3 years ago
I've grow up going to Disneyland and in fact, afte...
I've grow up going to Disneyland and in fact, after high school, I moved to Orlando and worked at Walt Disney World even. When I came back to the Bay Area, I began teaching history and was asked to teach a Disney History class. This museum was our perfect field trip location. It walks through the life and trials of Walt Disney, you see his innovations, failures, highlights, struggles, family and friends who helped him along the way, and so much more. It covers his life from birth to death, Oswald to Mickey, trains in his backyard to Disneyland.
I have gone there more than five or six times, I go back again because there's always more to see, more to do, and new exhibits they bring in from time to time. It's a blast to take young and old there, though it is a lot of reading so maybe wait until your children have the attention span for that. I took middle schoolers and they loved it. My favorite exhibit there is the Disneyland model that's designed to be the ideal park (no backstage or extra buildings) of Walt's dreams. It's beautifully lit and painted. Lots of fun. Plus the museum docent who stands near it often had fun trivia to sweeten the moment of wonder.
Highly recommend checking it out. Do recommend bringing your own food though as it is expensive for not much in the museum cafe. Maybe pick up something from the city and then picnic before or after going in. Beautiful grassy areas with chairs overlooking the S.F. Bay right out front.