Disney Turns 100 Here Is A Look Back At Price Changes Over The Years Including The 1 Dollar Ticket When Disneyland Opened In 1955
One hundred years ago today, Walt Disney and his brother Roy signed an agreement to form Disney Bros. Studios, which would produce a live-action/animated film series called The Alice Comedies.
Walt himself starred in the first of the shorts, but they would hardly be the sort of things an empire was built upon. The real turning point would come five years later with the release of Steamboat ...
Disney University Teaches The Art Of Making Customer Magic
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Disney University teaches employees the principles of making memorable experiences.
If Disney University had an inscription carved in marble somewhere, that phrase would be it.
From how to stand when speaking to a visitor to the genesis of the company's practices, Disney University is the entertainment giant's training unit, graduating thousands of workers every year-every public-contact employee ...
Disney Unveils Disneyland Toontown Revamp
When Mickey's Toontown reopens sometime early next year, visitors will see a newly reimagined area of Disneyland.
The moment visitors walk underneath the Disneyland train trestle that separates Fantasyland from Toontown, they'll first encounter CenTOONial Park.
There, they'll see a large manicured grassy area and, in the middle, a Dream Tree modeled after the same tree ...
Disney Ups Halloween Party Prices
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The Disneyland Resort has more than doubled prices for its special Halloween trick-0r-treat parties since they started five years ago.
This year, the cost starts at $49 each for advanced tickets on most nights, but tickets can go up to $59 for Oct. 29 and 31 at Disneyland. In 2005, the prices began at $18 when the parties debuted at Disney California Adventure.
Tickets to the general public go on ...
Disney Vacation Pros Dish Up Budgeting Tips for Trips
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Taking a Disney vacation can be pure magic.
That's what it feels like for Becca Robins of Boise, Idaho. She travels to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, about twice a year with her husband and three sons - one 7-year-old and 3-year-old twins.
"We really fell in love with it when we had our first son," says Robins, who runs the travel blog This Crazy Adventure Called Life. She and her husband ...
Disney Version
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For all the natural grandeur of the west, its greatest tourist attraction is a synthetic creation: Disneyland-the subject, along with Disney's films and Disney himself, of Richard Schickel's The Disney Version (Simon and Schuster, $6.50). Those who remember Disney fondly may find this book discomforting or worse. Schickel's view is critical and frequently provocative, though not a diatribe of the sort that ...
Disney Voice Over Actors Bring Theme Park Rides To Life
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Voice-over actors are the hidden artists who provide the audio atmosphere and essential back stories that bring theme parks to life..
From the parking lot tram spiel to park-wide announcements to ride narrations, the best work of voice-over actors often goes unnoticed simply because it blends so seamlessly into the overall theme park experience.
During the upcoming ScareLA convention on Aug. 8 ...
Disney Wants To Invest $1 Billion At Disneyland In Exchange For No New Gate Tax
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The Walt Disney Co. is seriously considering a $1 billion-plus expansion of the Disneyland Resort with new attractions, a new parking structure with at least 5,000 spots and other improvements to the massive theme park complex.
In exchange for the investment, Disney wants the city of Anaheim to forgo a tax on theme park admission tickets for another 30 years, according to a public notice published ...
Disney Wants To Make Theme Park Rides Controlled By Your Emotions
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Disney has filed a patent for theme park rides that can be controlled by your emotions.
Titled, 'Sensing and Managing Vehicle Behaviour Based on Occupant Awareness', the patent seeks to develop technology which can read the facial expressions of riders, determining their emotions and customising the experience around those emotions.
Bored? Your vehicle may suddenly speed up, or start spinning ...
Disney Welcomes Young At Heart To Disneyland
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"To all who come to this happy place: welcome. Disney-land is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past ... and here youth may savour the challenge and promise of the future.
"Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America ... with the hope. that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."
These words ...
Disney Will Close Mcdonalds Restaurants In Anaheim
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A spokeswoman says the move is unrelated to the theme park company's push for healthier children's food.
McDonald's Corp. is apparently no longer "lovin' it" at the "Happiest Place on Earth."
The three McDonald's restaurants at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will close Sept. 2 as part of planned refurbishments, Disneyland spokeswoman Lisa Haines said Thursday.
Disney has been promoting ...
Disney Will Explore Disneyland History With Behind The Attraction
What do you know about The Haunted Mansion? How about Space Mountain, or The Jungle Cruise? People have loved these iconic Disney rides for decades, but it takes a special breed of fan to actually research the history of how they were created. Disney+ hopes to make those stories a little more accessible, while also shining a spotlight on the brilliant Imagineers who made these attractions possible, with ...
Disney Will Go Polynesian With New Ahmet Zappa Film
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"Pirates of the Caribbean" is one of the most successful franchises in the history of Disney. But when it comes to classic action-adventure, the company that Walt built isn't stopping with Jack Sparrow.
The studio is developing an adventure film from a script by Ahmet Zappa -- yes, son of Frank -- that's set against a Polynesian backdrop.
Sources close to the project said Zappa and writing ...
Disney Won't Open Event To Regular Guests After All
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Disneyland made an announcement this summer: Regular visitors could buy tickets for a normally closed holiday event, the Candlelight Ceremony.
But now Disney is largely restricting the ceremony to annual passholders who win tickets through a lottery, as well as invited guests. Signups for the online lottery end Sunday.
Since 1958, Disneyland has hosted the classic Candlelight Ceremony in a ...
Disney Worker Avoided Burns In Fireworks Incident
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A Disneyland employee quickly moved away from fireworks when he heard a suspicious noise before it exploded, avoiding any burns in a rare incident last week, according to an Anaheim Fire Department report.
Disneyland tonight is canceling the nightly fireworks display for the seventh time in the past eight nights. Disney began halting the shows after an employee was taken to the hospital for a ...
