Disneyland can sell out.

I don't know if you knew that. But it can. It does. And some of us have learned that the hard way. As in, we drove all the way there, got off the freeway and were following all the happy signs toward Disneyland gleefully thinking of which Disney characters we would take our pictures with first when one of the big electronic billboards (like the kind that tell you how many minutes you still have to travel to get to the next major freeway or that announce amber alerts so you can check out the cars surrounding you and hopefully nab a criminal) said "DISNEYLAND SOLD OUT." And added some lame thing about how there were still tickets to California Adventure available. Please. I don't need your pity tickets to California Adventure.

And in case you think you're above the rules and can still manage to squeeze yourself into Disneyland, let me assure you, you are not and you cannot. They block off the parking lots. And they have guards at the entrance to Disneyland to turn you away and, I don't know, arrest you I guess if you get rowdy.

Just sayin'. The happiest place on Earth is kind of exclusive. Keep that in mind and get there early. Because otherwise you end up turning around and going home to do laundry. Productive sure, but kind of a let down.