11 Attractions From Opening Day
Dateline: 7/11/2021
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When Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955, it wasn 't an immediate success. The park experienced numerous setbacks, including counterfeit tickets, concession shortages, and malfunctioning rides. But it also featured many rides and attractions that are considered classic parts of the Wonderful World of Disney today. Here are 11 attractions guests got
Is A New Gumbo Shop Coming To New Orleans Square
Dateline: 6/10/2021
Status: Current
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Ever since Disneyland reopened in April, we 've been scouring the entire resort looking for all the changes, refurbishments and new offerings that were produced during its COVID closure. Some things have been very obvious like the new queue lines for Peter Pan 's Flight and Storybook Canal Boats.
Others, like the refurb of Snow White and the addition of
Snow White Ride Makeover How Critics Underestimate The Timeless Princess
Dateline: 5/26/2021
Status: Current
Source: Los Angeles Times
True love, such a naive thing.
A romantic happily ever after has been depicted in overly idealized ways for generations in animated fairy tales but is no longer the rage among modern Disney heroines.
At the end of “Frozen 2" Elsa is just getting to know herself while her sister, Anna, had to let go of her preconceived notions of love before she
New Snow White Ride Adds Magic But Also A New Problem
Dateline: 5/1/2021
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Let's get this out of the way first: Snow White's Enchanted Wish, the revamped ride that replaced Snow White's Scary Adventures in Disneyland, is really good. The attraction preserves much of the charm of what originally opened in 1955 at the park's debut, but gives it a more cohesive storyline that's true to the 1938 movie. It also adds in the movie's
What It Is Like At A Reopened Disneyland
Dateline: 5/1/2021
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Yesterday was a big day for theme park lovers and Californians alike.
The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California finally reopened after more than 13 months of pandemic closures. California residents were the only guests permitted to visit on reopening day, so I hopped on a plane (my first flight since last March!) from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area
How Disneyland Made Snow White Ride Less Scary And More Happily Ever After
Dateline: 4/27/2021
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Source: Orange County Register
Walt Disney Imagineering 's Dave Caranci remembers feeling a mix of trepidation and excitement about riding the Snow White dark ride in Fantasyland for the first time as a 5-year-old visiting Disneyland with his family.
“The first time I rode it was in the early ‘70s and it scared me to death,” said Caranci, Imagineering 's manager of creative development.
Disneys Imagination Soars Again
Dateline: 4/25/2021
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Magical touches added before the reopening of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure
After the longest closure in its 66-year history, Disneyland will reopen Friday with magical changes to one of its original rides.
In Fantasyland, Snow White 's Scary Adventures has been reimagined as Snow White 's Enchanted Wish.
Visitors will see
Snow White Ride Has Been Scaring Kids For Decades But Its New Makeover Should Change That
Dateline: 3/2/2021
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While Disneyland in Anaheim, California, has been closed to visitors, it's given one of its long-standing attractions a major makeover.
The theme park's Snow White's Scary Adventures ride will soon be known as Snow White's Enchanted Wish - but it isn't just the name that's changing. The ride itself has been redone and includes all-new
Disneyland Gives Renamed Snow White Dark Ride A New Happily Ever After Ending
Dateline: 12/22/2020
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Source: Mercury News
Disneyland has removed the scary ending from Snow White 's Scary Adventures and added a happily ever after finale to the classic Fantasyland dark ride that will return when the Anaheim theme park reopens following an extended coronavirus closure.
Walt Disney Imagineering updated the interior and exterior of the Snow White 's Scary Adventures attraction during
Snow Whites Enchanted Wish New Happy Ending When Disneyland Reopens
Dateline: 12/17/2020
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We expect some major changes to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure when the Disneyland Resort theme parks reopen sometime in 2021. One of the changes that we know is for certain is the refurbishment of Snow White‘s Scary Adventures, announced in late 2019. Here, we take a deep dive into this original attraction at the Happiest Place on Earth and share what we can
John Stamos Disney Collection Is The Stuff Of Legend
Dateline: 10/28/2020
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Making it big on a television series is a great way for a performer to make a legacy in acting, and this is precisely what John Stamos was able to do on the series Full House. Before Friends, The Office, and The Bachelor made their way onto the small screen, Full House was dominating on television, and Stamos used his time on the show to become a major star.
