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So I finally completed a life goal: to visit every Disney theme park on the planet. I got to spend two fun filled days at Hong Kong Disneyland! Honestly I had only one MUST do at Hong Kong Disney, the Mystic Manor ride. For Disney park nerds, this is touted as the best version of…
I decided to complete my collection of Disney theme park maps by getting a classic Disneyland map from the original era. Etsy has a number of vendors selling reprints of classic Disney park maps, and this one that was originally published in 1958 really caught my eye. So much charming artwork, so many intriguing titles,…
I’m finally back from one the best trips I’ve ever taken: a solo two-week adventure to Japan centered around visiting the legendary Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea theme parks. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so I’ll try and be as brief and organized as I can. Background A couple of years ago, while in…
I’ve been to Disneyland who knows how many times in my fortunate life. But this last trip may be one of the sweetest: my first Disney trip with my niece Aria. There are lots of ways to experience Disney parks — with your family, with friends, solo. I’ve done them all — with the exception…
On Tuesday, my friend Kristin and I survived what could have been the worst possible day to visit Disneyland this year. And we actually had a blast! Several months ago, we decided to risk buying tickets to Disneyland in June, thinking that probably the pandemic would be more under control and that the Disney folks…
My Uncle Danny just sent to me a bunch of pictures from a trip to Disneyland we took back in 1976. That would make me seven years old at the time, so one of my first trips to the theme park. Apparently my Uncle Danny and Auntie Susan had just moved to the States from…
Disneyland is my happy place. There’s just something about the park that just fills me with so much joy, more than I can describe. So I go as often as I can. One thing I have never done until this weekend was visit Disneyland alone. Something about it has always intimidated me. Partly it’s a…
One of the most surprisingly moving things I experienced at Disneyland this weekend was the “Retiring of the Flag” ceremony at sunset. I happened to be on Main Street headed to California Adventure when I heard the Disneyland Brass Band and the Dapper Dans all performing together American patriotic music. Curious, I stopped by a…
Yesterday was one of my favorite visits to a Disney theme park ever. After years of anticipation, and avoiding as many spoilers as possible, I finally got to visit Stars Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland. As a big scifi nerd and a Disney fanatic, the idea of a completely immersive experience where you got to…
Being a big Disney park nerd, I was excited to get to visit Disneyland Paris this week, as part of my Paris adventure. This was actually the second time I had been to Disneyland Paris. The first visit was about 16 years ago, when it was still called EuroDisney. That visit was notable for how…