Generally, folks visit Disneyland with their lovely children. It’s absolutely a family-affair. Like many events parents get a lot of joy from watching their children having a great experience. It’s a lot like watching the kiddos unwrap their presents and seeing that sparkle in their eyes. Walt himself even said he wanted his theme park to be enjoyable to both children and adults.

After 18 years of marriage and every visit to a Disney park including our children, we wanted to do something we’d always talked about doing but never made happen. We went to Disneyland as a couple. No kiddos. Wow. What a very different experience. Thanksgiving weekend in 2018 was when we made it happen. Yes, things at the park were very busy but overall, we felt a lot more relaxed. Our hotel was a little further away than we had envisioned so we ended up using Uber to travel to and from so it was a little like being chauffeured.

Currently, we are not passholders so we had to make some things work a little different. We left our vehicle parked at the hotel. Even this small detail took our anxiety down a notch. One of the biggest differences we noticed was that we could really take it slow. We didn’t feel like we were hurrying around as much. We still used MaxPass and took advantage of some of our normal strategies. We definitely maximised our attraction and show scheduling. We discovered that reserving dining options was also much easier with just a party of two than it had been for three or four.

One interesting thing we noted was that even though we usually let our kids go off and do their own rides and gave them a money card to buy snacks, we felt even more free to do anything we wanted and look for things we’ve never done or stores we never visited. We did feel a little guilty for not including our children but we had such an amazing time that we enjoyed it all immensely. I mean, it’s still Disneyland!

We absolutely recommend planning and executing on an adventure to Disneyland as just a couple. You’ll go again soon and bring along the children, right? Enjoy your significant other’s company. Look at the sparkle in their eyes and create this unique memory to keep forever.