Preps For Reopening Plexiglass Installed At Park
Dateline: 8/21/2020
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As Disneyland Park still does not have a timeline announced to the public about its reopening, they are still hard at work implementing health and safety measures as they await more guidelines from state officials for reopening theme parks in California. On a visit to Downtown Disney, it can be seen that they are installing physical distancing measures at the entrance to
How 50 Attractions Could Change When The Parks Reopen
Dateline: 8/1/2020
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
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
Which Shows And Attractions Will Remain Closed When The Park Reopens
Dateline: 7/2/2020
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The Magic Happens parade, Fantasmic nighttime spectacular, Mickey 's Mix Magic fireworks, “Frozen” stage show and more than a dozen attractions may not return until a later date when Disneyland and Disney California Adventure finally reopen.
Social distancing measures will force Disneyland and Disney California Adventure to keep some parades, nighttime
Halt Construction During Coronavirus Closure
Dateline: 3/23/2020
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disney has halted construction on the Avengers Campus themed land at Disney California Adventure and Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway dark ride at Disneyland during the coronavirus closures of the Anaheim theme parks.
In line with direction from government and health officials, the temporary closure of Disneyland Resort includes construction sites, Disney
10 Major Rides In Disneyland That Are Not At Disney World
Dateline: 3/21/2020
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When it comes to the American Disney Parks, it's a regular Battle Royale between the east coast and the west coast. On the one hand, Disneyland is Walt's original park. On the other, you have a bigger, better, and brighter version of the California classic. In our humble opinion, it all comes down to a matter of attraction.
Walt Disney World in Orlando
Four Classic Rides Just Closed For A Massive Makeover
Dateline: 1/31/2020
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As you get ready to plan your park visit, it's helpful to know which attractions could be closed and when. Four Disneyland rides closed for refurbishment this year; they're going to look so different!
Don't worry, though. The closures are all seasonal and will re-open at various times throughout the year. So here's the big question. What rides are
A Guest Literally Pulled The Sword Excalibur From The Stone
Dateline: 1/14/2020
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
Legend tells of the Sword in the Stone, a weapon that can only be pulled from its resting place by the new king. For decades that sword has rested in front of King Arthur's Carousel at Disneyland, and now, it appears we have a new leader, because somebody apparently pulled the sword from the stone.
A few days ago the sword, which sits in front of the
Events And Attractions Coming In 2020
Dateline: 1/14/2020
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland would never be finished as long as there was imagination. Clearly, there has been no lack of imagination, as the California theme park, and the many Disney Parks that followed it, have continued to update and change over time. This means that even if you visit a place like Disneyland Resort every year, there will almost always be
Disney Recalls The Small World War And The Challenges Of Changing Classic Rides
Dateline: 12/19/2019
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Source: Mercury News
Walt Disney Imagineering faces an never-ending challenge: Should Disney 's creative team change a classic Disneyland ride or preserve the beloved attraction for nostalgia 's sake?
The fifth episode of “The Imagineering Story” on the new Disney+ streaming service delves into the dilemma of updating cherished Disneyland attractions and the inevitable uproar
Haunted Mansion Will Close In 2020 For Months Long Renovation
Dateline: 12/6/2019
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The Haunted Mansion attraction will undergo a two-month-plus refurbishment in early 2020 after the venerable 50-year-old Disneyland dark ride finishes up its “The Nightmare Before Christmas”-themed seasonal holiday run.
The Haunted Mansion will undergo a scheduled refurbishment beginning Jan. 21 after the attraction 's holiday overlay is removed, Disneyland
Refurbishing Snow Whites Scary Adventures
Dateline: 11/28/2019
Status: Current
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Disneyland officially announced that they are refurbishing one of their classic dark rides next year, Snow White 's Scary Adventures. The Disney Parks blog announced that Disneyland plans to update the ride “with new magic inside and out in 2020.”
