Fans Have Strong Opinions About That Splash Mountain Re Theme Idea
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The Disney theme parks haven't reopened yet, and yet one of the most popular attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World has become a major topic of conversation in recent days. A petition was recently started that urged the Disney Parks to re-theme Splash Mountain by removing the elements of Song of the South and replace them with The Princess and the Frog. As one might expect, the suggestion that ...
Fans Line Up For Last Day Of Disneyland's Star Tours
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Disney fan Chris Cardenas believes he has ridden Star Tours about 80 times at Disneyland. But the 37-year-old made a special trip to the park Monday to take one last ride on his favorite attraction.
Monday marks the last day that the current version of Star Tours is open to the public. Starting Tuesday, the ride will close for renovations. Star Tours is set to reopen next year as a 3D attraction. A ...
Fans Petition For Disney To Stop Casting White People In Roles For People Of Color
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It 's not uncommon for Disneyland and Disney World Guests to have memories of meeting characters at the Disney Parks - but it seems as though many Guests can recall seeing these character portrayed by white people instead of people of color, or people who are of the ethnic background of that character.
Now, some fans are making an effort to hold Disney Parks and Resorts accountable to casting ...
Fantasmic Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary Days Before Its Return
Fantasmic!, Disney 's longest-running nighttime spectacular, made its debut at Disneyland on May 13th, 1992. Today, Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) shared a tweet celebrating the 30th anniversary of this beloved show, which will make its way back into Disneyland 's Rivers of America on May 28th to delight the young and young at heart.
Disney Parks Blog describes this nighttime spectacular as ...
Fantasmic Delayed At Disneyland Until Spring 2024
Disneyland announced tonight that its Fantasmic! nighttime spectacular will not return to the Rivers of America until next spring. And that, when the show does return, it no longer will include the Maleficent figure that caught fire this past spring.
"Our goal is to always deliver the best possible show for our guests," a Disneyland spokesperson said. "With that in mind, we are planning the ...
Fantasmic Dining Reservations Open
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Perhaps you've visited a certain theme park located at 1313 Disneyland Drive in Anaheim over the last few months with a specific, sparkly-eyed goal in mind: Be dazzled, once again, by the Main Street Electrical Parade.
The limited-time experience, which has wended its way through Disneyland Park since January 2017, at least on this particular go-around, came with something a bit tantalizing to those ...
Fantasmic Dragon Set To Debut Tonight At Disneyland — Finally
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After months of false starts and frustrating anticipation, the Fantasmic dragon will finally take the stage at Disneyland tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009) at 8:15 p.m., according to park officials.
Despite top billing, the oft-delayed dragon failed to appear during the Anaheim theme park's Summer Nightastic promotion.
Expect big crowds along the Rivers of America tonight as the news spreads via ...
Fantasmic Drops Old Favorites For New Stars
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Disneyland faced a daunting challenge with the remake of the 25-year-old "Fantasmic" nighttime spectacular: How do you update a beloved modern classic without alienating its die-hard fans?
The Anaheim theme park has succeeded with a retooled show that largely hews to the original story line with just a sprinkling of new characters and technological flourishes.
For the uninitiated, "Fantasmic" ...
Fantasmic Fun At Anaheim Disneyland
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As summer winds down, be sure not to miss the musical extravaganza Fantasmic! at Disneyland in Anaheim. The show depicts Mickey's rousing dream of good versus evil. This colorful phantasmagoria pits famous Disney characters heroes and villains in sweeping battles rendered with symphonic majesty.
Disney characters perform in digital movie form on enormous screens of water and live. Dazzling ...
Fantasmic Show Times Announced For Disneyland Return
It has now been announced on the official Disneyland Resort website that Fantasmic! will be performed at 9:00PM and 10:30PM from Saturday May 28, 2022. These showtimes are subject to change so be sure to check out the calendar before you go just in case a change has been made.
Walt Disney World fans are still eagerly awaiting news of when Fantasmic! will restart at Disney's Hollywood ...
Fantasmic Show To Remain On Hiatus Through At Least Labor Day After Prop Fire
The Disneyland Resort announced it's decided to put its "Fantasmic!" show on hiatus through at least Labor Day.
