Heres What Disneylands Overnight Shift Workers Do After The Parks Close

Posted: September 27, 2016

When Disneyland closes for the night, members of its overnight shift are just arriving. Starting at 11:30 p.m., the third shift crew at the Disneyland Resort begins its nightly routine. Machinists inspect the rides, gardeners mow lawns and trim trees, and the custodial crew rolls out 150-foot-long fire hoses to wash everything down. "That's one of my favorite jobs here," said Anaheim resident Stacey Licher, 30, and mother of three. Five nights a week, Licher can be found around Disney California Adventure, hosing down the streets, cleaning inside rides and polishing all the

Rivers Of Fun

Author: Cal Jones

Posted: September 18, 2016

The Rivers of America is as old as Disneyland, with the Mark Twain Riverboat as its only attraction (with the dry docks for refurbishments), though Mike Fink Keel Boats would open in December that same year. The Rivers and all green waters in the park are interconnected underground, allowing the water to naturally filter and de-stagnate the way a lake would. They act as a single body of water and prevent it from becoming foul like an abandoned pool. These tunnels also allow the aquatic life that ends up in the waters to go other places. Eggs get stuck to the bottom of ducks' feet and become

Waltzing With Walt Disney

Posted: September 8, 2016

In 1965 the Orlando Sentinel sniffed out a story that Walt Disney was behind significant purchases of massive tracts of Central Florida land near Kissimmee, a cow town south of Orlando. Disney was able to keep this under the radar by using three "dummy" companies, none of which had the word "Disney" anywhere near their titles. Disney had chosen the site in 1963 and announced his plans in 1965, once the story had leaked. There had been rumors that NASA or the Rockefellers or even Howard Hughes were behind the big land buys. Orlando was a sleepy citrus town of 90,000, the county seat of the aptly-named Orange County. No one could have guessed that someday over 52 million people would be attracted to Walt's world...each year. Minot's Channel 10 (NBC) carried some ABC programming (as did Channel 13). One of the ABC shows was "Walt Disney Presents", which I watched faithfully as a kid. Mr. Disney loved to show us the newly-built Disneyland in Anaheim, California and his plans

One Free Thing Everyone Should Do When Visiting Disneyland For A Special Occasion

Posted: September 8, 2016

If you're heading to a Disney park for any type of celebration - birthday, anniversary, honeymoon - the first stop you make should be City Hall to pick up a free button. Many parkgoers don't know that visitors celebrating a special occasion can get free buttons to wear all day - and it makes the day way more magical. Disney parks are already designed to give visitors an elevated entertainment experience, but cast members (park staff) will go out of their way to do extra special things for anyone wearing a celebration button. When my now-husband and I were planning our honeymoon,

New At Disneyland Frightfully Fun Parade

Posted: September 7, 2016

Mention the word "ballroom" at Disneyland Resort and just one place waltzes into mind: The Haunted Mansion, and its shadowy spectral center space, the one filled with the not-quite-there revelers dancing the night away (and, yes, giddily swinging from the chandelier, too). Disneyland's beloved ballroom ghosts have been relegated to the "Ear-ie" attraction since its opening 47 years ago, but they'll spring out, along with a few Hitchhiking Ghosts, when the planet's best-known theme park debuts a new spooky-flavored parade in time for Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort. There are a

Changes Coming Soon To Disneyland Park

Posted: September 1, 2016

There are two nightly opportunities to view the "Paint the Night" electrical parade: once as it slowly winds its way through Disneyland Park to where it concludes shortly beyond Disneyland City Hall, and then again as it returns after "Disneyland Forever." A great way to be in a good position to see and take photos of both the parade and the fireworks show begins by making your way to Main Street, USA early enough to watch the first "Paint the Night" parade. Ideally sit on the curb across the street from the "Penny Arcade," where you will find yourself directly beside the gigantic

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