Snow White 's Scary Adventures will still have familiar elements when updated, but will implement new effects,
Indiana Jones Adventure Thrill Ride Gets A 300 Thousand Dollar Overhaul In 2020
Dateline: 11/12/2019
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The perpetually collapsing bridge traversing a perilous molten lava flow in the crumbling Temple of the Forbidden Eye will finally get repaired after nearly a quarter century when Disneyland 's Indiana Jones Adventure attraction undergoes a renovation in 2020.
Disneyland filed a building permit with the city of Anaheim for a $300,000 overhaul of Indiana Jones
Permit Filed For Renovations To Disneylands Snow Whites Scary Adventures
Dateline: 11/8/2019
Status: Current
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A discovery has uncovered a permit filed with the City of Anaheim detailing significant renovation planned for Disneyland‘s Snow White 's Scary Adventures.
The permit highlights the scope of the proposed work as “Tenant Improvement: 6,212 sq ft to remove and replace show prop sets and scenes, install new structural beams, rockwork and new projector platforms.
Snow Whites Scary Adventures Dark Ride A Major Facelift In 2020
Dateline: 11/8/2019
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Snow White 's Scary Adventures is about to become the latest classic Fantasyland dark ride to undergo a major refurbishment when the Disneyland opening day attraction goes under the knife in 2020.
Disneyland filed a building permit with the city of Anaheim for a $445,000 refurbishment of Snow White 's Scary Adventures, according to city records.
8 Rides In Under 25 Hours These Rides May Be Underrated
Dateline: 9/30/2019
Status: Current
Source: Arizona Republic
There comes a time in every adult's visit to Disneyland that you 're so tired of the lines that you 're happy to ride anything, even the kiddie attractions that offer little in the way of excitement or legroom.
That 's exactly how Melissa and I felt on a recent trip as we bobbed in a sea of people in the middle of Fantasyland
A check of the
Longest And Shortest Waits
Dateline: 9/28/2019
Status: Current
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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.
6. Haunted
20 Surprising Things You Can And Can Not See Do And Taste At Your Next Visit
Dateline: 8/13/2019
Status: Current
Source: idaily.com
Blue milk. Human ashes. Feral cats.
Disneyland may be 85 acres of carefully curated mirth, but even after nearly 65 years of operation in Anaheim, Calif., the vacation destination can still surprise -- as park-goers who 've encountered the blue milk, human ashes and, yes, feral cats can attest.
Before you next pass through the turnstile en route
Star Wars Galaxys Edge Is So Ambitious Disneyland Fans May Not Be Ready For It
Dateline: 5/29/2019
Status: Current
Source: Los Angeles Times
Here 's a familiar and effective design trick often used at theme parks: Corral guests under or through a passageway that forces the crowd to narrow before a grand reveal.
Think of Disneyland 's Main Street, U.S.A., where park goers are shunted through a passage under a train tunnel that gives way to a romantic, turn-of-the-20th-century town and a fantastical
4 Disneyland Attractions That Desperately Need An Upgrade
Dateline: 4/30/2019
Status: Current
Source: dailybreeze.com
We've heard it again and again: "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world." It's an inspiring concept and an appropriate, if overused line that Disney trots out in order to justify any number of closures, revisions, and expansions they want to tack onto the parks.
But Disneyland isn't a collection
24 Surprising Things About Disneyland We Did Not Know But Should
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Dateline: 12/2/2018
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Disneyland is said to be the "Happiest Place on Earth." For one day (or several depending on your trip schedule) people of all ages from toddlers to seniors can have fun, let loose and become a kid again. It's a place filled with magic, music, your favourite characters and rides to fit whatever you're in the mood for.
It opened its doors on July 17, 1955, and was the
Every Attraction Ranked By Three Disney Superfans
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Dateline: 8/15/2018
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While pretty much everybody loves Disneyland to one degree or another, for some of us, love borders on obsession. Three of us in particular at CinemaBlend have been to Disneyland so many times that we've lost track. Jessica and Mack are both former Southern California residents who used to frequent the park regularly and still make a yearly pilgrimage back. While I live a
From Dumbo To Mr Toad Disneyland Collection Goes Up For Auction
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Dateline: 7/23/2018
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For years, Dumbo the Flying Elephant hung from his living room ceiling, a Mr. Toad Wild Ride car was parked in his library and Bashful's cart from Snow White's Scary Adventures sat on his front lawn in suburban California.
