Welcome to the French Quarter of New Orleans Square in Disneyland Park! Raise a mint julep to celebrate the Mardi Gras all year round in this place of mystery, magic and jazz music.
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Exciting New Orleans lives again as it was in the 1860s, with winding streets and promenades, iron-laced balconies, romantic courtyards, elegant shops and inviting restaurants. Strolling jazz musicians entertain regularly. This all-new "land" is located on the banks of the Rivers Of America
Secret To Getting The Best Seat At Blue Bayou
Dateline: May 5, 2023
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Every Disneyland fan has their favorite restaurant, but if you were to poll a group of them, Blue Bayou would almost certainly be at the top of the list. The restaurant isn 't just a dining experience; it 's inside Pirates of the Caribbean in New Orleans Square and part of the attraction itself.
The tables just on the edge of the water are, by far, the
What Is Next For Fantasmic Dragon After Major Fire
Dateline: April 24, 2023
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
During the grand finale of Disneyland 's “Fantasmic” show, the Maleficent dragon appears from seemingly nowhere, towering over Sorcerer Mickey, who defeats the evil sorceress with the power of imagination.
But on April 22, it wasn 't Mickey who defeated the dragon: It was a pyrotechnic malfunction that quickly engulfed the prop in flames, causing a major
Disneyland Sets Splash Mountain Closing Date Releases New Concept Art For Tianas Bayou Adventure
Dateline: April 12, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Los Angeles Times
Disneyland 's Splash Mountain - the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” - has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current
New Toontown Channels The Parks Lost Land
Dateline: March 19, 2023
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
In Disneyland 's newest ride, Mickey and Minnie are headed out to the country to go on a “perfect picnic” - that is, until Goofy gets involved and everything goes wrong.
Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway, a trackless dark ride that 's the first Disney attraction to star the world 's most famous mice, opened in January 2023. It 's the centerpiece of the
Pulling Back The Veil On 21 Royal Experience
Dateline: March 10, 2023
Status: Current
Source: voiceofoc.org
Last weekend, I spent an evening above New Orleans Square at a destination known to few. While many visitors may be familiar with the members-only establishment named Club 33, most guests are unaware of the neighboring dining space known as 21 Royal and its significance. I 've seen a handful of articles and videos that approach the subject, but I believe I 'm the
6 Women Who Were Instrumental In Building Disneyland
Dateline: March 9, 2023
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
When Disneyland opened in 1955 it was unlike anything the world had ever seen before. It was not simply an amusement park, but a theme park, an intricately designed experience, and one that continued to evolve over the years to come. As we celebrate Women 's History Month, it 's a good time to take a look at some of the women who made Disneyland the place that it
20 Best Restaurants At The Disneyland Resort Ranked
Dateline: February 25, 2023
Status: Current
Source: tastingtable.com
If the Disneyland Resort is known for anything, it has to be the rides and characters. Can you imagine visiting the popular theme park without waving hello to Mickey and Minnie or touring California Adventure without taking a ride on the Incredicoaster? There's so much to do and see at the Happiest Place on Earth; it's practically impossible to do it all in one
These Are The Best Rides
Dateline: February 10, 2023
Status: Current
Source: thepointsguy.com
While there are two main Disney theme park resort complexes in the U.S., they are not duplicates of each other.
In fact, Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort are distinctly different with their own set of hotels, restaurants and attractions. Even when Disney rides and attractions share the same name at multiple parks, they are often very
10 Best Restaurants And 4 You Should Avoid
Dateline: January 31, 2023
Status: Current
Source: deseret.com
You 're planning a trip to Disneyland. You 've studied the Disneyland map, maybe even downloaded Genie+, and have your trip planned with military-like precision. But there 's one, vital component of the trip that you forgot to account for - the food.
If your family is anything like mine, how much your family enjoys a trip is directly related to how full
Fire Partially Damages New Orleans Square Train Station
Dateline: December 30, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
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
Princess Nite A New Party To Twirl In Early 2023
Dateline: December 9, 2022
Status: Current
Source: nbclosangeles.com
The Walt Disney Company is entering its centennial year, a celebratory stretch that will include a bouquet of enchanted happenings at The Happiest Place on Earth.
Fans are already anticipating the recently announced Disney 100 Years of Wonder events, which include new nighttime spectaculars and attraction openings, but fresh revelations seem to be arriving
Rides For Adults All The Thrills And Magic
Dateline: November 30, 2022
Status: Current
Source: wdw-magazine.com
Contrary to what some believe, Disneyland is far from a glorified kiddie-land. These days, you can get just as much thrill from a day at a Disney theme park as you could at Six Flags (with a whole lot more magic)!
If you 're planning a trip to Disney but worried about getting your fix of big drops and high speeds, look no further; this complete guide to
My Delight And Surprise Over Adventureland Treehouse
Dateline: November 15, 2022
Status: Current
Source: attractionsmagazine.com
In 1962, just five years after Disneyland opened, the Swiss Family Treehouse was added to Adventureland. This new Disneyland attraction was themed after the hit 1960 Disney movie, “Swiss Family Robinson.” The original version of the treehouse remained until 1999, when it was changed over to Tarzan 's Treehouse based on the 1999 Walt Disney Animation feature, “Tarzan.” In
Disneyland Opens New Eudoras Chic Boutique Featuring Tianas Gourmet Secrets
Dateline: September 28, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland Resort has announced Tiana 's Bayou Adventure attraction will premiere in 2024. But the New Orleans Square retail area at the park is already heeding the princess 's arrival.
Eudora 's Chic Boutique featuring Tiana 's Gourmet Secrets opened at Disneyland on Sept. 20. The shop, which is located next to Blue Bayou Restaurant and across from the
Walts Beloved Apartment Just Got An Update For The Major Fans
Dateline: September 22, 2022
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
Three are now a dozen Disney theme parks around the world, but there was only one that Walt Disney himself ever stood inside. Walt Disney spent so much time at Disneyland both before and after it opened that he had an apartment built for himself on the grounds. Few get to actually visit the apartment, but anybody can see where it was, day or night, because a lamp is
How Disneylands Weather Station Helps Save Water And Keep 1000 Floral Beds Blooming
Dateline: September 14, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Keeping Disneyland 's 17,000 trees green and 1,000 floral beds blooming takes a mammoth effort by the Anaheim theme park 's horticulture team that 's focused on reducing water consumption during Southern California 's latest drought.
Constant readings from Disneyland 's weather station in the Toy Story parking lot combined with a sophisticated irrigation
Not Only Is Splash Mountain Get A Princess And The Frog Retheme But There Is More Tiana Coming Too
Dateline: September 10, 2022
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
It 's been more than two years since Disney Parks confirmed a major thematic redesign of Splash Mountain, and while we now know the new attraction, Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, is still two years away, this weekend 's D23 Expo has given us a sneak peek of what 's in store for us. It's also revealed that Disneyland is set to get even more new Tiana goodness, in the
Disneyland Reveals More Tianas Bayou Adventure Details At D23 Expo
Dateline: September 9, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
A massive bronze gold tiara atop a new water tower poking out of Splash Mountain 's hillside will boldly announce Tiana 's takeover of the classic Disneyland attraction when the Disney princess finally moves into New Orleans Square.
Disneyland unveiled a scale model of the Tiana 's Bayou Adventure makeover of Splash Mountain during the D23 Expo that
Details About The Princess And The Frog Attraction
Dateline: July 1, 2022
Status: Current
Source: nbclosangeles.com
When Disneyland Resort announced just over two years ago that a new attraction inspired by "The Princess and the Frog" would debut at The Happiest Place on the Earth, fans of the beloved Disney animated film, which premiered in 2009, began anticipating an announcement about an opening date, as well as other details.
The Anaheim theme park revealed new
When Will Pirates Of The Caribbean Reopen
Dateline: June 7, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The popular Pirates of the Caribbean attraction that has been closed for months while Disneyland prepared for the return of the “Fantasmic” nighttime spectacular is set to return in a few weeks after a seasonal refurbishment.
The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland is scheduled to return from refurbishment in early July, according to
Can You Teach An Old Theme Park New Tricks
Dateline: April 9, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
As much as it might be nice to think otherwise, we 're all basically creatures of habit. We choose the same foods over and over, drive the same routes to the same places, sit in the same spots even when there are other options.
It 's no different at Disneyland. Those of us who visit the park frequently tend to fall into the same patterns every time. Maybe we
Disneyland Adds Sparkle And Shine During Club 33 Refurbishment
Dateline: April 6, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland 's secret and private Club 33 is undergoing a monthlong refurbishment that will add “sparkle and shine” to the New Orleans Square hangout for the rich and famous ahead of the 55th anniversary of the members-only club steeped in mystique.
The Club 33 refurbishment will keep Salon Nouveau closed through April 15 - with the cocktail lounge reopening
Why Disneyland Removed The McDonalds Fry Wagon The Most Irresistible Food Option In The Entire Park
Dateline: April 2, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Even if you didn 't know what was ahead of you, you knew what you were walking toward. The smell was unmistakable. Turn the corner from Disneyland 's New Orleans Square, pass the Mark Twain Riverboat, and there it was - four spoked wheels, wooden-slat walls and thick canvas stretched across the top, emblazoned with one iconic phrase: “Westward ho!”
The
Disneyland Walls Off Blue Bayous Signature Waterfront Ambiance
Dateline: March 30, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The famed bayou ambiance and waterside setting of Disneyland 's Blue Bayou restaurant has been temporarily hidden behind construction walls as the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction undergoes a seasonal refurbishment.
The Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square at the Anaheim theme park will close for refurbishment beginning on April 21, according to
Pirates Of The Caribbean Closes Till Summer 2022
Dateline: March 14, 2022
Status: Current
Source: parksavers.com
Starting today the New Orleans attraction at Disneyland Park will close until summer of 2022. Guests viewing the app can see the “Closed for Refurbishment” with the following statement, “Pirates of the Caribbean will be closed for refurbishment beginning March 14, 2022 and is expected to reopen early summer 2022.”
Disney has stated that the attraction is
Disneyland To Improve New Orleans Square Traffic Flow Before Fantasmic Returns
Dateline: March 11, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Daily Bulletin
Disneyland plans to launch a two-month project to improve traffic flow in New Orleans Square at a notoriously crowded pinch point near Pirates of the Caribbean ahead of the return of the “Fantasmic” nighttime spectacular along the Rivers of America.
The New Orleans Square work will start after the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction closes on Monday, March 14
Pirates Of The Caribbean Will Close Indefinitely In Days
Dateline: March 9, 2022
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Guests visiting Disneyland Resort this month will be without a fan-favorite attraction after the Park indefinitely closes Pirates of the Caribbean.
Nestled in Anaheim, Southern California, Disneyland first opened decades ago in 1955. Walt Disney 's first amusement theme park brought Disney magic to the masses and has continued to provide magical vacations for
History Of Blue Bayou Disneyland Most Popular And Perennially Booked Restaurant
Dateline: January 17, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
You decide you want to have a meal at Blue Bayou, the restaurant in Disneyland 's New Orleans Square inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. But you can 't just eat there whenever you want. You need a reservation. So you pick up your phone and open the Disneyland app to book a spot, only to find there 's no availability - not for a single table on a single day at any
Splash Mountain Is Closing Is The Song Of The South Story Finally Going Away
Dateline: January 11, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Disneyland first announced changes to Splash Mountain nearly two years ago, with an intention to make the ride more inclusive. While the company has maintained that the plans are still in place, it doesn't appear that major changes are happening any time soon.
Plans to remove the Brer Rabbit theming on Splash Mountain, the log flume water ride that opened
Fire Alarm Evacuates Disney Restaurant Guests Into Rain For Over 1 Hour
Dateline: January 2, 2022
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
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
12 Essential Tips For Enjoying Disneyland On A Rainy Day
Dateline: December 23, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
A day at Disneyland is usually fun in the sun thanks to Southern California 's reputation for year-round sunshine - unless you happen to show up at the theme park on one of the two dozen days when it rains each year on average in Anaheim.
A series of storms headed for Southern California are expected to bring showers to the region over the next two weeks,
Waterfront Dining Across From The Haunted Mansion
Dateline: November 19, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland has opened a multi-level waterfront dining area themed as a dock where rivercraft load and unload supplies across from the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square with a view of the boats traveling along the Rivers of America.
The new Pelican 's Landing dining area opens Friday, Nov. 19 next to the Harbour Galley quick-service restaurant, according
Walt Disney Is Your Tour Guide In This New Book
Dateline: November 16, 2021
Status: Current
Source: pe.com
Author Marcy Carriker Smothers had a continuing internal dialogue with the late Walt Disney as she wrote her new book about taking a walking tour of Disneyland from the park founder 's distinct and well-informed point of view.
“I can 't write about Walt or read about Walt without his voice in my head,” Carriker Smothers said during an online video interview.
5 New Churros For The Holiday Season
Dateline: November 5, 2021
Status: Current
Source: deseretnews.com
Disney Parks said it will have five new churros for the upcoming holiday season events at Disneyland.
Disney unveiled the new churro flavors in its new Foodie Guide to Holidays at Disneyland Resort. The breakdown includes a look at what food will be coming to the Disney Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure park and Disneyland.
Here
There Is A Secret Cemetery At Haunted Mansion And It Is Not The One You Are Thinking Of
Dateline: October 29, 2021
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
The Matterhorn Bobsleds may have a hidden basketball court, but there 's no other ride in Disneyland that has more secrets than the Haunted Mansion. The 1969 ride, one of the last overseen (at least in part) by Walt Disney himself, is full of surprises and strange legends.
But a secret cemetery? That was a new one, even for me.
There 's a
Canoe Down The Rivers Of America
Dateline: October 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: thekingdominsider.com
Insiders, did you know you could canoe down the Rivers of America at Disneyland Resort? If not, or if you did and have yet to experience it, you are in for a treat! Davy Crockett 's Explorer Canoes gives you the chance to paddle down the most famous river at Disneyland on a grand oar-venture all the way around Pirate 's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island. This attraction is a
Fans Can See A Real Ghost At The Haunted Mansion
Dateline: October 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Disney Parks are known for their legendary entertainment, but one attraction seems to stand out above the rest regarding immersive storytelling: the Haunted Mansion. Walt Disney World 's version of the ride features a chilling detail that most fans have never noticed.
The Haunted Mansion is famous for its spooky set design, classic songs, and groundbreaking
Year Round Holiday Shop For Main Street USA
Dateline: October 4, 2021
Status: Current
Source: pasadenastarnews.com
Disneyland fans who love Christmastime at the Anaheim theme park will be able to get their dose of garland, ornaments and nutcrackers 365 days a year once a new year-round holiday shop opens on Main Street U.S.A.
The new Plaza Point store will take over the former Main Street Photo Supply Co. location on Disneyland 's entry promenade.
Plaza Point
Too Many People The Restaurant That Was Scrapped Because It Would Be Too Popular
Dateline: September 26, 2021
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Not everything Walt Disney dreamed up was popular with his Imagineers, the team of creators who make new Disneyland attractions. And not everything Disney wanted to make was possible to execute, like the restaurant he wanted to build for his wife, Lillian.
