Let It Go On Third Theme Park At Disneyland
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The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday shot down - for now - the long-rumored possibility of a third theme park in Anaheim. But CEO Bob Iger detailed plans for sequels to the company's hugely successful "Frozen" and "Star Wars" movie franchises.
Answering a question at the company's annual shareholders meeting in San Francisco, Iger said Disney does have plans to expand the Disneyland Resort. Iger previously ...
Life In The Fast Lane
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By the time Michael Sahagian arrives at his favorite theme park ride, the Batman roller coaster here at Six Flags Great Adventure, the line already is hundreds of people deep. The wait time posted on the faux-granite entrance is 90 minutes.
Sahagian, however, is unfazed.
Whipping out a green paper pass marked "reserved," he blows right past the line and ducks into a hidden back entrance to the ride, ...
Lifelong Fan Finds The Magic's Still Alive In Disneyland
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The Disney empire has struggled recently with attacks on CEO Michael Eisner, an unsolicited takeover bid, sour ratings at ABC and complaints that the theme parks are falling into disrepair. But none of that matters to my children or to me when we step into the Magic Kingdom. Indeed, all reality is suspended during those few days we visit Anaheim's Disneyland Resort each summer.
As a Disneyland regular ...
Lifeware Connects Current And Future Technology At Innoventions Dream Home
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Lifeware simplifies life for the fictional Elias family and educates visitors about the potential and possibilities for their own digital homes.
Lifeware™ is excited to announce its participation in the new Innoventions Dream Home at the Disneyland Resort, a technology showcase built in partnership with Disney, Microsoft, HP and homebuilder Taylor Morrison.
Lifeware brings the home to life to ...
Lightsabers At Disneyland Are Fan Favorite
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Fans of the movie Star Wars now have two places to build their own lightsaber when they exit Star Tours at Disneyland.
Before Star Tours re-opened in June, guests leaving the ride were funneled into the Star Trader merchandise shop. The guests would pass by a station where they could purchase and build their own lightsaber in eight or nine easy steps, depending on what kind of lightsaber they ...
Like Disney Turkey Legs Take The Smell Home
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Disneyland fans soon can take the smells of the park home with them.
Next month, Disney parks will begin selling air fresheners with the scents of park food items, including turkey legs.
The company is starting with four types that will sell for $5.95 each at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World, said Steven Miller, Disney merchandise communications manager.
Disney officials know ...
Likes Disneyland
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There has been criticism of "Disneyland" in Anaheim and I want to say a few words in defense of the Disney project.
Mr. Disney's motion pictures have been excellent and have had constructive and educational value. I feel his project in Anaheim is just as fine, and comes under the category of good planning and creative genius.
My husband, and I went to Disneyland recently and we were thrilled and ...
Line Starts Tonight For Disneyland's 24-Hour Party
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The big Leap Day promotion at Disneyland will kick off a day early on Tuesday night (tonight).
Disney is allowing visitors to line up starting at 10 p.m. Tuesday (tonight), eight hours before the park opens. The first 2,000 guests will get special Mickey Mouse ears.
Disneyland will stay open from 6 a.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday for the promotion, called One More Disney Day.
We ...
Line-Up Announced For 10th Annual Gay Days At Disneyland
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Following last year's successful event, which attracted nearly 30,000 gays and lesbians from California and all over the country, fans of Mickey and Minnie Mouse are once again preparing for the popular "gay days" event at Disneyland, set for Oct. 5-7 in Anaheim, Calif.
Modeled after the gay days at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., the Disneyland event is a "mix-in" with straight park-goers. Gays ...
Linkletter Returns To Disneyland
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Art Linkletter, who hosted the television broadcast of the opening of Disneyland in 1955, returned to the park to help preview Disneyland's 50th anniversary plans.
Linkletter, who will turn 93 this summer as the Southern California resort celebrates its birthday, reminisced on Friday about hosting the live television coverage of the park's opening.
"Everything was being done ad lib at the last ...
Lion King Show Coming To Fantasyland Theatre In 2022
A “Lion King” musical stage show coming to Disneyland offers a new adaptation of the ancestral story of how a young lion cub becomes king of the jungle told with singers, dancers and drummers.