Now collector Richard Kraft is selling off his 750-item collection of theme park vehicles, props and artifacts spanning six decades of Disneyland
Disneyland Power Outage Shutters About Dozen Rides Monorail
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Dateline: 12/27/2017
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A power outage at Disneyland affected about a dozen attractions in and around Toontown and Fantasyland, including the Monorail and It's Small World attractions during one of the Anaheim, Calif. Attraction's busiest and most lucrative weeks.
The outage was caused by a transformer at the park that malfunctioned and knocked out power near the two lands, a Disneyland
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 12
Dateline: 5/15/2017
Status: Current
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Although Disney had a dislike for the typical carnivals of the time, it wasn't so much the content, but the environment and the lack of attention to detail. Long before the park was built, after one of his frequent visits to Griffith Park with his daughters, he stated, "Things could be done better than this. A park should be designed for total family enjoyment. Besides a
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1980s
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Dateline: 7/14/2016
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Changes at Disneyland in the 1980s started slow, then ended in a splash down a mountain.
During the first couple years of the decade, Disney Imagineers were busy with the design and building of Epcot Center (as it was called then) at Walt Disney World. But they were also planning a project for Disneyland - rebuilding Fantasyland.
1980-83
In early 1982, most
Disneyland Ride Review Snow Whites Scary Adventure Puts You Face To Face With The Evil Queen
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Dateline: 12/8/2015
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Look up and you will see the evil Queen looking down with disdain through the curtains of her chamber as you enter the line for Snow White's Scary Adventure at Disneyland.
As you wind your way around the dungeon in the queue, you find a golden apple. Touch it and you will hear the Queen cackle menacingly. Nearby is a book of poisons open to a page about a poisoned
In Defense Of Disneyland Why Its Worth Revisiting As A Jaded Adult
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Dateline: 8/30/2015
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I went to Disneyland for the first time when I was 10-years old. My parents, aunt, and grandma loaded my sisters, two cousins, and me into two Oldsmobile Cutlass wagons and we caravanned from Portland (OR) to Anaheim (CA) in a sprawling, Vacation-esque road trip.
We visited the Redwoods, Universal Studios, and San Diego. Wonderful places, all. And yet I only have
Disneyland Turns 60 Ranking Its Attractions by Land
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Dateline: 5/22/2015
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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
Disneyland For Adults Without Kids A Primer
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Dateline: 5/2/2015
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Disneyland overlords, all about branding and stealth marketing, apparently have an in-house name for the likes of me: "nonfamily guests."
I've been called worse.
It's nothing derisive - derision and mockery, after all, is verboten at "The Happiest Place on Earth" - but I cannot help but feel the term connotes something vaguely sad and pathetic, a sense of
Disneyland In 1955 Rides Now Long Gone Weird Glitches On Opening Day
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Dateline: 7/18/2014
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Disneyland was dedicated during a special preview opening day on July 17, 1955. The public opening was July 18. The dedication aired on ABC at 4:30 p.m. July 17. Some details of the opening:
Park attendance: 6,000 guests were invited for the special preview opening, but an additional 22,000 showed up with counterfeit tickets, making for a total of 28,000 guests that
Much Has Changed Much Thankfully Remains The Same
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Dateline: 12/5/2013
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It had been more than seven years since we last visited the Disneyland Resort.
So much has changed since 2006 ... and, thankfully, so much remains the same at Walt Disney's ground-breaking theme park, known universally as The Happiest Place on Earth.
Disney fans who live on the East Coast and spend the majority of their vacation time in Walt Disney World in
New Star Tours Is More Transporting Than Expected
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Dateline: 3/6/2012
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Disney did more than just update the ride to make the ride brand-new again
I am not what you would call a Disney nerd. At least, not compared to the truly hardcore. However, I think it's safe to say that Disney's various parks have always been part of my life.
I grew up in Florida, and many of my formative memories come from time spent at Walt Disney World.
Five Unique Artifacts From Disneyland's Opening That Remain At The Park
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Dateline: 1/18/2012
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A lot has changed at Disneyland since the park first opened in 1955.