Crump, the Imagineer who dreamed up the Museum of the Weird - a project Disney championed that was
Blue Bayou Will Soon Offer An Exclusive Dining Experience
Dateline: September 24, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Earlier this month, Disney announced that a special Christmas Party would finally be coming to Disneyland Resort. The hard-ticketed event is called Merriest Nites, and it will take place for 5 select nights between November and December. Merriest Nites will feature a ton of fun experiences, including six different Christmas parties, as well as specialty food, drinks, and
Painting Done New Orleans Square Spot Inches Closer To Opening
Dateline: September 23, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
As the saying goes, “the only constant in life is change”, and that is true everywhere, especially at Disney Parks. Disneyland is always changing, growing, and adapting to bring the best experiences it can to Guests visiting its multiple resorts. One of those changes is happening in New Orleans Square at Disneyland and Disney is keeping Guests on their toes to figure out
15 Best Restaurants
Dateline: September 11, 2021
Status: Current
Source: travelandleisure.com
Uninitiated park goers might think that Disneyland is all about the iconic attractions and Mickey Mouse, but true fans know that the food is half of the fun of spending a day at the "Happiest Place on Earth." Whether you're a fan of classic snacks like churros and pretzels or you prefer the new treats popping up at Avengers Campus and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, no
Changes To Make Splash Mountain Less Problematic Are Not Coming Soon
Dateline: August 15, 2021
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Disney made huge headlines last year when the company announced it would remake Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Walt Disney World to remove its “Song of the South” inspiration and replace it with a “Princess and the Frog” theme. More than a year later - a year that has seen another ride remove its racist depictions - and parkgoers are still riding an attraction rooted
Everything You Need To Know About Sit Down Dining
Dateline: August 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Pretzels and popcorn and churros, oh my! When it comes to dining at the Disneyland Resort, there are over 100 food locations that will fit the taste buds of anyone who walks through the magical gates. Making dining choices at Disneyland can seem overwhelming, especially when Guests are figuring out which sit-down dining locations will be best for their party.
Is Rope Drop Still The Best Time To Arrive
Dateline: July 27, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
The Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland Resort, is back and better than ever. After being closed for more than a year during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure welcomed back thousands of diehard Disney fans (at approximately 25% capacity on opening day, April 30) to enjoy the magic again.
Disneyland Resort has
Your Dairy Free Guide To Food And Dining At The Parks
Dateline: July 13, 2021
Status: Current
Source: godairyfree.org
Disney World is an iconic spot for allergic travelers, but what about Disneyland? It doesn 't get as much coverage, and the options aren 't quite as prolific, but Disneyland in Anaheim, California can still be a great dairy-free vacation. This quick guide covers the dairy-free food to look for in each section of Disneyland Park, California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and
Is A New Gumbo Shop Coming To New Orleans Square
Dateline: June 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: parksavers.com
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
11 Disneyland Restaurants And Food Stands Set Reopening Dates Including A Fan Favorite Treat
Dateline: June 9, 2021
Status: Current
Source: sbsun.com
Smugglers, bounty hunters and intergalactic travelers bound for Batuu will soon be able to sip Fuzzy Tauntauns, Jedi Mind Tricks and Dagobah Slug Slingers at Oga 's Cantina in Disneyland after a 15-month coronavirus closure of the Galaxy 's Edge hive of scum and villainy.
UPDATED: Disneyland announces reopening dates for more restaurants and food stands -
Cast Members Testing Davy Crocketts Explorer Canoes
Dateline: June 9, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Over the last few weeks, Disney fans have been excited to see progress at the Disneyland Resort. Recently, we shared that Disneyland is prepping many restaurants to reopen very soon in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks, and Avengers Campus is allowing Guests to fully enjoy their own Marvel experience with super hero interactions happening in every
What Is Happening With The Matterhorn
Dateline: May 13, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Disneyland fans all across the world were emotional (and for good reason) on April 30 as Disneyland finally reopened. Many Guests entered Disneyland Park early and were able to enjoy Disney attractions after waiting for over a year. The Disney life was good again, but some Disney rides including our beloved Matterhorn Bobsleds were still closed and undergoing
Disneyland Tests Virtual Queue With Indiana Jones Adventure Ride
Dateline: May 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland plans to test a virtual queue on Indiana Jones Adventure as the Anaheim theme park tries to reduce the length of the socially distanced standby queue for the popular Adventureland attraction.
Disneyland will begin testing the Indiana Jones Adventure virtual queue on Tuesday, May 11 as a temporary measure to alleviate foot traffic pinch points in
What It Is Like At A Reopened Disneyland
Dateline: May 1, 2021
Status: Current
Source: thepointsguy.com
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
Disneyland Reopens To The Public After 13 Month Coronavirus Closure
Dateline: April 30, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland has returned after a yearlong coronavirus closure with a rethemed Snow White 's Enchanted Wish, updated Haunted Mansion and refreshed King Arthur Carrousel to the delight of die-hard fans who waited hours to snag tickets for the reopening of the Anaheim theme park.
Fans anxious to ride the wildly popular Rise of the Resistance attraction and the
Employee Previews Offer First Look Inside Soon To Reopen Park
Dateline: April 28, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
It only seems appropriate that the first visitors to step foot inside Disneyland and Disney California Adventure after the coronavirus closures that shuttered the Anaheim theme parks for more than a year would be some of its 15,000 cast members, Disney parlance for employees.
“It was honestly so great to spend a full day back at Disneyland after well over a
Disneys Imagination Soars Again
Dateline: April 25, 2021
Status: Current
Source: newspress.com
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
How The Haunted Mansion Will Change When Disneyland Reopens
Dateline: April 12, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The 999 ghosts that call Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion home have been busy redecorating the classic dark ride attraction and the grounds surrounding the estate while the mortals were away during the yearlong coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park.
Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion renovation brings new draperies, carpet, wallpaper and decor inside the
How Costumed Characters Will Interact With Guests After The Park Reopens
Dateline: April 9, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland will change the familiar meet-and-greet photo opportunities with princesses, superheroes and villains to socially distanced wave-and-play impromptu moments when the Anaheim theme parks return after a yearlong coronavirus closure.
New physical distancing rules will mean that theme park visitors won 't be able to hug Mickey Mouse, high-five Goofy or
Disneyland Adding A Second Place To Buy Alcohol In The Park
Dateline: March 31, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland knows we all need a tall, cool drink after a year of coronavirus closures and the Blue Bayou will joyously break with the long-standing prohibition on alcohol in the Anaheim theme park by offering beer, wine and cocktails when the restaurant reopens.
The Blue Bayou will serve beer, sparkling wine and Hurricane cocktails when the New Orleans Square
We Are Going To Liberate Minnie Mouse The Day Yippies Invaded And Shut Down The Park
Dateline: January 15, 2021
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Before the pandemic shuttered Disneyland in March, there had only been a few days that the park had unplanned closures: the day after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, and after 9/11. But there was another day, in 1970, when Disneyland was overtaken by protesters, whose number and fury - about Minnie Mouse and miniskirts -
Haunted Mansion Favorite Attraction Gets Facelift
Dateline: December 18, 2020
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
The Haunted Mansion hosts 999 happy haunts, and there 's always room for one more, 365 days a year…that is, unless Disneyland is closed or the ride is under refurbishment.
In 2020, we got a double whammy. Not only was it announced that the original Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland was closing for a lengthy refurbishment in 2020, but also ever Disney
How Disneyland Stayed Dry For Almost 65 Years
Dateline: August 15, 2020
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
In 2019 Disneyland made headline news around the world with one simple change: For the first time in the Southern California park 's 64-year history, it would serve alcoholic beverages to the general public.
Disneyland 's prohibition was part of the original design, a mandate by none other than its creator, Walt Disney. A year following the park 's opening,
How 50 Attractions Could Change When The Parks Reopen
Dateline: August 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
Why Splash Mountain Redesign Should Mean An Even Bigger Change In The Park
Dateline: June 30, 2020
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
It has been a wild ride worthy of a Disneyland attraction. After a groundswell of support built up for the idea of re-theming Splash Mountain at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Disney responded by announcing that the parks would do exactly that. While no timeline has been given, both parks' Splash Mountain rides will be replacing the existing Song of the South
Should Disney Remove Hanging Body Scene From Haunted Mansion
Dateline: June 29, 2020
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
With the recent news of both Walt Disney World and Disneyland retheming the popular attraction, Splash Mountain, from the controversial Song of the South to the beloved The Princess and the Frog, it is sparking ideas and conversations between fans around other attractions.
One conversation is around the retheming of the popular Adventureland attraction - The
Will Critter Country Be Gone Soon
Dateline: June 28, 2020
Status: Current
Source: parksavers.com
Disney recently announced that they will be retheming Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Walt Disney World to Princess and the Frog featuring Tiana and her friends. Along with this announcement, Disney said that the reimagined attraction will join New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
This land, found only at Disneyland in California, is currently home to Pirates
What To Expect When Disneyland Rethemes Splash Mountain
Dateline: June 26, 2020
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
The Splash Mountain makeover coming to Disneyland will transform the classic log flume ride with a new Princess Tiana backstory that will take riders down on the bayou and tie the venerable Critter Country attraction to the New Orleans Square themed land next door.
Disney plans to update the Splash Mountain log flume rides at Disneyland in Anaheim and Magic
Splash Mountain Ride To Be Rethemed
Dateline: June 25, 2020
Status: Current
Source: fox35orlando.com
The "Splash Mountain" attraction at Walt Disney World and Disneyland is being re-themed to The Princess and the Frog, Disney announced on Thursday.
On Disney Parks Blog, a Disney official said that the classic attraction will be completely reimagined and that this project has been underway since last year.
The ride will reportedly be set in 1966
Fans Have Strong Opinions About That Splash Mountain Re Theme Idea
Dateline: June 13, 2020
Status: Current
Source: cinemablend.com
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
In The Eat Of The Moment Going To Disneyland Soon Try These 10 Treats
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Before your Disneyland trip, it 's important to know that you 're going to spend a lot of the money on food. That 's why it 's helpful to identify what you really want to try so you can avoid wasting your money on things that don 't live up to your expectations. If you happen to be taking a trip to Disneyland soon, see my list of must-have eats below. Not only will it
45 Surprising Secrets About Disneyland
Dateline: January 15, 2020
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It's been 45 years since Disney Parks first took intrepid thrill seekers into the darkest corners of outer space.
We're talking, of course, about Space Mountain.
And while it's true that the iconic indoor roller coaster opened first at Walt Disney World in Florida on January 15, 1975, did you know that it was first dreamed up, at the
How To Spend 1 Day So You Make The Most Of It
Dateline: January 9, 2020
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From the rides in every land to the endless Insta-worthy food options to the colorful backdrops for pics, there's so much you want to do at Disneyland. Unfortunately, you only have one day to experience all the fun. Before you start stressing out trying to map your way around the park, take a deep breath and let your fairy godmother help you out. As someone who has
9 Amazing Secrets To Look For During Your Next Visit
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As Disney lovers, we 're always looking for ways to visit the parks and TBH, we 've already binged well over half of our favorite childhood classics on Disney Plus. For those of you planning out your dream Disneyland visit, we 've got some news you 'll love to hear. You can go on a magical adventure to find Disneyland secrets. The park is full of them. All you have to do
How To Celebrate Your Anniversary So It Is Romantic And Fun
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Dateline: October 24, 2019
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Your anniversary is coming up, and you're on the lookout for the most romantic and fun way to celebrate. For Disney lovers, heading to the Magic Kingdom may be an obvious choice, but you're wondering exactly how to celebrate your anniversary at Disneyland. Of course, there's no right or wrong way to do Disneyland, but there are a few things you can plan to do in
These Are The Best Places To Eat Right Now
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Dateline: October 4, 2019
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A while back we ranked every single place to eat inside Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. But times have drastically changed in the Southern California House of Mouse thanks to the addition of Star Wars Galaxy 's Edge, and it will continue to morph with the just-announced Avengers Campus. And that means that the food items, too, have changed.
Why Pirates Of The Caribbean Is The Best Ride According To Bob Iger
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Dateline: October 4, 2019
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Every ride at Disneyland is probably somebody's favorite, but there are a few clear front runners in that never ending debate. If you love roller coasters than it may be all about Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. If you prefer dark rides then your favorite might be the Haunted Mansion or possibly Peter Pan's Flight.
One ride that is
Church Official Embezzled Millions To Buy A Membership At Club 33
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Dateline: September 18, 2019
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There's been a lot of talk, especially recently, about just how expensive Disneyland is. Hotels are expensive, theme park tickets are expensive, food is expensive. Serious Disneyland fans save their money to make sure they have the cash for that all important annual passport every year, but for some with bigger bank accounts, there's a goal out there with a
Happiest Haunts Tour Is Filled With Tricks And Treats
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Dateline: September 10, 2019
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When the spell is cast and the pumpkins appear, Disney 's Happiest Haunts Tour at the Disneyland Resort shows the spirits are near! A special opportunity to add to the fun, this tour is only offered for the Halloween season. With your own ghoulish guide and a headset to listen, you walk through the parks while the jack-o '-lanterns glisten.
As you learn about
Halloween Treats 2019 Roundup Is Tasty And Bootiful For The Gram
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Dateline: September 9, 2019
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Someone cue the Nightmare Before Christmas music, because "this is Halloween," and it's time to get your spook on. Once you see that Mickey pumpkin smiling on Main Street, you know Halloween time at Disneyland is officially here. For any foodie, you also know there will be a ton of Instagrammable treats on the menu in both Disneyland and California Adventure to check
Staying Cool When The Sun Shines Bright
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Right now there are so many new things to see and do at the Disneyland Resort, that it 's a great time to visit! As the Southern California sun shines bright, here are some ways to keep cool during your stay:
First up is Disneyland park!
Break away from the bright sun in a galaxy far, far away at Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge. Within the planet of
What Is Club 33 Really Like
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Learn All About Club 33: Past, Present and Future
We 've been asked countless times by our readers about Club 33 and that we should do an “insider article” on what it 's like inside this infamous club at Disneyland. We 'll, here you go! We finally put something together after gathering countless interviews from current and former members (all who will remain
30 Captions For Couples Who Are Having A Date That Is Like A Fairy Tale
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Dateline: August 17, 2019
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When visiting Disneyland, there's nothing more magical than having your SO by your side. What could be more romantic than sharing a churro Lady and the Tramp-style with bae and holding hands while you're getting spooked at the Haunted Mansion? For a date that's truly fairy tale-worthy, you need to plan a trip to Disneyland. When you get there, don't forget to
Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Celebration Inside Special Event
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Dateline: August 16, 2019
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I couldn 't have been older than six or seven years old when I first stepped foot inside The Haunted Mansion. Even at that young age I was already attracted to scary stuff, so on my first trip to Disneyland, I was drawn more to the creepy house in the middle of New Orleans Square than I was to the flying Dumbos or spinning tea cups.
I 'm not one of those
20 Surprising Things You Can And Can Not See Do And Taste At Your Next Visit
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Dateline: August 13, 2019
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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
Disneyland Railroad Breaks Down Forcing Evacuation And Stranding Engine
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Dateline: August 12, 2019
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The Disneyland Railroad broke down over the weekend forcing the Anaheim theme park to evacuate riders from the passenger cars and stranding the disabled engine on a train trestle over the entrance to Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge.
The Ward Kimball steam engine blew an axle on Sunday afternoon and guests were evacuated, according to Disneyland officials.
At Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Bash Stays Weird
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Dateline: August 9, 2019
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Vintage Disney attractions are loaded with oddities. Seemingly outlandish creations - operatic tropical orchids or rum-hungry feral cats - are less likely in today 's modern theme parks, where referencing the thing we saw in a movie too often takes priority.
But even for '60s-era Disneyland, when weird wasn 't in short supply, 1969 's long-in-development
Haunted Mansion Dining Low Disneyland Earnings A Galaxys Edge Cookbook And More
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Dateline: August 8, 2019
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As you may know, this Friday, August 9, marks the 50th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion, which opened its doors first in Disneyland. Since this is an all-timer attraction beloved by pretty much everyone, it 's no surprise that there will be plenty of exciting festivities to commemorate the milestone. And that, of course, means brand-new food. Starting Friday, you can
Haunted Mansion Is Celebrating It Is 50th Anniversary And These Grim Grinning Ghosts Have Plenty Of Memories
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Dateline: August 7, 2019
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Welcome, foolish mortals, to this tale of a haunted house so legendary that it 's lasted 50 years. That 's right, it 's been half a century since the Haunted Mansion opened in Disneyland as a landmark of New Orleans Square.
