A traditional sign used by many Deaf in the southern California area (who
actually live near Disneyland) is done by twisting a
"D" on the side of your chin, twice.
DISNEYLAND (common version used for many years by many but not all Southern
California residents who live near Disneyland).
Disneyland (depictive version) (also
means Mickey Mouse) Tap your head once or twice with C hands to depict
Mickey Mouse (or Minnie Mouse -- in context).
Notes:
Okay, look I used to live in Fullerton, California which is right next to
Anaheim, California. I lived there for six months and drove past
Disneyland daily and the place came up in conversations very frequently native
Deaf friends and associates who lived in the Anaheim, California area. Then I
made a thing of taking groups of students on 3-day "Silent Weekend" ASL
immersions to Disneyland on an annual basis for over a decade. My point in
sharing that info with you is to let you know that I have solid, firsthand (pun
intended) experience with the sign for Disneyland. Online you can see many
younger vloggers showing the sign for Mickey Mouse as if it were the sign for
Disneyland. If enough people sign something (even if it is not the
traditional, longstanding sign) that sign will eventually spread and probably
become thought of as being "the" sign for the concept to which you are
referring. In other words, if you call a dog's tail a leg long enough and
often enough people might start conversing about dogs as if dogs had 5 legs.
With that in mind I'm going to include both the older, traditional version the
sign for Disneyland and also the more depictive / iconic "mouse ears" version of
the sign for Disneyland. -- Bill
Also see:
https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-14-disney-sign-language_N.htm
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