The “Tale of the Lion King” show will move from Disney California Adventure to the Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland in 2022.
Disneyland hasn 't set a date yet for the start of the “Tale of ...
Litigious World After All
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A fun-filled day at Disneyland came to an abrupt end two years ago when Edward Bates tried to help his elderly mother step from an It's a Small World boat.
A novice ride operator is alleged to have accidentally hit a switch that caused the boat to lurch, throwing Bates off his feet and wedging him between the boat and walkway. The 50-year-old truck driver from Walnut wrenched his back and knee, racked ...
Little Kids Loved Mickey
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Paul Castle waved to children in thousands of parades, threw the first pitch at the opening of Angels Stadium of Anaheim, Calif., and opened a World's Fair with his boss, Walt Disney.
From 1961 to 1986, Castle posed in countless photographs with visitors to Disneyland, though they didn't know his name. He was the guy inside the Mickey Mouse costume five days a week.
"It was hot as an oven," Castle ...
Little Skimmer From Fairwinds
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An amphibious vehicle that rides on a cushion of air. No wings, wheels, or boat or such type bottom supporting it is under completion in Col. Melville W. Beardsley's garage at 40 Windward Drive, Fairwinds, Severna Park. "The Little Skimmer," as Beardsley calls it, rises about 15 inches off the ground (measuring from the framework to the ground) with a passenger and travels with equal success over pavement, ...
Live Action Ariel Meet And Greet Opens
Disneyland guests can now meet Ariel, from the newly released live-action movie “The Little Mermaid,” at the promenade near the “It 's a small world” attraction, theme park officials announced Friday.
The special meet and greet opened to celebrate the release of the new movie, which is now playing in theaters. Ariel will meet guests at a location inspired by Eric 's castle library.
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Live The Pirates Fantasy At Disneyland
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First came the ride. Then came the movie. Then the movie found its way into the ride.
Now pirates will be taking over another part of Disneyland when Pirate's Lair at Tom Sawyer Island opens Friday. All those pirates - including Jack Sparrow, ladies - who have been milling around New Orleans Square singing sea chanties, posing for pictures and insulting tourists as only pirates can will now be ...
Live-Action Dumbo Sneak Peek Flies Into Main Street Opera House For A Limited-Time Preview
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A sneak peek of the new "Dumbo" film about a ridiculed young circus elephant who learns to fly with the help of his enormous ears is now playing for a limited time in Disneyland's Main Street Opera House.
The preview promotes Disney's new live-action "Dumbo," opening in theaters on March 29. The remake expands on the flying elephant story of the original 1941 animated film that celebrated differences ...
Local Family Files Lawsuit Against Disneyland Claims Racism
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A local family filed a lawsuit Monday against Disneyland over claims of racism.
In August 2012, Annelia Black and her family took a trip to Disneyland to celebrate her nephew's birthday. Upon entering the gate, the White Rabbit -- a character from "Alice and Wonderland" -- greeted the family.
10News obtained a photo that was snapped of the smiling birthday boy next to the character. But moments ...
Local Horse Lover Is The Happiest Gal
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Alexis Cole has grown up in the High Desert, graduating from Granite Hills High School in 2012. Describing herself as the typical "horse crazy girl," Cole says she has always been interested in horses. When she was three years old, her mother gave her riding lessons as a gift.
After that, Cole says, "I was hooked."
What better career for someone with a love of horses than working with and around ...
Local Man Opens Show
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When the Bell Telephone System opens an exhibit at Disneyland this month, John F. Deutsch, Milan Ave., South Pasadena, will be in charge of exhibit and tour activities.
Deutsch, chief accounts supervisor for Pacific Telephone in Alhambra, was selected to head a group of 16 persons who will conduct tours of the Bell System exhibit and demonstrate modern communications equipment.
The Bell System ...
Local Veteran Recalls Meeting Walt Disney
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Longtime Victor Valley resident Bob Campbell Jr. said meeting Walt Disney, watching the birth of Disneyland and riding horses in the High Desert over 50 years ago is only a small part of his "long and wonderful life."
