Posted on 07/17/2005 6:30:46 AM PDT by Liz
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A DISNEY Company...
...not run under the command and influence of some very powerful Friends of the CLINTONS...
...i.e. President MICHAEL EISNER and Chairman of the Board GEORGE MITCHELL...
...was indeed a transforming happy time for kids of all ages.
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And 5 minutes after closing time there were always those fire hoses the public never saw hosing down all the then darkened streets ..clean as a whistle.
That was a real trip having to dodge the water jets while walking out to our cars parked out there in the employees' parking lot late at night on a warm summer's night.
Such fond memories gliding thru my mind this night.
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Those were the days before interstate highways. The few kids in my grade school who got to goto Disneyland were mini-celebrities. My parents couldn't afford a cross-country car trip with 5 kids.
When my son graduated from high school, we went to Orlando and went to Walt Disney World. Honest to pete, when I got off the ferry and stood in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle, I started crying. I was 38 years old, and almost all my life I had wanted to see the Disney park.
I haven't been back since the mid-90's, but I hope to go with my grandkids in the next couple of years. I want to go on the Peter Pan ride and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Thanks for the memories, all!
Such fond memories gliding thru my mind this night.Mine too but not just of Disneyland but of those fantastic times in Anaheim, Fullerton, Brea, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Balboa, Orange County and Southern California in general...
BTW, I too am a Viet Nam vet. Vung Tau (know where that is?) Feb. 10 1967 thru May 9 1968
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I never made it to those beautiful long white sandy beaches of Vung Tau, my friend. Just everywhere in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Thank you for selflessly fighting for the Freedom of others.
LOVE is coming to Vietnam.
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The OC = The Greatest
And WALT DISNEY knew it first.
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And now the 1st Vietnamese American State Legislator to take office in U.S. History, California State Assemblyman VAN TRAN, has introduced a Bill that will protect places like Disneyland better in this new Time of War.
It will allow City Councils to meet in closed session to discusss the vulnerabilities of privately-owned parks and malls' against terrorist attacks, just like they do now for Public Places.
This is a good thing, a very good thing.
ASSEMBLYMAN VAN TRAN's Assembly Website:
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/index.asp?Dist=68&Lang=1&Body=&ReflD=&WelcomelD=
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
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You're very Welcome, Alamo-Girl.
It's been a real kick sharing with you today, on this the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland.
Just Wising on a Star...
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It has been illuminating for us, too! Thank you so very much!
I grew up right in the area, too, and I do remember the old ticket system (you couldn't even give away an 'A' ticket). We also watched the fireworks every night from the back yard.
I lived on Antigua near Brookhurst and Ball....
And I was closer to Katella and West St.
:) :)
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50 years ago today we kids in our family missed the TV Opening of Disneyland as our relatives all went Sunday driving that afternoon from Portland, Oregon to Oregon's beautiful Pacific coast. So we listened to it live on car radios in...
1955 Nash Rambler
1954 Oldsmobile 88
1953 Studebaker 2 door coupes.
But by the Fall of that same year we had all moved to Southern California. I was suddenly within bicycle riding distance of WALT's brand new Park, just 15 miles from Long Beach where my family had parked itself. And I took advantage of this with great zeal, balloon tire bike and all.
T'was a Beaut-i-ful move.
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WOW! If I remember right West was the street between The Disneyland Hotel and the park....
You're correct. I lived in the residential area between West and Harbor, just south of the park.
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Try this:
DISNEYLAND HOTEL
My Year 1960 Rancho Alamitos High School Graduation Night Dance
My Year 2000 Rancho Alamitos High School 40th Anniversary Reunion Dance
Blessings, both.
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I'll bet you remember Orange County when it had orange groves. :)
How wonderful for you!!!
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Yes, I'll NEVER FORGET that sweet, sweet smell of the organge blossoms of Springtime every where we went in the OC long, long ago.
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