I love to pat myself on the back a little on this one... My wife and I have been to two Pirates of the Caribbean Premieres at Disneyland... We walked the red carpet, went to the pre and post parties, and saw the films sitting about 75 feet from Jack Sparrow himself (for the short time he watched, at least). So we were rubbing elbows with all sorts of people all night long. I've got pictures with quite a few. I've got one with Martin Landeau... My wife has one with Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, etc. Plus I've got quite a few with "Disney Celebs", like Tony Baxter, Bob Iger, Marty Sklar, and that sort. Not to mention the countless celebs we ate dinner near and walked past all night.
But the coolest moment I have to tell you all about. After the movie was over (the third one), they kept a whole section of the park open for an after party. But hardly anyone stayed. So my wife and I were eating and drinking and riding rides with no lines and having a blast. It was close to 1AM, and we were pretty tired, so we decided we would ride HM one more time, then head out. We were maybe one of 50 people left in the entire area of the park, so naturally there was literally no one anywhere close to HM. We walked in, and stood in the holding room before the stretching room to wait for the door to open. A couple seconds later, in walked John Lassetter and his family. His wife and kids. The stretch doors opened, and we all went in, and enjoyed the ride together, just us and his family. We said just a few words to each other, but it was very cool. We rode in the doombuggy next to his, and rode a classic DL attraction with the closest thing to Walt that we all have left. Definitely a moment I'll never forget.
