Disneyland IS a magical place!

Over the 2 days we were at Disneyland I felt a little bad for Shad almost like we were dragging him around all day and forcing him on rides. Well after this experience I was convinced that Disneyland is a magical place! At the end of the 2nd day we went back to Disneyland to get Shad some Mickey ears well when we got to the store live Mickey was just leaving and Shad followed him to the back stage door and when he couldn't follow him though the door he looked very upset, so we decided to stick around and wait for Mickey to come out again. Luckily Mickey did not disappoint and came out about 20 mins later.

As soon as Shad Mickey him he ran to him and stopped about 10 ft away from him and just stared. Then proceeded to make different jestures which Mickey then copied (putting his hands on his cheeks, pointing, tilting his head to the side etc). It was so adorable that Mickey would do what it took to make my little boy happy. This went on for a little while until other kids started showing up so I tried to get Shad closer to Mickey to say "hi" and get a quick pic. As I took Shad closer Mickey came closer but Shad didn't want that, he wanted to show Mickey around so he pointed down the street and started walking away. To my surprise Mickey followed him down the street past Cruelella Devil who said "that rat is scaring kids again" and into a store. Mickey tried to get him to come out but Shad wanted to show him around the store. Mickey then gave up and went back to the 20 kids that were now lined up to see him. When Shad saw that he was leaving he followed him back out to talk to him. I am sure that the parents and other kids were so annoyed with us for taking so much of Mickey's time and Shad getting in others photos because he kept going back to Mickey to say "hi" but I was so happy with Mickey and Disneyland for taking the time and making the effort to give us a magical experience.

We were trying to distract Shad so he would let the other kids have their moment with Mickey when my sister spotted Minnie, so we decided to harass her for a while. Minnie was on her way backstage so we just let Shad follow her for a while and in the middle of her skipping backstage she did a little twirl to please the crowd and without any hesitation Shad did a twirl while following her then continued to stalk her. It was so cute to see how fascinated Shad was with the live characters and now know that Disneyland is a magical place for children and we will be returning any chance we get.