07/20/2025
✨ From 50 to 70 — A Magical Journey ✨
It’s hard to believe I’ve been lucky enough to celebrate Disneyland’s 50th, 60th, and now its 70th anniversary — three incredible milestones that feel like pages out of a storybook I’ve been living in.
🟡 50th Anniversary (2005): I still remember the excitement like it was yesterday. Golden ride accents, Sleeping Beauty Castle gleaming with gold crowns, and the feeling that Walt’s original dream was shining brighter than ever. It truly felt like stepping into history.
🔵 60th Anniversary (2015): The Diamond Celebration brought a whole new sparkle. Everything glittered with silver and blue, and the nighttime shows — Paint the Night, Disneyland Forever, and World of Color – Celebrate! — were nothing short of breathtaking. It wasn’t just nostalgia this time; it was Disney magic leveled up.
🟣 70th Anniversary (2025): And now, here we are. Seventy years of wonder, imagination, and storytelling. There’s something so powerful about walking through those gates knowing that generations have experienced this joy. The park may have evolved, but the heart remains the same. New attractions, new characters, and yet… the same butterflies when you hear the train whistle pulling into Main Street.
Disneyland has never just been a place. It’s a memory-making machine. And I’m beyond grateful to have made some of the most cherished memories of my life at each of these anniversaries.
Here’s to 70 years of magic — and to the dream that will never be complete, so long as there is imagination left in the world. 💫
