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Hi all !
My name's Rob, and I'm a mad disney fan since 1969 when I first heard about it from my Aunt who had just returned from Disneyland with a Donald Duck stuffed toy (sewn out of white corduroy and stuffed with sawdust in those early days).
I have slavishly recorded video clips of anything to do with Disneyland on the telly (anyone remember "40 pounds of trouble" with Tony Curtis?) and I used to frequent travel agencies and collect USA brochures so I could cut out the pictures of Disneyland and paste them into my scrap-book.
I got hold of as many Disneyland books as I could (not enough, unfortunately) and also had (and lost) many viewmaster reels, comics and disneyana related to the parks.
My first trip to Disneyland was in December 1991, for 2 weeks. I then had the good fortune to return there in July 1999, just as they were building DCA (but before it opened) - but only for a day.
I then returned to Disneyland & DCA in November 2002 for two weeks, and then went over in the same trip to WDW in Florida for two weeks. This trip was the first time I had heard of the 14 day Aussie special Park Hopper ticket. Boy did I use that ticket - it was worn out by the end of the trip.
Then in March 2005 I went to Tokyo, and of course had to go to Disneyland - WOW
! But Tokyo Disneysea was even more WOW
- This quickly became my favourite Disney Park (with the original Disneyland a very close second). I made use of a 4 day Park Hopper for this trip.
Now I am returning to Disneyland once more, this time in April 2007 - again for two weeks. I will make sure that I get another 14 day Aussie Special ticket for this trip. It will be my first time on the Californian version of Tower Of Terror, as it had not opened yet when I was there in 2002. I'm hoping that Nemo's Subs will be available for Soft-Openings while I'm there
Oh, and I have a confession - in "Tough To Be A Bug" at DCA, I lean forward in the seat cos I'm chicken of the bee-sting effect.
You can see my Tokyo pics including DIsneyland and the ALternative Universe Mirror Disney - Nara Dreamland, on my site at
http://users.tpg.com.au/adslgroh/japan/Hub.htm
I heard about this site from a news article I got sent via Laughing Place. (article link is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20060 ... rld_tour_1 ) I'll be joining up as a member quick smart, and I hope to see lots of you for a meet in Sydney soon ! (or just as soon as you all get back, that is....)