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2004 Disneyland

January 1, 2004

January 8--Disneyland admited their 500 millionth guest: Bill Trow and family from Wentworthville, Australia They received a lifetime of free entry pass also were treated to lunch and dinner and gained VIP access to amusements.

Chuck Boyajian first man to be in charge of establishing and maintaining Disneyland's spotless clean reputation.

John Hench the man with the most influence excluding Walt Disney on designing Disnelyand and a 60 year career at Disney dies at age 95

2004 Articles:

Looking Back The Year In Tomorrow
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Was a time when Tomorrow was big. Back in the '60s and '70s, despite-or perhaps because of-Vietnam and nuclear missiles, Tomorrow was a good place to be. They even gave it a name: Tomorrowland. Unlike the rest of Disneyland's fluff, Tomorrowland had the ...

Disney Readies Ride To Reopen
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The Big Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland is expected to reopen in March, six months after an accident on the train killed a man and injured 10 others. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is scheduled to inspect the Big Thunder ...

Disneyland Purists Decry Tame Teacups In Fantasyland
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The teacup ride has turned tame and longtime fans of the Fantasyland attraction are not happy. The Mad Tea Party ride with 18 giant spinning teacups was recently modified in the name of safety to make it harder for people to spin. The move has ...

Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens
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Disneyland on Wednesday reopened its Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which crashed last September, killing one man. The coaster, which looks like a train, partially derailed when the locomotive broke free from cars in tow. An ...

Security Gates Going Up At Disneyland
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Reality is coming to Disneyland's fantasy world, in the form of permanent security gates. Bowing to terrorism fears, the Walt Disney Co. plans to build the gates at the Disneyland Resort next fall. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland ...

Coaster Victim's Parents Question Reopening of Ride
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Two days after Disneyland reopened a roller coaster on which a man was killed last fall, his parents complained that the park has not done enough to show the ride is safe. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened Wednesday after state inspectors gave ...

Disney To Install Permanent Security Gates
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Anaheim, California Bowing to fears of terrorism, Walt Disney plans to build permanent security gates at the Disneyland Resort next year. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland and its California Adventure theme park next door, saying ...

Family Concerned About Reopening Of Disney Ride After Fatal Accident
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The parents of a 22-year-old man killed in a Disneyland roller coaster accident last year say they're unsure the ride is safe despite assurances from Disney officials. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened earlier this week. But the parents of ...

Lifelong Fan Finds The Magic's Still Alive In Disneyland
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The Disney empire has struggled recently with attacks on CEO Michael Eisner, an unsolicited takeover bid, sour ratings at ABC and complaints that the theme parks are falling into disrepair. But none of that matters to my children or to me when we step ...

Disneyland Prices Going Up
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Starting Sunday, it'll cost $49.75 for an adult to get into Disneyland or California Adventure, and parents will have to plunk down $39.75 for their children's admission. That's a price hike of $2.75, which reflects investment on new stage shows and ...

Snow Show
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Tiny as they are, Snow White's heels aren't easy to fill. Creators of the new Disneyland show, "Snow White -- An Enchanting Musical," traveled to six cities in eight weeks to find a princess, queen, prince, huntsman, and dwarfs with musical-theater ...

Disneyland Endures As A Rite Of Passage For Enraptured Lifelong Fans
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I came, I saw, I was conquered as a child. I came back as a parent, following the impulse of many eager-beaver new parents to anoint my offspring in the reflected glory of Disneyland's glow. The pilgrimage to the Magic Kingdom is a California rite of ...

Human Error Cited In Ride Crash At California's Disneyland
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State regulators said Tuesday that two Disneyland workers were responsible for a weekend collision on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, less than a month after the ride reopened following an investigation into a fatal crash. This accident was ...

Disneyland Trip With Grandma: Everyone's Flush With Enthusiasm
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I saw an old friend with new eyes last week. I went to Disneyland with three grandchildren, ages 7, 6, and 20 months. Understand that I first began going to the Magic Kingdom last century, when I was a teenager and a newcomer to Southern California. ...

