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1969 Disneyland

January 1, 1969

'Love Bug Day' is celebrated at Disneyland with the convergence of hundreds of Volkswagens

Disneyland TV, Print Advertising and Maps

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Construction Photos

Onstage Photos

Backstage Photos

Disneyland Videos

1969 Disneyland Articles:

New Fun For The Whole Family At Disneyland
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Imagine it's 200 years ago and you're a passenger on a small boat picking its way carefully along a dark and treacherous stretch of coastline on the Spanish Main. Suddenly pandemonium breaks loose. The air resounds with the roar of cannons and the crack ...

Disney Version
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For all the natural grandeur of the west, its greatest tourist attraction is a synthetic creation: Disneyland-the subject, along with Disney's films and Disney himself, of Richard Schickel's The Disney Version (Simon and Schuster, $6.50). Those who ...

Mineral King
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Family recreational facilities for use every day in the year, a completely self-contained village nestled in an alpine setting, and a sublevel automobile reception center that keeps cars out of sight and out of the valley are among the highlights of Walt ...

Protocol Department Greets The Worlds Most Important People
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In every nation of the world there is a department devoted entirely to doing the proper thing at the proper time. Knowing who sits where and whether the table water is for washing or drinking is the job of the protocol department. And the smallest Kingdom ...

Cuban Sculptor Carves Furniture For Haunted Mansion
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For Ciro Rolando Santana y Arrite, a soft-spoken, wiry little Cuban sculptor of extraordinary talent, a temporary position at Disneyland has become a springboard to the fulfillment of a long-time dream - to bring his family from an adopted home in Puerto ...

Worlds Largest Clothes Closet Wardrobe Department
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"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 ...

Up In The Attic
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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 ...

Disneyland Attractions Opened/Closed in 1969:

Haunted Mansion

Disneyland Restaurants Opened/Closed in 1969:

Captain Hooks Galley

Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant

Disneyland Shops Opened/Closed in 1969:

Fantasyland Art Corner

Disneyland Events in 1969:

'Love Bug Day' is celebrated at Disneyland with the convergence of hundreds of Volkswagens

Queen Muna of Jordan Visits Disneyland

Gov. Robert Scott of North Carolina Visits Disneyland

Gov. Robert McNair of South Carolina Visits Disneyland

Gov. William G. Milliken of Michigan Visits Disneyland

Secretary of State William Rogers Visits Disneyland

Russian Cosmonauts Gen. G.T. Beregovoy and Mr. K.P. Feoktistov and their families, accompanied by American Astronaut Eugene Cernan and his wife Visits Disneyland

ADDITIONS:

*"HAUNTED MANSION" (complete with 999 ghosts from All parts of the world) -- New Orleans Square

*DISNEYLAND-ALWEG MONORAIL SYSTEM (New monorail station was completed in Tomorrowland to accommodate four newly designed air-cushioned trains put in service for the summer season) -- Tomorrowland

INVESTMENT: Total to date: $126 million

ATTENDANCE: 9.3 million

HIGHLIGHTS:

Total attendance passed 85 million in August.

On August 16 an all-time, single-day record was set when 82,516 guests filed through the Disneyland turnstiles.

Fireworks and dance bands highlighted the New Year's Eve Party, another sellout.

Disneyland Ambassador to the World Shari Bescos toured western states, eight major eastern cities, seven South American countries and such Far East destinations as Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Special parades and entertainment were presented for Valentine's Day, Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, Angels-Disneyland Fun Day Doubleheader, St. Patrick's Day, "Love Bug" Day, "Spring Fling," Easter and Viva Mexico Fiesta.

Memorial Day Weekend Big Band Festival featured Harry James, Count Basie, Don Ellis and Sammy Kaye. Star-name "On Stage U.S.A." shows formed the nucleus of summer entertainment.

More than 90,000 high school graduates and their dates attended seven all-night Grad Parties in June.

Al Hirt and ten top jazz bands starred in "Dixieland at Disneyland"

"Fantasy on Parade" highlighted an especially festive Holiday Season.

Disneyland's Community Service Awards program honored 24 county organizations with cash awards totaling $30,000. The Outstanding Award was won by the Dave Wilkerson Youth Rallies.

FAMOUS GUESTS:

*Queen Muna of Jordan (May)

*Gov. Robert Scott of North Carolina (August)

*Gov. Robert McNair of South Carolina (August)

*Gov. William G. Milliken of Michigan (August)

*Secretary of State William Rogers (September)

*Russian Cosmonauts Gen. G.T. Beregovoy and Mr. K.P. Feoktistov and their families, accompanied by American Astronaut Eugene Cernan and his wife (October)