Disneyland still magical at 50

Disneyland is giving itself a 50th birthday bash and we’re all invited. The party began on the fifth of May and my family and I visited on the eighth. When I passed through the turnstile, the employee greeted me with a hearty “Welcome home” in keeping with the 50th anniversary theme, “Happiest Homecoming on Earth.” I did feel I was coming home, and I’m sure other guests had similar feelings. Disneyland is a place where we can return to old memories and make new ones.

One of my fondest Disneyland memories was created while I was in my twenties. One January day, my friends and I were standing in...