“Can’t beat the CA climate, right?”
Nor can you beat the constant traffic jam.
been over 40 years since I went to DL there. Just parking was a maze and fun trying to find your car later.
Far too crowded and the rides I remembered as a kid were long gone.
Who can forget the hour+ long wait in line for the Matterhorn?
“Nor can you beat the constant traffic jam.”
Some pol from SoCal was being interviewed last week and said that the traffic is remarkably less than it has been over the last several years. All those illegals must be leaving in their sh!tbox cars.
Loved the Matterhorn. I haven’t been to Anaheim since I was a little kid. I had a neat MM flashlight that was pocket sized as my souvenir. I loved that thing. I found one on eBay many moons ago, but I don’t think it worked anymore. Still, it was cool to see it.
When you went, were there books of tickets with A, B, C, D, and E designations? That’s how they were when I was a kid. My older siblings rode the D and E rides, and my little sister and I got the A and B coupons. We didn’t mind. I remember being very happy to ride with my father on the Matterhorn, though.
Who can forget the hour+ long wait in line for the Matterhorn?
It was SO worth it!
Definitely worth the price of the E ticket :-)
Was that an E ticket ride?
They have a parking garage now. All you need to remember is the level and row/section. Easy-peasy.
Far too crowded and the rides I remembered as a kid were long gone.
Time marches on. Do you miss Zoot-Suits, too? (Just kidding.)
Like all public attractions, Disneyland has their off-season. Go there at that time and it's very uncrowded. One time, my daughters rode the Matterhorn seven times within 30 minutes. Ride the ride, get off, run around the chateau and into the entrance and right back into a bobsled.
You can even walk into the Blue Bijou without a reservation. One time, our family and friends were one of three tables in the restaurant.
The last time I was there, we were able to walk right up to the front door of the Haunted Mansion as if we were visiting a friend, go in, get on the elevator and start the ride.
Ditto for Indiana Jones, Pirates, Space Mountain, etc.
i dont think JD had any of those problems
The last enjoyable trip I took there was in 1995, which happened to be its 40th anniversary. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, and the monorail station was right there. Pirates of the Caribbean still had pirates chasing wenches, and there was no alcohol allowed in the park, anywhere. People were dressed nicely, and were generally well behaved. Went back in 2002, and it was a completely different experience— one big shopping mall with politically correct attractions. Even the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House was no more. The place looked and felt trashier, and not nearly as fun. Add in their politics, and I will never return.