Over the nearly six decades that have passed since its debut, many things at the Happiest Place on Earth have either been lost over time or met with a wrecking ball during one of the park's many expansions and refurbishments.
We list five original Disneyland artifacts that existed in the park
Disneyland It All Started With A Mouse
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Dateline: 10/3/2011
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Who wants sugar in their tea? The Mad Hatter asked. Everyone cheered. It is at this moment when I realised the greatest thing for the 'little traveller' was the parks unique way to bring treasured favourites to life, such as a favoured classic, Alice in wonderland.
Many years on from its opening on 17 July 1955, Walt Disney's theme park has sparked the imagination
Storm In A Teacup
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Dateline: 7/30/2011
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With a boy of his own, Stephen Lacey makes his first visit to the Disneyland of his childhood.
When I was a boy, my idea of Disneyland was pretty sketchy; it was where Mickey and Donald lived. And there was a ride where you sat in a giant spinning teacup.
I knew only one kid who had been, a boy in third class named Brian. He was terribly thin, with bruises all
A Brief History Of Disneyland, An American Classic
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Dateline: 7/5/2011
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"The thing will get more beautiful year after year. And it will get better as I find out what the public likes; I can't do that with a picture it's finished and unchangeable before I find out whether the public likes it or not." Walt Disney on Disneyland.
Walt Disney found different reasons to build his seventeen million dollar Magic Kingdom in Anaheim in 1955.
Discover Disneyland Hidden Park Secrets
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Dateline: 3/22/2011
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It's hard to deny that magical feeling when leaving the real world behind and entering the gates of Disneyland. No matter how many trips have been made to this wonderful amusement park, part of the magic of the "Happiest Place on Earth" is that millions of people have been visiting for more than half a century, and there are still secrets to be revealed.
Many people
Smoke Closes Fantasyland Section Of Disneyland
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Dateline: 12/2/2010
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A handful of Disneyland rides were closed Thursday when an electrical problem sent smoke wafting into Pinocchio's Daring Journey.
The smoke was reported just after noon in the Fantasyland section of Disneyland, said Maria Sabol of the Anaheim Fire Department.
"It was described as a wall producing smoke," Sabol said. "We were called out because people could smell
Most Disney Rides Re-Opened After Smoke
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Dateline: 12/2/2010
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Disneyland has re-opened seven Fantasyland rides shut down this afternoon because of smoke behind the scenes.
More than 20 firefighters were sent to the park about 12:07 p.m. regarding smoke coming from a large electrical conduit inside the wall behind Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride, said Maria Sabol, an Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman.
That ride, as of
California vs. Paris: Snow White
Dateline: 11/1/2010
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In the second of a monthly series of comparisons between the two Disneylands' closest to my heart (California and Paris), I will be looking at the rides based on Snow White.
In California, the ride is called Snow White's Scary Adventures whereas in Paris, it is called Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains which translates literally as Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. For
Large Crowd Puts Damper On Grad Night
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Dateline: 7/1/2010
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After tossing caps, the graduated seniors of Downey and Warren boarded rowdy school buses for Grad Nite, held at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on June 18, to be herded like cattle, thoroughly patted down, and finally allowed to enter the amusement park and enjoy the festivities.
"I loved Grad Nite, I thought it was awesome," said Downey graduate Stephanie Sanchez.
New Disneyland Secrets Gold! Notescast App For iPhone Released
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Dateline: 4/23/2010
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TimeStream Software today is pleased to announce the release of the new "Disneyland Secrets Gold!" Notescast app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Over 110 secrets about Disneyland are revealed in a fun self-guided tour. Complete with more than 100 photos, guests can now tour with their iPhones in-hand throughout Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans
Trivial Pursuit At The Venerable California Theme Park
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Dateline: 4/22/2010
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Disneyland, the theme park that bills itself as "the happiest place on Earth," filled with people during a recent spring-break April day when the temperature hovered near 90.
People waited for more than two hours for a chance to ride Splash Mountain. Finding a bench to sit for a moment with a napping grandson proved challenging. Lines formed to use restrooms or
Disney Parks Offer Devices For Visually Impaired Visitors
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Dateline: 11/3/2009
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After becoming legally blind at age 30, Brenda Woodrum missed seeing the details of one of her favorite Disneyland rides, Pirates of the Caribbean.
