People talk all the time about the magic of the Disney Parks. People on the outside of Disney fandom might not really know what that magic is all about, or whether it even exists or is just a fancy tagline to sell tickets, but for those of us who spend a lot of time in the Parks, we really believe in that magic.One of my favorite times of the year is the weekend that I actually get to spend a night at the Parks and one of the hotels that's actually on the Disneyland property. Since the entire family are annual passholders, we really have no need to stay in hotels in order to visit Disneyland. However, if we do decide to spend a weekend at the park, most of the time we just simply stay at a hotel off property. And I don't say it to be a slight against the pricing of the Disneyland Hotel properties, but for the most part they are just a little bit out of our normal price range, especially when we do pay for the annual passes each and every year. But one of the perks of having a wife who is a teacher, is that teachers and students go to conferences. And in this particular case, the conference takes place at the Disneyland Hotel so one night a year we get to stay there basically for free. Can you say score?
But even then, under most normal circumstances, a hotel room is just a hotel room. But that's not the case with the Disneyland Hotel. Being able to stay in those rooms really does have its magical elements. Everything inside the room just screams Disney magic. From the giant Mickey hands holding the lighting in the bathrooms, to the hidden Mickeys that pepper the entire carpet, to the LED lights on the bed's headboards that light up all night long and play fireworks and sing you a song as you're going to sleep, it's simply an experience that can't be beat.
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It seems that each and every year that we stay, we find something new and magical that we haven't experienced before, and this year was certainly no exception. We've actually stayed in two of the different towers now (the Disneyland Hotel has three different towers that you can stay in), and this year we managed to get the Fantasy Tower, which is the very first tower of the hotel and faces the Mickey and Friends parking structure and the back-end of the Disneyland Park, which, if you know anything about Disneyland geography, is where they shoot the fireworks off each and every night during the Disneyland fireworks extravaganza.
What I had heard many moons ago, but had obviously never had a reason to explore and so had forgotten, was that during the fireworks show each and every night, the Disneyland Hotel pipes the music from the show during the show into each and every hotel room.
This particular year, since we were in the main tower, we had an amazing view of exactly where the fireworks were going to be shot off, and as a bonus, we could also see Sleeping Beauty Castle from where we were located. It was prime real estate for watching the fireworks show. So after a long day spent in the Parks, and a wonderful dinner in Downtown Disney, my entire family gathered on the floor of our hotel room, shut off all the lights, and watched the fireworks show while all the music for the show was piped into our hotel room. Absolute magic.
It's a popular saying of mine at Days in the Park that a lot of the Disney magic is in all the little details and touches they do to ensure that as a guest, you have the most amazing vacation ever. For me, it was a moment in time that I'll never forget, and one that we've already talked about many times since then, and it's only been a week!
While I know that many people will probably never be able to experience the fireworks show in that particular way that we did, the lesson learned is the same for everyone. When there, if you're open to the magic, a lot of times the magic will come to you and if you're willing to seize the moment when it presents itself, it can turn something that may seem mundane into something that you could possibly remember for the rest of your life.
And in the end, isn't that why Disney, and it's magic, means so much to us in the first place?
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