Last month, the massive animatronic dragon featured in the show became engulfed in flames during a live performance.
Disneyland issued a statement Friday, saying, "Our goal is to always deliver the best possible show for our guests. With that in mind, we've made ...
Fantasmic Will Get An Upgrade When It Returns This Summer
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Disneyland fans who are suffering attraction withdrawal should get some relief this summer when the Anaheim park reopens some familiar features that closed last year to make way for construction of the new Star Wars land.
Disney said Friday that Fantasmic, the Disneyland attraction that combines fire, water and lights, will relaunch this summer with new special effects and new movie scenes. No ...
Fantasmic!
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Part of the fun of a trip to Disneyland is watching its version of "Fantasmic!" At Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, "Fantasmic!" plays in a specially built theater, but at Disneyland it just takes place in the middle of the park. Guests watch from Frontierland across the Rivers of America. The show is staged on Tom Sawyer's Island.
Yes, that leads to some odd moments: Instead of Sorceror Mickey ...
Fantasy At Yuletide
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In typical Walt Disney fashion-the beautifully spectacular - Disneyland staged its "Fantasy on Parade" Saturday night as its contribution to the joy of the Christmas season.
Visitors to the Magic Kingdom got a treat Saturday afternoon, a full scale preview of the extravaganza which made its formal debut Saturday night, then shows today at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. It's to be repeated at various times ...
Fantasy Faire Makes Regal Debut At Disneyland Park March 12
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Enchanted Village Features Royal Hall for Princess Greetings, Royal Theatre for Interactive Storytelling
'Mickey and the Magical Map' Live Show Also Opens in 2013; Sofia the First and Doc McStuffins Join 'Disney Junior - Live on Stage!'
For many guests at Disneyland Park, the encounter with a Disney Princess and her story is an essential part of any visit. Beginning March 12, 2013, Disney ...
Fantasy Faire New Disneyland Attraction Opens March 12
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It took a village to capture Elizabethan England in Disneyland's newest attraction.
Fantasy Faire actually is a mini-village, and it celebrates the era of best-loved fairy tales. It opens to visitors on March 12.
The Fantasy Faire was built where the old Carnation Plaza Gardens and dance floor used to be, in an odd corner between the entrances to Frontierland and the Sleeping Beauty Castle.
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Fantasy Faire Opens At Disneyland With Princess Meet And Greet Plus Two New Shows
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Fantasy Faire, a storybook village square and the latest expansion of Fantasyland at Disneyland Park, opened to the public today.
Located on the west side of Central Plaza at the Anaheim, Calif., park, the highlight of the village square is Tangled Tower, a sculpture inspired by the story of Rapunzel. After dark, Rapunzel's hair, twisting around the tower sculpture, comes to life with twinkling ...
Fantasy Faire Replacing Carnation Plaza Gardens
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An iconic Disneyland entertainment area is soon to be transformed into a meeting place for their favorite Disney princesses.
Disney announced Carnation Plaza Gardens, a fixture in the Plaza Hub since 1956, will be replaced by Fantasy Faire.
Disney Imagineer Michel Den Dulk said the new area will be a storybook village where park-goers can meet Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and ...
Fantasy On Parade
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All new, and packed with excitement, the 1967 premiere of Walt Disney's Fantasy on Parade opens the Disneyland Christmas Season on Saturday night, December 16, at 9:00 p.m., with scores of Hollywood celebrities scheduled to attend.
During the following two weeks, through December 31., the parade will he held twice on Main Street, U.S.A., at 3:00 and 9:00 p.m., except on December 24, 25, ...
Fantasy On Parade
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Some of the most humorous and colorful Disney characters over imagined will come to life this Christmas at Disneyland as a fresh new approach to parading, Fantasy On Parade, will make two appearances daily from December 17 through December 31, after a colorful premiere at 9,00 p.m. on Saturday, December 16.
Instead of the usual band and Boat procession, Fantasy On Parade is a series of ...
Fantasy On Parade Set At Disneyland
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An entirely new kind of parade will greet. Disneyland visitors this Christmas season with daily performances of "Fantasy on Parade" from T Saturday through Jan. 2.
