Goofy's Playhouse photo essay

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Heheh, the Starcade analogy is perfect! I never got it why teens would spend hours in there when, at the time, there was an arcade on every street corner.

I'll admit to spending a good chunk of time in the Starcade as a kid...but it really was a special experience for two reasons. Part of it was simply a certain feeling of extravagance. "I'm playing a video game...in Disneyland!!!" But more importantly, it was because I was with my sister. There's a decent age gap between us, so it's not like we spent a whole lot of time together in arcades outside of Disneyland. So heading upstairs (*sniff*) to play air hockey against each other was one of the big things we always looked forward to on each Disneyland trip. Plus, they had the coolest air hockey tables.