MickeyLumbo, Wow! What a sweet, heartfelt and descriptive story about your day with mom at Disneyland :) You're such a great guy ... even though your "what I did for DCA's birthday" story was at Disneyland. ;)

Even though? Um, the absolute irony of that wonderful tale about DCA's birthday taking place entirely at Disneyland just tickles me.

Perhaps even moreso than €'s post-apocalyptic photo tour of the actual birthday-celebrating park. (Although, to be fair, the shadows in €'s photographs have yet to be analyzed by the apologists over at MiceChat ... and it may yet turn out they have been doctored to hide the fact that DCA is a smash hit.)

Like a few others have mentioned here, there are parts of DCA that I'm in love with. Like the music they play around GRR/Hotel, walking around at dusk in EITHER park. I like sitting by the docks with a soup or some salad... My favorite things about Disneyland fall into those catagories: moments that sort of flash by in the hopes of capturing them again. Often my best memories aren't on a ride, haven't been a parade, or even the fireworks (although my first and a few subsequent viewings of the 50th fireworks completely defy this). They're usually tied in with being with friends, or alone, at the right moment, enjoying something.

Aww, ML, that was a wonderful thing you did for your mom. Awesome that you got to do some whistling yourself! :cheers:

Like ML said, DL was "empty", meaning there were actually people there, but nearly everything was a walk on, even Space and Splash. It was a hot day, sun streaming down, and I stood looking at the Splash "5 min wait" sign in disbelief. The smaller walkways make it seem like there are much more than DCA, but looking at those photos, there's no comparison. Disneyland must've had 15 times as many people in it than DCA did. Yup, that's my uneducated estimate.

If only all of us could go on Wednesdays in February (but then it'd be full, wouldn't it?)

What a great story, ML! That was such a sweet thing you did for your mom.
:)

My sentiments exactly - and I think part of the reason we put this site together. The Disney may have brought us together, but it's the people that made us stay.

irony intentional;)

That story was terrific. I could visualize the whole thing in my mind. Thank you for sharing your day with us.