From My Daughter at Disneyland Yesterday, the 16th About This Page:

[LisaJ]

Here's part of an e-mail that my daughter sent to me. She is attending a four-week seminar at Univ of So Cal and the kids (they are high school kids) got to go to Disneyland yesterday.

She writes:

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We got into Disneyland! It was about 2:45 when we got there. Kelly (my
roommate) and I were the first ones off the bus and the first ones in
the park (all the other people missed the first tram).

The first thing we did was ride Space Mountain, (which had a projected
wait for 2 hours but we got on in about an hour and 10 minutes, fast
pass was closed), and we got the front seats of the coaster! It is the
best ride, apparantly it just re-opened because they re-did it.

We got all the big rides - Space Mountain, Splash Mountain (only
waited 30 minutes), and Thunder Mountain (didn't have to wait because
we went on at night). We also went on Matterhorn, Indiana Jones,
Pirates of Caribbean, Haunted House, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland,
the teacups, and Autopia.

There was an amazing one-hour fireworks show at night that you could
see everywhere in the park - it was so bright it looked like daytime.
They even had the pirate ship light up and sail out, a sort of colored
water show (the water sprays out in colors from the lake, I think its
called Fantasmic), and Tinkerbell flew over the park.

Kelly and I also got these huge funnel cakes called Butterfinger
Funnel Cakes with a pile of whipped cream on them, chocolate syrup and
butterfinger bits all over them... along with our dinner of (what
else) chicken fingers and fries! It was the best food ever...
(especially after eating in the dining hall for 2 weeks).

The clothing store was crazy - and definitely at capacity seeing as I
could not move. However, I managed to find you a blue Disneyland shirt
with the castle on the back and the Mickey ears (with the "50") on the
front left. I could only find you an XL, so I hope that's okay. I got
the same shirt in a small, accept for the smaller shirts had the
castle on the front (I don't know why...). I also found a shirt for
Dad, but its not a 50th one because they didnt have any of them left.
It's grey with Mickey on the front and says "Disneyland" below him. I
think its an XXL, or 3XL... either way its the best size I could find!
I hope the sizes are okay - it was hell trying to find any sizes in
there. All the styles either had only 1 size left or were really ugly.

I also got a pair of gold Mickey ears (had to pay for them...) and a
bunch of 5 Mickey-shaped lollipops when we went around the castle
(which was really pretty lit up).

Kelly and I were the last ones on the bus - which means we had the
most time there and we're pretty sure we got all the best rides with
the shortest waits.

DISNEYLAND IS THE BEST!!!! We should go. Or we should go to DISNEYWORLD!

Tell Dad I say "hi" and I have a gigantic-size Disneyland shirt for him.</font>

Sounds like she was lucky enough to be there on the 50th celebration weekend. From what she writes, it seems as if it was pure madness there! But hey, they are teenagers and loved every minute of it. I'm surprised she got to do as much as she did! She's a good kid and deserves this break (her father is ill); she's had to put up with a lot for the past 5 years.

I'm just psyched that I get a 50th shirt from the land itself!! Yay!

[luv2sail]

Sounds like she had a ball!!! Good for her!!!!!And what a sweetheart to make sure she brought something home to Mom and Dad!

[Cam22]

I'd be excited about the Disneyland 50th shirt! Sounds like your daughter is a gem!

[Evie5253]

Wow, how exciting for her! What a good girl! It looks like she's got the bug, though. I think you've got some trip planning to do!
Evie

[Irene]

Wow - sounds like she's having fun!

[chezp]

It sounds like she had a great time - thanks for sharing that with us.

[LisaJ]

Thanks for the nice words, my daughter is a sweetheart (well, most of the time). I just can't wait to see this huge shirt that she got for her dad (he's thin!)!

I'm sort of a closet-type lover of Disney. I just don't get into with people, and don't even say that much about it here at home. I wanted her to see Disney for herself and determine on her own that she liked it (a little "mom psychology"). Looks liked it worked!! I have a convert! (she's been to WDW when she was 4).

[PrincessSharon]

Sounds like she had fun! I could really sense her excitement (and by the way, that funnel cake sounded ). I would definitely say you have a convert. Thanks for sharing!

[KrisLuvsDisney]

Sounds like she had a blast! That is wonderful that she was there!

[snoozy]

Sounds like she had an excellent time

[EeyoreNeedsLoveToo]

Thanks for sharing the note - a very thoughtful daughter!

Sounds like you might have to start planning a mom/daughter excursion!

[DebiDebiDebi]

Looks like she had a wonderful time!

[Colexis Mom]

How great she had the opportunity to go there

[Diz]

Wow! How was that! Attending a seminar at So Cal is great on it's own - but getting a trip to DL on top of it?!

It sounds like your DD has caught the Dbug! Better watch out! A M/D trip would be perfect. I spent a few days at WDW with my DD and we had a ball. We did a few things we had never done before and so even to this day we say, remember the first time we were here? Great memories I have and I know she will have them forever.

And your DD has wonderful memories of her trip! Such a sweet thing to buy you shirts! Sizes don't matter when our Dkids buy us something, huh?!

Thanks for sharing her excitement! It really sounded like she had a blast!