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[kaoden39]

Okay I am old. I think I went to Disneyland for the first time the year you were born. Or when you were a year old.

 

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[kaoden39]

In 1967 or 1968? I was born in 1967. You couldn't have been very old when you first went to DL, I am sure. You must have been just a wee little thing, so you can't be too much older than I am! Anyway, I am glad to see you back! I wasn't sure if you had been silently following along as I put all the tons of pictures on here spanning 1980 - 2001 in the last few days, but I was hoping you caught the ones taken around the old DLH. I thought of you as I posted them because you are one of the ones who remembers the DLH the way it was pre-makeover in the late '90s. I had totally forgotten about Cafe Villaverde until I scanned one of the DLH pictures and posted it here and looked in the background!!! I have lots of them with the Pavilion Lounge in the background and a few outside of Sgt. Preston's, but I had blanked out on Cafe Villaverde!!!

One of my friends (Mandy, the blonde who is in a BUNCH of the pictures throughout this whole TR, including the most recent ones) has a young son, and she had always said that she would not take a child to Disneyland before 5 years of age. Well, I was 4 when I first went, and a couple of other friends took their kids at 4, and Mandy's son is almost 4 years old. It's almost time to make that first DLR trip. I told her she should bring him to DLR first before WDW because WDW will probably be too overwhelming for such a young boy, whereas DLR is more manageable. That is one reason I wish I had kids. Even though I can have enough childlike fun on my own at DLR, seeing it all over again through a kid's eyes must be awesome!!! Am I correct? And whenever I go to DLR, I see parents taking VERY young kids - younger than 5, for sure. I have seen women walking through DLR holding very young babies in their arms, which I am not so sure is a good idea. I wonder how young is too young to bring a child to DLR, or what is the right age to bring them for the first time so that they can actually appreciate it?

It was either 1968 or 1969. I can't remember for sure. I was either 6 or 7 years old. I was a flower girl in my aunt and uncles wedding. Honestly we didn't take our kids until they were five or older, that was more because we just couldn't afford it before that. I know I wouldn't take a toddler honestly at least one that wasn't potty trained. The thought of having to change a diaper at Disneyland, no thank you. Now my Mom and Dad took our daughters when they were two and three but they also took my teenage nephew along to help take care of them. A hand holder as it were or someone to ride the little kids rides like Casey Jr. As if my Dad wouldn't go on them. Please he was a bigger kid at Disneyland than any kid ever was.

 

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[kaoden39]

If I had kids, I am sure I would be a nervous wreck taking a very young one to DLR because I would be constantly worried they would get swallowd up in a crowd of people or I would turn my back for a minute and they would be off and running. So I, too, would need a hand holder, I think. In fact, Mandy has kind of said she would like me to go with them whenever they do make it to DLR, so I have a hunch I would be the 'extra help' in keeping an eye on her son!! My friend Julie (she is seen in my 1983 and 1984 DLR pictures) went with her young son to DLR last July and wanted me to go too, and I suspected it was to help watch him, like if she wanted to escape to the bathroom or something. But i couldn't go. I had never considered that many solo or sinlge parents probably have to do that - bring someone else along to keep an eye on the child. And what if it is a single parent taking more than one child? Yikes! They would definitely need help!

Anyway, I always wonder why these women I see toting young babies in their arms to DLR do that. The baby isn't going to know what is happening. The mom cannot possibly be enjoying herself at DLR when she has a baby in her arms. What is the point in that? I guess I would have to say that if I had kids, I would probably have to wait until the child was 4 or 5 before I brought them too. It just makes sense. And as for affording it, truthfully, in this day and age and with DLR's prices, I don't know how any families are affording to take their kids to DLR. I remember a man saying back in like 1999 or 2000 that he had been to DL and took his kids and their friends and it cost $300, and he was complaining about that price. Meanwhile, nowadays, $300 for a group of people would seem downright reasonable!!!

