{"id":1853,"date":"2012-06-14T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2012-06-14T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T19:04:22","slug":"eureka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"Eureka!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Disney California Adventures big day, I wanted to share one of my favorite memories from the DCA of yesterday&#8230; the Eureka parade cruised the parade route at DCA, on and off, for about a year and half, but suffered the same fate of most of California Adventures opening elements. I know this is probably another attraction where I find myself in the minority, but I really enjoyed the Eureka parade. In fact, I&#8217;ll admit, that I think it was more visually captivating than any other daytime parade that has graced the performance corridor in DCA. I know, I know, you think I&#8217;m crazy, but, unlike the vast majority of visitors to the Park, I dont live in California and when I visit I like to soak up all of the California goodness I can find. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Eureka celebrated the cultural diversity and beauty of the Golden State. From Latin dancers, to LA icons, to the beach, and even a walking Golden Gate Bridge, this was a colorful, artistic tribute to all things California, and I couldn&#8217;t have loved it more!<\/p>\n<p>So, while, I&#8217;m definitely looking forward to seeing the new DCA later this summer, I&#8217;ll always look back with great fondness for the original Park.<\/p>\n<p><em>Come back tomorrow for a Flashback Friday look at some of my other favorite DCA memories.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wpid-Photo-Jun-14-2012-1257-PM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1339700318786.1174\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wpid-Photo-Jun-14-2012-1257-PM.jpg\" alt=\"width=525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Disney California Adventures big day, I wanted to share one of my favorite memories from the DCA of yesterday&#8230; the Eureka parade cruised the parade route at DCA, on and off, for about a year and half, but suffered the same fate of most of California Adventures opening elements. I know this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[372,234],"tags":[27,230,229,313],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flashback-friday","category-vintage-disneyland","tag-california","tag-california-adventure","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disney-parade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}