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 ...
Federal Government Investigating Alleged Civil-Rights Violations At Disneyland
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The federal government is investigating alleged civil-rights violations at Disneyland based on a Covina family's claims they were assaulted by park security guards.
Robin Paulson, 49, alleges that she and her four children were grabbed, shaken, kicked and punched April 19, 1995, by at least five Disneyland guards.
Myron Marlin, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, confirmed the case is ...
Feral Cats Who Live In The House Of The Mouse
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Disneyland, the place of magic and fairy tales, draws in millions of tourists a year, but the Happiest Place on Earth isn't just for people. Roaming through the lawn of the Haunted Mansion and hanging out near Splash Mountain are feral cats, who call the Anaheim, California theme park their home.
While Disneyland has never formally commented on the colony of Disneyland cats, it believed that they have ...
Fess Parker Dies Played Davy Crockett
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Fess Parker, the iconic actor who played Davy Crockett in Walt Disney's television show "Disneyland" in the 1950s, has died.
The actor died at his home. He was 85.
Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker died at his Santa Ynez Valley home. His death comes on the 84th birthday of his wife of 50 years, Marcella.
Parker played Davy Crockett for Walt Disney in "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild ...
Fifty Years And Five Days Of Disneyland
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It's hard to say when it was decided to schedule a vacation at Disneyland. A year of pictures dominated by apes, lions and burning flesh-and those were just the kids' movies-probably had something to do with it. In any case, it was time to celebrate Disneyland's golden anniversary in style.
Buyer's remorse set in as soon as the trip was confirmed. What could one possibly do for five days and four ...
Fight Breaks Out As Crowds Wait For Fantasmic
A fistfight briefly disrupted the crowd waiting for the return of Disneyland 's Fantasmic! on Saturday night, May 28, as brawlers were pulled apart by Disneyland security guards.
The return of the Fantasmic! nighttime spectacular after more than two years had been eagerly awaited by fans, and people lined along the banks of the Rivers of America to see it, near Pirates of the Caribbean. In a ...
Fight Breaks Out In Fantasyland With Kids And Strollers Stuck In The Middle
Kids were caught in the middle of a brawl at Disneyland as adults threw punches and delivered kicks while bumping into baby strollers during a fistfight in Fantasyland between the Monstro whale and the spinning teacup ride.
A fight involving at least five adults broke out on Sunday, Oct. 15 in the kiddie land of the Anaheim theme park, according to video posted to WDW News Today.
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Film Goes To Disneyland, Club 33 And The Disney Animation Research Library
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A couple weeks ago I traveled down to Los Angeles for a very unusual press day for Disney Animation Studio's new film The Princess and the Frog. Disney is really hoping to promote the return to hand drawn animation with an old school Disney look and feel, and took a group of online journalists on a day trip to Disneyland where we went behind the scenes, back to the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, before ...
Film Review: 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
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Since the previous Walt Disney Co. film based on one of its theme park attractions was the unbearable "The Country Bears," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is surprisingly not bad.
For one thing, the filmmakers draw upon the entire legend and lore of pirate life -- of high-seas ambushes, mountains of gold, cruel captains, lusty rogues, feisty damsels, drunken sailors, barroom ...
Final Days To Buy Disney Socal Ticket Deal
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Thursday marks the final day when Southern California residents can buy discounted tickets for the two local Disney parks.
Residents can pay $99 for two days at Disney parks Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Visitors can spend either one day at each park or two days at the same park. For an extra $10, buyers can go to both parks on the same day.
The regular price for a single-day, ...
Find Nemo At Redone Disneyland Ride
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The cheesy robotic mermaids and plastic fish have been beached, and Disneyland's submarine ride in Tomorrowland is now the domain of everyone's favorite flounder.
Nemo, Marlin, Dory and company will accompany guests on the new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, set to open June 11. Visitors sign on as crew members of the eight thoroughly overhauled vessels for an expedition to an erupting undersea ...
