So, most of you will be totally bored by this review, because I'm sure most of you have already been to Disneyland and really like it. However, if you haven't been in a while, or your kids are too old, or you just think it's not worth your time, (ahem, Anna) let me tell you why you should take a trip to SoCal with your family to visit Mickey's place, aside from the fact that there is a giant talking Potato Head there:
They do everything there on a large scale. Nothing is done halfway, and it always looks like it came out of a movie. Even the Halloween decorations are done by the scenery staff and are really cool.
It is SO clean there. This is a place where millions of people visit every year, and I've never even been in a messy bathroom during a trip there. Look at how clean this sidewalk is. Not a piece of smashed gum or litter to be found. I love clean places.
They really get into the make believe in every aspect. This is the Winnie-The-Pooh ride, and every detail, including a heffalump bee slurping honey drops on the back of the car, is present and accounted for. You can try to look for holes in the details on every ride at Disneyland, but you just can't find any. The attention to minutiae in creating an atmosphere is amazing. 
They really get into the make believe in every aspect. This is the Winnie-The-Pooh ride, and every detail, including a heffalump bee slurping honey drops on the back of the car, is present and accounted for. You can try to look for holes in the details on every ride at Disneyland, but you just can't find any. The attention to minutiae in creating an atmosphere is amazing. There are little photo vignette opportunities everywhere in the park. You can pretty much take a million pictures in a million different places, and they would all be picturesque and lovely. And even if you are too cheap to buy the merchandise, you can always be sneaky and snap a picture of it to look at later. 
The realness of the lands that they've created is amazing. You feel like you are really in that movie or that region of the world. You want to live with talking cartoon cars? You got it. If you love French things, go to the French Quarter and park yourself in front of one of the shops. If you love pirates, check out that big ship they have floating in the bayou, or the paddleboat that actually works and takes you on a ride around the lake. How about the Indiana Jones ride? My boys thought they died and went to Lego Indiana Jones heaven in that place. You can't tell the difference between Disney and real sometimes. 
Even though I really love trips to Disneyland and I would go there every chance I get, there are a few things that are minor annoyances to me when I visit. First, I don't love how the major attractions end in a gift shop. I totally get where they are coming from from a marketing perspective, but when you have little people who have no self control or concept of money and stroller space, you have to pick and choose your exits carefully.
Our trips to Disneyland with little kids are mostly to do one thing: meet the people dressed up in the character suit. However, every time we saw a big character-type person they were either drowning in a huge line or running off because their handler gave them "two minutes, Tigger!" My girls all wanted to meet Sleeping Beauty, but the line to see her was over an hour long. Sorry! Wouldn't be prudent. Could they maybe make it so the characters are out longer so more kids could see them? Or have them come out more times during the day? I'm not asking for much...
Our trips to Disneyland with little kids are mostly to do one thing: meet the people dressed up in the character suit. However, every time we saw a big character-type person they were either drowning in a huge line or running off because their handler gave them "two minutes, Tigger!" My girls all wanted to meet Sleeping Beauty, but the line to see her was over an hour long. Sorry! Wouldn't be prudent. Could they maybe make it so the characters are out longer so more kids could see them? Or have them come out more times during the day? I'm not asking for much...
All in all, the trip was great. I'm so glad we did it with our kids at these ages. We will remember it for a long time to come and I'm going to put some guilt on my husband to go back soon. It could happen.
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