My Favorite Things to do at Disneyland

See the flowering Mickey Mouse upon going through the turnstiles.

Enter Disneyland through the left tunnel and read the plaque that says: "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy."

The tears falling from my eyes while reading that plaque for the first time each trip to Disneyland.

Say hi to Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Toontown.

Have my picture taken in front of the partners statue.

Look at all the pictures in the Disney Gallery.

Shop in the Crystal Shop in New Orleans Square.

Watch parades from the curb in Town Square.

Get on the Disneyland Rail Road at Main Street, and ride all the way around the park.

Eat at Goofy's Kitchen.

Grab a pretzel at Wetzel's Pretzel's in Downtown Disney.

People watch from Coke Corner.

Walk through the waterfall section at the Disneyland Hotel.

Get soaked on Grizzly River Rapids on a hot day.

Enjoy and ice cream cone from Catch a Flave at Disney's California Adventure.

Watch my son's face light up when he sees Mickey and Minnie.

Watching Chip and Dale give my son a new hairdo just for fun.

Enjoy the solitude at the beginning of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.

Go flying on Soarin' Over California, smelling the orange groves.

Shopping at World of Disney.

Going in to the Animation Building.

Watching my son run wild in the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail section.

Watching Disney's Electrical Parade from the curb at the entrance to the Hollywood Pictures Backlot.

Seeing Fantasmic! from the balcony at the Disney Gallery.

Taking the walkway from Fantasyland, around Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and spying Goofy and Woody on the way to Frontierland.

Seeing Disneyland through my son's eyes.

Sit by the fire in the Grand Californian Hotel lobby.

Tower of Terror.

Sit on the benches in Sun Plaza, and listen to the sounds of the rushing water.

Look at the petrified wood at Disneyland simply because it came from Colorado

Sitting to relax from a seat at the edge of Rivers of America.

It's A Small World. Yeah, I like the song.

The search for characters I have not yet seen.

Seeing a character I have never seen before.

Watching the cast members in awe, because it seems as if they actually enjoy their jobs.

Looking for the Disneyland cats (I have never seen one).

Looking for Maynard (I have seen him twice).

Going to Snow White's Grotto to enjoy the scene.

Looking into the Wishing Well at Snow White's Grotto.

Watching the ducks in the Lake of the Swans.

Finding our brick.

The shrimp dinner at Ariel's Grotto.

Getting licked by Pluto.

The special gifts left in my room by Vacation Planning.

The quiet morning hours before Disneyland gets too crowded.

Seeing a character with no line!