Since then, this antebellum manor, known to millions as the “home of 999 ghosts with always room for one more,” has spawned books,
It Is Not Your Grandparents Disneyland Anymore
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When I first started going to Disneyland shortly after the park opened in 1955, the most advanced high-tech item you could buy was an authentic Davy Crockett coonskin cap. You wore it proudly and recorded your visit (in black and white) with your trusty Brownie Sure Shot camera.
Today you'll need a lot more interactive smartphone savvy if you and your
10 Hidden Details Only True Fans Noticed
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Dateline: June 14, 2019
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All Disney fans know that Disney parks are full of surprises and hidden Easter eggs. Many of these hidden details pay tribute to creator and cartoonist Walt Disney and the long, celebrated history of the parks. Others are just fun little gags that are sure to delight children and adults alike. Disneyland in Anaheim, California was the first park to be opened by Walt
Disneyland Summons A Spirited 50Th For The Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: May 21, 2019
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Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of, what's the word we're searching for...
Foreboding.
Of course, those aren't just words heard over and over again inside a beyond-iconic attraction in Anaheim; they're currently true, for many Disney devotees.
For perhaps you have a profound sense that something is on the wind, a
A Brighter Sleeping Beauty Castle Is Just One Way Kim Irvine Keeps The Magic In Disneyland
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Dateline: May 16, 2019
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Here 's how deep Kim Irvine 's connections are to Disneyland: About three years before she started working for Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative arm of the company responsible for theme park experiences, the then-15-year-old simply wanted her mother to stop embarrassing her.
“Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween,” Irvine says today, mimicking her
How To Do Disneyland In A Day And Not Lose Your Mind
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Dateline: February 25, 2019
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Here's the story: you want to wish upon a star and take your kids to Disneyland, but you want to make it as pixie dust-magical, efficient and meltdown-free as possible.
I've always had a soft spot for Disneyland ever since my parents first took me when was I was seven years old. I loved it then and have always wanted to return with my own kids. My wife and I have
20 Best Places To Rest With Kids
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Disneyland is a magical place filled with excitement and a ton of things to do. After walking around all day, your feet and your kids' feet will most likely start to hurt, and everyone is going to need a little break from the warm California weather. But where to go? There are plenty of places across Disneyland and Disney California Adventure for a break-places like
25 Things Walt Disney Never Wanted Visitors To Know
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Dateline: January 27, 2019
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Walt Disney himself lived a legendary and highly mysterious life. A man of many secrets, he worked hard to incorporate hidden features through all of his work. Up to this day, there are dozens of special Easter eggs hidden throughout the park. The Imagineer's that designed Disneyland in California have thought through every detail to make the parks as magical as
12 Essential Tips For Enjoying Disneyland In The Rain
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Dateline: January 16, 2019
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A day at Disneyland is usually fun in the sun thanks to Southern California's reputation for year-round sunshine - unless you happen to show up at the theme park on one of the 23 days when it rains each year on average in Anaheim.
This will go down as one of the rainiest weeks of the year in Anaheim, with the forecast calling for showers stretching into the weekend.
She Decorated Her Husband Home Office To Look Like Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: January 11, 2019
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Anyone who's ever been inside the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland might feel a sense of dejà vu when they walk inside Michael Collins' home office in Valencia.
That's because his wife, Donna, decorated it as a tribute to the Haunted Mansion ride, using artifacts she'd been collecting for 20 years. He went out of town for five days, and she completed the transformation
24 Surprising Things About Disneyland We Did Not Know But Should
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Dateline: December 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
Q And A With The Team Behind All The Holiday Decorations
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Walking down Main Street during the holidays is always a heart-warming feeling. But behind the twinkling, towering Christmas tree and the Mickey-shaped garlands is an entire team of cast members who handcraft every bow and ornament. We talked to Alecia Keen and Cathy Carson who are part of the Holiday Services team about what it takes to transform the resort into a winter
Pirates Of Caribbean Reboot Will Reportedly Follow Another Character From The Ride
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The first Pirates of the Caribbean film took a lot of inspiration from the ride, mostly in the form of making skeleton pirates a major part of the story. Following the franchise's success, many of the characters from the films became part of the ride itself. Now, it appears that Disney may be going back to the ride to look for new inspiration, as a new rumor indicates
A Secret Dining Experience Fit For Royalty
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Disneyland aficionados already know about the exclusivity of Club 33. But for a taste of that Disney high life, non-members can enjoy an exclusive dining experience at the park.
While it's not cheap, it certainly fits the price tag.
Just upstairs from the park's Pirates of the Caribbean ride sits 21 Royal, sporting a name and setting fit for a Disney princess.
Star Wars Galaxys Edge 10 Cool Things To Know
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Unless you've been living on Gilligan's Island, you likely know that Disney is building a new Star Wars-themed land inside Disneyland (and also Walt Disney World in Florida). It's big. It's exciting. And it's going to draw massive crowds. Here's what we know so far about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
1. Summer 2019: It's expected to open in Anaheim by summer 2019, and
Deck The Halls At Disneyland 2018 Guide To The Holidays
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The Happiest Place on Earth just got much merrier! The Holidays at Disneyland Resort are just around the corner, and this year will be the most magical season to date. Disneyland Resort celebrates the holidays from November 9, 2018, through January 6, 2019, providing park guests with nearly two months of holiday cheer.
Magical Decor and Guided Tours
Disneyland
Most Famous Gingerbread House Has Legs Literally
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Dateline: September 26, 2018
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Jack Skellington might have asked "what's this?" several times in "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," but that isn't a question you'll utter when your Doom Buggy rolls through the famous ballroom at Disneyland Park's Haunted Mansion.
For you surely know what is before your very eyes, should you be familiar with the "Nightmare"-ish fable and Halloween Time
Will There Be Any Space Left To Sit At Disneyland Anymore
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Dateline: September 25, 2018
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Moving people around a theme park is like one of those slide-tray puzzles. You move from one place to any other space that is clear, in the hope that eventually you will get to wherever you actually wanted to go.
Except that at Disneyland, there's often not that extra, empty space you need to move around the board. It's gridlock.
Disney latest step to address
Disneyland Is Quietly Removing Seating And Planters For Star Wars Land Access
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Dateline: September 20, 2018
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Disneyland has been quietly removing fixed seating and planters to make room for massive crowds expected when the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens next summer, leaving some fans missing their favorite spots to rest their weary feet.
"It's getting harder and harder to sit down in the shade and relax," said Debbie Sinclair of Trabuco Canyon, an annual passholder who
5 Things You Should Know Before Eating At Super Exclusive 21 Royal
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Dateline: August 23, 2018
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If there's one thing you should know about Disneyland, it's that there are tons of places to eat with delicious food for reasonable prices. The park's 21 Royal is not one of those places. Yes, of course, the food is A+, but it'll cost you $15,000. Literally. And that brings us right to the first thing you need to know
You can reserve this magical dining experience
Disneyland Fan Ousted From Exclusive Club 33 Will Not Be Returning
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Dateline: July 6, 2018
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A man who was such a Disney fan that he wrote a book about Walt Disney has quietly settled his lawsuit against the company after he was ousted from Disneyland's exclusive Club 33, accused of breaking its rules.
For four decades, according to court documents and interviews, Joseph Cosgrove of Lake Forest considered himself a self-proclaimed ambassador to the park's
Pirates Of The Caribbean Bride Auction Redo And Why People Hate It And Love It
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"Take a wench for a bride" read the banner above the auction block. Front and center was a buxom redhead, clearly the Mercado's prime merchandise.
Dressed in crimson and bound with rope to a chain gang of several more female abductees, she winked at prospective buyers as other prisoners cried into dainty hankies over their fate.
"Shift yer cargo, dearie. Show
Disneyland Is Getting A Walk Around Redhead From Pirates Of The Caribbean
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For years, fans have chanted "We wants the redhead," along with the drunken pirates in the auction scene of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks around the world. Last year, Disney announced that it would redesign the scene, changing the role of the iconic Redhead from trafficked victim of the pirates raiding the city to an active participant in that
Walt Disneys First Ever Map Of Disneyland Revealed
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Dateline: March 23, 2018
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Back when Disney products were to be watched, not experienced, Walt Disney had a vision: a theme park that felt like stepping into a magical new place. Now, we can finally witness Walt's first dream.
Before construction could start, Walt needed funding. He and his friend Herb Ryman put their heads together and mapped out their dream for the Disneyland that was still
A Beginners Guide to Disneyland Snacks
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Dateline: March 14, 2018
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We all know that familiar feeling of being overwhelmed with what seems like a million options of amusement park snacks. For me, this is especially true when I'm at Disneyland, where all the snack stands make me want to literally empty out my wallet. I've been to Disneyland five times in the past three years, and let me tell you, the food just gets better and better every
Say Goodbye To The Pirates Of The Caribbean Bride Auction
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Dateline: March 13, 2018
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Disneyland is preparing to nix the familiar scene on its Pirates of the Caribbean ride where captive, tied-up women are auctioned off as brides, presumably to pirates, as it will be shut down temporarily starting April 23 to make the switch.
As visitors riding in small boats enter the scene currently, they come upon a sign that reads, "Auction: Take a wench for a
Disney World And Disneyland Have 11 Iconic Matching Attractions Heres Which Park Has The Best Version Of Each Ride
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Dateline: February 27, 2018
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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
Delicious Treats And Awesome Groot Meets
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Dateline: February 13, 2018
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Eating at Disneyland could be a full-time job all on its own - one that I attempted to take a temp position on with my two-day trip to the House of Mouse. I've spoken previously about why February is a wonderful time to visit the Anaheim park, some of the specialty dishes available right now, and another pass on some of the usual snack suspects.
This trip was also
Best Snacks To Get Based On Your Favorite Movies
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Your bags are packed, and you have your Mickey ears ready to go. A Disneyland vacation is on the horizon. There's so much to do and see in the parks - from the rides to the characters - but the real treat is pulling up a chair and being a guest for some tasty food at Disneyland. The food is becoming just as much of an attraction as It's A Small World and Space Mountain.
Walt Disney World Vs. Disneyland The Haunted Mansion What Is The Difference
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Dateline: January 29, 2018
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A lot of people have often wonder if it is worth visiting Walt Disney World and Disneyland since they have seen that many of the "same" attractions are at both. It is a perfectly legitimate thought to have and one that would be easy for the uninformed person to answer, but it wouldn't necessarily be correct. Even though some attractions have the same name, they are not
12 Fun Things You May Not Know About Disneyland
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Test your Disney trivia mojo here. How many of these items do you already know?
1. King Arthur Carousel. The lead horse on the iconic Fantasyland carousel is named Jingles. Walt Disney wanted all horses on the carousel, and he wanted them all to be leaping, so when a classic carousel was purchased, it was supplemented with other horses and those that had straight
Couple Sues After They Were Kicked Out Of Club 33
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Dateline: December 14, 2017
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A Los Angeles couple who said they were banned from Disneyland's pricey and private Club 33 have sued the park, contending they were retaliated against for criticizing sexual harassment and other problems that arose as a result of new management.
"There is a waiting list to become a Club 33 member. It's our belief that new management has been told to force the older
Lunch At Blue Bayou
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Dateline: December 4, 2017
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Blue Bayou, is one of Disneyland's most coveted dining locations. If you're ready to step it up from churros, turkey legs and pretzels, Blue Bayou Restaurant is a must-try for Disneyland lovers. I didn't know about Blue Bayou and its high demand until 2015, and when I saw the restaurant as a passenger on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, I knew I had to try it the next
Disneyland Shuts Down 2 Cooling Towers After Legionnaires Disease Sickens Park Visitors
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Dateline: November 11, 2017
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Disneyland has shut down two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after Orange County health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who had visited the Anaheim theme park, authorities said.
Twelve cases of the bacteria-caused illness were discovered about three weeks ago among people who had spent time in Anaheim and included nine
Journey Through Jazz History With The Side Street Strutters
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In 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band released a record of their "Livery Stable Blues," believed to be the first jazz recording in history.
One hundred years later, the Side Street Strutters are paying tribute to the musical pioneers and jazz innovations in the decades since in their show "Vinyl Jazz, A Century Celebration." The band will bring their world-class
Haunted Mansion Gingerbread House Is Swarming With Creepy Crawlies
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Dateline: September 19, 2017
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Tim Burton and The Haunted Mansion collide for this scary sweet gingerbread house at Disneyland.
Houses made of cookie don't typically scream Halloween. In fact, they don't typically scream at all, typically filling out a cutesy Christmas tablescape. But at one of Disneyland's most haunted estates, scaring up a good time (especially around the holidays) comes with
This Is What It Is Like To Eat At The Secret Club In Disneyland That Has A 14-Year Waiting List
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Right in the middle of New Orleans Square in Disneyland, located across from La Mascarade d'Orleans, is the inconspicuous entrance to one of the most-whispered-about spots in Disney parks across the globe: Club 33.
Club 33 is a secret five-star restaurant that the regular public cannot access. There are only two ways to get into Club 33: being an exclusive member, or
10 Most Essential Foods At Disneyland True Fans Know These Classics Well
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Dateline: August 14, 2017
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The rides and attractions aren't the only experiences at Disneyland. Any regular Disney-goer can conjure up a few must-eat items -and, yes, there are mouse-shaped snacks aplenty - but other great dishes are flying just under the radar or off the main tourist drag. These are the Disneyland foods that will make your next trip to the Happiest Place on Earth completely
Google Street View Coming Soon To Disneyland
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Dateline: August 11, 2017
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Interested in walking around Disneyland from your computer or smart phone?
You will be able to real soon, with Google Maps.
People wearing odd-looking backpacks, called Street View Trekkers, have been spotted recently walking around the Disneyland Resort and its theme parks.
One such person was seen this week strolling the pathways in Frontierland and New
Railroad Engineers Ecstatic About New Route As Classic Ride Readies To Reopen
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Dateline: July 27, 2017
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"All Aboard" will be heard again when the Disneyland Railroad opens Saturday, July 29, 2017 after a being shuttered for more than a year.
Construction of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge meant the railroad would be closed while a new route was built around Frontierland for the classic opening day attraction. During that time, the rail line's engineers were busy keeping the
10 Best Places To Take A Break At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 21, 2017
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Hot and tired of tromping around theme parks at the Disneyland Resort? We're there for you. Here are the best places to catch a break and cool down.
At some point, like most of us, you've probably been inside the Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln theater. Yes, it's a little dated. But you know why its moments are still great?
Because you get 16 minutes of blissful,
Disney Parks Want Us To Escape Reality But Real-World Conflicts Are Sometimes Unavoidable
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Dateline: July 13, 2017
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On June 29, Disney announced that as part of its ongoing renovation of old attractions, it would be removing the "wench auction" scene from its popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Many people online have expressed outrage. "Never have any of these wonderful scenes ever made me think of negative things!" wrote one fan on the Disney Parks Blog. Another posted, "I
Star Wars Land Update Disneyland Rivers Of America Route Nearly Done
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Dateline: May 5, 2017
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The steel is climbing out of the ground as "Star Wars" land continues to take shape at Disneyland.
But while that land will open in 2019, crews are rapidly finishing work on the rockwork and landscaping around the new route for the Rivers of America. The waterway is scheduled to be open to boat traffic again in the latter half of 2017, as is the Big Thunder Trail
You Can Get Gold Dusted Churros For A Limited Time
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Dateline: March 17, 2017
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It's all in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
When it comes to things that need improvement, we're pretty sure "churros" and "Disneyland" don't top the list. And if it ain't broke Right?
But we have to admit: This recent upgrade gives both of them a boost - and provides some pretty stellar eye candy, too.
For the
999 Happy Haunts Marvel The Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: March 5, 2017
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Recently Marvel put out it's Haunted Mansion graphic novel, which collects issues 1-5 of the mini series. The story is wonderfully straight forward; A teenage boy named Danny is called to the Haunted Mansion by Madame Leota to come free his recently deceased grandfather's ghost. Danny must overcome his fear-and some nasty ghosts- in the process.
