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That was an awesome story!

Great story! Yeah, I agree that it must be more fun to ride those great rides when you are able to remember everything about it. I've been there a week every year of my life so I don't actually remember my first-time excitement for a lot of rides. Things don't get as tiring for me, but my younger cousins who got the same vacation treatment were so tired of it all by the first day (even California Adventure) that they just hung around Downtown Disney or walked over to a mall.

How delightful!

I love to approach Disneyland with the eyes of a child; this story captures the real magic of Disneyland exactly.  Thanks, again, Ron.  Can't wait to get your book!

Great article!

Is that picture of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride from the old Walt Disney World version? It doesn't look like the Disneyland version of hell.

My wife and I are expecting our first little Mouseketeer in mid-December. I especially like the "I have no idea" response to "What happens in there?", and can't wait to use it on our own child on his or her first trip.

Another fantastic story, Ron. I absolutely love your writing. I figured I'd share a story about the first time I ever went to Disney World with my grandpa with us.

We were boarding Peter Pan's Magical Flight. My two brothers split off with mom and dad, so I got on the ride with Grandpa. Now I'd been to Disney many, many times before and knew the ride like the back of my hand, but this was my first time there with him. I was probably about 12 at the time.

So as we round the mast of the ship to find the pirates defeated and Peter Pan triumphantly at the wheel, what does my grandpa say to me?

"Look at that. Kicked the *** out of 'em!"

To an unsuspecting 12 year old, it was just about the funniest thing I'd ever heard. And it still plays in my head every time I ride Peter Pan.