DisneyLand

DisneyLand
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On Sunday I went to Disneyland with my best friend, her boyfriend, and another friend of ours. We stopped in to see another friend performing in Aladdin at California Adventure. This place is truly the happiest place on earth. I always feel like a kid whenever I go there. At Disneyland they had updated the park for their 50th Anniversary. Gold Mickeys in various places with "50" in the center. Also, all the rides from the original park had a gold piece outside the ride. Some had the piece ON the ride. The carousel had a gold horse as well as one displayed and Dumbo had a gold Dumbo as well as one displayed. Throughout the park were also murals of various Disney scenes pieced together by tiny photos that people sent in from their experiences at Disney parks. It was fascinating that a bunch of diferent people posing with Tigger made different shades of orange for paint in a picture. I'm always transformed into a kid again when I go there. Disney may be a huge corporation that practically owns 60% of all the entertainment we see, but it is a great place to go to escape the woes of the world. There had to be thousands of people packed into the park that day (Mother's day), but despite these huge crowds I was not aggravated as much as you get with the same crowds or less in NYC or any other place. Lines were only 15-20 minute waits surprisingly. Most of the population there that day were small children and very old people. I guess that would explain the short waits for all the thrilling rides I wanted to experience. I'm so thankful we have places like this to escape to when things get too heavy in the real world.