Writer Joshua
Adventure Awaits
Dateline: February 11, 2017
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
When "Adventureland" was first conceived, it was to be based on Walt's award winning documentaries on Africa and Asia. "Jungle Cruise" was the star attraction until "Swiss Family Treehouse" opened in 1962. The inspiration for the "Jungle Cruise" includes the True-Life Adventure documentary, "The African Lion" and the film, "The African Queen" (the name for the Land was
Inside 21 Royal New Hidden Dinner Experience That Costs 15000 Dollars
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Dateline: January 27, 2017
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Say goodbye to churros and pretzels: Disneyland has a new ultra-fancy dining space, and we're already saving our pennies for a bite.
Welcome to 21 Royal, a hidden wonderland tucked above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disney's original theme park in California. For one magically large fee of $15,000, guests can now reserve 21 Royal to host the private dinner
Disneyland Just Opened An Ultra-Exclusive Dining Space Called 21 Royal
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Dateline: January 26, 2017
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When Walt Disney was still tinkering with his plans for Disneyland, he and his wife Lillian envisioned a private family apartment hidden above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where they could host prominent guests. Their plans were never fully realized-until now. Walt's designs for the space have been "faithfully and painstakingly recreated" as a private dining space
Back To The Old West
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Dateline: November 19, 2016
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If it was in the West, it's here. The Mark Twain Riverboat docks at the aptly named Mark Twain Landing in Frontierland.
The first train ride, apart from the Disneyland Railroad, was the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland, opening in 1960; the Mine Train closed in 1977, and Big Thunder Mountain opened two years later. The two rides could not be more different. The
Large Cranes Dominate The Skyline Of Future Star Wars Land
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Dateline: October 19, 2016
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Cranes, lots of them, dominate the skyline above the "Star Wars" land construction zone at Disneyland.
While there is still a lot of dirt visible in the construction zone, more concrete walls and tunnels were taking shape in the new land, including the new route for the Disneyland Railroad.
Meanwhile, over at Disney California Adventure, scaffolding is now
Beignets Pirates And Ghosts Oh My
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Dateline: October 15, 2016
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When New Orleans Square opened in July of 1966, the mayor of New Orleans, Victor Schiro, participated in the dedication. Schiro announced that Disney was an honorary citizen of the real city and joked that adding the Square cost as much as the original Louisiana Purchase. The dedication was Walt's last public appearance before his death that December.
There are two
Rivers Of Fun
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Dateline: September 17, 2016
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The Rivers of America is as old as Disneyland, with the Mark Twain Riverboat as its only attraction (with the dry docks for refurbishments), though Mike Fink Keel Boats would open in December that same year. The Rivers and all green waters in the park are interconnected underground, allowing the water to naturally filter and de-stagnate the way a lake would. They act as a
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 8
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Dateline: August 16, 2016
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Picture this
You're an artistic designer;
You're scheduled to attend a design meeting for a project you drew the design that "greenlighted" the project you're currently working on;
Deadlines are rapidly approaching;
And in walks your boss
He looks concerned -- something between worried and extremely serious;
He opens the meeting and begins
7 Most Underrated Experiences At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 28, 2016
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If you're any kind of Disneyland fan, then you know the glory of the Jungle Cruise ride and you've eaten more Dole Whips than you can count.
But even some of the most avid park-goers skip key experiences during their visits. The following rides, secret spots and shows often go under-appreciated in favor of bigger, sparklier Disneyland attractions. Seek out these
Disneyland Attractions Closed To Build Star Wars Land Will Reopen In 2017
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Dateline: July 28, 2016
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Disney has offered no timeline for its new "Star Wars" land, but Thursday park fans learned attractions closed temporarily for its construction will reopen in 2017.
Park officials, on their Disney Parks blog, announced the attractions on the Rivers of America that went offline earlier this year as crews prepared for the construction of the 14-acre "Star Wars" land,
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1990s
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Dateline: July 15, 2016
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It was a "Fantasmic!" start for Disneyland in the 1990s, and the decade ended with a new Tomorrowland and the disappearance of the parking lot.
1990-92
Not much happened for the first two years in terms of changes or additions of new attractions until 1992. Mission to Mars had its last flight and was grounded. In New Orleans Square, something new was coming to
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1980s
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Dateline: July 14, 2016
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Source: Orange County Register
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
This Is How Disneyland Changed From 1956 To 1959
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Dateline: July 14, 2016
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Source: Orange County Register
The day after Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, many newspapers had a field day with the myriad of problems the park had, such as gas leaks, failing plumbing and a lack of drinking fountains. Some called it Walt's Folly and more.
But that didn't seem to matter to the public because when the park opened its gates the next day, there was a long line of people waiting
This Is How Disneyland Looked And Changed In The 1960s
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Dateline: July 12, 2016
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Source: Orange County Register
It was the '60s, a decade of change. And just like society, Disneyland would change too - in dramatic fashion.
1960
Just like previous years, Walt Disney was constantly tinkering with Disneyland as the decade started. The first year of the decade, he added more scenes to the Rainbow Ridge Mine Train, and changed its name to the Mine Train Through Nature's
Inspiration For Disneyland Rides Came From Towns Across America
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Dateline: June 9, 2016
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Source: Orange County Register
Did you know that you could find Disneyland in Colorado? And in Arizona, Texas, Missouri and Louisiana?
I was driving my daughter back from college last week and we found a little bit of Walt Disney World in Wyoming, too. Real-life landmarks around the nation have inspired many of the sights familiar to Disney theme park fans. If you know where to look, you can put
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 7
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Dateline: June 7, 2016
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The Land that Never Was
One of the themes that Disney toyed with was the birth of the nation, continuing on through the Colonial Era, following inventors and political figures that shaped our country. Officially, it wouldn't be referred to as a land per se, the same as Main Street USA, New Orleans Square and Toontown. Actually the proposed idea was a combination of
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 6
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Dateline: March 18, 2016
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Did you know that although Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is largely considered the first color animated feature length film by most, when in fact it isn't ?
It's true.
Because of Walt Disney's reputation and his ambitious efforts in both film, television and finally amusement parks, it is conceivable to see this recorded improperly. In the early 1900s,
Disneyland Begins Draining Rivers Of America As Prep For Star Wars Land Continues
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Dateline: March 9, 2016
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Source: Orange County Register
The water was lower by about four feet in the northern half of the Rivers of America at Disneyland Wednesday afternoon, as the park started to drain it so it could start work on re-routing the river and more.
The water is being recycled, according to Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
"All the resort's water is sent to the Orange County Water District
Leaping Into Spring On Leap Day
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Dateline: February 29, 2016
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It was "Leap Day" at the Disneyland Resort, and even though spring doesn't start for another three weeks, flowers are blooming all over the place.
In Frontierland, crews are continuing their preparations around the Rivers of America for the start of construction of "Star Wars" land. They installed two temporary dams on the Rivers of America so they can drain the
Going Inside The Dream Suite And Walt Disney Apartment At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 12, 2016
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Some of us are just born Disneyland fanatics.
It's hard to dislike the classic theme park of course, but if you're a superfan, as I'd consider myself, there are a few places within the park that you're aware are very difficult to gain access to - some nearly impossible, in fact. These are places many attending the park likely don't even know exist, even as they are
Changes And Closures At The Disneyland Resort
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Dateline: January 25, 2016
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The Disneyland Resort is undergoing a few changes, some temporary, others permanent.
It's A Small World is closed as its holiday overlay is removed, while the Haunted Mansion is open after its holiday overlay has already been removed.
Scrims have been erected around the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Disneyland to block views of the Rivers of America while
Disneyland Has Stopped Offering 13 Minutes Of Tranquility
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Dateline: January 22, 2016
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People going to amusement parks in the post World War II boom times of the early 1950s were looking for fast, not slow; they wanted to be thrilled, not dropped into a peaceful and pastoral setting. But that's just what Walt Disney gave them in The Rivers of America. From the moment Walt Disney began to think about what would eventually become "Disneyland," he conceived of
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 4
Dateline: November 15, 2015
Status: Current
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Last time we left off, we were meeting some of the Imagineers who were responsible for the initial creation of Disneyland. We began to see the park take physical shape and learn about the origins of Main Street USA and Sleeping Beauty's Castle. There were roughly 6 months until the opening. The orange and walnut groves that once existed all to themselves were being
Digging Up The Ghosts Of Disneyland Haunted Mansion Ride
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Dateline: October 16, 2015
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Long before there were hitchhiking ghosts or merry ghouls frolicking in a ballroom, there was the tale of a sea captain - a sea captain who murdered his wife and buried her in a brick wall.
This sea captain was once destined for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, but this gruesome tale of a ship commander has largely been forgotten.
To delve into the Haunted
Disneyland Ride Review Full Steam Ahead On The Mark Twain
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Dateline: October 16, 2015
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Engine room, full speed ahead. The bell clangs and the steam whistle blows as you embark on a journey aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat, one of Disneyland's opening day attractions still around. It will take you on a journey on the Rivers of America in Frontierland, nearly identical to the one visitors to the park encountered in 1955.
As the steam-powered paddle
When Villains Rule The Night
Dateline: October 12, 2015
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
If I've ever been to Disneyland during Halloween, I was a kid, because I don't remember it. However, I do know that for Halloween, like Christmas, the decorators go all out. The equivalent of the giant tree in the Town Square and Mickey shaped wreaths are Mickey shaped jack-o-lanterns, complete with friendly smile and pumpkin ears. The entrance plaza has the "fab five,"
Some Cool Behind The Scenes Secrets Of Disneyland Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: October 9, 2015
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The best illusion happens when you don't even know you've been tricked.
Take the mysterious case of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. That "dark ride" (all indoors) may be the most visited hoax of all time.
1) The Haunted Mansion is, along with Pirates of the Caribbean, one of the landmarks of New Orleans Square. But the mansion was not inspired by anything in
Local Veteran Recalls Meeting Walt Disney
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Dateline: September 26, 2015
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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
Dates Announced Disneyland Holidays
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Dateline: September 4, 2015
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JACK SKELLINGTON KNOWS: September through December -- or, let's be honest, early January -- is a whirl of bunting and lights and decorations and fresh costumes and special events at Disneyland Resort. But just because Halloween arrives before the December holidays on the calendar doesn't mean that The Happiest Place on Earth always sticks strictly to the order of things.
In Defense Of Disneyland Why Its Worth Revisiting As A Jaded Adult
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Dateline: August 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 60 Things You Might Not Know About The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: July 17, 2015
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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
What Would Disney Build At Disneyland With $1 Billion
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Dateline: June 26, 2015
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A Millennium Falcon ride? Going for a spin in an Iron Man suit? Disney executives have announced plans to spend $1 billion on new attractions in Disneyland and/or Disney California Adventure.
Here are some options:
'Star Wars'
More Yoda? Natural, it would be. The Star Tours ride has been running since 1987, and the stories and characters from "Star Wars"
Disneyland Private Club Membership For 84-Year-Old Revoked Lawsuit Filed
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Dateline: June 23, 2015
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The 84-year-old author of the book "Walt Dreamers Me" is suing the Walt Disney Co., alleging his lifetime membership in Disneyland's exclusive and little-known Club 33 was wrongfully terminated after more than four decades.
Joseph Cosgrove, a club member for 47 years, filed the lawsuit against Burbank-based Disney in Los Angeles Superior Court. His allegations
Disneyland Turns 60 Ranking Its Attractions by Land
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Dateline: May 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 New Magic Program Allows Some Of Walt Oldest Dreams For His Theme Park To Finally Come True
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Dateline: May 15, 2015
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This past weekend, theme park fans around the globe collectively lost their minds as images of the Hatbox Ghost began to pop up online.
"And what's the big deal with the Hatbox Ghost?," you ask. Well, you have to understand this gruesome ghoul was originally supposed to have been one of the 999 happy haunts that Disneyland Guests would encounter whenever they visited
15 Stunning Disneyland Foods And Drinks Worth Waiting In Line For
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Dateline: May 7, 2015
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Disneyland: home of fantastical fireworks, rip-roaring rides, more souvenirs than you can shake a four-fingered glove at - and, it so happens, some of the best theme park food this side of Arendelle.
Bars and restaurants at the Disneyland Resort have figured out what guests crave, from sweet, buttery pineapple soft serves to boozy green screwdrivers made with five
Disneyland Diamond Days Sweepstakes Will Give Away Diamonds
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Dateline: April 14, 2015
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Imagine winning a Disney Diamond or a Cinderella glass slipper, or enjoying a private excursion and dinner in Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park. Those are a few of the exciting prizes that will be awarded to some lucky guests during the Disneyland Diamond Days sweepstakes, part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration that begins May 22, 2015.
On A Culinary Adventure At Disneyland
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Dateline: April 14, 2015
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Disneyland is more than a fairytale getaway with all its variety of attractions, shows, and chance interactions with your favorite Disney characters. What often doesn't come to guests' attention is that it can also be the perfect place to experiment with new foods exclusively to Disneyland.
Often mottoed as "The Happiest Place on Earth' it offers everyone a chance
A Date With Disney
Dateline: March 15, 2015
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The date had not been going at all well. Normally, Katie loved Disneyland. But, with Josh, her date, complaining the whole time, she felt herself going bonkers. While he was great when they were about ten yards away from getting on the rides, the rest was just a spout of anti-Disney prattle.
More often than not, she found herself spacing out, typically remembering
Diamond Celebration Will Light Up The Disneyland Resort Beginning With Dazzling 24-Hour Event
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Dateline: March 11, 2015
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A dynamic 24-hour party will kick off the summer and launch the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration, May 22-23, as guests enjoy the thrilling premieres of three, new nighttime spectaculars: the glittering "Paint the Night" parade and the groundbreaking "Disneyland Forever" fireworks show at Disneyland Park, plus the new presentation, "World of Color - Celebrate! The
Disney Alters Perks For Club 33 Members
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Dateline: December 12, 2014
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Some of Mickey Mouse's high-roller friends have their tails in a twist..
For access to what is billed as "the most exclusive address in all of Disneyland" - Club 33 - many members pay $11,000 a year. Now some of those fans are piqued over what they say is a roll-back of their platinum-plated perks. Some are even contemplating canceling a membership so coveted that
Fair Or Foul Disneyland's Fantasmic Moving To Fastpass System Means No More Saving Spots
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Dateline: December 10, 2014
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Source: Orange County Register
A manhole cover between New Orleans Square and the Rivers of America marks the spot.
Once or twice a week around 6 p.m., Janey Ellis and her husband, Patrick Arlt, both 26 of Orange, set down a "Nightmare Before Christmas" blanket near this manhole along the banks of the Rivers of America at Disneyland.
They grab to-go dinners from a nearby restaurant, sit
Merriest Place On Earth
Dateline: December 6, 2014
Status: Current
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"The Happiest Place on Earth" becomes all the more magical during the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Tinsel and garland cover almost every inch of the already beautiful park. In 2006 they had a machine that produced many tiny bubbles grouped to make snowflakes. My mother has a picture of me dancing in them, somewhere.
When the House of the Future was still there, a
Disneyland Resort Welcomes Anna And Elsa From Frozen To A Christmas Fantasy Parade For The Holidays
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Dateline: November 17, 2014
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The Happiest Place on Earth Just Gets Merrier as Anna and Elsa from Walt Disney Pictures' animated hit "Frozen" join the annual holiday celebration at the Disneyland Resort. The Holidays bring themed entertainment, sparkling decorations, delicious treats, festive traditions and holiday shopping to locations throughout the Resort.