Walt Disney his discarded the traditional "band, float and horse" procession for "a fresh new approach to parading-- a series of marching shows starring humorous and la colorful Disney characters.
Performs Named
Each of the 25 ...
Farewell To The Historic Carnation Plaza Gardens At Disneyland
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Announced at the D23 Expo in August of last year, Carnation Plaza Gardens at Disneyland park was scheduled to be reimagined into the new Fantasy Faire an enchanting village square that will immerse guests in the stories of their favorite princesses. The construction was to have begun in September 2011, but for some reason never took place.
It has now been recently announced that at the end of the ...
Farley The Fiddler Disneyland Roping Joking Fiddling Cowboy Hangs Up His Spurs And Heads For The Sunset
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Disneyland 's Farley the Fiddler will be hanging up his spurs this holiday weekend after decades of entertaining generations of dedicated fans with music and laughter as the roping, joking, fiddling cowboy of Frontierland.
Gary Francisco, better known to his legions of Disneyland fans as Farley the Fiddler, will retire from his daily Disneyland gig on Memorial Day after a half century of ...
Fast Track
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As goes Disneyland, so goes its monorail. Introduced in 1959 as a one-stop closed loop, the emblematic train system has undergone its share of changes over the years.
The first major renovation occurred in 1961, when Walt Disney and Disneyland VP of operations Joe Fowler (in
suits, above) oversaw construction of a monorail station at the Disneyland Hotel. Previously, passengers could get on and ...
Fastpass Service At Disneyland Resort
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Free to all guests
Available for 13 attractions
Spend less time standing in line
The FASTPASS attraction entrances are separate, with much shorter lines
Park admission passport goes into the machine
A ticket prints out with a window of time to return
Simple to use
Saves time for more fun
Follow these 3 easy steps to learn how to use Disney's FASTPASS Service at ...
Fatal Attraction
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It was one of the most calamitous weeks in the history of America's amusement parks. On August 22, a 12-year-old boy was killed after plummeting some 200 feet from the Drop Zone Stunt Tower at Paramount's Great American park in Santa Clara, Calif. The next day, a 20-year-old man partially removed himself from an overhead harness at the end of a 50-mph Shockwave roller-coaster ride at Paramount's Kings ...
Father Sues Disneyland For Sons Injury
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A petition filed in Superior Court yesterday sought $1250 from Disneyland Inc. as settlement for damages suffered by a teenage boy in a miniature auto.
Garland Sumrall, of 2922 S. Mayflower Ave, stated in his petition to settle a disputed claim that his 10-year-old son. Garland Jr. suffered a broken leg, cuts, bruises and shock from an accident at the Orange Country amusement park April 14, 1956.
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Fathers Treehouse
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I believe this: When we begin to lose those closest to us, we receive an aura, like the forewarning of an illness, just before it happens. One day my father started building a treehouse -- an elaborate Disney-inspired fantasy -- in our backyard. That was the day I knew our family would eventually shatter like a hot marble dropped in ice water.
A third-generation Californian, something rare in a state ...
Favorite Attractions At Disneyland, California Adventure And Upcoming Changes
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Space Mountain, Indiana Jones Adventure, Haunted Mansion, Toy Story Mania! and 'World of Color' are among the best attractions.
The granddaddy of American theme parks changes little from year to year but seems to get better with age.
Among my favorite Disneyland standbys: The Space Mountain indoor roller coaster, the Indiana Jones Adventure dark ride and the venerable Haunted Mansion.
The ...
Favorite Park Noshes At Disneyland
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Let's face it. All that walking, waiting, and ride hopping that you'll do at Disneyland can work up an appetite. If you're not ready to sit down to a full meal, then grabbing a quick snack or drink may be just the thing you need to recharge and keep up with the rest of the thrill seekers. Our favorite park noshes worth a try:
Cove Bar - Mickey's Fun Wheel $10.25
This colorful, fruity cocktail is ...
Featured Attraction Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
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Happy New Year to you all. Welcome back to the history of different attractions at Disney Parks. We will continue to explore the history and development of the attractions. Today we will dive into the history of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland in California. This attraction has an interesting history as it has almost been shut down numerous times. There is even rumors and speculation that ...
