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Return to Neverland They say that Disneyland is a place where all your dreams come true and as a seven year old girl, my dreams did come true. One can never expect the sights and sounds that emanate from this massively giant unknown world I was about to enter. As I walked past the statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse and through the walkway of Cinderella’s castle, I could feel my heart pounding in my ears as if a bass drum was my brain and being pounded with excitement. Going back as a nineteen year old was just as exciting. In some ways it was better. I felt like a little girl again. I was able to remember a lot more. The scenery was much the same. The flower bed of Mickey’s face was just as beautiful as I remembered it to be. The crowds and the heat were about the same although I don’t remember it ever feeling like I was in a 105 degree sauna all day long. Both times that I went to Disneyland, I felt like royalty. I felt as if nothing in the world mattered except that I was with my family and I was having the time of my life. I don’t remember not liking any of the rides except Its A Small World. I couldn’t stand it. It is about a thirteen minute ride and I wanted to get off after the first five minutes. Being tall for my seven year old age, my knees hit the seat in front of me and I felt like I was being scrunched into the fetal position, with my knees up to my chest making it hard to breathe. The ride played the same music over and over again in different languages. It got extremely annoying after the second time. I was forced to ride it again at nineteen with my little brother. Nothing had changed. I still detested it. I thought I would at least pretend I was enjoying myself, for the sake of my brother, but I couldn’t even do that. I was miserable. I remember plugging my ears for most of the ride counting down the minutes until I could get off the stupid thing. It seemed like hours instead of mere minutes before the ride finally came to its end and I was at last free from the torture. The worst part of it all was that I had the song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. I would be walking with my siblings to the next ride on our list and all of the sudden, out of nowhere, I would start singing the one song I hated, “Its a small world after all, its a small world after all, its a small small world.” Out of the millions of songs I could choose from, my mind had to pick the one that annoyed me the most. Another ride that I was not to fond of as a child was the Haunted Mansion. It was like watching a horror movie. I remember an evil laugh at the beginning of the ride that scared the living daylights out of me. The ceiling then opened up to reveal a ghost looking mannequin hanging with a rope around its neck. I thought that I was going to be next. My small little brain started to play tricks on me and I started to imagine that it was I hanging in that dark attic. I imagined what I had done wrong, “Did I kill someone or was I was I being hanged because I was a pirate?” There were so many different things that went through my mind that I just wanted to get out. Now that I am older, I find it kind of ironic that I now love horror movies and that I join in with that evil laugh in the Haunted Mansion. One of the rides that I absolutely loved and rode many times was called Mad Tea party, commonly known as teacups. I loved to use the turntable to make the teacups turn as fast as they could, making it seem as if they would spin right off the track. The thrill of having the wind in my face was exhilarating. My heart jumped out of my chest a little each time I rode them. It was like having a mini heart attack that only lasts a few seconds. I enjoyed them just as much at nineteen, although I didn’t like going as fast as I once had. I was happy with going normal speed. I loved most of the rides that I went on, but I think I enjoyed the parades even more. It was a parade called The Lion King Celebration. As a child my favorite Disney movie was The Lion King. I was so excited when I first heard the music and even more excited when I saw the floats making their way down Main Street at an ants pace. As a kid I was mesmerized by the size of all the floats and the beauty and uniqueness of each float. For a seven year old, seeing the dancers dressed like African animals and all the different floats with Rafiki, Simba and Mufasa was like opening presents on Christmas day. The Lion King Celebration was one of the parades that I was looking forward to seeing again. I was extremely disappointed and unhappy when I learned that the parade was no longer running. In a way, I felt like a child who has just lost their balloon. They only have the memories of that balloon now, just like I had my memories of The Lion King Celebration. I look at my life now and see a book of adventures that started in Disneyland but didn’t end there. They continue to happen and are making me the person I am today. The first time I went to Disneyland, it was like I had turned into a lost boy and was going on an amazing adventure. Returning to the place where it all started, it was like I was a lost boy again, returning home to Neverland.

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