Travel Reference
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assume that your stroller is stolen because it is missing from the exact place you left
it. Check around. Chances are it will be neatly arranged just a few feet away.
BABYSITTING
CHILD-CARE SERVICES ARE UNAVAILABLE
in the Disney parks. The services of Pinoc-
chio's Workshop, a child-care facility at the Grand Californian Hotel, are available
only to guests of the three Disneyland Resort hotels. Children ages 5-12 can be left
for up to 4 hours at a cost of $13 per hour, per child. Pinocchio's Workshop requires
a minimum of 2 hours, and its hours are 5 p.m.-midnight. Dinner is available for an
additional fee.
Fullerton Child Care Agency, an independent organization, provides in-room sit-
ting for infants and children. If you pay the tab, Fullerton sitters will even take your
kids to Disneyland. All sitters are experienced and licensed to drive, and the Fuller-
ton Child Care Agency is fully insured. The basic rate for in-room sitting for one
or two children is $48 for the first 4 hours, with a 4-hour minimum, and $10 each
hour thereafter. The charge for each additional child varies with the sitter. There is no
transportation fee, but the client is expected to pay for parking when applicable. All
fees and charges must be paid in cash at the end of the assignment. To reserve a sit-
ter, one or two days' advance notice is requested. They fill up quickly, so a couple of
weeks' notice is ideal. You can reach the Fullerton Child Care Agency by calling
714-528-1640.
DISNEY, KIDS,
and
SCARY STUFF
DISNEYLAND PARK
and Disney California Adventure are family theme parks. Yet
some of the Disney adventure rides can be intimidating to small children. On certain
rides, such as Splash Mountain and the roller coasters (California Screamin', Space
Mountain, Matterhorn Bobsleds, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad), the ride itself
may be frightening. On other rides, such as The Haunted Mansion and Snow White's
Scary Adventures, it is the special effects. We recommend a little parent-child dia-
logue coupled with a “testing the water” approach. A child who is frightened by
Pinocchio's Daring Journey should not have to sit through The Haunted Mansion.
Likewise, if Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is too much, don't try Space Mountain
or California Screamin'.
Disney rides and shows are adventures. They focus on the substance and themes
of all adventure, and indeed of life itself: good and evil, beauty and the grotesque, fel-
lowship and enmity, quest, and death. Though the endings are all happy, the impact of