Among the highlights of the season,
Disneyland Haunted Mansion Is A House Of Fancy Frights
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Dateline: October 18, 2014
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Source: Orange County Register
No one in Orange County decorates a house for Halloween quite like the creative minds behind the Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland. It has been 14 years since the seasonal "Nightmare Before Christmas"- themed overlay was launched at the classic Haunted Mansion, and the ghoulish meets quirky meets elegant design continues to evolve as the designers tweak or add new
Club 33 Could Very Well Be Disneyland Best Attraction
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Dateline: October 17, 2014
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Disneyland is known as "The Happiest Place on Earth." But nestled within the Southern California amusement park is a restaurant and bar that could easily be called "The Most Exclusive Place on Earth." It's Club 33, and for a rumored initiation fee of $40,000, and annual dues of $11,000, you too can be a member, provided you get off the waiting list that lasts 10 years or
Disneyland Resort Shows A Spooky Disney Side For Halloween Time
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Dateline: September 12, 2014
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Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort is a one-of-a-kind celebration of chilling, family friendly fun. From Friday, Sept. 12, through Friday, Oct. 31, guests will explore their spooky Disney Side with special Halloween transformations of Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain; encounter Disney villains conjured by a magic cauldron; dance to the Mad T Party band and meet
How To Eat Your Way Through Disneyland Like You're A Kid Again
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Dateline: July 18, 2014
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We may be older than your average kid, but we still love Disneyland. Kids of all ages do. Even more so now that we get to visit and see the park through the eyes of our 4-year-old daughter, Simone.
There are so many reasons why people come back to the Disney resorts time and time again: the rides, the characters, the amazing parades, the fireworks show. When we were
Secretive Club 33 Sheds Much Of Its Past In Major Renovation
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Dateline: July 1, 2014
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland's secretive Club 33 is getting a massive - and somewhat controversial - makeover that will eliminate nostalgic touches when the swanky upgrades are unveiled July 18.
The top-to-bottom rehab includes the addition of a full-service lounge overlooking New Orleans Square and a menu overhaul by award-winning Napa Rose chef Andrew Sutton, according to club
Disneyland Top Man Michael Colglazier Literally Walks In Walt's Footsteps
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Dateline: April 19, 2014
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Source: Orange County Register
The parks' CEO will need a little magic to preserve what Walt Disney created while ushering in necessary growth and change. It's a challenge he relishes. 'It truly is the greatest job in the world. A lot of people may say that, but I truly can say that.'
Michael Colglazier treats the immense concrete sprawl of Disneyland as if it's a living room carpet. Never mind
Unlocking The Secrets Of Disneyland The Magic Is In The Details
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Dateline: January 30, 2014
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Have you ever wondered why you get that warm and fuzzy feelings just as you walk into Disneyland? We caught up with Katie, a Disneyland VIP tour guide who says the magic is hidden in the details.
You can find them all over the park.
It starts at the Candy Palace on Main Street, USA, where vents work overtime to pump out the sweet smell of yummy goodness being
Lunch With Disney Legend Marty Sklar In Disneyland's Club 33
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Dateline: December 23, 2013
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I have to admit, I was getting a little nervous.
It was 1:20 in the afternoon of Nov. 22. I was standing -- actually, pacing back and forth - near the steps of City Hall in Town Square at Disneyland.
Rain was falling pretty steadily, as it had been since daybreak, and it was downright chilly, a far cry from the "warm California sun" we've been hearing about for
California vs. Paris: Welcome Foolish Mortals-- Part One
Dateline: October 1, 2013
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To conclude my series of articles comparing the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris), I shall be writing a four-part look at those rides in which hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.
In Paris, the equivalent of the Haunted Mansion is called Phantom Manor. Originally narrated by Vincent
Disneylands Super Exclusive Club 33 To Undergo Renovations
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Dateline: September 13, 2013
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Disneyland's super-exclusive Club 33, where it costs $25,000 to join and membership fees are $10,000 a year, is reportedly undergoing a major renovation.
According to the unofficial Disney blog, Inside the Magic, the famous restaurant in the Anaheim theme park will get a new layout, including a makeover of the entrance, lounge and kitchen, as well as a whole new
Halloween Season Is About To Begin At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 4, 2013
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Disney's Bi-Coastal Event planned for September 13th will begin the 6-week Halloween Season at Disneyland in Anaheim California. LaDiscountTickets.com provides exclusive discount tickets to this event.
Tis the spooktacular season at Disney, and with the change comes new events and opportunities. Both Disneyland Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney
Captain Takes You Inside The Wheelhouse Of The Mark Twain Riverboat At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 28, 2013
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Ever wonder what it's like to steer the Mark Twain Riverboat through the Rivers of America at Disneyland? Or how the Radiator Springs Raceway cars get their power?
"Every Role a Starring Role" is one of my favorite Disneyland blogs that takes you behind the scenes with various cast members who describe their jobs.
Jen Holst, a Mark Twain Riverboat captain,
Disneyland Resort Celebrates Halloween Time 2013
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Dateline: July 15, 2013
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Friday the 13th - Sept. 13, 2013 - will offer extra chills this year at the Disneyland Resort. On that day, The Happiest Place on Earth gets spookier as Halloween Time returns with Disney villains, Mickey Mouse and his friends in Halloween costumes, a Dia de los Muertos celebration and the special after-hours Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland Park. In addition,
Dreams Come True On Blue Bayou
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Dateline: April 25, 2013
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Much has been written about dining at Disneyland, and frankly, quite a bit of it was written by me. I'm like that-from kid meals to churros, no giant turkey leg has been left unturned (rotisserie?). We work up an appetite.
Over the years we have dined at Disneyland as omnivores, vegetarians, gluten-free, and at various levels of healthily snacking. I am fairly
Best Places To Eat At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 27, 2013
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Disneyland may be where all childhood dreams come true, but Disneyland is also quickly becoming a foodie mecca as well. With a wide array of culinary pleasures to choose between, from carts to fine dining, here are our picks for best Disneyland eats.
On The Go
For a quick bite on the go without the muss and fuss of sitting to eat because you've got places to
Love Is In The Air At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 11, 2013
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2013 is a special year at Disneyland. Each and every week Disneyland will be doing spectacular, interesting and awe (and aww!) inspiring new things as part of a program called Limited Time Magic. And Valentine's Day week is particularly special with all sorts of awesome added magic in honor of love, sweet love.
What do they have planned for True Love Week? Disneyland
California vs. Paris: Rivers of America
Dateline: February 9, 2013
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Source: MickeyMousePark.com
I learned something today.
My comparison article for January 2013 was always going to be about the Rivers of America in Anaheim's Disneyland Park, and its counterpart in Disneyland Paris.
However, until perhaps five minutes ago, I had assumed that the Paris equivalent was also called Rivers of America. Turns out, it's the Rivers of the Far West.
Whilst it
Behind Closed Doors At Disney's 10 000 Dollar A Year Private Members Club
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Dateline: January 27, 2013
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Secretive club opened since 1967 has been visited by dozens of celebrities and dignitaries enjoying the only place in Disneyland to serve alcohol
Over the years it has boasted a membership of presidents, world leaders and celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks and offers fine dining in decadent surroundings at the heart of Disneyland - at a
Memories From The Mansion
Dateline: November 30, 2012
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Source: MickeyMousePark.com
It was August 1969 and I had just turned 9 the month before. Summer was rapidly coming to an end so, as a treat, my Dad let me go with my summer camp group on a day trip to the Magic Kingdom. We were scheduled to leave early the morning of the 12th which was a Tuesday. We would spend the entire day at the park and return early the morning of the 13th. Little did I know
Everything You Need To Know About Disneyland Resorts During The Holidays
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Dateline: November 29, 2012
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The busy holiday season is upon and it's usually filled with travel. Why not make a new tradition by including a family visit to Disneyland?
After my recent trip, I decided that the holidays are the best time to go. Post Halloween offers smaller crowds, shorter lines,comfortable weather - A perfect family bonding event in the middle of a rushed season! Disneyland is
Disneyland Holidays 2012
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Dateline: November 10, 2012
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Source: Examiner
Halloween is over and the Holiday season has arrived to Southern California .The decorations have been brought out, great meals are planned and with family and friends arriving to celebrate, there is so much left to do! Favorites are coming back and new additions to the Parks are going to be showcased with seasonal flair. During the Holiday season, it seems that
California vs. Paris: Frontierland
Dateline: November 7, 2012
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Source: MickeyMousePark.com
Looking back at the articles I have written comparing the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris) I realize that the only Land in the Paris version of Disneyland Park which I haven't covered in any detail yet is Frontierland. [The only elements of this Land I have looked at, to date, are Tom Sawyer Island and the Railroad].
With regards to Anaheim,
Disneyland Park Releases Dates Details Of Christmas Holiday Season
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Dateline: October 24, 2012
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Source: Examiner
Always a magical place, Disneyland Park becomes extra festive during the Christmas season. The theme park will celebrate the holiday from Nov. 12, 2012 through Jan. 6, 2013 with the return of its seasonal offerings, announced Disneyland Resort on Oct. 23.
Visiting Disneyland Park is an annual tradition for many guests who come to see the park's festive decor and
Long Hiatus For Indiana Jones Ride
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Dateline: September 16, 2012
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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
Tour Visits Walt Disney Apartment
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Dateline: September 10, 2012
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Disneyland Park has revamped its "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour with new attractions and a new price.
The new tour is called "Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps" and it began on Sunday, according to park employees. The Disney Parks blog announced the change in August without providing details.
But booking agents I talked to both at the park and on the phone
At Disneyland Even The Plants Have A Purpose
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Dateline: September 10, 2012
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Did you know that the trees and flowers planted throughout Disneyland were as well thought out as the design of the attractions and lands themselves?
I didn't.
In scurrying from one attraction to the other, I must admit that I never paid much attention to the foliage until I took Disneyland's two-hour "Cultivating the Magic" tour during which the guide talked
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part Two
Dateline: September 1, 2012
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
This month I shall continue my comparison of California's Tomorrowland with Paris's Discoveryland, by looking at their versions of Nautilus and Star Tours, as well as the two Lands' arcades, shows, theatres and eateries
Les Mysteres du Nautilus at Disneyland Paris is nothing like the submarine attraction in California, either in its present Finding Nemo state or its
12 Unique And Magical Memories To Be Made At Disneyland
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Dateline: August 8, 2012
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When visiting Disney, many families head straight for the E-ticket rides, from Space Mountain to the Matterhorn to Dumbo. But in doing so they not only spend a whole lot of time in long lines, but they miss out on so many magical moments and memories that can be made at the "happiest place on earth.' Though these attractions are less popular, they are just as special and
Disneyland New Pirate Experience
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Dateline: August 1, 2012
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PRINCESS TO PIRATE: The shiny ringlets are perfect curled. The tiara is perfectly set. And the dress? It's all sparkle and glitter and color and dazzle. We're talking about the Disney Princess here, of course; "tiara" and "sparkle" were perhaps the obvious giveaways. She's such the mythical character that little girls and their grown-ups regularly visit Disneyland's
California vs. Paris: Pirates of the Caribbean and Blue Bayou
Dateline: July 1, 2012
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
This month, I shall be comparing the versions of the Pirates of the Caribbean found in the Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).
The Californian of Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC) can be found in New Orleans Square (NOS), was the first attraction of its kind worldwide when it opened in 1967 and was the last attraction Walt was thought to have
Grown-Up Gals Have Fun Like Kids But Without Kids At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 21, 2012
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Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals' day out.
That's exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach or shopping. Did we channel our inner princesses? Nope. Did we regress to a state of childlike delight and strategically map out
Special Fantasmic Anniversary Dessert At Cafe Orleans
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Dateline: May 15, 2012
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Disneyland annual pass-holders witnessed a special 20th anniversary, after-hours performance of Fantasmic! on Monday.
The multimedia show began with a four-minute prologue showing planning and preparation for the attraction and its premiere in May, 1992.
The event took place at 11:30 p.m., after the park was closed to all but pass-holders who had picked up
Disneyland Opens Secret Club 33 Restaurant For A Price
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Dateline: May 4, 2012
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Source: Orange County Register
For the first time in a decade, Disneyland is opening up new memberships to its exclusive Club 33 the famous, secretive restaurant tucked inside the park.
Disney also is adding a private lounge for club members at Disney California Adventure.
Starting today, Disney will begin sending embossed invitations to the first 100 people on its 800-name waiting list,
Disney Plans Exclusive Events For Show's Anniversary
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Dateline: April 25, 2012
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Disneyland is inviting annual passholders to exclusive events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fantasmic! show.
Disney sent email invitations starting Wednesday to passholders, who can sign up to attend one of four nights. No anniversary events are planned for regular park visitors, said Michele Himmelberg, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
On May 13,
California vs. Paris: Adventureland
Dateline: March 29, 2012
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Source: MickeyMousePark.com
This month, I shall be comparing the Adventurelands found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).
Standing in front of the castle, with your back to Main Street, U.S.A./World Bazaar, the first land you encounter clockwise in four of the five Magic Kingdoms is Adventureland. Internet rumors abound that in Shanghai, Adventureland will
Longtime Disneyland Guitarist Passes Away
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Dateline: February 24, 2012
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Source: Orange County Register
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
Celebrate Mardi Gras With Tiana, Snacks
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Dateline: February 16, 2012
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Just because Southern California is nowhere near New Orleans doesn't mean you can't celebrate Mardi Gras in style.
And Disneyland in Anaheim is pulling out all the stops to make this a Mardi Gras to remember.
On select dates through March 11, the park is celebrating with the New Orleans Bayou Bash. Park visitors can experience tasty treats along with
Disneyland Launches New Orleans Parties
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Dateline: February 9, 2012
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland is launching a series of New Orleans-style parties this weekend.
Over five weeks in February and March, Disneyland is holding New Orleans Bayou Bash events in New Orleans Square, mostly on weekends. The events will include music, Disney characters dressed in Mardi Gras attire, performers and themed food.
The first party is set for Friday.
The
California vs. Paris: The Railroads (Part Two)
Dateline: February 1, 2012
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
In November 2011, I wrote an article comparing the Railroads found in the two Disneylands parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). This month, I shall be comparing the stations at which they stop and the Dioramas which they pass.
The Railroads were opening day attractions at their respective parks and go clockwise at each. Main Street Station was also an
Dining At Disney's Club 33: The Good, The Bad And The Shopping
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Dateline: January 6, 2012
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Source: Orange County Weekly
There is a special population obsessed enamored with all things Disney, and a completely unrelated group that wants to be a part of all things exclusive. Rarely do these two collide, except when discussing a certain door adjacent to the Blue Bayou in New Orleans Square, its only marker being their address, the buzzer behind a discreet panel your only way in. Happiest
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
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Dateline: December 20, 2011
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Having grown up in Southern California, I can't remember a time when I wasn't aware of Disneyland.
I've loved the amusement park and all things Disney since I was itty bitty. I can remember being carried out to the car while it was still dark out when I was a little girl only to wake up again at Disneyland in awe. Now as an adult, I still find the "Happiest Place on
He Runs Grandfather's Train At Disneyland
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Dateline: November 13, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland Railroad in his blood: Working on the Disneyland Railroad carries on a family tradition.
For many, trips to Disneyland are a family tradition.
But for Nate Lord, it's working at Disneyland that carries on a family tradition.
Lord is an engineer on the Disneyland Railroad, a collection of old-time steam trains that circle the park. One of the
Mickey Mouse Gets A Toon-Themed Tree For The Holidays
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Dateline: November 7, 2011
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Mickey Mouse celebrates the holidays with a cartoon-style Christmas tree this season as new decor adds merriment to Mickey's Toontown for the 2011 holidays at Disneyland Resort. The holidays shine brightly throughout the resort from Nov. 14, 2011, through Jan. 8, 2012, as guests create memories for a lifetime.
Those holiday memories might even appear in the nightly
California vs. Paris: The Railroads
Dateline: November 1, 2011
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This month, I shall be comparing the Railroads which circle the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris).
Both versions were opening day attractions, although in Anaheim it was called the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad until 1974; in Paris, the attraction was known as Eurodisneyland Railroad up to 1994. The name change for the former was due to
Disneyland It All Started With A Mouse
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Dateline: October 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
Disneyland Resort Offers Plenty Of New Attractions
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Dateline: October 2, 2011
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The self-proclaimed "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a whole lot happier.
