Gary-Summer: October 4, 2025

Title: October 4, 2025 - Disneyland

Lawrence doing a Taskmaster task

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This blog entry will not try to give a blow-by-blow account of our time at DisneyLand. Rather a more general feeling.

I must have been tired as I am the last one up, getting up about 7:20. We have our breakfast. Then walked over to Disneyland, getting into the Park around 9. We went through security and walked through DisneyTown. Even in the daylight this is not the DisneyLand I remember.

I should say here, as a young kid, I remember camping at a campground close to Disneyland in some orange groves. I do not think my family ever stayed in a hotel here. Maybe we visited it on the way down to San Diego to visit my aunt and her family. We never went on the E rides in those days. Being a young kid, going to Disneyland was fun. I do remember coming down here in college and visiting a friend who would eventually sing at our wedding. Sherri and several other people were here. I do not remember the rides, just being with people I enjoyed.

Gary's favorite part of Disneyland

Later on our family came here. Evidently the kids remember it. Sherri would take those who wanted to on the rides which were more “interesting”, I was content and much happier to go on the basic rides like the Pirates of the Caribbean. This would eventually lead me to reading my way through DisneyLand.

Lawrence guarding tthe drinks

And that is how I will be today, being content to go on the lamer rides and read which everybody else enjoys the better rides. But Steven has other ideas to get me involved. We go on a couple of the Star Ware themed rides. They are more bumpy than thrill rides. Most of the attraction is the visual, which DisneyLand is a master at creating the illusion of travel rather than actuality.

Lawrence has a friend

Someplace in here, I finished the book I am reading, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Not sure how I will rate this book. It may need a second going through, We meet Rachel inside the park-good to see her feeling better. We do a couple more rides such as the Pirates of the Caribbean and the Jungle Cruise, complete with the puns and sly references which I enjoy. While not terribly hot by Fresno standards, being in the direct sunlight has taken a toll on us. First we stop by the DoleWhip places. Then we decided that since it is approaching 3, maybe we should have lunch/dinner. We decided that pizza would be good to eat at Naples. We share three different individual pizzas among the six of us.

At this point, Sherri, Andrea and I decide to return to the house to rest. We walked back. I laid down, and started to rest. But about 6:45 I woke up to find that Andrea and Sherri have returned to Disneyland, I decided to stay put and take a shower. Lawrence comes back about 8. I mostly lounge around the rest of the night, before going to bed about 10:30.