Mouse House (the original)…

After 20+ years, I visited the Magic Kingdom AKA Disneyland with an out of town friend. Even though a lot of things have changed here (where’s Fort Wilderness?), much of the charm is still there.

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The Main Street drag
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The Lion King
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Parades several times daily
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Parking lot
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The queues are still there (Space Mountain with loud RedHotChiliPeppers soundtrack)
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We built this place!

As far back as I can remember, people have always complained about the high price of food and beverage at Disneyland.  The stalls scattered all around the park are pricey but the sit down restaurants are strangely reasonable, considering what you get.

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For good sit down food, this wasn’t that bad.  
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A tower of beignets!  

And naturally, the day ends at Disneyland with fireworks.

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Fireworks begin at 21:30 instead of 21:00 now

I realized during this trip that my interest in transportation began with a visit to Disneyland when I was very young. A LOT of the rides and attractions here revolve around transportation.

Space Mountain
Autopia
Matterhorn
Big Thunder Railroad
Monorail

All are things that society needs to get around (or will get soon). That explains my facination with transportation maybe??  Some things here are more recent necessities…

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The most cheerful security checkpoint in California.  Not operated by TSA

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