I remember being excited because Pirates hadn't been there the time before. I remember feeling frustrated that Haunted Mansion didn't look like it was ever going to open. Random memories from childhood trips: I remember my grandmother singing along loudly in the Tiki Room and embarassing me and my brother. I remember being in the queue of Adventure Thru Inner Space and watching people going in and getting shrunk, and trying to figure out which miniaturized figure corresponded to which person ahead of us in line. I remember asking a Jungle Cruise skipper if the animals were real. (The hippos especially looked real to me.) I've never forgotten his response: "Of course they are. What do you think this is, Knott's Berry Farm?"
Originally Posted By coffeesnob Oh yeah, the Tiki Room. And also getting hit by the train in Alice in Wonderland. I was afraid of the trains running below my house until I got hit by that train in DL and realized it didn't hurt! LOL.
Originally Posted By Blue Ridge Marie Well, I am a Baby Boomer... been to WDW many times, but just went to Disneyland for the first time 3 weeks ago! Really, really enjoyed myself!
Originally Posted By Brendella My first time was around 1968 and I was 4. My parents saved the souvenier from that first trip. I have a Tinkerbell doll that I treasure. She's hard plastic, green felt dress, sparkley hard plastic wings, yellow hair and the original "mean" face. I just love her. We took a yellow ford station wagon down from Sonoma County and my sister got sick in the car on the way! Ha! I do remember being enthralled as to how these Pirates kept missing me when they shot, and my sister hid in the front of the boat scared out of her 2 year old mind!
Originally Posted By thenurmis I went for the first time, with my Mom in 1976,by bus , from Vancouver. It was a great trip, but I met a girl(and no it wasn't Mrs Nurmi) on the way down, and spent more time with her , than i did with my mom, ( my only real regret). I was amazed how much of the park felt so familur , I guess watching The Walt Disney show, for the previous 13 years helped some , in that respect. The place was, and still is pure magic to me. I think my trip count is some where around 18 or 20 times down, maybe more ( certainly not less), kinda lost count. Hell we even had AP's one year, that was fun, should do that again. Last trip was March ( to DL), but the fun thing was I have been to WDW, (oct) DL (mar) and DLP (july) in less than a year. I should try and do that again as well.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins OMG, Brendella, I went the same year (post #2). We drove down from Walnut Creek in a white Ford station wagon, a Country Squire (you know, the one with the wood)! Ours was a '64. What about yours?
Originally Posted By lasvegasgirl My first time was back in 1984..... I was a teenager with my friends, and had a blast. But, looking back, I can say that I truly did not appreciate all that it meant. (hey.... I was a TEENAGER...hahhaaa)... The trip that REALLY started my Disney addiction was in 2003 with my hubby and my 5 sons.... in 2002,we had a death in our family that was devastating to us, and a year later we took our trip to Disneyland to get us back into life again. We loved it so much, that we have gone every year since, and even went twice in the last year ! We are heading back in less than 2 weeks, and we believe it truly is The Happiest Place On Earth !!!
Originally Posted By darthtiki July 18, 1985 20 years later I was there for the 50th. Next week will be my 19th visit to the park.
Originally Posted By dsnykid My first trip was in 78 at the age of 3... since then I have been back 21 times and have made it to every anniversary year
Originally Posted By love DL April 2006. I waited till I had kids of my own. I always dreamed about DL as a kid. I remember neighbors going and coming back and telling me all about it. I am so glad I finally got to go. It was everything I dreamed it was. It has to be the most magical place on earth. I have already booked my trip for May 2007. I would love to make this a yearly trip, but we will see what the hubby thinks, He already thinks that I am sick...
Originally Posted By joeysmommy I was 4 yrs old in 1972. I went with my grandmother, Mom and dad and we stayed at DLH. The only thing I remember was running away from POTC.Too scary! I love the ride now. but what were they thinking bringing a timid little girl on a dark scary ride??
Originally Posted By xl1ken My very first trip to Disneyland was sometime in 1955 shortly after the grand opening. I was 13 years of age then. The ride I remember most was the Jungle cruise. Ken
Originally Posted By nemopoppins ^^^ xl1ken, did the Jungle Cruise feel like a jungle then? I mean with the newly planted landscape?
Originally Posted By ssturgeo xl1ken...interesting....the Jungle Cruise is the ride I remember most from my August 1955 (11 years old) trip also. Have a picture of me standing in front of the Congo Queen. Newly planted landscape...I don't remember it NOT looking and feeling like a lush jungle...but some pictures I go back and look at now...like the area around Casey Junior, look so barren compared to now!!
Originally Posted By Lady Yo Ho 1966. I was four. I vaguely remember getting scared by something on the train. I also remember riding a mule with my mom. The one thing I definitely remember is seeing the Matterhorn. My parents and I were on a camping trip. They didn't tell me we would end our trip at DL. I remember my mom pointing out the Matterhorn from the highway and telling me we were going to Disneyland.
