I’m a regular at Disneyland. Rare is the Sunday where I don’t don my fedora and take a walk through the park. I’ve been doing this for years. I don’t know what it is about Sundays but they are special. Through the years, my routines have changed but one thing has remained the same. I come to the park on Sunday.
I love walking into the park, hearing the train, seeing the giant Mickey Mouse made of flowers, and then seeing Mickey himself greeting guests. Whatever cares or stresses I was [Read More]

Tonight Disneyland kicked off its own celebration for the Let the Memories Begin campaign with The Magic, the Memories, and You! which was projected on It’s a Small World. DAPs Magic sent in Francis and our own coding guru Brian (who we call Merlin!) to take pictures and video. I’m looking forward to seeing this show and they definitely enjoyed catching it. We hope you do too!
Make it a GREAT day!
-Mr. DAPs

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! Today marks the end of 2010 and the coming of 2011. However your year was I hope that next year will be even better. However you end up celebrating tonight, I hope it is with those who are important to you. Here’s to a happy new year!
Make it a GREAT day!
-Mr. DAPs
A few quotes for New Years for you:
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney
Be always at [Read More]

It has been awhile since I posted a Where’s Mr. DAPs? so I thought today would be a GREAT day to do just that! As you may recall, the last one was taken at the Toon Town Train Station. I can promise you that this one was not taken there. In fact, this one could have been taken from the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, or Disneyland Paris. I’ll be nice and give you the clue that it wasn’t taken at the Walt Disney Family Museum, which for the record [Read More]

A lot was going on at the Disneyland Resort this weekend, most involved D23 and the Destination D event. One of the things that definitely got my attention was the unveiling of some details about Star Tours. For years it had been rumored that Star Tours was going to be updated and it seems like everyone had ideas for what they’d like to see on an updated Star Tours. Now after years of dreaming, speculating, and wondering, we are close to seeing what the people who have power came up [Read More]

A friend recently posted this article on his facebook and I definitely think it is worth sharing. In it, the author writes about the ten things he misses the most about Disneyland in the past. It really got me thinking, what things do I miss from the past? What things do YOU miss from the Disneyland of the past? While Disneyland will never be finished and will always be growing and evolving, it also has some wonderful memories and a beautiful history. It is on these memories and rich heritage [Read More]

One of my favorite attractions at Disneyland Paris is Les Mysteres Du Nautilus or in English, The Mysteries of the Nautilus. It is a walk through of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus from Walt Disney’s only personally produced sci-fi movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea based on the Jules Verne book of the same name.  Originally opening on July 4, 1994, it is located in the lagoon in Discoveryland next to Space Mountain: Mission 2 (another favorite attraction!).
The attraction begins with guests entering through what could loosely be described as some sort [Read More]

Saturday was a beautiful day to be at Disneyland. Once again, Disney showed they know how to make a touching and memorable day. Other than the heat, the celebration wasn’t over the top but was very tasteful and made for a wonderful day. The rededication ceremony was touching and had a lot of heart. The 40th Anniversary Reunion of the Disney All-American College Band was incredible. I, for one, LOVED hearing almost 120 musicians playing some amazing music (especially Bubbles Was a Cheerleader, my personal favorite) in front of Sleeping [Read More]

Today I braved the heat to watch many of the festivities at Disneyland for the 55th Birthday.  The festivities were wonderful and I’ll be blogging about them in the near future but I wanted to tell you of the pictures I uploaded! You can see them by going to Mr. DAPs’ Photos or just going straight to the page! Hope you enjoy the pictures of the Disneyland 55th Birthday Ceremony.
Here’s the link: http://www.mrdaps.com/images/galleries/disneyland2010/disneyland55thbirthday_7_17_2010/index.html
Make it a GREAT day!
- Mr. DAPs

“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”
- Walt Disney – July 17, 1955
Thanks Walt for pursuing the dream and making it come to life so that we can enjoy it 55 years later! [Read More]