John Glass is a travel blogger, founder of the Southern California travel magazine SoCal Secrets, and author of the fan site Disney Parks Club. View more travel information on his websites: www.socalsecrets.com www.disneyparksclub.comWhile growing up in Southern California John spent much of his childhood exploring the ever changing landscape of Disneyland. On many a warm summer day in this bygone erra his parents would drop him off at the park with his friends, giving them hours to explore the secrets it held. His fascination with this place of magic and imagination never seemed to end as long as there were more secrets to discover there. Then John grew up, became an adult, and starting doing the types of things that adults do. He went to collage, graduate school, conducted research, and even taught for a while. He set Disneyland aside, and eventually forgot about the park as he pursued other things.One day his fellow adult friends planned a trip to Disneyland. John was reluctant to go, wondering what this "kids place" had to offer adults. In the end he decided to return to the place he had spent quite a bit of time growing up in, and he was glad that he did. As soon as he stepped through the front gates all the joys of his childhood came rushing back. "This is what Disneyland is all about," he once commented to me, "A place where kids can be kids, and adults can find that inner child inside of them that lets them enjoy the world again as a marvelous magical place." He instantly became entranced again with the magic of the park, and started to once again search out it's secrets."Disneyland can be seen in a day or two, but it takes a lifetime to really know it" John commented as he tried to explain his fascination with the park. "You could spend years here and never discover ALL of it's secrets." As his fascination with the layers upon layers of secret history, artifacts, and activities found throughout the park grew, he started using his formal research skills to investigate things further. Soon his friends were asking him to go to Disneyland with them on every visit, just so they could stroll through the park with him and hear about the latest secrets he had uncovered. One day one of his friends haphazardly suggested "You know so much about this park you should write a book," and the idea struck John like a bolt of lightening. Why didn't he write a book? Why didn't he put all his research experience to work for him and share his information with the world? One of John's main motivations became giving guests who spend thousands of dollars to travel across the country only to spend two or three days in the park a chance to get in on the knowledge that only locals who are there all the time would know. He wanted to write his books as if he were standing right there next to you, giving you his personal tour as you walk from one attraction to another. He wanted to give them the vacation of a life time.Biography provided by Linda Ray,Editor In Chief, Alternative Travel Press