Yesterdayland

I was checking out a site called Yesterdayland which talks about closed attractions at Disneyland.

I was reading through some of the experiences posted on there and a few made me laugh, so I thought I’d share:

“When I was small, I was standing in line for “Flight to the Moon,” and an old woman came up to a Disney employee standing outside the ride. Her question to him was, “Does this land in the same part of the park from which it leaves?” The story has been a standard in my family for decades.”

“I often tell the story about our return trip to DL in the early 80’s. We lived in California in the 60’s, and went to DL two to three times a year. When we (Mom, Dad, and I) returned in the early 80’s, my mom wanted to ride the mine train. She and my father walked where they remembered it was, got in line, and then made it to the train. Mom got in, then Dad, and suddenly, a bar went down over their laps. Mom looked at Dad and said, “I don’t think this is the same ride!” Understand, Mom never rode a roller coaster in her life. The carousel was as fast as she ever wanted to go. But here she was, stuck on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, not the Mine Train. Dad’s arm eventually healed from the claw marks where Mom held on to him, face buried in his shoulder, for the entire ride. Afterward, Dad found a nice quiet bench where he took Mom, and where he spent about 30 minutes trying to convince her that she had not died. When they found me later, and told me what happened, I laughed for a solid 5 minutes.”

Take a look at the site if you have some time, specially if you have been to Disneyland.

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