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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[dotgirl.livejournal.com]

We did Riley's first Disney trip when he was 15 months, and I don't feel like he got a lot of out of it. ;)

We did it again when he was just past 4 - he got *more* out of it, but if I were only going to be able to take him once, I'd wait until 5 or 6. They say they should be old enough to talk, but young enough to sit in a stroller. ;)

We're actually planning a trip for late October - right before he turns 6. It's the 40th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion, and it will be dressed up like The Nightmare Before Christmas.

It's really a good time to go - travel isn't happening, so flights are super cheap (I found some for $150 per ticket, round trip), as are hotels.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

See, that's my thinking as well. Super-cheap flights, super-cheap hotels, smaller crowds at the park due to economic worries...

We're gonna see how she does with smaller stuff this summer like Enchanted Village, but even this past summer at the Evergreen State Fair she was a real champ! She really digs the rides at the very least... now we have to learn to deal with LINES.