Find Nemo, Wait In Line For Hours At Disneyland
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Disneyland's Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride opened to the public Monday and proved so popular that customers waited in line for almost five hours to cast off.
The ride combines the Submarine Voyage, a 1959 ride that operated for 39 years, with characters from the Pixar movie.
One set of visitors told KCAL 9 that they arrived at 5:30 a.m. to get their place in line, and then "sat around and ...
Find Out What It Will Be Like To Ride Rise Of The Resistance In Star Wars Galaxys Edge
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The Rise of the Resistance attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge emerges from a rebel military outpost set up in a forest to avoid detection by First Order troops that have established a base nearby in the village of Black Spire Outpost on the remote planet of Batuu.
"You'll notice that there's a very temporary nature to everything out here," said John Larena, Walt Disney Imagineering executive ...
Find These 5 Easter Eggs In Haunted Mansion
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On this day, 51 years ago, Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion opened its doors to foolish mortals everywhere! In celebration of the attraction 's 51st anniversary, we 've uncovered a few Easter eggs we 've been just dying to crack open for Disney fans!
1. Like a Bat Out of Hell
The organ in the ballroom scene is actually Captain Nemo 's pipe organ-minus the pipes!-from the 1954 classic ...
Finding Dory Octopus Swims Into Submarine Lagoon
A seven-armed octopus from “Finding Dory” with camouflaging capabilities who just wants some peace and quiet is about to become visible to thousands of Disneyland visitors and a flock of squawking seagulls after hiding beneath a tarp in the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage lagoon.
Hank the septopus from “Finding Dory” will join the cast of amphibious creatures in the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ...
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage At Disneyland
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Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at the Disneyland Resort is one of the most popular attractions at the park. This attraction, hosted by Nemo, is where you will find long lines and great big smiles.
Each of the 8 submarines 'float' along the track and share in the experience of being under the sea with the kids. Taking 40 passengers at a time, your family will experience the best that Nemo has to offer. ...
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage: We All Wait In A Long, Long Line For A Yellow Submarine
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My friend Liz and I have annual passes to Disneyland ... y'know, Disneyland Annual Passports ... and they expired this past Monday. So, of course, we simply had to make a final trip to the Happiest Place on Earth on the expiration date.
We love Disneyland, and our goal for the day was to check out Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, which opened for business a few months ago and replaced the classic ...
Finding Nemo, Not Memories
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Disneyland is well-known for its "Imagineers," the people who combine imagination and engineering to create the spectacular. Their most amazing work, of course, is seen in commercials for the "Happiest Place on Earth."
Ever notice how Disneyland isn't crowded in the commercials? With some serious Imagineering, and a few actors, the most-crowded place on Earth looks like a park where you can stretch ...
Fire Alarm Evacuates Disney Restaurant Guests Into Rain For Over 1 Hour
If you are ever visiting a Disney Park, it is rare that something will go wrong. That being said, even in a world of fantasy such as this one, Guests will sometimes experience real-world upsets.
We have written about attraction evacuations multiple times, but it is much rarer for a building or restaurant to be evacuated. Typically, if a ride breaks down and it is unsafe for the attraction to ...
Fire Briefly Shuts Disneyland Train
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A small fire closed the Disneyland monorail system for almost two hours, but no one was hurt, officials said. The fire started in a fiberglass awning that hangs between the monorail and the street near the Disneyland Hotel station, park spokesman Paul Goldman said. The 2.5-mile monorail system shut down automatically when the fire broke out. No one was in the area and no injuries were reported. A section ...
Fire Caused By Generator Officials Say
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A generator in a construction site at Disneyland caused a blaze that forced a shutdown of Adventureland, a spokesman for a state agency that regulates the Anaheim theme park's rides said Wednesday.
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health reached out to Disneyland after seeing reports of the Feb. 6 blaze in a backstage area between the Disneyland Firehouse and the Emporium gift ...