So, Woodrum teared up when she heard a description of cannons shooting from pirate ships on the ride using a new listening device that just became available at Disney parks.
"It was really an emotional experience,"
Disneyland For Haters
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Dateline: 6/25/2009
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Think you're too cynical, sophisticated, debauched or underfunded to visit the Happiest Place on Earth? This one's for you.
I am of Disneyland. My love for Walt Disney's 54-year-old theme park can move (space!) mountains. In fact, my love for Disneyland is so perfect and so complete that I don't really mind if you hate it.
Somehow I've managed to acquire a
Celebrate Halloween Time At Disneyland Resort With Family Fun
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Dateline: 9/25/2008
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Highlights include Disney's Happiest Haunt Tour, Haunted Mansion Holiday and Mickey's Trick or Treat Party
Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort will fill Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks with not-so-scary spook-tacular entertainment beginning Friday, Sept. 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2. The season of tricks and treats will be
Readers Recall Visiting Happiest (Or Scariest, Or Friendliest) Place On Earth
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Dateline: 4/30/2006
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When we asked readers to share their favorite Disneyland moments, we expected to hear about "Snow White's Scary Adventure" and shaking hands with Mickey Mouse.
What we didn't expect were the more poignant moments -- the Vietnam vet overcome by emotion when a greeter welcomed him home from the war. The adopted orphan from Russia who started to embrace her new culture
Fifty Years And Five Days Of Disneyland
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Dateline: 1/31/2006
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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
Disneyland From A to Z
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Dateline: 1/31/2006
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A recent four-night stay at Disneyland proves that this rich, glorious theme park, celebrating its 50th anniversary from now until 2007, is best enjoyed as a planned excursion, not as a whim.
Begin with Birnbaum's, an indispensable annual paperback that's available for around twelve dollars. The goal-oriented guide should be read by every visitor to insure unit
Disney's Technology Grows Up
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Dateline: 10/31/2005
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At the Turtle Talk With Crush exhibit at Disney's California Adventure theme park, Crush the sea turtle makes a cameo like those at the start of most Disney rides. Nothing seems out of the ordinary as the character goes though the script with a cast member, until the Finding Nemo star takes questions from the audience.
"I want to talk to this little dude in the
Disney Balances Family Image Need For Wild Rides
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Dateline: 7/2/2005
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Each day, thousands of visitors to Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks ride pulse-pounding attractions that propel them into space, plunge them multiple stories and send them racing along tracks at stomach-churning speeds.
For the most part, visitors ride without worrying much about the risks, especially when the attractions are backed by a trusted, family brand like
Age Doesn't Fade The Magic
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Dateline: 5/12/2005
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Fifty-years seems all too short a time to go from not existing at all, to being the most famous holiday destination on earth.
Indeed, it's doubtful Walt Disney himself - whose opening-day optimism was only slightly shaken by melting asphalt and overflowing toilets - could have imagined the enduring omnipresence of what is, essentially, a glorified fun fair.
50 Ways To Love Disneyland
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Dateline: 5/1/2005
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Source: Arizona Republic
Mickey Mouse is planning a blowout as Disneyland Resort in California celebrates its 50th anniversary, starting Thursday.
Sure, it'll be hot, and the lines will be long. But you know you want to go: the Matterhorn; Mickey-shaped, chocolate-covered ice cream; mouse ears with your name embroidered on the back. Arizona is second only to California for the number of
Disneyland Turning 50
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Dateline: 9/26/2004
Status: Archive
Source: Knight-Ridder
Here's the deal with Disneyland. The two women ahead of me in line were Elizabeth and Lexi, twins fromWinnetka, Ill. Elizabeth is a communications and political science major at the University of Southern California. Lexi is a philosophy major atYale.
They knew the words to ''We Can Fly,'' a song from Walt Disney's ''PeterPan.'' It's the song the chorus sings when
Still Magic In The Kingdom
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Dateline: 6/6/2004
Status: Archive
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Disneyland is a place where a grown man looks perfectly normal wearing Mickey Mouse ears and where a little girl can feel like a princess.
