1980

[captain_slinky]

The following film is a little promotional film for Fantasyland in Disneyland back in 1980. I was SEVEN when this came out, but I remember somehow seeing this film! It was one of the catalysts (along with reruns of The Wonderful World of Disney) that started my obsession with Disneyland. The DL that you see in this film strip is the Disney Land i wanted to go visit! Of course, by the time I got there in '91 it was quite a bit different and I only stayed for 1/2 of a day... it wasn't till The Epic Road Trip of 2001 with khristle, dotgirl and collisions that I got to have a FULL DISNEY EXPERIENCE.

Now we're debating over when Molly's first Disneyland trip should be. I say it should be on her 4th Birthday in January of '10, Crystal says we should wait till she's at least 5 or 6.

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[strryeyedgrrl.livejournal.com]

I took Arianna for her third birthday. She still talks about it to this day, but I bet the memories will fade with time. She had a blast, though. She was too small for the rides that I would've liked to have gone on, but that was all right. The only ride that she was too small for that she was upset about not being able to ride was the Star Wars one.

Otherwise, there was plenty to entertain her. California Adventure has only one area that's really kid-friendly (A Bug's World), but Ari could've spent all day there if I'd let her. No lines for the cute little kiddy rides and lots of splashy water areas to keep her cool in the August heat. Plus, they have the 3-D Muppet theater there too.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

See, that's part of my thinking on the subject. She might not ACTIVELY remember the trip and all the details if we go now, but if she talks about it non-stop like most kids do she'll have one of those deep-rooted memories of Vacation being AWESOME. And we'll have the pictures and everything to jog her Memory.