Fire In Disneyland Parking Structure Burns 8 Cars Injures 7 People And Prompts Evacuations
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At least eight cars caught fire at a Disneyland parking structure Monday night, injuring park staffers, prompting some evacuations and causing nearly $180,000 in damage, authorities said.
During the blaze, seven Disney employees suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation, four of whom were taken to the hospital, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt, a spokesman for the Anaheim Police Department.
No foul play ...
Fire Partially Damages New Orleans Square Train Station
An after hours fire at Disneyland that damaged the New Orleans Square train station has left the faint smell of smoke wafting over the Anaheim theme park during the busy holiday season.
The fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 29 during Disneyland 's overnight shift was quickly extinguished, according to Anaheim Fire Department officials.
The small fire ...
Fire Quickly Extinguished At Disneyland
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A small fire broke out Sunday on a loading dock behind Disneyland in Anaheim, fire authorities said.
Visitors to the park said the smoke could be seen from the parking lot at about 4:45 p.m. from the Disneyland Resort on 1020 West Ball Road.
Disneyland firefighters quickly extinguished the small blaze.
A Disneyland spokeswoman said the fire came from a loading dock north of the ...
Fire Quickly Extinguished At Disneyland
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A small fire was knocked down near the "It's a Small World" attraction at Disneyland Saturday night. No injuries were reported.
Disneyland's fire crew responded to the scene and knocked down the blaze by 9:48 p.m.
Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the fire occurred in a backstage area adjacent to the famed attraction. "It's a Small World" was not damaged and no one was injured.
The ...
Fired Disney Workers Angry
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Several former Disneyland employees are crying foul after being fired late last year for allegedly stealing complimentary passes to the theme park.
One worker, Jacqueline Madory, filed a lawsuit against Disneyland on Feb. 18 in Orange County Superior Court.
Madory, a 16-year Disneyland veteran, said she was held five hours in a "freezing cold," windowless room, denied food, and allowed to go to ...
Fired Workers Say Disneyland Played Rough
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Raising new questions about hard-edged Disneyland security tactics, some former guest-relations workers contend they were threatened during lengthy interrogations, then fired improperly for allegedly stealing passes to the Anaheim park.
The workers, normally among the park's most trusted, are authorized to print free tickets for patrons who complain of bad experiences--a rained-out parade, say, ...
Firefighters Rescue Worker Suspended Inside Attraction
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A contractor working on the "Small World" attraction at Disneyland slipped and fell Friday morning and was rescued by firefighters.
About 4 a.m. Anaheim Fire and Rescue responded to a call of a technical rescue at the amusement park and discovered the worker, who was wearing complete safety gear, including a harness, suspended about 20 feet off the ground, according to Sgt. Daron Wyatt of the Anaheim ...
Firefighters Rush To Disneyland Facility
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Firefighting units from Disneyland and a single unit from Anaheim were activated Wednesday morning when smoke began wafting from a storage facility at the park, an Anaheim Fire Department supervisor said.
The fire, in a commercial storage facility on a Disney backlot, was reported at 1:26 a.m. the supervisor said, adding that light smoke was visible at the scene but the Anaheim unit was not needed.
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Fireworks Return In Time For Fourth Of July
Disneyland is bringing back fireworks this summer in time for the Fourth of July holiday celebration after the nighttime shows were put into hibernation while the Anaheim theme park was shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic and beginning a phased reopening.
“Mickey 's Mix Magic” will be presented nightly at Disneyland beginning on July 4 with fireworks, video projections, show lighting and lasers ...
Fireworks Touch Off Small Blaze At Disneyland
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Several cardboard boxes full of files caught on fire during the Disneyland fireworks show Wednesday night.
The boxes were stacked outdoors in Disneyland's back lot near the Ball Road entrance when a lit firework from the nightly "Remember Dreams Come True" fireworks extravaganza drifted onto the boxes, touching off a small blaze, Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman Maria Sabol said.
Anaheim ...
