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25 Things You Need To Know About Disneyland's Diamond Celebration
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Disneyland is celebrating 60 years of magic with a Diamond Celebration set to begin May 22. Since opening in 1955, Disneyland has continued to hold a special place in the hearts of children and adults alike. Here are 25 things you need to know if you are planning to celebrate with Mickey.
Diamond Celebration hours
1. Disneyland opens at 6 a.m. on May 22 for a 24-hour kickoff of the Diamond ...
Disneyland 60th Anniversary Could Pack The Theme Park
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The gripes about Disneyland crowds started on opening day - July 17, 1955 - when so many people showed up that refreshment stands ran out of food and drinks.
Sixty years later, Disneyland is celebrating its diamond anniversary with a new pulsating nighttime parade and upgraded fireworks show plus a sparkling veneer on Sleeping Beauty's castle. Theme park experts predict that visitors will pack the ...
For Disneyland 60th There Mickey And Minnie And Cutting-Edge Technology
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On a rainy spring night, Disneyland technology guru Chuck Davis paced along Main Street, overseeing a rehearsal of a new fireworks and light show for the park's 60th anniversary celebration..
Projectors, lasers, fireworks and audio equipment were assembled to create a show that displays well-known Disney characters on the facade of Main Street buildings while music blares and fireworks rocket over ...
Disneyland Reopens Its Gates After Shutting Them To Control Overflowing Crowd
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Disneyland re-opened its gates, about an hour after the second official appearance of its new parade, Paint the Night.
The park had closed its front gates to newcomers at about 2:30 p.m. Friday to limit the number of guests during its 24-hour celebration of the theme park's 60th anniversary.
Such closures do occur at times, but usually in the night-time after people get off of work. Further, ...
Dazzling Debut For Disneyland Diamond Celebration Shows
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Diamonds are Minnie's best friend too, and she proved it as Disneyland Resort kicked off its 60th anniversary in style. Just in time for the start of summer, the two Disneyland Resort theme parks debuted three new shows, an all-new nighttime parade, fireworks show, and World of Color water and light spectacular. The recurring theme of the Disneyland Diamond Celebration shows is the integration of the old ...
How Southern California Attractions Like Disneyland Cater To Theme Park Junkies
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Can theme parks become even more addictive? That's what parks in Southern California and around the country are hoping to do with their new crop of attractions for this summer.
Anyone in business knows it's more cost-effective to get your current customers to come back and buy more than it is to find a new customer for every sale. So park owners always design attractions with the hope that visitors ...
Disneyland Anniversary Extravaganza In A Day Whew
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What do you get the park that has everything for its 60th anniversary? Nothing, because giving a theme park a gift would be silly. Instead, Disneyland is celebrating its anniversary this summer with a new firework show and parade, along with a revamped World of Color show at California Adventure.
The Diamond Celebration kicked off May 22; I went to the parks last Wednesday to see the festivities ...
Everything You Need To Know For The Perfect Disneyland Holiday
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I'm on bended knee in front of hundreds of strangers when it strikes me that the magic never really dies.
Beauty and the Beast - the 1991 Disney film that made history as the first animated movie up for Best Picture at the Oscars - was also the first film I ever saw at the cinemas.
And here I am 24 years later, hand outstretched, heart on sleeve, asking for the Beauty's hand in marriage.
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A Diamond Celebration In Sardineland
It had been three or four years since I had last been to Disneyland. But, on May 22, my mother and I went, just the two of us. That day was the opening day, for lack of a better term, of the park's Diamond celebration. As a part of that, the parks were open for 24 hours, closing at 6 A.M. on May 23 for a few hours.
Rather inadvertently, we ended up parking in the "Toy Story" parking lot instead of ...
Disneyland At 60 Combine A Theme Park And Beach Break
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I'm in Disneyland and my three-year-old daughter is screaming like a banshee. Neon mermaids, dancing fairies and princesses in glowing towers parade past to stadium-decibel dance music. Every cartoon character she's ever loved is waving at her - illuminated with enough sparkle and glitz to knock out a city. They call it the Parade of Lights but it's more like a pre-schoolers' rave. "Isn't this wonderful?" ...
