Virtual Disney Rides

Oh boy.  Now you can go on Disney rides in the comfort of your own easy chair.  It's not quite like how I remember clambering around on Tom Sawyer Island when I was a kid growing up near Disneyland, and my parents would drop me off with a pocket full of ride tickets at the front park gate on a Saturday morning and tell me to return there to be picked up again at 5pm...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/ne...932473001/

And in an effort to make your virtual experience even more life-like, I offer the following picture which was taken on a slow day

And in an effort to make your virtual experience even more life-like, I offer the following picture which was taken on a slow day

Indeed. Fortunately it was never like that in 1958.

Thankfully, I have not been to Disneyland in many years, and I live only about 90 miles south of it.  The first time I went was truly magical and, unlike John (churchilllafemme), I was already an adult.  However, each subsequent visit lost something.  The ticket system (A-E, and everyone hoarded those E tickets ) went away, the crowds got untenable, and the cost became outrageous.  I am thankful for my first visit in 1975 but have no desire to go back.  Truly, big business has taken over and the magic in the Magic Kingdom is gone.

I know this is an older post, but wanted to comment on Disneyland. When I lived in Fullerton, it was about a 15 minute drive down State College to Ball Road over to Disney. Lived there in mid 90's, but first visit was in mid 70's. We were Premier Pass Holders, so we went there quite a bit to get our money's worth. Really enjoyed being able to go and have dinner and people watch in the evenings. Kind of viewed it as "our" park. Loved going the week BEFORE Christmas because the crowds started the next week. Once there when according to the conductor on the train, there were only 2000 people attending. Seemed like the park was private considering average daily attendance is 50k. Spent a lot of quality time there with my family. Even got to have some dinners in Club 33. We moved back east in 2000, but went back in 2003. Had to relive the Disney experience. Big difference the second go around, Seemed like the park didn't have the same atmosphere and was a little dirtier than we remembered. Still loved it though. Brings back a lot of good memories. Had a few friends that worked in the park and at corporate, but have since retired or gone on to better things. Will always have the fondness for "our" park.

We lived in Pasadena in the late 90's & my wife's condition for moving there was that we get the annual pass.

It was so much better--we could go after dark, stay for 3 hours or so, little or no line for anything...