Galactic Expectations Set For Disney Upcoming Star Wars Land
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Visitors to Disneyland will soon be able to travel to a galaxy far, far away. In January of 2016, Harrison Ford broke ground on Disney's upcoming Star Wars-themed land, an attraction that promises to satisfy the Jedi or Jawa in all of us.
In August of 2015, Disney executives announced plans to build a Star Wars-themed land (name pending) in two of their theme parks. Concept artists hired by the ...
Galaxys Edge Cantina Draws Inspiration From Wretched Hives Of Scum And Villainy In Star Wars Movies
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Oga's Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will give Disneyland visitors the opportunity to order an alien cocktail in a wretched hive of scum and villainy just like the one where Han Solo dispatched with a bounty hunter - minus the blaster aimed at you under the table.
The Galaxy's Edge cantina at the center of Disneyland's new themed land will draw inspiration from the lively cocktail bars seen in ...
Galaxys Edge Panel Explores Biggest Attraction At Star Wars Celebration
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Disney's team of Imagineers just unveiled a bunch of new stuff about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, their upcoming theme park expansion heading to both Disneyland and Disney World later this year. Star Wars Celebration is in full swing down in Chicago and one of the biggest panels taking place this weekend was for this attraction. What's it going to be like to actually visit a galaxy far, far away in real life? ...
GallenKamp Shoes Joining Disneyland
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Howard Braun district manager for GaIlenKamp's Valley shoe stores announced today that GaIlenKamp's is one of the 31 lessees represented in Disneyland with a retail merchandising operation.
The store is located on "Main Street, U.S.A.," a duplication of an American town at the turn of the century. GallenKamp's Blue Bird Store, featuring the famous Blue Bird children's shoes. is approximately 52 feet ...
Gallery Celebrates Art Of Disney Legend
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The Disney Gallery is marking the 45th anniversary of "it's a small world" at Disneyland by exhibiting conceptual art of the attraction by famed artist Mary Blair.
Kim Irvine, a concept director for Walt Disney Imagineering, said Blair was chosen to do the concept art for "its a small world" because of her ability to draw images from the viewpoint of a child.
"She could draw the way a child ...
Gay '90s Favorites From Main Street, Disneyland
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Do as they do in Disneyland-with an assist from the ice-cream carton-to recapture the treats of yesteryear. These happy ideas are from the famous Ice Cream Parlor, The Coffee House, and Red Wagon Inn, all located on Main Street, U.S.A.
Here are the recipes for Hot Fudge Sauce, French Fries, and Potato Salad.
The Coffee House Manager, Raul Grisanti, says their hot-fudge ice-cream cake is a favorite ...
Gay Days Are Coming Back In October
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Disneyland's annual unofficial Gay Days celebration is scheduled this year to run Friday, Oct. 5, to Sunday, Oct. 7, in and around the Anaheim resort.
This is the 21st year of the event, during which organizer Eddie Shapiro said people attend the theme parks from around the world, wearing red T-shirts to show their solidarity.
Disneyland does not encourage or discourage events organized by ...
Gay Days At Disneyland
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Get those red shirts ready: Gay Days at Disneyland is returning this October 2-4.
While it's not officially endorsed by Disney (who doesn't endorse any group entering the park), Gay Days organizers say that Disney is "wonderfully supportive" of the event and are involved in all official aspects of the event, including hotel room blocks.
Last year, Disney cash cow Miley Cyrus made headlines when ...
Gay Days At Disneyland Set To Take Place
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The 2009 Gay Days at Disneyland are set to take place Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4. For its 12th year, the event is expected to attract more than 30,000 LGBT park-hoppers from California and all over the country. Tickets for all special events are on sale now.
The weekend opens Friday, October 2 with WONDERLAND, a dance party with DJ Ray Rhodes (Tiger Heat, KBIG 104.), hosted by Los Angeles ...
Gay Days Celebration At Disneyland Resort To Draw 30,000
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Once an underground gathering that was regularly protested by religious groups and conservative politicians, the annual Gay Days at the Disneyland Resort marks its 14th anniversary this weekend and is expected to draw more than 30,000 people to the Anaheim amusement parks.
