6. Thou shalt embrace Disneyland in all of its glory!

Hooray! Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room Room turned 45 this week! Betcha didn’t know that did you? The event was celebrated with a special merchandise release and the artists were on hand to sign their work. My wife waited out in the sweltering heat and hot hot sun for hours on Sunday to purchase the charming and lovely Rongo Bowl [above] and have it signed by the artist. Very cool (pun intended - thank you folks I’m here all week). This particular piece has a limited run of 500 and we just adore it. It’s nice and tiki-ified without screaming HI, I’M A DISNEYANA FREAK! Try not to let your jealousy of my Rongo Bowl get the best of you.

7. Thou shalt reserve the right to endlessly bitch and moan about Disneyland in spite of commandment number six.

All the (much deserved) hype surrounding Toy Story Midway Mania prompted us to head over to Disneyland and take a spin on Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters, which if you haven’t ridden it, can best be described as Midway Mania 1.0. Much to our chagrin the ride was in incredible disrepair. Several animatronics were broken, oodles of light-up-targets were dead in the water and the ride vehicles themselves were peeling, damaged and dirty. The picture above doesn’t do the public shaming of The Mouse proper justice. Bad show! It’s time to bring this attraction down for a much need refurbishment - the sooner the better.