When I was a kid and we went to Disneyland, I remember being fascinated by the buildings. There are a great many buildings, especially upper floors, which aren’t shops or restaurants or rides … they aren’t open to guests, and have no apparent function. Tons of balconies and shuttered windows … what are those places?

Beyond wondering what they were, I remember imagining living up there. Wouldn’t that be sweet, to live in Disneyland, over a candy shop on Main Street or something? Here are a few sites where people have posted photos of such buildings:

http://www.dollarshort.org/disneyland/index.html

http://www.martinlee.co.uk/IMG_1335.JPG

http://www.anycities.com/user1/disneyworld/disney-world-orlando-magic-kingdom-main-street-usa-2.html

http://www.justdisney.com/images/Disneyland/aerial/dlandair.jpg

I also remember being enthralled by all the water at Disneyland. I always wanted to go swimming in various places, like the lagoon where the submarine was or take a dip off the paddle wheeler, or maybe splash around in Small World.