Disneyland

Pros: Nostalgic park where imagination lives
Cons: Crowds. Lines. More crowds.

Disneyland is the consummate family theme park. The original. The big enchilada. It's the place where Walt Disney's fantasy theme park first took shape, nearly two decades before the overkill of Florida's version came on the scene. Disneyland is a place ...

Pros: the happiest place on earth!
Cons: can get quite expensive!

This is not actually a "Land" vs. "World" of Disney review, but more of a compare and contrast review. For some people, it's difficult or impractical to travel to Orlando, Florida's DISNEY WORLD, and for others, the traveling distance to get out...

Pros: Huge variety of attractions, excellent theming, food better than expected, generally magical
Cons: Quite a bit down for renovation, gets very crowded

I am very blessed to have wonderful parents who took me on excellent vacations as a kid, including a ridiculous number of trips to Disney World. Many, many of my favorite childhood memories center around our wonderful annual trips. Because of this, I ...

Pros: Fun, They Accommodate People w/Disabilities, Magical
Cons: If only every boy and girl could visit!

Most of my friends know that if they offered me a vacation to anywhere… I would choose Disneyland! Yes, even over Hawaii and other exotic places. Perhaps it is the love for kids within me, or the child-at-heart, or just the grown-up that...

Pros: Great family fun, excellent rides, well maintained.
Cons: ~None~

You are reading a contribution to the Disney ~*~ When You Wish Upon A Star Write-Off! Emily Rose, the young daughter (15 months old) of fellow Epinion member:
ImAmes (http://imames.epinions.com/user-imames) is battling Retinoblastoma...

Pros: Great fun and even more when you have saved money!
Cons: The lines can be long.

We go to Disneyland every other year and I send many families there yearly. By talking with them after they return (and adding my own experiences), I have come up with these money saving hints.

There are two ways to see...

Pros: Great Rides, Great Themes, Great Service
Cons: Crowded, Space Mountain Closed until 2005, two hour waits for Splash Mountain

Disney California is the Granddaddy of the Disney Parks. In some ways this is good, you can find all of your familiar and favorite rides. In some ways this is bad. This Disney park is not as large and doesn't shine as much as its Florida cousin. ...

Pros: Good clean family fun!
Cons: Expensive!

My husband recently took his yearly vacation from work and we had not really made any plans to do anything special, or so I thought! Little did I know that the wheels were turning in his mind and he was thinking that now was the perfect time for a...

Pros: Beautiful Grounds; Family-Oriented; Wonderful Imaginative Park
Cons: A Little Expensive

Pros: Everything for a child, it's magical.
Cons: The heat and the price of water.

Disneyland 50th Anniversary I have been deployed with my national guard unit on two tours of duty and spent 14 months in an Army hospital. My daughter was five years old when I started deploying after 9/11. I am finally home and my daughters ...

Pros: Makes me feel like I'm 10 again! (and Pirates of the Caribbean)
Cons: Rocket Rods

Disneyland has always been one of my favorite places to go. Having grown up in Southern California, I can't even remember the first time I went (I think I was under a year old). The last time I went was about 4 years ago, however, so I really wasn't...

Pros: Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean Rides
Cons: Not much to do, and inclement weather takes out a lot of rides!

OK, I have been to Disney World many times, and would have never even thought to visit Disneyland until a friend of mine moved out to CA and started to work there. She invited me down for a week, and because she is employed there, I got in for free- not...

Pros: Nice beginning on take off. You pop a wheely.
Cons: Poor ending and not to many thrills for a thrill ride. Circle Vision theatre(puke)

One of the newest rides at Disneyland is the Rocket Rods. This ride is suppose to be like supper fast version of the Transit Authority ride at DisneyWorld. I was a bit disappointed in it. One reason I liked the old slow calm relaxing ride that took you...

Pros: Great Location/Fairly Priced
Cons: Can't think of any

I am posting this under Disneyland because this hotel and Disneyland go hand in hand. When we travel to Disneyland we continuously find ourselves staying at the Desert Inn and Suites.

The Desert Inn and Suites is located right across the...

Pros: good clean family fun
Cons: expensive