It's known as the Happiest Place on Earth. And judging by the wide-eyed look on my daughters' faces as we walked through the front gates of Anaheim's Disneyland Park, the statement is spot on. Wandering up Main Street USA, the central thoroughfare at the world-famous theme park, one of the first things we see is Sleeping Beauty's castle. It looms before us like a scene from a fairytale with its ...

Oh, boy! The Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration begins today! Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 1955, and ever since, it has entertained millions of guests from all over the world. That's no small feat! "It's amazing to contemplate all that Disneyland has come to mean to so many people around the world," Tom Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney Company, recently told the ...

"Mickey's Toontown" is designed cartoonishly. Everything from "Mickey's House" to the post office looks, well, goofy. Opening in 1993, it was inspired by "ToonTown" in the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" It was originally planned to be behind "Main Street, USA" and called "Hollywoodland." "Hollywoodland" combined the concept of "Mickey's Birthdayland," which was to be in the Florida park for the ...

According to Disneyland's corporate marketing parable, Mickey's Toontown isn't new; it's been there since the 1930's, but we couldn't see the secret hideaway until January of this year. That was when the cartoon community decided to go public and allow us non-toons-real-life human beings-not only to visit but also to take tours of Minnie and Mickey Mouse's houses. Yeah, right. Don't try running this ...

The First Hint that my mission will be daunting: I tell the cast member in Guest Relations the title of the article I'm researching, and she starts to giggle. Disneyland in a day? Who am I kidding? "It might be a little hard," she says, handing me my tickets, "to do it all in a day." Disneyland has its own special feel, and nostalgia is only part of it. Yes, it's the only park Walt Disney lived to ...

Toontown, Disneyland's first new "land" in 20 years, will unveil its latest attraction--Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin--on Toontown's first birthday, Jan. 26. Car Toon Spin is a gas. Those at the Disney-sponsored second annual Disneyana Convention in mid-September were treated to a gala evening party after the park had closed. The party was in Toontown, and it gave Disney's "imagineers" -- the ...

You have to love how the Disneyland Resort caters to the whole family. As you walk around you will see that there are rides for every age group as well as the entire family. This includes toddlers. Yet, say you are going on a play date with just toddlers, do you know where you can take them so they can have some fun while you do to? Here are the best rides for toddlers at Disneyland: It's a ...

I had never been to Disneyland. When I was growing up, we watched "The Wonderful World of Disney" TV show and thought it looked like a magical place, but the idea of piling all seven of us into the 1953 Plymouth and heading for California was not something that occurred to us. I didn't even know anyone who lived in California, and in those days our few vacations were generally to see family and friends. ...

Virtually every Disneyland ride and attraction will change in some way to accommodate the new normal of COVID-19 health and safety protocols when the Anaheim theme parks reopen following an extended coronavirus closure. Visitors returning to Disneyland will find social distancing measures stretching from attraction queues to the rides themselves with extensive sanitization measures throughout ...

Disneyland has been open since 1955, and there has never been a ride themed after the park 's iconic character and Walt Disney 's best pal, Mickey Mouse. In just a few years, Mickey will get his very own attraction at the Happiest Place on Earth: Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway. The ride won 't open for quite some time, but since it is set to be located in Mickey 's Toontown, it has us ...

Disneyland reveals which rides will be closed when the park reopens on April 30th. Here's the full list of what will not be open at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure: Buzz Lightyear 's Astro Blasters Chip 'N Dale Treehouse Davy Crockett 's Explorer Canoes Disneyland Monorail Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Donald 's ...

Disneyland is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, yet after its reopening in 2021, it has left guests disappointed with its minimal efforts to provide the charmful experience it once had. I have held a season pass to Disneyland since September 2021, so I have experienced most of the problems guests are reporting this year. Problems such as overcapacity and attraction mismanagement ...