Though not officially sponsored by the Disneyland Resort, the annual celebration has become one of the most crowd-dependable and ...
Gay Days Disneyland: A Daily Report
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The OC may have gotten the axe but the real Orange County is alive and thriving.
Our very own Dennis Hensley ventures behind the orange curtain for Gay Days at Disneyland and much, much more. Do these mouse ears make me look gay?
Day 1 - Thursday, October 4 - Anaheim, CA
A Menage I can get used to
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Genie Launch Plagued By Technical Issues
Disneyland 's new Genie line-cutting app was plagued by software problems and technical issues on its launch day that left visitors frustrated by the new paid front-of-the-line service and led to long lines at guest relations stations throughout the Anaheim theme park.
The new Disney Genie service debuted Wednesday, Dec. 8 as part of the Disneyland mobile app as a replacement for the retiring ...
Gentrification Of Disneyland
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The turnstiles click, the train chugs, the children laugh, and the happy music plays. You've now entered the euphoric world of franchised milk and honey known as Disneyland. The land that Walt Disney envisioned to be his legacy awaits everyone who enters through their timeless gates. On opening day, July 17, 1955, Disney welcomed the day dreamers and adventure seekers while describing Disneyland as "your ...
George Lucas Impersonator Tricks Guests
May the 4th is a celebration many fans of the Star Wars franchise look forward to each year, even more so now that Disney Parks are open and more events and celebrations are making their way back to the Parks once again.
Guests often take the chance to celebrate Star Wars Day in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at both Disney 's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Park at ...
George Lucas's New Star Wars Disneyland Ride
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The new 3-D version of the Disney theme park ride Star Tours is a quantum leap above the original.
Riders will face the unexpected - thousands of different permutations in the story line.
The ride's repeat business should be superb.
The original 1987 Star Tours ride "was relatively simplistic," says Star Wars creator George Lucas. "It went through basically an asteroid field and then we ...
George Mcginnis Last Imagineer Hired By Walt Disney Dies
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George McGinnis, the last Imagineer hired by Walt Disney, has died. He was 87.
McGinnis was the show designer on a variety of projects while at Walt Disney Imagineering including Space Mountain at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
McGinnis' senior project while attending the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles was for a high-speed train that caught the eye of Disney.
Upon ...
Get Into The Swing Of Things
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The teen-ager clips his pocket-watch chain to his custom zoot suit and checks the time. His dancing partner, a fresh-faced Orange County beauty dressed like Betty Grable, helps him slick back his hair with Brylcreem.
It's time to swing.
We're at the "Jump 'n' Jive Boogie Swing Party," a happening thing every Friday night this summer at the Carnation Plaza Gardens at Disneyland, right under the shadow ...
Get Your First Look At Disneyland Star Wars-Themed Land
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In a galaxy not-so far, far away, Disney officials revealed the first look at detailed models of the "Star Wars"-themed land being built at Disneyland in Southern California.
"To say we are excited for the Star Wars-themed lands to open in 2019 is an understatement," Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek said. "All along, we have said this will be game-changing, and through the model, we ...
Get Your Turkey Legs At New Food Kiosk
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There's not a whole lot of extra space at Disneyland, so it's always surprising when a new building pops up at the 54-year-old Anaheim theme park.
A new food kiosk, wedged next to the Matterhorn roller coaster and the Monorail track, has been designed to look like a Swiss chalet in order to blend in with the surrounding mountain village theme.
Edelweiss Snacks, currently under construction and ...
Getting The Most From Your Disneyland Visit
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A trip to Disneyland can be expensive, with the lowest price SoCal resident one-day, one-park tickets starting at $81 for kids 3-9 years old. Admission is only one cost. There's gas, meals, snacks and souvenirs, and if you plan to stay overnight, the cost of a hotel. In order to truly enjoy your visit and not worry about money, figure out which elements of your trip are worth splurging on for you and your ...
Getting To Disneyland Star Wars Land Needs To Be Magical
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As the final scheduled day for the Rivers of America attractions at Disneyland comes to an end, it marks the closing of Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, the Mark Twain Riverboat, Sailing Ship Columbia and Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes and "Fantasmic!" for more than a year. Also included in the closures is the Disneyland Railroad.
