Are you a Disneyland FANATIC?

[julieannbabe]

i am really into disney - got into the parks back in 2003.

its hard as i am in the uk but i have been to WDW four times, disneyland twice (hopefully third trip planned for april) and disneyland paris twice.

people think it is odd for a 30 year old to love disney.

what can i say - i heart the Mouse

 

[DLovinFam]

Count me in! We are only able to go every few years, but we are all big Disney fans. My parents took my brother and I every few years when we were kids and dh and I went there on our honeymoon. That was his first time. This coming trip will be the third time taking our kids. I wish we could go more often, but we live too far away and we couldn't afford to go more often anyways.

 

[Sunobo]

Okay, I've only been to DL once but that is NOT enough. I can't wait to return ever though I have no idea when that may be. Dh got sick of hearing me talk about the place so much. I'm not allowed to mention the "D" word so the kids get a big kick out of trying to get me to say it. I'm doing good about not saying the word but I'm getting my fix by reading the boards.

 

[Delilah Bleu]

Me too! My friends & coworkers think I am crazy but I don't care. My poor 11 year old dd is tired of disneyland but I love it!!!!

 

[jernysgirl]

Hi- My name is Kim and I am addicted to Disney.

Disneyland is like one of those additive drugs to me! If I go to long without being there, I go through withdrawals.

I named my DS2 after Andy in Toy Story. My DS1's first word was Mickey. After scary movies, I always watch one of the travel videos or something about Disneyland to make me feel better. I have boxes of brochures, maps, napkins and anything else Disney saved as souvenirs. I carry a pirate purse because I Love POTC!

Please add me to the Disney fanatics club too!

 

[jencav5]

Count me in! Everyone I know thinks our family is crazy that all our trips are Disney! We live about 6 hours away, but make it down to DL 7-8 times a year. We haven't been since New Years, so I am definately in need of a DL fix! We are going at the end of March for spring break. My oldest son is autistic, and he just loves DL, so he is constantly asking me "where are we going in March"!

 

[victorandbellasmom]

I'm a fanatic too. Thank goodness, dh, ds, and dd are ones as well. My side of the family gets it. My sisters and I are planning to hit all the Disney parks together with our familes. So far we've done Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. Our next stop is Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea with Disneyworld and Paris Disneyland to follow. A disney trip is so much fun when extended family joins us.

Dh's side of the family just doesn't get it. They always ask, "Didn't you just go there last year?"

 

[jocotter]

I am. We have so many Disney things at our house, people really look strangely at me. And at work, too. Fortunately, I have quite a few relatives, children and grandchildren who are the same.

 

[disneegrl4eva]

Absolutely! Count me in! My daughter and I love it! My friends, family and coworkers think we are nuts!

hey at least your dd loves it too...my dd hates DL and blames me for it...says im too obsessed and i cant carry on a conversation period without bringing up something about DL

 

[dragonflymom]

I wish more of my love of Disney would rub off on my family, but they humor me though and since I'm the vacation planner of the family, guess where we have been spending most of our time? Last year was a record of Disney travels for us. It started with an innocent question from DD (8) when we were looking at her baby pictures which included a Disney cruise vacation. She asked when would it be her brother's turn to experience a Disney cruise since it looked like she had so much fun in the pictures. What a great idea! We need to be fair to both kids, right?

I started planning a Spring Break Disney cruise and if we were going to be in Florida, we might as well visit the World! We had a great time and both kids loved the parks so much (my spin) that I had to promise them we'd visit a Disney theme park soon--how about August! Since we're in Northern California, it's easy to visit DL, so as soon as we were back from Orlando, I was planning our DL trip. I was able to convince DH to get APs, so I was already pre-planning more trips to DL around school vacations and staff learning days.

Our next big Disney trip last year was in October when we visited the grandparents in Shanghai, China over Fall Break and since Hong Kong Disneyland was *just* a couple of hours flight from Shanghai, we might as well make a stop in Hong Kong before flying back to San Francisco! We spent 2 days there and stayed overnight at the gorgeous Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel. We experienced Hong Kong DL's first ever Halloween festivities and we had a blast.

After the trip to Hong Kong, we had 3 more visits to Disneyland, with the most recent being last week when the kids had Winter Break. Oh, I almost forgot, I took a day off work in November to visit DL solo--I flew there and back the same day. It was a birthday present of sorts. DH wanted to give me a massage certificate from a local day spa for my birthday and I immediately told him that I'd rather the money be spent on $49 Southwest flights to/from Orange County. He humored me and I loved my day at DL since I got to do the rides I wanted (instead of chaperoning DS on the Pooh rides 5 times in a row) and ate the snacks and counter lunches that I wanted (instead of hot dogs & fries).

These days, my co-workers don't even bother asking me anymore where I'm going when I take vacation days! I just love the company on these boards

 

[GregC]

I would go every other weekend if I could afford the gas,hotel,and food money it takes for a few days away. I dream of DLR at least twice a week at night thinking I am back and then wake up and get sad! Walt would surely have been proud at all of us..I know this is a fact!

 

[DoomBugger]

There is just saomething about the original DL park that is so special. Maybe it is the spirit of Walt or just the fact that theme park amusement as we know it really started there. It is historical! I love all the Disney parks but to me DL is the epicenter of Disney park magic.

Two things give me that feeling like I'm a kid all over again; Star Wars (original trilogy) and Disneyland! I'm going to feel that way until the day I die!

 

[mommy2kande]

Oooh, me too, me too! Disneyland is hands down my favorite place in the world to be. For Christmas next year (2009), I have talked my hubby into PAP's for all of us, and we are hoping to make it to the park 3-4 times a year instead of once or twice.