Secret To Disneyland Anniversary Spectaculars Tinker Bell Pixie Dust And One Of A Kind Tech
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On Disneyland's Main Street USA thoroughfare, a throng of visitors stream past Donald Duck as excited kids line up to hug him, their voices raised to be heard over the carnival music and hurly-burly outside the theme park's Opera House.
But inside, park technology guru Chuck Davis stands in a dark second-floor room. Blackout shades can't quite block the California sunshine at the edges of the windows. ...
Redlands Forum Focuses On Disneyland Celebration
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Marilyn Magness Carroll, executive director of creative entertainment for Disney Parks and Resorts, brought a bit of Disney pixie dust to Wednesday's Redlands Forum at Esri, offering a behind-the-scenes look at Disneyland's Diamond Celebration going on now.
The idea of the Anaheim theme park came to Walt Disney while sitting on a park bench at Griffith Park watching his daughters play. "And he thought ...
Disneyland 60th Anniversary Celebration Gets End Date But It May Get A New Use
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Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration -- including its overhauled nighttime parade, fiery fireworks show and fire-and-water extravaganza -- now has an end date.
But Disney experts predict the park's latest attractions may be repurposed to promote the park's next big addition: Star Wars Land.
The anniversary celebration, which was launched May 22, will end next year Sept. 5, the theme park ...
When Villains Rule The Night
If I've ever been to Disneyland during Halloween, I was a kid, because I don't remember it. However, I do know that for Halloween, like Christmas, the decorators go all out. The equivalent of the giant tree in the Town Square and Mickey shaped wreaths are Mickey shaped jack-o-lanterns, complete with friendly smile and pumpkin ears. The entrance plaza has the "fab five," Mickey and friends, made out of ...
Disneyland Adds Second Nightly Fireworks Show Thanksgiving Week
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Disneyland will add a second nightly fireworks show during Thanksgiving week - and consider using the strategy on select days in the future to thin out massive crowds.
The "Disneyland Forever" fireworks show will run at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. from Nov. 21 to Nov. 28.
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Disneyland Resort is experiencing record crowds, and with holidays and special events coming up ...
Disney Paint The Night Parade Wins Industry Award
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Disneyland's "Paint the Night" parade lit up the Themed Entertainment Association's Thea Awards banquet by securing an award for Outstanding Achievement for a parade.
The parade has been offered nightly at Disneyland since the spring of 2015 in honor of the park's 60th anniversary.
The award was announced during the association's 2016 Gala Awards Banquet Saturday night at the Disneyland Hotel.
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Disneyland Without Kids More Rides More Booze
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Yeah, yeah, Disneyland is a magical place for kids. But after visiting child-free for a long weekend, I found distinct advantages to an adults-only trip to the Mickey Mouse Mecca.
So, let's skip the character breakfast and head straight for the good stuff with these PG-13-rated tips for more rides, more booze and fewer meltdowns (hopefully).
Enter fortified
Good food inside the Anaheim, ...
3 Attractions Closing As Disney Anniversary Party Ends
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The electrified Paint the Night parade, the Disneyland Forever fireworks show and World of Color: Celebrate! will end their runs next month when Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration comes to a close.
On the Disney Parks Blog, officials said this week that the nightly attractions will make their final performance Sept. 5. All three shows were created to celebrate the anniversary.
Returning ...
Main Street Electrical Parade Is Coming Back To Disneyland In 2017
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The Main Street Electrical Parade, a night-time fan favorite that rolled along Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. for years, will return in 2017 with its synthesized version of "Baroque Hoedown."
A Disney official said its stay will be temporary but declined to put a time frame on the parade that features one-million-plus twinkling lights. He also declined to say if guests will be able to see the ...
Star Wars Land Construction Progresses On Resort Planned Attraction
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Concrete walls are shaping up at Disneyland for the "Star Wars" land project at Disneyland, as construction crews look to be preparing much of the land for building foundations.
The first walls appear to be around the new channel for the Rivers of America in Frontierland and for the new route for the Disneyland Railroad.
As the summer winds down, many of the annual passholders are no longer ...
Is Disneyland Overdoing Its Nostalgia
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"When can we do this again?"
