A 48-year old woman was killed on the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland on Tuesday when apparently fell out of her bobsled as it raced down the man-made mountain and she was run over by the next bobsled, police and amusement park authorities said. A coroner's spokesman identified the victim as Dolly Regina Young of Fremont, Calif. The roller coaster-type ride shut down automatically about 30 seconds ...

Disneyland has been sued for $5 million by relatives of a woman killed on the park's Matterhorn bobsled ride list month, a family attorney says. Young. 43. of Fremont apparently fell out of her bobsled, then was run over on the sled tracks by the following gondola Jan 3 The Matterhorn is a roller-coaster ride in the shape of the famed Swiss alp. The Orange County Superior Court suit filed Tuesday ...

Disneyland and a travel agency have been sued by the mother of a New Mexico teenager who drowned while intoxicated last June during a graduation party at the amusement park. The lawsuit contends the park was negligent in letting a drunken Philip Straughan enter Disneyland on June 3, his 18th birthday, and that Academy Travel Bureau Inc. failed to keep its promise to supervise high school ...

PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) has been chosen as the official airlines of Disneyland Park and the Magic Kingdom Club. As a new Disneyland corporate participant, PSA will sponsor an exciting new film, "American Journeys," and what will now be called the "World Premiere Circle- Vision" attraction in Tomorrowland. The film is scheduled for a July 4th weekend premiere to the public. The "Magical ...

It's truly "The Year of the Duck" as both Disney theme parks celebrate the 50th birthday of the amazing little character who helped Mickey Mouse build a studio empire. But the fun won't stop there. From Hollywood to New York City, Donald Duck will be honored as the star who gained recognition world-wide, certainly not for any special charisma, but rather for his temperamental outbursts to which every fan ...

A trip to Disneyland ranks first in most families' plans. But don't necessarily go there first. Visit on Thursday and Friday, usually the lightest days, when you can take in more rides and shows. Arrive at about 8:30 a.m. so you're parked and ready when the gates open at 9 a.m. Pinpoint four or five priority attractions and head for the one that tops the your list. Next (guided by your list), go to one ...

Orange County's theme entertainment parks Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm are worth a visit any time. But this summer, they're pulling out all the stops, with parades, fireworks, and new attractions. Both are just an hour's drive from downtown Los Angeles. At Disneyland: Fantasyland revival and two new movies. You can visit dozens of storybook characters in the newly revamped Fantasyland, which ...

It is a sunny September morning in Disneyland. Bands are playing; people are walking with their children and pushing empty strollers; couples are taking pictures. There is a good proportion of people, buildings, and trees. The Chinese writers, the UCLA conference hosts, Allen Ginsberg, and I have all just seen a movie, America the Beautiful, put out by Bell Laboratories in the 1950s. On seven big ...

For weeks, Michael Eisner, the 42-year-old No. 2 man at high-flying Paramount Pictures, had been campaigning hard for the chairmanship of foundering Walt Disney Productions, and when word came that the prize was his, he wasted no time. The next day, a Sunday, Eisner and his three young sons toured the studio's campus like lot in Burbank; by 5:30 the next morning, he was already hard at work in his new ...

Unions showed in late September that even institutions as venerable as Yale University and as popular as Disneyland are not immune to strikes. Workers set up picket lines, waved placards and denounced management in confrontations that disrupted more than 400 Yale classes in New Haven, Conn., and forced 300 to 400 supervisors, clerical personnel and executives to fill in and operate rides at Disney's ...

January 3, 1984:--Dollie Young 48 of Fremont had been enjoying an impromptu Disneyland visit with old friends from Arizona. Dollie was riding alone in the rear car of the Matterhorn bobsled, so no one saw quite what happened. Disney workers swear they had buckled her in. However, two thirds of the way down the slopes, her safety belt was definitely unbuckled. She fell to the track below, a second speeding ...