Real, Live Moo-Vie Star Tulare County Cow Doubles For Cartoon Character At Disneyland
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The jersey cow in the animated Disney film "Home on the Range" is anatomically incorrect, sporting a pink nose when everybody -- OK, everybody who's ever lived on a dairy -- knows they only come in black. But that was only the first hurdle when ...

Trash Or Treasure
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Dear Dr. J: My family recently took a trip to Disneyland and noticed the park is about to commemorate "50 years of Magic." We really went down memory lane when we set sail on the Jungle Cruise and dropped in on the birds in the Tiki Room. When we got home ...

Think You've Grown Up? See How You Handle Rides, Wonder, And Snot At The Happiest Place On Earth
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In the movies, people usually come of age in the great outdoors. You know, the coming-of-age stories that involve summer camp or baseball or a week on your crotchety-but-ultimately-lovable uncle's farm. Movies with trailers that begin like, "When Billy ...

Still Magic In The Kingdom
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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 ...

Disney Debuts New Safer, Quieter and More Environmentally Friendly Fireworks Technology
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After years of research and testing, Walt Disney Imagineering has perfected a new innovation in fireworks launch technology, marking the pyrotechnic industry's first major breakthrough in decades. The new technology uses compressed air to lift ...

Disneyland Night Crew Enjoys Sprucing Up After Hours
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Some call themselves vampires. They say good morning at midnight, when others say goodnight. They arrive at Disneyland as the last guests leave and stay until the magic begins again the next day. Among the 1,200 nocturnal engineers, bakers, plumbers, ...

California Closes Disneyland Ride After Accident
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California safety inspectors on Friday said they have closed Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride for at least two weeks to investigate a Thursday evening accident, the roller coaster's third in less than a year. Three passengers were injured ...

Say 'Cheese!' Disneyland Resort Invites The World To Be A Part Of 'The Happiest Faces On Earth A Disney Family Album'
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In a visually spectacular kick- off ceremony this morning in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in Southern California, Disneyland Resort President Matt Ouimet joined over 1,000 Disneyland Cast Members, plus their friends and families, in ...

Woman Who Abandoned Son At Disneyland Arrested
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A Redlands, Calif., woman sought since July 15, when her 8-year-old son was found wandering alone in Downtown Disney, was arrested Monday on suspicion of child endangerment, police said. Robyn Freeman, 38, and her 11-year-old daughter, Shannon, were ...

Woman Whose Child Found In Disneyland Pleads Not Guilty To Child Abuse
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A woman accused of abandoning her 8-year-old son at Disneyland pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a single felony count of child abuse. Robyn Freeman, 38, went missing July 15 after spending the day at the amusement park with her two children. A ...

Taking a Ride on Disney's Dark Side
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Here's a question: Is Walt Disney Co. a marvelous Southern California economic engine or the Spawn of Satan? I spent a week in August grappling with just this question, on vacation with my wife, my three boys and my brother and his family at Disneyland. ...

Disney Allowed To Reopen Ride That Injured Five
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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was cleared to reopen Friday by state investigators who released a report showing that a rookie employee and a computer malfunction were to blame for a July accident. The July 9 closure was prompted after ...

Mouse House Boss All Ears
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It's a late summer morning at Disneyland, and Matt Ouimet makes one of his frequent strolls down Main Street. He greets employees, stoops to pick up stray pieces of trash and searches for any detail that will illuminate the weekly surveys of guest ...

For Ghostly Fun, Disneyland Resort Celebrates The Fall Season With Two Spirited Attractions
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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 ...

Disneyland Turning 50
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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. ...

The Henry Ford to Create Traveling Exhibit Celebrating 50 Years of Disneyland
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The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, will research and develop a traveling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The exhibit will be created by The Henry Ford in association with Walt Disney Imagineering and The Walt Disney Company. ...