Like any pervasive earworm, that chorus from Disneyland's Paint the Night parade has burrowed its way into my brain over the past 15 months it has been playing at the park. Yeah, like many Disneyland fans, I bought into the parade's not-so-subliminal message and kept coming back to see it again and again - helping that theme song slip into heavy rotation in my mental ...
Whats New At Disneyland
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So many new attractions have recently opened at Disneyland and more are coming! Jen Dunyon, VP of Communications, says now is a great time to head to The Happiest Place on Earth. Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters in Cars Land opened in March, the NEW Frozen - Live at the Hyperion opened over Memorial Day Weekend (full Broadway style musical - get a Fastpass!), and Soarin' Around the World opened in mid-June.
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Changes Coming Soon To Disneyland Park
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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, ...
Why Do Disneyland Fans Complain So Much
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Going to a theme park is supposed to be fun. But listening to some fans, you've got to wonder if the thing they find most fun about Disneyland is complaining about it.
I get it - theme parks are a passion for many of us. We have been going to Disneyland for years, and those visits have grown into a long-time love affair. We adore the rides, the food, the entertainment and the atmosphere. There are ...
Disneyland And California Adventure Start Looking To Christmas With Halloween Nearly Over
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As the holiday season approaches, Disney Imagineers get busy modifying some of the attractions at Disneyland for the holidays.
First up: It's a Small World. The boat ride with the infamous song is closed until Nov. 9 so lights and holiday music can be installed for its holiday overlay.
The Jungle Cruise will be closed Nov. 1-9 to be redressed as the Jingle Cruise, the annual holiday overlay ...
Co-Composer Of Iconic Electrical Parade Music Dies
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Jean-Jacques Perrey, co-composer of the "Baroque Hoedown," which was made famous when it was used for Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade, died Friday, a music website reported.
The French native died in Switzerland from complications related to lung cancer. He was 87.
Perrey was an early pioneer of electronic music as one of the first musicians to use the Moog Synthesiser. He and ...
Every Town USA
The final stop on my lovely tour of Disneyland, at least until "Star Wars Land" is completed, is the entrance to the entire park.
Said to be inspired by Walt's hometown of Marceline, Missouri, "Main Street, U.S.A" is designed to look like the idealized center of a town at around 1910. One of the designers, Harper Goff, showed Walt some pictures of his childhood home in Colorado and Walt liked the ...
Pixar Fest Coming In April 2018
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Buzz Lightyear will do a flyover above Sleeping Beauty Castle in a new fireworks show at Disneyland.
Wilderness Explorer Russell and lovable golden retriever Dug from "Up" will make an appearance in the Pixar Play Parade.
And the Paint the Night parade is back and includes a new Pixar-themed storyline, but this time at Disney California Adventure.
Disneyland officials announced Thursday, ...
19 Seriously Amazing Disneyland Hacks To Make Your Trip Even More Magical
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You've bought the plane tickets, booked the hotel, stocked up on super stylish Mickey gear, got your nails did, and have your Disneybounding all ready; you're truly invested in that upcoming Disneyland trip. Now it's time to do absolutely everything you can to ensure that you have the BEST TIME EVER. We can help! Here are 19 tried-and-true Disneyland hacks to assist you in having the most magical time at ...
Diamond Celebration Will Light Up The Disneyland Resort Beginning With Dazzling 24-Hour Event
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A dynamic 24-hour party will kick off the summer and launch the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration, May 22-23, as guests enjoy the thrilling premieres of three, new nighttime spectaculars: the glittering "Paint the Night" parade and the groundbreaking "Disneyland Forever" fireworks show at Disneyland Park, plus the new presentation, "World of Color - Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney," at ...
Disneyland Will Open For 24 Hours In May To Celebrate Theme Park 60th Anniversary
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Are you ready for another 24-hour endurance test at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure?
To kick off Disneyland's 60th anniversary, the two theme parks will be open to visitors for 24 hours, beginning at 6 a.m. May 22, a Friday.
Disney announced the event on its Disney Parks blog on Wednesday. Walt Disney World also will have a 24-hour event, Disney said. For the special days, which have ...
