![]() We rode the rickety wooden Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland, and Tomorrowland’s dark, sleek Space Mountain, with its zippy turns, while making faces and yelling like teenage horror movie fans. The rides, though they felt shorter than during childhood, were just as thrilling.Įven the onset of adulthood can’t mute the excitement of screaming one’s lungs out on a roller coaster. We lucked out, zipping through to experience Haunted Mansion’s creepy shimmering ghosts and Pirates of the Caribbean’s smoke-filled pirate fights, now with a Johnny Depp-as-Jack Sparrow robot lookalike, from the movie franchise of the same name. It turns out lines for those rides are much shorter in the morning. We first hit favorites Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean in New Orleans Square, west of Adventureland. What? No! I eventually relented, and those five hours we spent at the park turned out to be just as fun as my childhood memories, albeit with a self-aware edge. ![]() When Joanna, visiting from New York, at first suggested - insisted, really - that we visit Disneyland, I balked. As years went by, though, Disneyland’s appeal for me faded, along with my patience for long lines and pricey mementos. ![]() Gap-toothed, dimpled and short, I loved the rides, treats and general theme-park mayhem. That included diva posing in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle and trying on, not buying, Minnie Mouse ears.Īs girls growing up in Los Angeles, Joanna Sondheim and I regularly spent birthdays and field trips with friends at Disneyland, in nearby Anaheim. ![]() Did we regress to a state of childlike delight and strategically map out rides to conquer? Oh yes. Did we channel our inner princesses? Nope. ![]() That’s exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach or shopping. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals’ day out. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪNAHEIM, Calif. - Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. ![]()
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