We visited CA during Presidents week in Feb. Did the Uinversal thing and Disneyland. My son (6) was pretty excited after having great time at Disneyland and exiting park seeing CA and knowing we would be visiting the next day. Arrived early and was able to complete park by 1:00 pm. My sons reaction to the park was "I hate CA". My daughter (2) did not enjoy at all either. So rather than have 2 unhappy kids I went to Disney Guest Relations and explained my dilema, In typical Disney fashion they voided my CA passes and issued Disneyland passes for rest of day. Needless to say kids had a great time in getting to visit Disneyland twice on same trip. Think previous comments of posters are accurate, park is definitely geared toward older crowd. Also would have lessened any disappointments if Disney offered "hopper" pass like Disneyworld does, allowing multiple park entry on same day.

For four years, I designed, analyzed, tested, fabricated, erected, and tested some more the Soarin' ride. It is my "Baby". After sweating and dreaming for so many years, I was finally able to show my husband and best friends my show-stopper. My greatest satisfaction is to hear such wonderful comments from the guests regarding the ride. Please ride it and enjoy and I will think of you...

Dear Mulan, We Disney nuts just LOVE you Imagineers! Please know we appreciate ALL you do (except taking Mr. Toad from WDW MK & Figment from the Epcot Horizons pavilion - SIGH - I still miss Figment). THANKS for posting!

To Imagineer: <BR> <BR>How does one develop the expertise to develop an amusement park ride? Is there a special degree, or will an engineering degree do it? Or is it architecture?

<BR> <BR>Wondering: <BR> <BR>From experience, I can tell you the hardest part is simply getting an interview. They hire electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as a lot of software engineers.