Just booked 1st Disneyland trip!!!!

[skimbob]

In Sept. 2012 we'll be coming off our 6-night DCL cruise w/2 days in San Francisco:

Make sure to plan a trip to Walt Disney Family Museum while in San Francisco. I am going there for my first time in 9 days. TP2000 was giving me a bad time about living so close and not going there yet so I am finally going to go there. I better like it TP2000:ROFLOL:

 

[skimbob]

July 9-20, 2012
Disneyland Hotel
6 day park hopper

I booked it through AAA Disneyland Vacations. Now just trying to figure out how to make payments over the next year.

Congratulations on your fist trip to DL and DCA. It will be a whole different experience than WDW. Make sure to look above the firehouse and take in the moment thinking about Walt and his family staying in their suite while work was done in the park. I love this park and the fact that you can walk through the castle to Fantasyland. To me it is like stepping into a a fairytale world. I love visiting WDW but DL will always have a special place in my heart.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Make sure to plan a trip to Walt Disney Family Museum while in San Francisco. I am going there for my first time in 9 days. TP2000 was giving me a bad time about living so close and not going there yet so I am finally going to go there. I better like it TP2000:ROFLOL:

Oh yes! We looked at the excursion offered for the Walt Disney Family Museum and didn't think the time allotted would be enough. Considering the cost of the excursion for 4, we're thinking we'll rent a car and do it our way. I think our only paid excursion will be Alcatraz at Night. :wave:

 

[TP2000]

Make sure to plan a trip to Walt Disney Family Museum while in San Francisco. I am going there for my first time in 9 days. TP2000 was giving me a bad time about living so close and not going there yet so I am finally going to go there. I better like it TP2000:ROFLOL:

Oh, good news! I will take full responsibility if you don't like it, and I'll.... um... buy you a churro to make up for it. But something tells me you'll really enjoy it.

sweetpee1993, good idea on renting a car and doing it your way. The first time I went I spent a lot more time than I thought I would, and I only left because the friends I was with wanted to get to another museum on the other side of town.

Any Disney fan worth their mouse ears will enjoy the Walt Disney Family Museum. And you'll probably spend more time in there than you expected.

Interestingly, it doesn't look like much on the outside. And for the life of me I can't figure out how it all fits in there since the building just doesn't look that big.

But then you get in there and it seems so big, and it goes on forever, and before you know it several hours have passed by. Hardcore Walt Disney World fans should be forewarned: There's very little information on WDW, and what there is can be found tucked in a small display near the very end of the tour.

Disneyland is covered extensively (and the big park model is a museum highlight), but WDW is mentioned only briefly as its circa-1965 "Florida Project" early concept. The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and the 1964-65 New York World's Fair gets more coverage than WDW in the museum. This is a museum dedicated to Walt's life and the Company he built, not the Company he left behind, and since Walt died five full years before WDW's opening day there's not much to cover about the Florida property here.

Worst case scenario for any Disney fan who visits the Museum; It's not as interesting as you thought and you breeze through the thing in under an hour. Hey, at least you are still in San Francisco and there's a thousand other things to do nearby in one of the world's most famous and picturesque cities.

But something tells me the types of folks here on a forum like this will enjoy the Walt Disney Family Museum immensely and be glad they did it.

Even if your visit is very, very tardy like skimbob.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

sweetpee1993, good idea on renting a car and doing it your way. The first time I went I spent a lot more time than I thought I would, and I only left because the friends I was with wanted to get to another museum on the other side of town.

Any Disney fan worth their mouse ears will enjoy the Walt Disney Family Museum. And you'll probably spend more time in there than you expected.

Disneyland is covered extensively (and the big park model is a museum highlight), but WDW is mentioned only briefly as its circa-1965 "Florida Project" early concept. The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and the 1964-65 New York World's Fair gets more coverage than WDW in the museum. This is a museum dedicated to Walt's life and the Company he built, not the Company he left behind, and since Walt died five full years before WDW's opening day there's not much to cover about the Florida property here.

Yep, navigating San Fran should be an adventure in itself. Hubby wants to show us Lombard Street and we have to ride a trolley at least briefly. I want to go to Muir Woods on the 2nd day in port, too. I think that excursion to the museum only gave you 2 hours to explore. I know for my family that's not even close to cutting it. We looooove Walt and are very interested in his story. I absolutely love that so much attention is given to Disneyland in the museum. That'll be a fantastic intro to DL for us. I think I'll definitely book the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour at the park, too.

:sohappy:

 

[Mukta]

Any Disney fan worth their mouse ears will enjoy the Walt Disney Family Museum. And you'll probably spend more time in there than you expected.

Not only will you enjoy it, you will probably have tears in your eyes for a good portion of it. To see where Walt came from and how much he was able to achieve in his life took my breath away.
The miniature Disneyland was amazing. I could have watched it for hours as the different rides light up and move.

 

[nemofinder22]

I absolutely will do all of those things. In fact, call me crazy, but I think we're going to upgrade our 6 day park hoppers to AP's while we're there, and spend another day or 2 at Disneyland, assuming we can do this the same way you can at WDW. I've done so much research into Disneyland Park over the past 2 years, and fallen in love just from what I've read.

You sure can! and if you do I recommend getting the APs when you first get there, that way you can enjoy the discounts!

If you wanted to look at the discounts.
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/dis...nts?name=AnnualPassholderUngatedDiscountsPage