Movie stars, television actors, rock singers, fashion models and professional athletes are just like you and me. They want to take their families and friends to
for a day of fun. But that's not always as easy when you're better known than
.
To avoid hassles from overzealous fans and the ever-present paparazzi, celebrities trade front-of-the-line VIP treatment from the Anaheim theme park for a few snapshots on Disneyland rides and with Disney characters that show up in celebrity magazines and on entertainment shows.
Disneyland often plays host to red carpet movie premieres, star-studded attraction debuts and big production special events that draw scores of celebrities to the park.
Here's a who's who list of the stars you'll see visiting the Happiest Place on Earth in our photo gallery:
*
host
on the Matterhorn roller coaster.
* "Green Hornet" star
cruises on the Storybook Land Canal Boats with Pinocchio.
* Talk show host
sports Mickey ears with pilot
.
* Singer
screams for joy on Dumbo the Flying Elephant.
* "High School Musical" star
arm in arm with
.
* Pop singer
and "American Idol" host
don 3-D glasses for
"Captain EO."
* Basketball star
celebrates a
championship with Goofy.
*
host and supermodel
and her singer-husband,
Seal
, in crazy jungle animal facepaint on Dumbo the Flying Elephant.
* The cast of "Lost" slips away to another dimension on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride.
*
star
shares a sinister grin with Captain Hook while costar
poses with his doppleganger, Pinocchio.
* "National Treasure" star
looks slightly undead in front of the Haunted Mansion.
*
singer
and rocker-husband
of Bush aboard a pink tea cup with their family.
* Seven-time
champ
with one-time singer-girlfriend
splash down on the Matterhorn.
*
stars
Courtney Cox
and
at the premiere for the Finding Nemo submarines.
* "Pirates of the Caribbean" star
at the Disneyland premiere for "At World's End."
* Supermodel
with her daughters at
' Sweet 16 birthday bash.
* "Pirates of the Caribbean" star
Johhny Depp
side by side with a Jack Sparrow animatronic inside the famed Disneyland ride.
* Actress
blasts aliens on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride.
* Actress
on the red carpet of "Pirates of the Caribbean" premiere.
* Playboy Playmate
in the passenger seat of an Autopia car.
*
star
on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
* New York Giants quarterback
rides the Astro Orbitor with his wife, Abby.
* Former Disney star
and gal-pal
celebrate
at Disneyland.
* "The Office" star
tries to remove the sword from the stone in Fantasyland.
* "Megamind" star
looks downright grumpy sitting in a tea cup with the Mad Hatter.
* The
perform during a Christmas special in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