Disney Worker Collapses, Dies Of Natural Causes
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A longtime cast member at Disneyland died after collapsing inside the amusement park on Wednesday afternoon.
Philip Doyle, 58, of Corona died of natural causes, Deputy Coroner Larry Esslinger said Friday. Doyle had been under a doctor's care for a previous medical condition.
Philip Doyle, 58, a food-services cast member at Disneyland collapsed at the park Wednesday and later died.
Doyle, ...
Disney Worker Injured In Space Mountain
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A Disneyland machinist, struck by a Space Mountain vehicle last week, remained hospitalized Tuesday in a critical-care unit, officials said.
The 68-year-old employee was injured Oct. 3 after the park closed. The machinist was returning a vehicle that had been out of commission back onto the ride when something went awry and the vehicle hit him. The impact caused back, chest and head injuries, said ...
Disney Worker Taken To Hospital After Fall
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A Disneyland Resort construction subcontractor this morning was taken to the hospital for back pain after falling into a trench in an employee-only area inside Disneyland, fire officials said.
The man was working on a trench, which was up to 5-feet deep, when he fell in this morning before the park opened, said Maria Sabol, an Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman.
About 14 firefighters responded ...
Disney Workers On Set Extras In Wonderland
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Disneyland employees who work on Main Street, U.S.A., got an unusual request: How'd you like to be in a Tom Hanks movie?
"I said, "Attaboy! Put me down,'" said Steve Finley, a 40-year Disneyland employee.
Two Main Street drivers and a balloon vendor were among the handful of Disneyland employees who served as extras in "Saving Mr. Banks," released this month.
The movie, starring Hanks as ...
Disney World And Disneyland Celebrate Weeklong Fourth Of July
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On June 14, Disney Parks Blog released details on its special Fourth of July events at both Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. As part of Disney's Limited Time Magic promotion, both Disney Parks will celebrate Independence Day for an entire week, from July 1-7.
Fourth of July at Walt Disney World Resort
As the Disney Parks Blog notes, "Independence ...
Disney World And Disneyland Have 11 Iconic Matching Attractions Heres Which Park Has The Best Version Of Each Ride
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Disney parks are known for thrilling rides, epic foods and drink, and a creatively magical experience. The original Disneyland park in California has many rides that match up with Florida's Disney World, but not all rides are created equal. For example, the Space Mountain in Disney World is drastically different (and worse) than its California counterpart.
After visiting both parks, we selected 11 ...
Disney Worries Housing Project Near Parks Would Be Eyesore
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A plan to put 1,500 condos and apartments within the shadows of Disneyland is drawing criticism from Walt Disney Co. officials, who argue such housing would be an eyesore located that close to the company's amusement parks.
The City Council has embraced the project, which calls for 1,300 condominiums and 200 low-cost apartments, in hopes of easing a housing shortage.
Disney officials agree ...
Disneybounders At Disneyland On Its Unofficial May The Fourth
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Star Wars fans have claimed May the Fourth as their day and typically it is nowhere more evident than Disneyland.
May the Fourth is a play on the Star Wars phrase "May the force be with you."
Many attend the park that day dressed in Star Wars costumes, but not as many came in costume this year. Disneyland changed the rules and now limit costume-wear by adults at its parks.
Now, more visitors ...
Disneyland
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It may be more than the kids can bear. It has an Adventureland from Tahiti, a Frontierland entered through the log gates of an old fort complete with a Davy Crockett museum, a Fantasyland full Snow White, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and all their associates, and a Tomorrowland with a Space Port. Walt Disney arranged it all, of course, and then named it Disneyland. Sprawled over 160 acres at Anaheim, Calif., ...
Disneyland
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This July, Walt Disney will realize a lifelong dream, when the fabulous wonderland he is raising out of the dust of a 160-acre tract in the heart of California's orange-growing country opens to the public. The 5 million young at heart who are expected to visit it annually will know it as Disneyland-"a place where you can leave Today, with its cares and worries, behind and enter a world of Yesterday, ...
Disneyland -- Accessibility Update
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If you want to have fun, and you enjoy Mickey and Minnie Mouse as well as the rest of Disney's wonderful creations like my wife and I do, then you certainly should visit Disneyland when in the Los Angeles area.
The rides are more accessible in Disney World, which is in Florida, but allowing that Disneyland was built 40 years ago, these folks have done a great job of modifying their facilities where they ...
Disneyland The Exhibit Takes A Ride Through 60 Years Of History
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Here's a challenge: Try to condense 60 years of Disneyland history into a single museum-like exhibit.
That's the test facing Becky Cline, Walt Disney Archives director. She's putting the finishing touches on "Walt Disney Archives Presents - Disneyland: The Exhibit," which in August will attempt to encompass the theme park's past six decades for D23 Expo, Disney's biennial fan event.
Now factor in ...
Disneyland 55 And Still A Major Force
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Disneyland The Happiest Place on Earth turns 55 this summer. Clearly, Walt Disney's dream of creating a family park where parents and children could have fun together is here to stay.
But that's not to say Disneyland hasn't seen its share of changes in 5½ decades. Indeed, one of the biggest overhauls in the Anaheim, Calif., resort's history is currently under way inside California Adventure.
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Disneyland 60 Things You Might Not Know About The Magic Kingdom
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TV show named "Gunsmoke" made its debut, and another named "Make Room for Daddy" won two Emmys. Elvis Presley and Pat Boone had young hearts all shook up, and for the first time, they could listen to those crooners and others on a new gadget called a pocket transistor radio. A new car cost $1,900, gasoline was 23 cents a gallon and rents averaged $87 a month..
It was 1955. On July 17 of that year - a ...
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 ...
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 ...