When Disneyland Resort's new 12-acre Cars Land opens in time for next summer's tourist blitz, it will represent the latest achievement in the world of "imagineering" a word that was coined to emphasize the imagination of Disney engineers.
Presently under construction in the
Tis The Season To Be Spooky
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Dateline: September 7, 2011
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Separate-ticket 'Mickey's Halloween Party' Offers Trick-or-Treating In Disneyland Park on 10 Special Nights
The spirit of Halloween Time will invade Disneyland Resort this fall with Disney villains, Mickey Mouse and his friends in Halloween costumes, along with the seasonal transformations of Haunted Mansion into Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain into Space
Classic Perfume Shop Returns To Disney Park
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Dateline: August 5, 2011
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A specialty perfume shop that opened when New Orleans Square debuted at Disneyland in 1966 has returned after a lengthy absence.
The Mlle. Antoinette's Parfumerie allowed guests to create their own signature fragrances and closed in the 1990s.
"It was a popular location," said Kathy Forbis-Yates, a store operations complex manager for Disney. "It was a one of a
Disneyland Tour Follows Walt Disney's Journey
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Dateline: July 25, 2011
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A tour of Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney ends with the guide quoting a newspaper article describing Disney's success as a "product of luck."
The 180-minute tour, titled "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps," shows that Disney's rise from a struggling animator to Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator of the most famous theme park in the world had little
Disneyland Readying For Christmas In July
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Dateline: July 22, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland doesn't keep holiday decorations up all year like some families do, but Christmas is a year-round event for the Resort Enhancement team.
Then again, at-home decorators aren't dealing with a 60-foot-tall artificial Christmas tree that weighs 14 tons and has 75,000 lights and 1,100 bows.
David Caranci, operation manager for Resort Enhancement, said
Walt's First Passion
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Dateline: July 15, 2011
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Since its opening in 1955, Disneyland has seen plenty of attractions come and go, but one has stood the test of time. The Disneyland Railroad was Walt's original idea and continues to be a favorite amongst guests.
Long before Walt had the idea to create his magic kingdom, he developed a love for trains. "It started when he took his first job as a news bush, one of
8 Secrets About Disneyland
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Dateline: July 7, 2011
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From how to score a cocktail to where to scatter grandma's ashes, this is your ticket to the real Magic Kingdom.
1. There are dead bodies in the Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you'd expect. In his 1994 book "Mouse Tales," former Disney employee David Koenig tells the
A Brief History Of Disneyland, An American Classic
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Dateline: July 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.
Disneyland Prepares For The Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Premiere
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Dateline: May 6, 2011
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A 3-D screen on Tom Sawyer Island, food for 2,000 people, musical acts it takes a seaworthy crew.
For the last few weeks, after Disneyland has closed its gates for the night, a team of workers, including eight divers, has labored through into the morning in Frontierland and New Orleans Square, ferrying building materials to Tom Sawyer Island and sinking support
Taste Of Disney
Dateline: March 3, 2011
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As a fat person who enjoys eating, and more importantly enjoys the camaraderie of eating with friends or family at the table. I have to admit one of the main thoughts of visiting Disneyland for a day is the thought of all the snacks to be had and eaten while there enjoying the park.
I mean for me it really is a main concern. At 52, Italian, and carrying a 250 pound
Ultimate Guide To Disneyland Theme Parks
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Dateline: February 24, 2011
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A recent visit to the Disneyland Hotel with my children inevitably led me to the adjacent world-famous Disleyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks, which now offer a plethora of perks for the luxe-minded family vacationer.
When even an extraordinary day at Disneyland just won't do, consider these elite experience options:
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Disneyland To Launch Mardi Gras Events Today
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Dateline: February 16, 2011
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Disneyland is kicking off its final theme of a series of weekend events Friday with Mardi Gras celebrations.
The Mardi Gras events are set for Fridays through Sundays for the next three weekends, concluding March 6, according to the Disney Parks blog. The celebrations are part of Family Fun Weekends a series of entertainment experiences that Disneyland began
Date Line Disney 74
Dateline: February 1, 2011
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
Hello friends, I'm back for another personal look at Disneyland from my distorted perspective, Dateline 1974. Yes the days of bell bottom jeans, bun hugger pants and tight 501's. Tight? (You mean you guys wore your pants tight back then?) Yes son "tight" not loose and down not to our knees like you guys do today. Wow, totally gross Dad. Without argument, I just chalk it
Disneyland Launches New Weekend Entertainment
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Dateline: January 12, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Disney listed Tuesday the themes of the new Family Fun Weekends, which run through March 6, on the Disney Parks blog.
The features are an alternative activity while Disneyland's parade is on a break. A Christmas Fantasy parade ended Jan. 3, but Disneyland is still preparing for the new Mickey's Soundsational Parade due later this spring.
"We are hoping that
Total Disney Christmas
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Dateline: December 14, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
How is the happiest place on Earth during the most wonderful time of the year? Even happier.
Visitors to Disneyland get an extra special treat during the holiday season. The entire park becomes a winter wonderland, with more than 8,000 feet of decorated holiday garland.
Visit the Disneyland Resort in California anytime between Nov. 12 and Jan. 2 and you'll be
Graveyards At Disneyland Weird Finds At The Happiest Place On Earth
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Dateline: December 7, 2010
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You may be distracted by the holiday lights and decorations at Disneyland this time of year, but if you look closely, lots of weird secrets are waiting to be discovered all over the iconic amusement park.
Strodder told AOL News that one of his weirdest discoveries while researching Disneyland was finding out just how many graveyards are actually scattered throughout the
A 6-Year-Old's First Visit To Disneyland Hits Some Attractions, Misses Others
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Dateline: November 14, 2010
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Source: Los Angeles Times
You can't do it all, and truth be told, a child doesn't miss what she doesn't know about. A look back at what we saw and did -- and didn't do -- in one day.
Don't miss the Toontown roller coaster, somebody said. Don't bother with Toontown, somebody else said. Don't risk the Matterhorn with a first-grader, somebody said. Don't miss the Matterhorn with a first-grader,
Disneyland Resort Puts On Its Holiday Finest
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Dateline: November 13, 2010
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It doesn't matter what holiday rolls around, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks make the season brighter with classic Disney magic and some fun and exciting surprises.
From November 12 through January 2, 2011, guests will be able to enjoy some of Disney's popular offerings as well as new holiday versions of "it's a small world" and Haunted Mansion,
Preteen Activities At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 30, 2010
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Preteens are a little easier to handle at Disneyland, but sometimes not much. They are not really babies anymore, but not quite ready to let go of all the "baby" activities. This can make them a great age to take to Disneyland. They are big enough to go on most of the roller coasters, yet still young enough to enjoy everything else.
To start off your day with a
Haunted Mansions, Ghost Galaxies, And Mickey, Too
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Dateline: September 18, 2010
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Source: NBC Los Angeles
Disneyland's Halloween party brings the merry scares.
Disneyland The first out of the gate -- and we're talking about the tall, creaky gates around a certain mansion in New Orleans Square -- with the SoCal scare-tivies for the 2010 Halloween season is Disneyland, which is kicking off its eerie to-dos on Friday, Sept. 17.
Returning to Disneyland's annual
What To Do When The Weather Is Too Hot At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 8, 2010
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There is nothing like a summer vacation to the happiest place on earth. Sometimes, however, the happiest place on earth can seem like the most miserable place on earth if you are overheated and dehydrated. So what do you do when your vacation at Disneyland is threatened with ruination by sweltering, bone melting heat? You find a way to stay cool, of course, and here
Best Places To Eat At Disneyland On A Budget
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Dateline: August 30, 2010
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Disneyland is a magical place where kids and adults can go and have fun together. Disneyland is also an expensive place with some very expensive places to eat. However, there are a lot of places in Disneyland to eat that are really not much more expensive than eating at fast food joints. All of the food is delicious and filling. Sometimes if a person is not real hungry a
Mickey And Pals And Disney Villains Transform Disneyland Resort For The Season
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Dateline: August 23, 2010
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Disney villains will invade Disneyland park along with Mickey Mouse and his friends in Halloween costumes when Halloween Time returns to Disneyland Resort Sept. 17 through Oct. 31. Highlights of the Disneyland Halloween season include the return of Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy the thrillingly "haunted" version of the popular Tomorrowland attraction and the longtime
Disneyland Set To Bring In New Characters
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Dateline: August 19, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland plans to set up a character meeting area for two new Disney characters Rapunzel and her love interest, Flynn Rider in Fantasyland.
The area will be set up in the spot where Gepetto's Sweet Shoppe now sits near Pinocchio's Daring Journey ride. The shop opened in May where a toy store used to run. See a previous story about the Disneyland store opening.
Walt Disney Studios And Guillermo Del Toro Developing Disney's Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: July 22, 2010
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Guillermo del Toro surprised the 6,500 fans gathered today at Comic-Con with the announcement that he is currently developing a new film for The Walt Disney Studios based on the classic Disney theme park attraction, The Haunted Mansion.
"Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy. After all, Disney himself was the father of some really chilling
Evolution Of Disney's Pirates
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Dateline: July 9, 2010
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At Disney, it's always about the story. Always.
Where most other amusement parks put up a roller coaster, give it an ominous-sounding name and hope you find a connection, Disney goes the extra mile and builds a roller coaster with an elaborate tale to tell, embellishing that story with a variety of sensory cues; creating a believable environment that makes guests get
Disneyland Frites With Treats
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Dateline: June 13, 2010
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While I was at Disneyland for the premiere of World of Color, I stopped by Cafe Orleans. What a fabulous place to catch a meal. The nearby Blue Bayou is often filled to capacity, and same-day reservations can be tricky. I was able to get immediate seating at Cafe Orleans, however. The Cajun-Creole menu is similar to Blue Bayou, including the famous Monte Cristo, but at
Disneyland Offering Plenty Of Old West Fun for Summer Visitors
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Dateline: June 1, 2010
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Take a bit of the Old West, mix in a hair-raising thrill ride or two, and what do you get? A great way to have fun on this year's family summer vacation.
For 2010 Disneyland offers great combinations of fun rides and touches of Western heritage for the family.
Here's a quick run down of what's going on at the park for this summer season.
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Two New Stores Opening In Disneyland
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Dateline: May 25, 2010
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One Disneyland store has an old name, but new merchandise. Another is selling sweets for the first time.
This week, Disneyland is opening two new stores before the start of the busy Memorial Day weekend Jewel of Orleans and Geppetto's Sweet Shoppe, Disney announced Tuesday.
The Jewel of Orleans spot in New Orleans Square has been empty since early April when
New Disneyland Secrets Gold! Notescast App For iPhone Released
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Dateline: April 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
Disneyland Store Prepares To Close
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Dateline: April 2, 2010
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Photos of regular customers sit behind the jewelry counter of the Disneyland store.
A bride wearing a pearl necklace from the store. A prom goer who purchased a ring for the occasion. A couple who bought a wedding ring there on the day of their ceremony.
Those pictures will be packed up next week after the store closes.
Jewel of Orleans is set to be open
At Disneyland Even Grown-Ups Have Fun
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Dateline: March 19, 2010
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Source: Contra Costa Times
It happens every time we set our eyes on the iconic visage of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle: Swelling up inside us is a fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain.
At least that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up the pace and get to as many rides as possible. All the better to keep
Go On A Treasure Hunt At Disney With Phone App
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Dateline: March 17, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Whether you frequent Disneyland or just plan the occasional vacation, it's time to outfit yourself with an iPhone for your next visit.
If you don't own one, then borrow one for the day or make sure someone in your group has one so you can use the Wishing Stars iPhone app.
Yes, this app is that much fun.
Wishing Stars Disneyland is an absolute perfect
Cheap Disneyland Kids Meal That's Not Nasty
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Dateline: March 6, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
When my kids were little, we had annual passes to Disneyland and went frequently, always taking a break to eat a hot meal when they started to fade and get crabby.
I can't say I was impressed with the gustatory selections there, especially since my kids never wanted anything healthy, preferring pizza or burgers and fries.
The few restaurants there that served
Discovering Disneyland
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Dateline: January 28, 2010
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If you are planning a trip to Disneyland then working out how to get there will no doubt be on your to-do list. It also helps to have plans for your time inside the Disneyland resort as it covers a large area of ground.
Regardless of where you are travelling from, either within the United States or from further afield, you will be able to navigate your way to
Private Jewelry Store In Disneyland Set To Close
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Dateline: January 26, 2010
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A private jewelry store inside Disneyland, where visitors often buy engagement rings, is scheduled close because of the poor economy.
The Jewel of Orleans has operated inside the theme park in New Orleans Square for about 12 years. But the recession has cut into business so much that the store plans to close as of April 15, said Lucretia Jacobs, whose family owns the
Estate Jewelry Store Closing In Disneyland
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Dateline: January 25, 2010
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A private jewelry store inside Disneyland, where visitors often buy engagement rings, is scheduled close because of the poor economy.
The Jewel of Orleans has operated inside the theme park in New Orleans Square for about 12 years. But the recession has cut into business so much that the store plans to close as of April 15, said Lucretia Jacobs, whose family owns the
There's A Secret Members-Only Club At Disneyland Let Me In
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Dateline: January 7, 2010
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Source: USA Today
First, a word about my relationship with Disney theme parks: I don't have one. When I was a kid, my parents took my brother and I to Grandma's house for summer vacation. So while many of my friends were vomiting on the Teacups and seeing Captain EO, I was (kid you not) catching lightning bugs in Mountain City, Tenn.
Because I still haven't visited Disney World or
Disneyland's Hidden Treats
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Dateline: November 30, 2009
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Since 1955, Disneyland has entertained guests of all ages with a mixture of rides, attractions and performances... but some of the most fun aspects of the park aren't necessarily well-known or easily seen by everyone (unless you're an avid visitor, hardcore fanatic, or trivia buff.)
There are countless little in-jokes, fun facts and visual hide-and-seeks around the
How To Survive Thanksgiving Week At Disney
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Dateline: November 20, 2009
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Source: Orange County Register
Then President George W. Bush pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey, who was moved to Disneyland, at a ceremony last year.
Thanksgiving week draws large crowds to the Disneyland Resort, including on turkey day, believe it or not. In fact, it's believed to be the biggest dining day of the year at Disney restaurants.
Parks will be less packed earlier in the week,
Disneyland's Christmas Tree Is Up For The Holidays
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Dateline: November 10, 2009
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The massive bottom half of Disneyland's Christmas tree slowly made its way along Main Street USA - followed by the top half.
Both were carried by cranes early Tuesday morning, as the theme park finished decking itself out with annual holiday decorations.
The 13-ton, 60-foot-tall artificial tree is in its second year at the theme park; two years ago, in part to
Disneyland Resort Holiday Season Begins This Week
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Dateline: November 9, 2009
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The snowfall, twinkly castle and holiday-themed parades and fireworks return this week to the Disneyland Resort, well before Thanksgiving.
The holiday season begins Friday, Nov. 13 at both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, running through Jan. 3. Most of the features are the same as previous years, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman.
Disney's Newest Princess Will Make Disneyland Debut On Friday
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Dateline: November 6, 2009
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Disney's newest princess, Princess Tiana, will make her Disneyland debut on Friday as part of a new show, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee!" featuring characters from the upcoming animated film "The Princess and the Frog."
Billed as a rousing, colorful procession with a jazz-filled Mardi Gras theme, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee!" begins with festively dressed, bead- tossing
Tiana's Showboat Jubilee Opens At Disneyland For A Limited Run
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Dateline: November 5, 2009
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I got a sneak peek at "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" last night, and I have to say I really enjoyed the latest Disneyland show.
The limited-engagement show, tied to the upcoming "Princess and the Frog" animated movie from Disney, begins its daily run at the Anaheim theme park starting Friday (Nov. 6). The 20-minute production - presented four times a day - continues
Film Goes To Disneyland, Club 33 And The Disney Animation Research Library
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Dateline: October 21, 2009
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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 Worker Taken To Hospital After Fall
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Dateline: October 5, 2009
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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.