My 2 year old daughter adores "Mick Mou", and the princesses, while my 5 year old is a Cars fanatic. And please believe this baby on the way already has his fair share of Disney in his wardrobe! Luckily, my husband indulges my fascination, and I think he likes Disney almost as much as I do.

There are definitely our fair share of friends and relatives who hear about our upcoming trip and say "weren't you just there!?". Um, people, it has been 6 months! That's way too long to go without seeing The Mouse!

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

Me too!! We've had at least 10 pets over the years named after Disney characters. My dogs right now are Daisy and Belle

I have a Disneyland themed bathroom at home...

Collect vintage Disneyland memorabilia...

even in my living room right now I have a pair of vintage Disneyland and Walt Disney World lunch boxes, and my favorite characters as stuffed animals: Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and Figment...

always have a "We're going to Disneyland" license plate frame on my car and a Mickey antenna ball...

every birthday in our family is celebrated there...

I have 7 trips to WDW, and probably hundreds to DL, and 2 booked Disney Cruises. I haven't even taken the first one, yet I booked a second one already since I am sure I will love it...

Like so many other people have said, it is my happy place. It never fails, when I drive in I start getting excited. I walk just as fast as my kids to that tram! I cry at Fantasmic and the fireworks, it just touches my heart. When my kids were younger, we always stopped off to watch Steamboat Willie before we left. It just relaxed all of us. We've seen them all over and over and laugh every time. There's something about it that is just magical to me.

I am forever trying to bring any relatives or visitors we have to Disneyland so that they too can experience it...

Yes, some people think I am a little obsessed. I think, why not?

 

[actionvaughn]

I think I might beat you all out. I drive an forty-five minutes back and forth to go to DLR twice a week.

This might be a slight reason why I'm having trouble in some of my classes.

 

[stopher1]

In a word - YES! I absolutely am. I can't go a day without finding something on the net to satisfy my DL obsession. From my signature you'll see that I worked there in H.S. and college, and beyond that, started going when I was oh, 1, and have been hooked ever since. My wife and I honeymooned at WDW (not DL, I know, but at least the MK was BASED on DL, and over the years, a lot of great attractions originally opened at DL have made an appearance or incarnation there. I've had an AP for more than 15 years, and get out to CA about 4 times per year (my employer is based in Irvine) - and yes, every single trip includes time at DL. Living in the midwest for the past 6 years has been hard not getting a weekly dose (we lived in Orange before moving to IN) - but the net and all of the artwork in my house - as well as collectibles (dust collectors my wife says) - help with the fix.

At work my screen wallpaper is ALWAYS Disney related - and the shelves in my office are filled with various Disney "stuff"... I have one of those HM toys of the big fig variety, except it's plastic (bought it at EnginEars in DCA in few years ago)- and every time I get up to leave the room for something (printer, restroom, lunch) I have to push buttons to hear Paul Frees say "Welcome", or "I didn't mean to frighten you", or the wolf howling. HM is my FAVORITE attraction - the last time I was there (2 weeks ago, and YAY, I get to back in 3 weeks).

I was there for the very last run through of the Country Bears, I was on the very last spin of America Sings. We ate at Carnation Main Street on it's next to last day. I was there for the 60 hr party for the opening of Captain EO and Star Tours. I was there for the opening of Splash, and DCA. I was there for the 30 hr 30th party - I was there on my grad nite, and many, many different CM events and parties in the 80's. I was in the employee choir for candlelight on the Living Christmas Tree - and got to be a part of the filmed portion of the Christmas parade one year. I was there for State Fair, and Blast to the Past and MANY, MANY more - too many things to list out here.

It definitely has a VERY special place in my heart.

 

[nunzia]

I AM JEALOUS of OP!
Yes, guilty..Disneyland freak since my first visit in 1963. I don't live close enough to have a AP.
As a late age college student I went to the college program presentation..got all the trivia right and quite a few "who's the old freak" looks from other students. I actually thought about going on the program..at 40..but some things came up with the family and I had to be home for the summer. I had hoped maybe to work for Disney,(my degree is a BS in Hotel/Restaurant and Tourism Management) but alot of loud protests from family about living in LA or FL put an end to that. We ended up in Vegas instead, which was great, but not Disney..then we ended up back in NM but oh well.
I used to collect just Disney 'stuff' but now am mainly into vintage Disneyland or Walt related.

 

[audrabolster]

I started out very anti-Disney. I went to WDW when I was 3, but I don't remember anything about that trip.

Then about 3 years ago I took a trip to DL and it was okay, but busy from spring break and HOT.

Then last year we moved to Orange County and now that we have AP's and can just go a whim and not have to spend the whole day there, it's one of my favorite places!!!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

19. I take it personally when people make fun of me for liking Disneyland.
20. I feel a personal attack when people tell me how much they HATE Disneyland. It makes me feel sad because , they dont know what they are missing and their lives must be lacking so much joy.

OMG. ME TOO. A friend of mine just went to Disneyland this past Friday and she went on and on why she hated it. I was SO OFFENDED. Like she was personally talking about me. It drove me insane. I know people aren't all crazy like us , but don't tell me you were afraid to go on Splash Mountain, and then proceed to say Disneyland is for kids. PLEASE!

Anyways, back to the OP question. I've been a Disney fanatic since I was a tot. I've been collecting Beauty and the Beast things since I was about 15. Everyone but my DBF thinks I AM NUTS about Disneyland and all things Disney and no one can comprehend how much I am in love with this place..

 

[LisaDisney]

I must be - I go by myself when my dd is in school.