Post #374809 by Mr&Mrs BPHoptiki on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 9:22 PM

I’ve just read through this entire thread. Really good reading, thanks to all of you. So much has changed at Disneyland since the last time I was there, which was some time in the 80’s.

During the 1960’s my father was an Aero Space Engineer for Lockheed here in Burbank. They had Lockheed Day at Disneyland where the park was open only for Lockheed employees and their families. We had never been to Disneyland before and were simply amazed by the wonderment of it all. What fun and magic it was for my two sisters and I. We went wild running from ride to ride and land to land. There was no waiting in line and no tickets to give so some rides we went on two or three times in a row. My favorite was Mr. Toads Wild Ride. My family stayed all day and into the evening until closing. Being my first experience of Disneyland and I had no idea that on regular days there were many more people. My later visits to the Magical Kingdom were fun, but could never top the joy we had on our first time to Disneyland, on Lockheed Day.

MrsHoptiki