We visited the original Disneyland in Anaheim on Wednesday October 1 as part of our California Dreamin' Tour.
Tomorrowland was the first to be explored, with an array of retro-futuristic themed attractions including Space Mountain, Star Tours, Autopia, Astro Orbitor and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.
Unique to the original Disneyland is New Orleans Square with an intricate series of streets that weave around many shops and restaurants. Here you will find Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion, which for our visit during Halloween Time had been completely transformed as Haunted Mansion Holiday.
The most popular ride in Frontierland is the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, but there is so much more to enjoy on and around the Rivers of America such as taking to the water on the Mark Twain Riverboat and Sailing Ship Columbia or hopping on a raft over to the Tom Sawyer Island.
The star attraction of Critter Creek is the superb Splash Mountain log flume with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh dark ride next door.
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the gateway to Fantasyland which features many classic attractions; wonderful dark rides including Peter Pan's Flight, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and It's A Small World, plus other popular family rides such as Dumbo the Flying Elephant and the King Arthur Carrousel.
Adventureland includes the classic Jungle Cruise, Tarzan's Treehouse and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. By far the highlight though is the Indiana Jones Adventure dark ride, sorely missed from the other Disneyland parks around the world.
Two of our favorites at Disneyland are the Matterhorn Bobsleds and Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, mainly as they are so different to anything else.
The park was beautifully decorated for Halloween Time, so there was plenty of seasonal atmosphere aside from Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy.