The first true theme park also is a melting pot where an Indian woman in traditional dress poses for a photo in front of the Small World ride featuring children from around the world and where instructions to ride the Winnie
Disneyland In One Day
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Dateline: 3/1/2000
Status: Archive
Source: Disney Magazine
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
Safe New World
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Dateline: 9/14/1998
Status: Archive
Source: New York
Consider the notion that Walt Disney might be better remembered as one of the late twentieth century's biggest influences on urban planning than as the man who drew a cartoon mouse. That's the premise of The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks, an exhibition that offers an unprecedented peek into the archives of the Imagineers. Originally mounted
In this ride you will see things, seem to glow in the dark. This is a simple black light effect. The idea is that a light puts out only Ultra Violet light. This is light that you can not see, but when it hits a substance that contains a fluorescent pigment, the light is seen. Causing that "Glowing" effect. A good black light will only put out UV light and nothing else.
Snow White image added to attraction
Ride Information:
Track Length: 570 feet
Vehicles are the same as Pinocchio except for surface development
Maximum seating capacity: 4 per mine car
Dispatch interval: 14 seconds
Average attraction speed 4 feet per second
Number of A.A Figures:48
SCENE DESCRIPTION April 1981:
**LOAD/UNLOAD**:
STORY:
Guests board their vehicles and begin their journey through the adventures of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
SET DESCRIPTION:
Scenic painting - a mural of Snow White, dwarfs, animals, haunted trees and witch, and thatched huts. The ride entrance (D-1) appears as the main gate to a castle.
**QUEEN'S CHAMBER/TRANSITION**:
STORY:
Guests see themselves in a mirror just before they observe the Queen transform into a witch as she looks into her "Magic Mirror."
SET DESCRIPTION:
Set pieces depict stone block walls, platform and throne of the Queen's castle chamber.
**DUNGEON**:
STORY:
The scene becomes more ominous as Guests observe the remains of those who have previously fallen into disfavor with the Queen/witch. Beyond the dungeon they see the witch preparing poisoned apples in her cauldron, attending to the instructions in a ghoulish cookbook.
SET DESCRIPTION:
Set pieces depict stone block dungeon cells, bars on windows, and chains hanging from walls.
**FRIGHTENING FOREST**:
STORY:
As Guests follow the route that Snow White took through the forest they encounter frightening creatures which seem to be under the witch's spell. The witch is seen again - in a boat with a basket of poisoned apples. As the travelers near the cottage entrance the forest seems to lose much of its ominous appearance.
SET DESCRIPTION:
The scene changes from stone block walls to gnarled trees laden with moss - a swamp-like area. Scenic painting on floors simulates muddy water and debris.
**DWARF'S COTTAGE**:
STORY:
Guests finally reach the safety of the dwarfs' cottage, where the rooms are alive with forest animals and the music of the seven dwarfs. Grumpy can be seen playing an organ whose "pipes" are actually forest creatures.
SET DESCRIPTION:
Set pieces depict the interior of the cottage: kitchen, fireplace with kettle, windows, staircase leading to bedroom door, and living room.
**OUTSIDE DWARF'S COTTAGE**:
STORY:
As the Guests leave the warmth of the dwarfs' cottage heading for the mine, they once again encounter the evil witch and some of her helpers.
SET DESCRIPTION:
Scenic backings and painted shapes and flats simulate trees and forest vegetation.
**DWARF'S MINE**:
STORY:
Inside the dwarfs' mine Guests experience what seems to be a cave-in, narrowly escaping teetering timbers, a runaway ore cart, and an endless mine shaft tunnel. On their way toward the cliff, they are offered a poisoned apple by the witch at the cottage door.
SET DESCRIPTION:
The set pieces depict the dirt walls and rough-hewn timber supports of a mine shaft.
**CLIFF SCENE**:
STORY:
After the witch's attempt to lure the travelers to their destruction with a poisoned apple has failed, she tries a last ditch effort by prying a boulder off a cliff. As the dwarfs struggle to stop her, the Guests are able to escape.
SET DESCRIPTION:
Scenic painting behind the witch and dwarfs simulate the skyline of a mountain cliff.
