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E-LEK-TRONica: Disneyland California Adventure, TRON & Shuffling

Okay, if you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you’ve probably noticed quite a few posts about Disneyland in California. Last year, we came through the LA area twice & visited Disneyland both times with cousins & nephews & during those two visits we noticed our family had season passes that came with food & souvenir discounts. Our first thought was of course, who’d go to Disneyland that often? Let alone a year long pass? Next thing we know, a year passed & we’ve moved to the LA area with no jobs but we’re with our family plus the option of paying for the Disneyland annual pass in monthly payments lured us in. We can waste time there while job hunting. Now, on to an evening event at Disney California Adventures that had us smiling like nerds in a comic shop. DCA is a 10-year-old, second theme park added to Disneyland that also includes a separate park ticket price. An annual pass gets you access to both & if you don’t have that, you can get a park hopper pass. Anyways, DCA’s Hollywood section of the park has a digital screen clock countdown to the “opening of the GRID.” A must see if you’re a fan of the TRON films. At about 6pm, a DJ starts spinning, you have people gussied up in TRON outfits dancing, bright glowing lights, a makeshift bar in the middle of the street serving drinks called “Digitinis” (at a hefty price mind you), TRON light cycle races projected across the buildings & a laser light show by Laser Man. You can catch him twice during the evening, shooting lasers out of his hands to the tune of Daft Punk remixed. Our first thought when we first experienced this was “huh? Disney rave?”, “teeny boppers shuffling?” & “I need another TRON drink.” But it was fun. Once we let go of paying attention to the too young to be ravers or soon to be ravers & saw families dancing & grooving, we had a blast. If dancing out in the streets isn’t your thing, there’s even a replica Flynn’s arcade with old 80s games including TRON & Space Paranoids (from the TRON films). The DJs rotate daily & when we do decide to hit ElecTRONica we go on Friday nights to catch DJ GiangStar (whom we love for her choice of tracks). More pictures can be found in our gallery section here.