C.R. Wood, Amusement Park Pioneer
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Charles R. Wood, known as "the grandfather of the American amusement park," died of cancer Thursday at his home near Glens Falls, N.Y. He was 90. Wood, who told an industry magazine last year that he had had fun all his life, made a fortune providing ...

Gold Medalist Swimmer Michael Phelps Makes Historic Splash On Main Street, USA At Disneyland!
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This morning at Disneyland, America's three most celebrated swimmers including eight-time Olympic medalist (including six gold) Michael Phelps, gold medalist Ian Crocker and gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg experienced Disneyland like no one else ever has ...

Disney Sued For Death On Train Ride
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Disney sued for death on train ride The family of a man who was killed when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride derailed at Disneyland in September 2003 has sued Walt Disney Co., Reuters reports. Marcelo Torres' family filed a wrongful death ...

Disneyland Sued Over Fatal Accident On Ride
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The Walt Disney Co. was sued on Tuesday by the family of a man who died on a Disneyland ride last year, and by four other passengers injured in the derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. The three separate lawsuits, filed in Orange ...

Disney Sued Over Death On Train Ride
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The family of Disney ride-accident victim Marcelo Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that poor maintenance by Disneyland mechanics caused the accident that killed their 22-year-old son last year. Torres was killed on Sept. 5, ...

3 Suits Filed in Disney Crash
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The parents of a 22-year-old Gardena man killed last year in a crash on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the amusement park's corporate parent. The suit, filed in Orange County ...

Andrae Rivas And Rebecca Phelps Selected As 2005 Disneyland Resort Ambassadors
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Team of Two Ambassadors Has the Special Honor of Representing Cast Members During Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Hundreds of cheering Guests and Cast Members gathered with Disneyland(R) Resort President Matt Ouimet and Mickey and Minnie Mouse on Main ...

Jungle Cruise Visitors Get Another Shot At Fun
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Rounding another bend in the treacherous river, your skipper tells you to watch out for the hippos. They can be dangerous when they blow bubbles or wiggle their ears. "Look out!" he cries, as the hippos instantly wiggle their ears. "I'm going to try and ...

4 Hurt At Disneyland
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A woman was taken to a hospital and three other people were treated at the scene after they were struck by a Disneyland parade float tonight. "A Christmas Fantasy Parade" was near the end of its route, near the "It's a Small World" attraction, when ...

4 Injured At Disneyland Parade
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One person was hospitalized Monday night after being bumped by a small float during Disneyland's Christmas Fantasy parade, officials said. Three other park visitors were treated at the scene for minor scrapes. The accident involved a "Genie" ...

Attractions Opened/Closed in 2004:

A Little Patch Of Heaven (Big Thunder Ranch)

Snow White An Enchanting Musical (Fantasyland Theatre)

Restaurants Opened/Closed in 2004:

Enchanted Cottage Sweets And Treats

La Petite Patisserie

Parades Performed in 2004:

Mickey Mouse's Birthday Parade

Parade Of The Stars

Shops Opened/Closed in 2004:

Crockett And Russel Hat Co.

Disney Villains Store

Villains Lair

Events in 2004:

January 8--Disneyland admited their 500 millionth guest: Bill Trow and family from Wentworthville, Australia They received a lifetime of free entry pass also were treated to lunch and dinner and gained VIP access to amusements.

Chuck Boyajian first man to be in charge of establishing and maintaining Disneyland's spotless clean reputation.

John Hench the man with the most influence excluding Walt Disney on designing Disnelyand and a 60 year career at Disney dies at age 95

July 9--Disney park artist Sam McKim dies

Sam McKim, an artist who drew the first souvenir maps of Disneyland in 1954 and the preliminary sketches for many Disney theme park rides, has died. He was 79. McKim was one of the first park designers who became known as 'Imagineers.' He died of heart failure, The Walt Disney Co. said. McKim joined Disney in 1954 and his sketches inspired the designers of attractions, shops and restaurants for the original Disneyland. He produced sketches of all four attractions Disney built for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. His artwork contributed to the story development of several pavilions at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Florida.