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cover art \u00a9Walt Disney Records<\/em><\/p>\n When my parents recently spent a week at Disneyland<\/a>, they picked up a CD called \u201cThe Disneyland Legacy Collection.\u201d It\u2019s a 3 CD set of music from the Happiest Place on Earth, past, present and future.<\/p>\n My Dad enjoyed it so much that he bought me a copy for Christmas. Just to be clear, I am a Disney music hoarder. I own so much Disney theme park music that it\u2019s ridiculous. I can describe to you the subtle differences between the Disneyland and Walt Disney World<\/a> soundtracks to Splash Mountain.<\/a> I can recite the safety warnings from Radiator Springs Racers. I can sing a long to long defunct attraction theme songs from Epcot in the 1980\u2019s. (Everyone sing: Veggie, veggie, fruit, fruit!)<\/p>\n CD 2, Track 11: Buzz Lightyear’s AstroBlasters<\/em><\/p>\n So I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this 3 CD set contained music I did not already own, and in some cases, music I\u2019d never even heard! Of course, it includes lots of tracks that we are all very familiar with, like both versions of Space Mountain, both versions of Star Tours, the Haunted Mansion, it\u2019s a small world, and Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho, a Pirate\u2019s Life for me. But there were gems that I was happy to add to my collection!<\/p>\n The first two CD\u2019s in the\u00a0Disneyland Legacy Collection are dedicated to Disneyland Park. Appropriately, the first track is Walt Disney opening Disneyland Park on July 17th, 1955.<\/p>\n I was very happy to finally have the Battle Hymn of the Republic as heard during Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.<\/p>\n One of the true highlights of the CD is one of the most dated tracks, called \u201cLet\u2019s Dance at Disneyland.\u201d This gem would play at the park on Friday and Saturday nights during the late 1950\u2019s and early 1960\u2019s. The music is so evocative of another time that I can just imagine a teenaged young man escorting his date down Main Street, U.S.A., saying \u201cGolly gee, Mary Sue, I sure am having a swell time!\u201d and his date replying \u201cJeepers, Bobby, me, too! But remember \u2013 Daddy says I have to be home by 9:00!\u201d (Good luck with that, Mary Sue: the jingle clearly says that the park is open until 1:00 a.m.!)<\/p>\n \u201cHello, Everybody\u201d is another classic that is no longer performed. Back in the early days of Disneyland, it was sung at the Golden Horseshoe, which still exists, but no longer shows the performance captured on this CD.<\/p>\n You can listen to \u201cThe Matterhorn Yodelers\u201d and imagine you\u2019re hurtling through the Matterhorn. The soundtrack even includes the now famous phrase you hear at the ride\u2019s end: \u201cRemain seated, please. Permanecer sentados, por favor.\u201d<\/p>\n By the time I first set foot in Disneyland Park, the PeopleMover was no more. (Another reason why I ride it at Walt Disney World as often as possible.) But on this CD you\u2019ll hear the familiar \u201cNation on Wheels\u201d which was this ride\u2019s soundtrack. And the very next track is \u201cMiracles from Molecules\u201d which was the theme song to the once popular, now defunct Adventures Thru Inner Space.<\/p>\n Although I own \u201cThere\u2019s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow,\u201d I\u2019ve never before owned a recording that included the opening narration, along with snippets of the song from three separate scenes.<\/p>\n CD 2, Tracks 2 & 3: it’s a small world<\/em><\/p>\n The last CD is broken into two parts: California Adventure and Disneyland Spectaculars. The California Adventure tracks are all excellent, but all of them can be found on previous releases. Still, it\u2019s a lot of fun to drive along the freeway while blasting Funiculi Funicula from Luigi\u2019s Flying Tires and the theme to Radiator Springs Racers.<\/p>\n The Disneyland Spectaculars section thrilled me because all three tracks are ones I didn\u2019t already one! We start off with The Main Street Electrical Parade. I have a condensed version of this music, but the one featured on this CD is much longer and includes music from many more of the floats.<\/p>\n Then comes the music from Fantasmic! I own the Walt Disney World version of this, but not Disneyland\u2019s, and no, they are not identical. Fantasmic! at Disneyland is on hiatus until the summer of 2017, so it\u2019s cool to be able to hear this music.<\/p>\n The last track, appropriately, is the closing Disneyland music, which I have never heard live, having never had the energy to stay until park close before. Hearing the Fab Four singing \u201cNow it\u2019s time to say goodbye\u2026.\u201d is such a treat.<\/p>\n The Disneyland Legacy Collection, to me, is the definitive Disneyland CD. I love the fact that it includes so much from Disneyland\u2019s history, as well as the soundtracks to favorites you can ride today. This is now the set that I pop into my car\u2019s CD player when I\u2019m ready to drive down the 5 freeway to the Happiest Place on Earth.<\/p>\n Do you own the Disneyland Legacy Collection? What do you think of it? Which is your favorite track? Share your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n![\"BuzzLightyear\"](\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BuzzLightyear-300x400.jpg\")
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