Disneyland's Blue Bayou
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Dateline: September 23, 2009
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I had no idea Disneyland had a fine dining restaurant until my friend, Regina, told me about Blue Bayou. And after a long day of walking in the sun, it sounded like the perfect place for dinner. Nestled in New Orleans Square, the restaurant is known for its down-home, Louisiana-inspired cooking.
I was surprised to discover that Blue Bayou is actually located inside
Chilling Halloween Changes At Space Mountain, Spooky New Fireworks Plus Favorite Halloween Traditions
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Dateline: September 1, 2009
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Halloween Time Returns Sept. 25 as Mickey and Pals and Disney Villains Transform Parks for the Season
Spooky new fireworks and ghoulish screams at Space Mountain add to the fun when Halloween Time returns to Disneyland Resort Sept. 25-Nov. 1. Halloween Time offers families a chance to celebrate the season as they interact with some of Disney's most beloved
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Turns 40 Years Old
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Dateline: August 7, 2009
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Disneyland's Haunted Mansion celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend. KPCC's Susan Valot says the creepy mansion on Disneyland's New Orleans Square was something Walt Disney envisioned, but never saw come to life.
Susan Valot: Adorned with wrought iron and surrounded by tombstones, the eerie Southern-style mansion fills a ghoulish space near Disneyland's New
The Princess And The Frog Riverboat Show Coming To Disneyland, Disney World
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Dateline: August 6, 2009
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Disneyland and Walt Disney World plan to add a Mardi Gras-style musical cavalcade called Tiana's Showboat Jubilee for the 2009 holiday season, according to theme park officials.
The jazz-infused "riverboat extravaganza" will debut at Disney World on Oct. 26 and Disneyland on Nov. 6. Both shows will run through Jan. 3.
Tied to the upcoming "The Princess and the Frog"
Disneyland Still A Blast, For All Ages
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Dateline: July 22, 2009
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A spectacular fireworks show still lights up the sky over the Fantasyland castle every night at Disneyland in California.
THE DISNEY "cast members" (known more commonly as park employees) were directing one-way pedestrian traffic around the Disneyland square as if it were rush hour on Interstate 95.
In the distance, the banner over Fantasyland's castle waved
5 Disneyland Secrets That Nobody Knows
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Dateline: June 30, 2009
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If you're heading to Disneyland this summer, you can increase your knowledge and impress your traveling companions by sharing these 5 little-known secrets from the park. So without further ado:
1. The Disneyland "Test Bricks"
If you are heading down Main Street toward Sleeping Beauty Castle, take a quick right toward the locker rentals. There, just to the right
Disneyland For Haters
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Dateline: June 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
Disneyland A Man's World, After All
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Dateline: June 14, 2009
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Grownup dads find that they can enjoy the magic without the kids
It happens every time we set our eyes on the iconic visage of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle: swelling up inside us is a fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain.
At least that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up
Club 33 The Best Place To Enjoy A Mint Julep At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 24, 2009
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One of Disneyland's worst-kept secrets is the existence of a private club located in the heart of New Orleans Square. Named Club 33, this exclusive restaurant is located behind a small door adjacent to the Blue Bayou Restaurant, not far from the exit of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Even though Disneyland's New Orleans Square recently spruced up its popular mint
Disneyland A Magical Kingdom, Even For Grown-Ups
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Dateline: May 14, 2009
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It happens every time we set our eyes on the iconic visage of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle: Swelling up inside us is a fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain.
At least that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up the pace and get to as many rides as possible. All the better to keep
Only Half A Day For Disneyland? GO!
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Dateline: April 16, 2009
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So you've just flown across the country, and arrived in California. You're excited to start your vacation, but wonder, is it worth heading right to the park? Maybe you're tired from a long flight. Maybe it's already after noon, and you're thinking how much can you really see? Maybe you're flying in for work, you only have a half day, and you're considering going to
First Ever Insiders Guide to the Disneyland Resort Covers Attractions
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Dateline: January 15, 2009
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Pirates of the Caribbean and Space Mountain Rank as Park Favorites
Tower of Terror Provides a Perfect Thrill
Blue Bayou and Napa Rose Sweep the Restaurant Competition
Disneyana and World of Disney Set Shopping Pace
Zagat Survey today released its first Disneyland Resort Insider's Guide, a comprehensive overview of 279 rides, attractions, dining,
The Merriest Of Holiday Celebrations Make Spirits Brighter Than Ever At Disneyland Resort
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Dateline: November 11, 2008
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New Entertainment, Cherished Favorites, More Magic and a 'Reawakened' Sleeping Beauty Castle Bring Holidays to Life
When it comes to celebrating the magic and sparkle of the holidays, there's no place like the Disneyland Resort, the Merriest Place on Earth. From November 21 through January 4, the annual Disneyland Resort holiday celebration will be more dazzling
Disneyland California - Always Something New
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Dateline: November 10, 2008
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It's been over 30 years since I took my six year old son to Disneyland in Anaheim, California and over 20 years since my last visit. So, when I began thinking about how fun it would be to take my granddaughter there, I had some catching up to do.
For starters, the Disneyland® Resort is now two theme parks in one, Disneyland Park® and Disneyland's California
Imagineering Field Guide Lets Disneyland Fans Walk In Walt's Shoes
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Dateline: November 6, 2008
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The new pocket-sized "Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland" answers the question, "What would it be like to walk through Disneyland with Walt by your side?"
The 128-page paperback takes readers land by land through the Anaheim theme park, offering anecdotes, history and trivia from Disney Imagineers as well as early concept art, sketches and schematics of many
Celebrate Halloween Time At Disneyland Resort With Family Fun
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Dateline: September 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
Disney Style Halloween Offers Spook-tacular Entertainment
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Dateline: August 27, 2008
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Beginning September 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks become a one-stop destination to experience spook-tacular entertainment, whimsical decor, a lively mix of Disney characters in Halloween costumes and a variety of festive foods.
During regular park hours at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure,
Falling Tree Branch Hits People At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 26, 2008
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Source: Orange County Register
A tree branch broke and fell onto a pathway last night near the French Market restaurant in the New Orleans Square area of Disneyland.
A Disney spokeswoman said it was one branch and that it did not fall directly on anybody. She said that no more than five people were near the branch when it fell. She said those people had minor scrapes.
Irvine resident Vicki
Salem Family Shares Suite Dreams Of Disneyland
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Dateline: May 4, 2008
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The trio win a stay in the Dream Suite, but the resort hotels also would dazzle.
She may not own glass slippers or a sparkly ball gown, but when Christine Terwilliger of Salem visited Disneyland on Jan. 31 this year, she starred in her very own fairy tale.
Terwilliger and her family -- husband Shane and 6-year-old daughter Marissa -- were randomly selected to
A Dream Vacation
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Dateline: March 10, 2008
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Back in the 1960s, Walt Disney dreamed of a luxury apartment where he could entertain friends and special guests while enjoying the festive spirit
of Disneyland's New Orleans Square.
Disney hired famed "Gone with the Wind" set designer Dorothea Redmond to conceptualize this special apartment above Pirates of the Caribbean, located along Royal Street.
Sadly,
Exclusive Tour Inside Disneyland's Dream Suite
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Dateline: February 7, 2008
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Starting Thursday, Disneyland plans to award free overnight stays in the $3-million Dream Suite, once intended as Walt Disney's private apartment.
During an exclusive tour last week, computer technicians armed with laptops continued to fine-tune and debug the extensive electronic surprises planned for almost every room of the 2,600-square-foot suite.
Each room
Parts And Labor
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Dateline: January 18, 2008
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All Things Being Equal
A few months ago, a friend asked me to explain how equal length headers work and why they make more power. I explained scavenging effect and resonance tuning and how you have to decide on a specific powerband to tune for. I went through my half-hour lecture with elaborate gesturing and virtual diagrams in the air that made me resemble something
22 Years And Still Jazzed About Disneyland Gig
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Dateline: January 10, 2008
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For 22 years, a group of Arizona State University graduates have held squatters' rights to one of the choicest pieces of real estate on Planet Earth.
The spot: At the bend of the river in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, just across from the Fantasmic! extravaganza on Tom Sawyer's Island.
The grads: The Side Street Strutters, one of American's great Dixieland
No Place Does Christmas Like Disneyland
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Dateline: December 16, 2007
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It's called the happiest place on Earth but at Christmastime, Disneyland gets a full, festive makeover. Bulking up its attractions, characters and music, Disneyland is extra special this time of year, even for frequent visitors. And through it all, Anaheim is quite weather-friendly in December, unlike much of the country.
Through Jan. 16, Sleeping Beauty's castle is
Walt Disneys Hideaway
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Dateline: November 21, 2007
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His secret apartment at Disneyland was his home away from home. Now the park is planning tours for selected guests.
One of the most momentous occasions of my childhood was the day I met Mickey's dad.
I must have been about 7 when my parents took me to Disneyland, the enormous, newfangled amusement park that opened the previous year. We were just inside the gate
Disney Offers Night In Walt's Apartment
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Dateline: October 15, 2007
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You don't always have to wish upon a star to make your dreams come true if your dream is to take a kip in Walt Disney's apartment.
Disney has just announced that one of the major prizes in its Year of a Million Dreams competition is a sleepover in Walt's apartment in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
The apartment was one of Walt's dreams and he was working on
Disneyland Finishing Suite Conceived By Walt Disney Decades Ago
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Dateline: October 1, 2007
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Designers and construction crews at Disneyland are completing a project that Walt Disney himself started more than 40 years ago -- a private living suite tucked into the theme park.
The Walt Disney Co. announced the project Monday, saying theme park guests will be able to win an overnight stay in the suite beginning next year.
Disney dreamed up the spacious
A Family-Friendly Halloween Tradition Returns As Disney's Halloweentime
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Dateline: July 19, 2007
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Halloween Dreams Come True Beginning Sept. 21 When Parks and Characters Are Transformed For the Autumn Holiday Season
Following up on the success of its inaugural season last year, Disney's HalloweenTime will return to the Disneyland Resort this fall with a lively mix of Disney characters in seasonal costumes, whimsical decor, decked-out attractions, themed shows and
Club 33 — The Happiest Clique On Disneyland Earth
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Dateline: July 6, 2007
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One-of-a-kind Disney photos and memorabilia hang on the wall inside Club 33 in Disneyland's New Orleans Square.
With an unmarked door and shrouded in mystery for years, Club 33 has inspired a cult-like fascination.
The hottest attraction at Disneyland may be the biggest secret.
It's not plotted on any official Disneyland maps. Thousands of tourists pass by
A Spoonful Of Sugarforward Into The Past At Disneyland's Storybook Memories Exhibit
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Dateline: June 28, 2007
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Every now and then, as you're digging around trying to find some old tax papers in all those boxes crammed into your garage, you'll stumble across some forgotten but potent artifact from your childhood. It could be the teddy bear you carried everywhere when you were 5; it could be the Star Wars lunch box that mysteriously vanished when you were 6; it could be some
From the Silver Screen to Disneyland Resort: 'Finding Nemo' And 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
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Dateline: June 11, 2007
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The subs are once again diving and the pirates are even more conniving as Disneyland Resort launches into summer during the Year of a Million Dreams celebration.
Disney officials today dedicated Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, the much- anticipated return of a classic attraction with a technological twist that immerses guests into the colorful underwater world of the
From Disneyland To The Movies And Back Again
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Dateline: May 22, 2007
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A longtime favorite Disneyland Resort attraction is reopening May 25 with new swashbuckling adventures as Captain Jack Sparrow and his gaggle of mates take over Tom Sawyer Island and turn it into their own "Pirate's Lair." The pirates will loot and carouse as they attempt to recruit island guests into their brotherhood of freedom and greed at Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer
Live The Pirates Fantasy At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 18, 2007
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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
The ‘Nemo Dream Mobile' Takes To The Road
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Dateline: May 4, 2007
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Disneyland Park California is being readied for its June 11 premiere of its newest attraction Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. To preview the attraction The Nemo Dream Mobile will be coming out of the water and onto the road in the US beginning May 4 for a spring-summer tour. This road-tripping submarine-on-wheels will bring some of the magic of Disneyland Resort and its
Pirates Of The Caribbean Sails Stronger Than Ever After 40 Years
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Dateline: March 19, 2007
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Source: Orange County Register
Francis X. Atencio remembers riding with Walt Disney through the dark swamp in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride before it opened - from haunted caverns to a pirate galleon to a ransacked Caribbean seaport.
He turned to Disney and apologized as they drifted past a bustling marketplace scene, where a pirate auctioned off a woman to a crowd of rowdy
Putting Disney Food To The Test
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Dateline: March 15, 2007
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Source: Orange County Register
Most kids would probably agree that Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, but on a recent trip with my family to the Anaheim park, I couldn't help but ask: Is it the healthiest place on earth?
Disneyland's food never mattered much to me as a kid, not when Matterhorn and Space Mountain were calling. It's only been in recent years, as I've trekked there regularly
Pirates Invade Tom Sawyer Island
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Dateline: January 27, 2007
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Disneyland officials are saying "Aye!" to pirates, but "Arrr!" to looting Tom Sawyer Island.
Officials announced Friday that live pirate characters and games will become part of Tom Sawyer Island, the classic Disneyland playground designed by Walt Disney himself.
Disney officials also announced plans to open the Toy Story Mania! ride next year in Disney's
Don Edgrren, 83 Engineer Helped Create Disney Parks
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Dateline: January 20, 2007
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Pirates of the Caribbean was already being built as a walk-through attraction at Disneyland when Walt Disney decided to transform it into a boat ride that would open in 1967. Suddenly, Don Edgren and his engineering crew had to figure out a way to take the expanded ride deeper underground.
"Don knew it was an engineering challenge, but he had that can-do spirit.
Everyone Plays For The Kids' Price At The Disneyland Resort
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Dateline: January 2, 2007
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During "Year of a Million Dreams" celebration at the Disneyland Resort, guests can dream and play like kids with two special vacation offers.
For a limited time, kids can fly free to the Disneyland Resort from major U.S. cities. Each child (ages 2-11) flies free with the corresponding purchase of one adult ticket on either Alaska or United Airlines, as part of a Walt
Disney Promises Grins Over Gore
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Dateline: September 22, 2006
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Source: Orange County Register
The Disneyland Resort on Thursday unveiled specifics of its "HalloweenTime" seasonal event, billed as the "biggest and best Halloween event ever celebrated" at the resort in its 51 years.
The event, which starts Sept. 29 and runs through Oct. 31, is part of Disneyland's attempt to bolster attendance in the period between its peak summer and Christmas seasons. It aims
Imagination Reigns At Disneyland!
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Dateline: September 15, 2006
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"To all who come to this happy place welcome!" Walt Disney's voice echoed over a loudspeaker when the park first opened. The Magic Kingdom's 18-month-long 50th anniversary celebration is slowly winding down, but the rides that have been refurbished, including the Pirates of the Caribbean, will remain.
When entering the park, guests pass under a simple bronze plaque
Disneyland Resort Debuts First-Ever Video Podcast; Introduces Newest Episode of Its Popular Audio Podcast
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Dateline: July 11, 2006
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Following the groundbreaking precedent of its popular monthly audio podcasts the Disneyland Resort in Southern California today introduces a new monthly series of video podcasts that will bring all the magic and fun of "The Happiest Place on Earth" to fans around the world via their desktop computer or video iPod. As one of the first organizations to successfully venture
A Ride On Disneyland's Reimagined Attraction
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Dateline: June 29, 2006
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A ride on Disneyland's reimagined attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, leaves one singing the Yo Ho song as never before. The overlay is, in a word, terrific.
Timed to promote this summer's sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the 39-year-old attraction, located in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, takes place before Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)
Pirates' Sets Sail At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 25, 2006
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Source: Orange County Register
By 5:30 a.m., Shelley Thompson and Caitlin Bruffey were already on a mission at Disneyland - to see Johnny Depp.
