Looks sunny… Things are looking brighter than ever here at Rays of Disneyland!  A huge thanks to all the new readers who have come here from NaBloWriMo.  Welcome… I hope you stay and play awhile. 🙂  NaBloWriMo really got the ball rolling here and November will continue with near daily updates.  Here’s the plan so […]

In the “spirit” of the holiday, I thought I would share some of my favorite spook-tacular photos from Disneyland… enjoy! From Top Left to Bottom Right: Looking through the Hub to Tomorrowland… Jack Skellington front and center. The Haunted Dapper Dans. Mickey above the turn-styles. Ray Bradbury’s Halloween Tree in Frontierland. A familiar figure in […]

Well, I’m half-way done with my “mandatory vacation” and, just like regular vacation, it has gone entirely too fast.  I spent a lot of the week deciding if I could afford an impromptu visit to Disneyland next week, but, while I might have been able to swing it with a hefty credit card charge, I […]

The first time I went to Disneyland for my birthday was two years ago and happened during a really difficult time in my life.  I remember that my mom packed my suitcase for me because I just didn’t… it wasn’t that I couldn’t or even that I didn’t want to, I just didn’t have it […]

The second day of D23’s Destination D started just as early as the day before, but we were a lot more mellow about racing over to the Disneyland Hotel to wait in line.  In fact, coffee and croissant in hand, we ended up in just about the same point in the giant line as we […]

I wanted to share a few more of my favorite pictures from Day One of the D23 Destination D convention… I hope you enjoy them!  In order from top left to bottom right: From the Weird Disney presentation with Becky Cline and Paul Anderson, Walt with his grandson in matching Davy Crockett Hats. Singing the […]

My boss made a bit of an “error” and miscalculated my remaining vacation time after my Disneyland trip… instead of no days, I actually have eight days.  So, I am having to take the next two weeks off with paid vacation.  Not a bad gig, but with a little advance notice I could have planned […]

The first day of D23 Destination D dawned early… maybe even a little too early.  🙂  But, the Disney fan spirit can be squelched, so we were up and out – ready to brave the line that was sure to ensue – albeit a bit later than we had planned.  We were definitely right about […]