All of this is so that Disney can reroute the Rivers of America to ...
Ghouls And Goblins Haunt Disneyland This Halloween Season
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Ghouls and goblins and spooky new fireworks are just a few of the chilling changes at Disneyland for Halloween fun -- starting tonight!
For the younger kids, "Halloween Time" offers families a chance to celebrate the season with some of Disney's most beloved characters decked out in seasonal costumes at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks. In addition, Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party ...
Girl Employe Killed At Disneyland
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Summertime employe Deborah Gail Stone, 18 was crushed to death Monday night at Disneyland's new $6 million attraction "America Sings."
The 5 - foot 2 - inch brunette was caught between a stationary and moving wall as an outer ring of six theaters rotate like a merry-go-round past a central, fixed inner stage.
The attraction, which opened June 29, was closed indefinitely while Disneyland ...
Girl Is Seriously Wounded By Stray Bullet At Disneyland
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An 8-year-old girl was hit in the back by an apparent stray bullet Sunday as she rode as open-car tram through the Fantasyland section of Disneyland.
Anaheim Police Lt. John Cross said the shot apparently was fired from outside the park about 6 p.m. but there were no reports of shootings in the area.
Nayeli Diana Placentia of Downey was in guarded condition in the pediatrics intensive care unit at ...
Girl Wounded At Disneyland Improves
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Anaheim police said Monday they may never know who fired the shot Sunday that hit an 8-year-old Downey girl visiting Disneyland. But they said they believe the shot was fired in the air by someone outside the park.
Meanwhile, Nayeli Diana Placentia's condition was upgraded from guarded to fair. She is expected to be hospitalized several more days.
"She's alert and awake," said Fran Tardiff, hospital ...
Give Bengal Barbecue A Try
Tucked in a corner in Adventureland across from The Jungle Cruise in Disneyland Park is the Bengal Barbecue. This eatery truly has an interesting menu for any adventurous park goer. There is nothing like it in Walt Disney World as it basically serves various types of skewers for guests to enjoy. There are a couple places at The Walt Disney World Resort that have skewers, but not at a stand alone eatery ...
Give Disney A High Four Company Will Help Parents Steer Kids To Healthy Foods
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Winnie the Pooh had better start watching his waistline. Walt Disney may no longer be so happy that he's ``short, fat and proud of that.''
Disney's decision this week to serve healthier meals at its theme parks and allow its characters to be used to support only foods with reduced fat and sugar content should be applauded. About 15 percent of American children ages 6 to 19 are obese. Businesses, ...
Give Em Hill Huffing The Fairy Dust At Disneyland
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The morning after President Barack Obama interrupted "The Simpsons" to inform the country about the death of Osama bin Laden, my husband and I drove down to Disneyland.
Now this was not a spur-of-the-moment, Munchkin-style "the wicked old witch at last is dead" kind of celebration. That would just be wrong. Instead, we'd had this excursion planned for a couple of months, and not just for the sake of ...
Glaring Glitches Aside, The Debut Was Glorious
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It was sweltering that day. And crowded. People swarmed to the entrance to Disneyland even if they didn't have tickets, that's how eager they were to get inside.
"Hotter than hell" is how Art Linkletter, the emcee and Walt Disney's longtime friend, remembers the opening day of Disneyland July 17, 1955.
"The asphalt had just been rolled, and people's shoes got stuck in it. But we carried on. We ...
Glow Ears Join Disneyland Holiday Fireworks
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Max Brauer brings his glowing Mickey Mouse ears to Disneyland several times a week.
But he has rarely seen more than a handful of visitors wearing the interactive ears during the "Believe in Holiday Magic" fireworks show, when the ears change colors and twinkle to the music.
"Not very many people know about it," said Brauer, 19, of Loma Linda.
Disneyland this year added what it calls Glow ...
Go Ask Alice
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For one former Alice in Wonderland, the Fourth of July remains unforgettable
Melissa Tye played Alice in Wonderland at Disneyland from 1997 to 2001.
WAS IT A HARD JOB?
The Fourth of July was always hard. You walk out from backstage, and you're instantly surrounded by 50 people shoving autograph books in your face. You're stuck. It's hot. You can't move. I mean, these people have paid to get ...