The 17-year-old Orange girls, sporting yellow T-shirts stating: "Captain Jack is Back," camped out all day on a blanket along the red carpet for the world premiere of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel at Disneyland. The park opened early, at 6:30 a.m.,
Pirates to make splash at park Sequel's actors celebrate premiere at Disneyland.
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Dateline: June 23, 2006
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Source: Orange County Register
Yo ho! Yo ho! It's a pirate's life for O.C.
The stars of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, will take over Disneyland's Main Street on Saturday with a red-carpet stroll to the premiere of the movie sequel inspired by the ride.
The remodeled ride with features and characters from the movie will
Captain Jack Sparrow To Join The Pirates At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 3, 2006
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Funny thing, synergy.
It seemed like Disney would have a lot more to work with in constructing a film version of its beloved Haunted Mansion ride than its similarly revered Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Both elaborate "ride-thrus" strewn with "audio-animatronic" figures doing their things, the romp through Gracey Mansion seemed to offer more cinematic fruit
Disneyland From A to Z
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Dateline: January 31, 2006
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Source: boxofficemojo.com
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
Is Elvis In The Building?
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Dateline: November 29, 2005
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Source: o-meon.com
From a parade grand marshal who's a real turkey named Marshmallow to giant Christmas trees and Elvis sightings, both real and perhaps imagined, the holidays have arrived at The Merriest Place on Earth. And, along with nightly snow showers on Disneyland's Main Street USA has come a flurry of speculation as to what the future holds for Walt Disney's original Magic
50 Things You Didn't Know About Disneyland
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Dateline: November 23, 2005
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, we present 50 cool, obscure and simply odd things you probably didn't know about the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth. Many were culled from Mouse Tales by David Koenig (Bonaventure, $19.95). Some were provided by Disney archivist Dave Smith, and others came from 101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland by former park
Sleigh Bells Ring, Snow Falls and Chestnuts Roast at The Merriest Place on Earth
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Dateline: November 17, 2005
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As its 50th Anniversary celebration continues in full swing, the Disneyland Resort has been transformed into a dazzling holiday wonderland (now through January 2) featuring an unbelievable array of spectacular entertainment, amazing decorations, festive foods and favorite adventures and attractions.
The fun is extended with expanded park hours for Disneyland and
Thomas Kinkade's Newest Release, Disneyland 50th Anniversary, Debuts
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Dateline: September 12, 2005
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Source: Business Wire
Thousands of people came on Saturday, September 10, 2005 to The Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square at Disneyland to see Thomas Kinkade's newest release, "Disneyland 50th Anniversary," and to have their limited edition pieces signed by Thomas Kinkade. Mr. Kinkade spent the afternoon in the park to celebrate the release of this new image and meet with collectors. As part
Dear Walt, Thanks For The Memories
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Dateline: May 10, 2005
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Source: Seattle Times
From smooching in the tunnels to wide-eyed kids and sobbing adults, our readers have been through it all in Disneyland's 50 years.
We've chosen excerpts from our favorite stories and photos among scores of tales told by readers who've paid countless visits to "The Happiest Place on Earth."
Disney's celebration begins this week and runs for 18 months - some
Discovering Disneyland
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
You have to look quickly, and you have to know exactly where to look. But if you do, you'll catch a pretty cool inside joke at Disneyland.
On the Star Tours ride, just before your runaway Starspeeder exits the space station, keep your eye on the lower right side of the screen: You flash past what looks like a giant electron microscope. Old-timers will recognize it
Disneyland Then And Now
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
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1955
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in summer; closed Mondays the rest of the year.
Size: 60 acres, plus 100 acres for parking.
Zones: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Main Street USA 18 attarctions
Admission: $1 (including tax) for adults. 50 cents for children. Ride tickets, sold separately, priced from 10 to 35
50 Ways To Love Disneyland
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Dateline: May 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
Magical Memories
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Dateline: April 30, 2005
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Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Disneyland was built on a dream. And it was Walt Disney's dream that has made millions of wishes come true during the past 50 years.
Hundreds of millions of wishes, really. And also special moments - first dates and honeymoons, birthdays and anniversaries, and fun days spent with kids and later with grandkids.
Several weeks ago, we asked readers to recall their
Disneyland Fun Facts
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Dateline: April 1, 2005
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Source: U-Entertainment
515 million: Number of guests the park has welcomed since it opened.
26 million: Hand towels used in Disneyland's restrooms during the year.
13.3 million: Guests welcomed last year, making it the second-most-visited theme park in the country. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., was No. 1, with 15.1 million.
4 million: Hamburgers sold at the
Disneyland Turning 50
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Dateline: September 26, 2004
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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
For Ghostly Fun, Disneyland Resort Celebrates The Fall Season With Two Spirited Attractions
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Dateline: September 11, 2004
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For those in search of happy haunting grounds this autumn, the Disneyland Resort becomes a spirited realm of other-worldly adventures guaranteed to put a chill down the most courageous spine. The frightfully fun "Haunted Mansion Holiday," a popular seasonal transformation of the classic "Haunted Mansion," returns to Disneyland on October 1, while the exhilarating thrill
Still Magic In The Kingdom
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Dateline: June 6, 2004
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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
Pirates Film To Premiere At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 23, 2003
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The stars of the new movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" can shout they're "going to Disneyland." Since the movie was inspired by the Disneyland ride, that's where the premiere will be.
The studio's setting up a huge screen outdoors across the water on Tom Sawyer Island. And, invited guests will watch the film from seats set up in New
Ratting Out The Mouse Is Disneyland A Haven For Rodents?
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Dateline: October 4, 2002
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Source: Orange County Weekly
The Disney Resort is teeming with rats, according to current and former Disneyland employees reacting to media reports of rodent problems inside the Goofy's Kitchen restaurant at the Disneyland Hotel.
Longtime complaints by Goofy's Kitchen workers about rats, rat feces and mold at the cafeteria-style restaurant were recently chronicled in the Weekly (""Rats and Rat
Greetings From Disneyland
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Dateline: September 1, 2000
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Source: Disney Magazine
If Imagineers David Mumford and Bruce Gordon have gained fame among Disney fans, it may be because they haven't forgotten their roots. Gordon spent his childhood building Disneyland models in his garage and went on to become a show producer on the park's new Autopia. Mumford, meanwhile, filled his early years with Disney memorabilia and worked his way up to his current
Boy's Online Disney Photos Draw Charges
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Dateline: January 8, 1999
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Source: Los Angeles Times
A 16-year-old computer buff and Disneyland fan known online as "Ebola Man" faces theft and vandalism charges after using his Internet site "http://dui.tannerweb.com/" to post pictures of property stolen from the Anaheim park, police said Thursday.
The youth, who lives in Orange, put up a photo-illustrated account of a break-in at the private Club 33
Disney Gives Heave-Ho To Ho-Hum Food Items
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Dateline: March 19, 1997
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Source: Orange County Register
Is the world ready for the Banana Dog? Will kids really eat something called a Pale of Mud?
The world will find out Friday, when Disneyland opens three new restaurants and introduces a line of huge, showy foods that are supposed to make visitors shout, "I want one!"
"I'm focusing on the overall `wow' of the food," said James Wierzelewski, 33, Disneyland's new
Club 33 Wines Make Disneyland Debut
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Dateline: December 18, 1996
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Mickey Mouse has developed a taste for alcohol: Get ready for Disneyland wine. Club 33, a private, exclusive restaurant at the Anaheim theme park, has commissioned its own private labels of chardonnay and cabernet from Creston Vineyards of San Luis Obispo County.
Located above New Orleans Square near the Blue Bayou restaurant, Club 33 is the only place where alcohol
After 40 Years, Disneyland Begins Unisex Assignments For Ride Operators
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Dateline: July 13, 1995
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Source: Orange County Register
For 40 years, the theme park chose ride operators based on gender-with frilly-frocked females working Storybook Land and macho men in pith helmets wisecracking through the Jungle Cruise.
But last month, the first woman took up oars to help guests paddle canoes around Tom Sawyer Island, and the first man in 38 years piloted a Storybook Land Canal Boat through the
Disneyland Through The Years
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Dateline: January 1, 1990
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1954-Summer Construction gets under way and Disneyland begins to emerge from the surrounding bean fields and orange groves of Anaheim.
1955-July 17 The opening day ceremonies are beamed coast-to-coast in a TV special. One of the hosts: actor Ronald Wilson Reagan.
1956-October Attendance hits the five million mark; the Skyway, Tom Sawyer Island, Storybook Land
Uncle Herb's Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: November 1, 1989
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In the early '50s an artist drew up plans for an amusement park, but not just any amusement park. This was to be a land of its own, a center of magic and imagination, a place where everyone could be a child, one that was wholesome and good, set apart from the world and all its problems. And he saw it as nostalgic and innovative, offering great diversity so that visitors
Flax Shredders, Spaghetti Rakes And Pickle Plungers
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Dateline: June 1, 1973
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Source: Vacationland
If you're searching for a Russian samovar or an English duck press -- even if you're just looking for you're just looking for "ordinary" items such as olive tongs or parsley mincers -- Disneyland has just the shop for you, "Le Gourmet."
Only a few steps from the "Pirates of the Carribbean" attraction in New Orleans Square, Le Gourmet features a window framed with
Mississippi Majesty
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Dateline: June 1, 1973
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Not so very long ago, the mighty Mississippi was covered with rafts, keel boats, barges, and a variety of floating paraphernalia. These crafts adorned the river everyday, but the only vessels that made the muddy waters shine were the "Queens of the River," the majestic steamboats with pearly decks that were crowned with two ebony smokestacks
Critics said that
Worlds Largest Clothes Closet Wardrobe Department
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Dateline: October 1, 1969
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Source: Disney News
"I suppose we could tie the world up in yarn. The amount of yardage and thread used to make costumes for Disneyland is unbelievable. I couldn't even hazard a guess how much material we use in one year."
These comments came from Tom Pierce, guardian of the world's largest clothes closet -- Disneyland's Wardrobe Department.
The
Up In The Attic
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Dateline: October 1, 1969
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Source: Disney News
If grandmother's attic could produce treasures so interesting that they would convert a dull, rainy afternoon into an event of lasting memory, think what an "attic" a hundred times its size, serving a family of 6,000 could do.
And the typical grandma's garret rarely exhibits such incongruities as a wall-full of tiki masks beneath draped red, white, and
One-Of-A-Kind Shop Displays Reflections Of Past Generations
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Dateline: October 1, 1968
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Source: Disney News
Stepping into the gay and unique atmosphere of Disneyland's New Orleans Square, guests find themselves returning to the winding streets of the mid-nineteenth century filled with authentic shops and roving entertainers.
New Orleans is an extraordinary recreation of the fabled and romantic city at the height of its grandeur over a century ago. The Square
Christmas Shopping Something For Everyone Including Those Who Have Everything
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Dateline: December 1, 1967
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Source: Disney News
There is probably no busier time in department stores and city streets around the country than Christmas, with last-minute-rushes, shoppers buying dozens of presents and people deciding what to buy. But at Disneyland. this is no problem. Not only is the Magic Kingdom more comfortable and less crowded in the winter, but it also provides the world's most unusual
Disney Artists Revive Art Form For New Orleans Square
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Dateline: December 1, 1967
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Source: Disney News
Reverse painting on mirrored panels of glass, an almost forgotten art form that dates back to the fourteenth century, has been revived by Disney artists for Mlle. Antoinette's Parfumerie, in Disneyland's New Orleans Square.
Artists at WED Enterprises have prepared panels to provide a unique and exceptionally feminine decor for the shop, one of the most
Dinning In The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: June 1, 1967
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Source: Vacationland
No company in entertainment annals has provided visitors with such a variety of fabulous things-to-do as Disneyland - even in dining the Park excels. In fact, some of the finest eating places in all of Orange County are found in the Magic Kingdom.
Located throughout Disneyland are more than 25 restaurants and refreshment centers, each designed in the "theme"
New Disneyland Adventure Introduced To Newsmen
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Dateline: April 20, 1967
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Source: Pasadena Independent
A shipload of newsmen, some accompanied by their wives and a number of small children, were "captured" by a band of pirates Wednesday as they sailed the Rivers of America somewhere in the waters of Disneyland.
The mass abduction, engineered by Edward Meck, Disneyland publicist, and its band of newsroom raiders was arranged to introduce the Park's newest action -
Pirates, Puppets And Pterodactyls
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Dateline: January 1, 1967
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Disneyland, Walt Disney's 70-acre "Magic Kingdom" at Anaheim, California, probably draws more visitors each year than any other attraction in the world-6.5 million annually, 58 million to date. Each season new visitors come, and others return for repeat visits.
Disneyland is worth returning to again and again because something new is always being added. During its
New Orleans Square Dedicated In Disneylands Growing Union
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Dateline: July 25, 1966
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Source: Pasadena Independent
United States acquired New Orleans "and environs" for $15 million in the Louisiana Purchase. Sunday another $15 million New Orleans joined the Union with the dedication of New Orleans Square in Disneyland.
Walt Disney himself came down the river on, the paddle-wheeler Mark Twain for the ceremonies. He told newsmen this new section of the Magic Kingdom is but a part
Disneyland Capital Investment Grows
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Dateline: February 6, 1966
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
During its first 10 years, Disneyland's capital investment grew from $17 million on opening day to more than $53 million.
In the next five months, the figure will jump another $20 million with the completion of four new gigantic attractions.
"What we will do by this summertime," Walt Disney said after announcing the new attractions last week, "is to raise our
Growth Of Disneyland Expected To Continue
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Dateline: January 30, 1966
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"Disneyland will continue to grow, to add new things as long as there is imagination left in the world."
So said Walt Disney when the world famous amusement park opened in 1955.
Disneyland has been growing ever since.
Since the facility opened in Anaheim 11 years ago, it has doubled its number of attractions and drawn more than 50 million visitors.
Tinker Bell, Mary Poppins, Cold Cash
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Dateline: July 12, 1965
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Source: Newsweek
It is a place of improbable dreams, a 65-acre world drifted over with pixie dust. It is a place where Tinker Bell and Mary Poppins soar matter-of-factly through the evening sky, where Tom Sawyer plies his raft on the muddy Mississippi and the Lost Continent of Atlantis is cheek by jowl with the moon.
It is, of course, Disneyland-Walt Disney's incredible pearl in the
Walt Disney King Of Fantasy
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Dateline: July 1, 1965
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Source: Palm Springs Life
Walt Disney and friends.
Walt Disney, whose Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck brought laughter to the world and whose Disneyland is a playground for the world's people, calls his home at Smoke Tree Ranch, "my laughing place."
Whimsical, as always, he refers to the Uncle Remus story where Brer Rabbit oh-so-casually mentions his "laughing place" and makes it sound so
A Fantasy That Paid Off
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Dateline: June 27, 1964
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Source: New York Times Magazine
The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into Disneyland. Guards at the main gate closely scrutinize all who enter. Not even an unseemly teenager will get past them, much
Magic Worlds Of Walt Disney
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Dateline: August 1, 1963
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Source: National Geographic
Disneyland really started more than 20 years ago, when Walt got the idea for an amusement park that grownups as well as children would enjoy.
"I had all my drawing things laid out at home, and I'd work on plans for the park, as a hobby, at night."
At the time, amusement parks were dying all over the country, "I talked Disneyland but no one could see it," Walt
He Spent 21 Million Dollars Just For Fun
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Dateline: October 27, 1957
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955.
And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney.
That's not all. Says Disney:
"Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It
How To Make A Buck
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Dateline: July 29, 1957
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Source: Time
Once upon a time, in the magic realm of California, there was a grown-up heady boy named Walt Disney who set out to create the happiest place on earth. So he went into his counting houses and to his moneylenders, and he collected millions of dollars. Then he ordered his royal artists and carpenters to build a whimsical wonderland of spaceships to the moon and Mark Twain