Campbell, a 74-year old Air Force veteran, said he still remembers the early 1950s when he and his Sunday school teacher, Willis John, met Disney at his office at the Walt Disney Studios ...
Lodi Insider's Guide To The Happiest Place On Earth
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Disneyland. The Happiest Place on Earth. The sound of the Disneyland Railroad steam whistle piercing the air. The wind blowing through your hair as you plunge into the darkness of Space Mountain. The aroma of popcorn as you stroll down Main Street U.S.A. The Magic Kingdom.
Oh, and the crowds packed shoulder to shoulder in the summer heat waiting to see a parade, seemingly endless lines for a ...
Lone Ranger In Disneyland The Untold Story Of The Films Scrapped Big Thunder Mountain Overlay
Ten years ago, Disney 's “The Lone Ranger” galloped into theaters everywhere.
An updated and deconstructed version of the character known primarily for his black mask and white horse (named Silver), the movie was a big-budget, high-concept adventure film from the same team behind Disney 's lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise - director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and ...
Long Hiatus For Indiana Jones Ride
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You can tell autumn is at hand at the Disneyland Resort not by the weather or even by the Halloween decorations, but by the return of park refurbishments.
Two small rides are closed in Fantasyland, the circus train and storybook boats. But the closure that will hurt during Halloween Time is the Indiana Jones Adventure, which part employees told me wouldn't be back in operation until early ...
Long Lines Greet Public On First Day Of Guardians Of The Galaxy
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The waits were as long as five to six hours for riders wanting to be the first to "drop-in" to "Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout!," the newest attraction at Disney California Adventure that opened to the public Saturday, May 27.
"It was like a six-hour wait, but it was definitely worth it," said Odette Medina, who traveled from San Diego to ride it on the first day.
The new ride replaced ...
Long Lost Disneyland Landmark Rediscovered
The future came and went a long time ago at Disneyland. When Walt Disney was building his dream park in Anaheim, time and money were scarce and Tomorrowland was a prime place to cut corners. Autopia and Rocket to the Moon were the biggest attractions, with much of the remaining real estate occupied by corporate educational exhibits like Monsanto 's Hall of Chemistry and Crane 's Bathroom of Tomorrow. ...
Longest And Shortest Waits
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When you 're at the Happiest Place on Earth, you want to feel, you know, happy. Waiting too long in line is the ideal way to feel decidedly displeased. My goal here is to arm you with the best information so that you 'll know which FastPasses to target and which lines aren 't that long. Here are the longest and shortest Disneyland wait-times.
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Longest Employed Worker Chef Oscar Martinez Retires After 60 Years
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Chef Oscar Martinez, the longest tenured employee at Disneyland Resort, retired Wednesday, Sept. 27.
The 81-year-old has worked at the theme park for 60 years. He's been a chef at Main Street, U.S.A.'s Carnation Cafe since 1967.
A Disneyland spokeswoman said Martinez "looks forward to traveling, visiting family and hopes to find time to relax."
Martinez could not be reached, he was at a ...
Long-Lost Disneyland Rides
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Opened in 1955, Disneyland in Anaheim, California has delighted visitors for decades with its eight themed "lands" of rides, shows and attractions. It just isn't possible to forget a first spin on Dumbo, rocketing through darkness on Space Mountain or singing along with those musical pirates before Johnny Depp stole their fame. The skallywag! But with the park constantly updating through the years, some of ...
Longtime Disneyland Art Director Wins Major Award
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Disneyland has a lot of Kim Irvine in it.
In more than 40 years with the company, Disneyland's art director has created trash cans to fit in with the lands, and renovated vending carts at least twice. She outlined Disney character costumes in "it's a small world" ride and chose animal figures for the transformed Rivers of America.
Even a model of her head sits in the Haunted Mansion.
On ...
Longtime Disneyland Guitarist Passes Away
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Ernie McLean, a longtime fixture in New Orleans Square, passed away, he was 87.
McLean was reportedly the last entertainer personally hired by Walt Disney. He was one of the first members of the Royal Street Bachelors that played regularly in the theme park.
McLean was a guitarist and played at the theme park solo in recent years.
On a personal note, I remember watching him perform with ...