Your right about the prices. I have been pricing a trip for the middle of December this year and I thought oh I will look at the prices for the DLH but no way....I will not pay that much. So I am torn between the Carousel, BWPPI, and Hojo's. We shall see. When our kids were littler we would bring my Mom with us. That way each kid had a buddy. It always worked out good, but as the kids have gotten older no one wants to partner with Grandma anymore becuase she doesn't want to go on the rides they want to now. I almost consider bringing her a waste of money. She won't ride on most rides, except like the train, PotC, HM, and SW. And then she wants me to sit with her and not do the rides. Kind of like having a little kid.

 

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[mariezp]

Hi Sherry! I have never watched the Tailspin cartoon so I suppose that would explain why I didn't know who the female was. And as far as Don Karnage I am pretty sure i have never seen that one either. It would be great if the park still had as many characters as they did back then.

Congrats on the tag fairy finding you. I am in awe! Someday my tag will come!

Your trip description totally convinces me that I would NEVER want to be in the park on New Years Eve! Me no likey crowds that much! Best part, I guess, was that you got some fun pics to look back at, right?

It's been lots of fun seeing the things that have changed and the things that have stayed the same. The Christmas season is always soooo pretty at the park!

Congrats on conquering the closet and finding all the photos you were looking for. Now good luck on getting your other photos scanned some day. I need to do that as well. Even worse, I need to transfer all the old movie videos we have made over the years and turn them into dvds. I guess if I wait long enough some new and improved format will come along again before I get around to getting it done!

You are correct. There is nothing quite like seeing DL through the eyes of a child! My son was 10 the first time we went but my DD was only 18 months old. Some families children's ages are far enough apart that in order to bring the older one the other one will have to be very young, such as was our case. Would I do it again? In a heart beat! Honestly, when you have a small child that you take care of on a day to day basis, taking them to DL isn't that much more work, at least it wasn't for me.

I don't know if there's a perfect age. Some argue that the child won't remember it. Well, when they are very young people still take them places like the zoo, or to see Santa, etc. so I don't really see the difference. Of course, my DD does not remember when she first went but we all still had fun and she had an amazing time at the time! I know the rest of us sure remember it. We also took our oldest DD, DSIL and DGS when he was 16 months old. He loved it and was so much fun to watch.

 

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[prettyprincessbelle]

I always see baby babies at DLR too. I'm sure it's easy in the sense that baby babies don't do too much. Like they just eat and sleep. And you have to change their diapers. But who knows, because what am I talking about because I am not a Mom! But I don't think I would want to take a baby that small. Because you would have to carry them. Unless you use those baby strap things.

Your pictures are so awesome. Woo woo! Keep it up, Sher-doggg!!!!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Thanks Sherry

I'm hoping to get a tag one of these days. I'm also glad that you got to take goofier pictures with your friends. I always love the goofy ones. They're the funnest. I will look through all my files on my external drive soon and get the older pictures up, I promise!

 

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[kaoden39]

Isn't it amazing how much the characters costumes have improved over time?

 

[Sherry E]

Isn't it amazing how much the characters costumes have improved over time?

Yep. They have improved 1000 percent, but subtly and gradually over the years. Like I didn't notice from year to year that the costumes were changing, but now we can go back and look at my '70s stuff and see what they looked like, then skip ahead to the '90s pictures I posted and see a difference, and then look at everyone's stuff from the last couple of years and see that the costumes have indeed been improving ever so slightly as the years progressed. Mariezp pointed out that they even looked substantially different in the the '90s versions compared to today's versions, let alone going all the way back to 1972!

 

[Sherry E]

Marie, just in case you are still out there, I checked that one picture from 1994 that you asked about in which I thought it was Don Karnage (only because Courtney had identified Don Karnage in one of my other pictures) and matched it against one of my PhotoPass pictures with villains from October 2008 that featured Don Karnage, and it is definitely Don Karnage in both shots. He is not from Pinocchio nor is he the Big, Bad Wolf. Funny, back in 1994, when Don Karnage was actually on TV, I thought I was getting a picture with the Big Bad Wolf because I never watched those shows on the Disney Channel!!