California family who spent some positive time bonding with family and friends at the most magical place in the world.
Nostalgia, siiiiggghhh! So many memories. We made it to Disneyland at least once each year. There was no such
things as yearly passes and even tho the entrance price was probably around $18 at the time, that was a whole lot of
money, so we saved up for it and got there when the gates opened and stayed until it closed. I guess after going so
many times, the visits kind of melt into one. Oh sure, I remember Snippets, like when Rohnny and Darlene were here
and we took them there and we couldn't get them to leave the souvenier stands so when we got to the parking lot our
camper was the only vehicle left and the security guard came over and said you can't camp here overnight. Then there was the time when Auntie Bev, Grandma Webb and Laurie and Brian went, and we took two cars. Somehow I
managed to drive the car with the kids in it (and I believe I was pg with Eil at the time). When exiting the park I followed dad's car and he jumped from the extreme left lane into the right lane and turned right. I was unable to do
that and then somehow got completely turned around and ended up almost in Costa Mesa. I managed to find my
way back to La Habra, just before going thru the pass on Fullerton road when I spotted the adult car. Auntie Bev
thought I would be mad, but tru ly it was just another adventure.
Mostly tho, I clearly remember my very first visit and my most recent visit. My first visit was in Dec of 1956.
We had just moved to So Cal and joined the church in Beverly Hills and I joined the choir and we were invited to sing
Christmas carols. It was a brand new park and brand new in the concept of being a theme park. Being late on a
Sunday afternoon and the park closed at 7 we didn't get to see much, but enough so we couldn't wait to go back. My last visit was when Shannon and Alyson were in girl scouts and it was girlscout day, which meant we had free parking. the Murphy boys got us in for free, girl scouts were free and we got to park right by the gate because we had the camper. This was a good thing, because for supper we had a tailgate party of cold chicken and potato salad as we knew if we didn't leave the park to eat it would be hard to get the kids to stop long enough for dinner. Dad and I took off on our own, On our way from adventureland to frontierland dad found a $10 bill laying on the walkway. I can only safely assume that we probably the only people in the world who ever went to Disneyland and cam e home withmore mon ey than we left with. DisneyLand was such a different place then. We had A B C D and E tickets. A tickets were like the merry-go-round ride with the E tickets for the most exotic ride.
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