The sign out front says it's "The Happiest Place on Earth." These days, Disneyland, Walt Disney Co.'s Anaheim (Calif.) flagship, is also one of the most construction-happy places on earth. Workers in bulldozers crisscross the 100 acres that used to be a parking lot. Outside, streets are being widened, snarling traffic in all directions. Signs tell passersby that a new Disneyland Resort is in the making. ...

With rocket ships zooming overhead, Marsha Berlo shaded her eyes from the midday sun and wondered how long she would have to wait to step into the future. “It won 't be the 21st century when we get to the front,” Berlo said from the rear of a three-hour line. “It 'll just feel like it.” The Las Vegas resident, with husband Bill, was one of thousands on hand Friday for the opening ...

The future isn't what it used to be. Take Tomorrowland. When it opened in 1955 as one of the five original sections of Disneyland, Walt Disney himself appeared on the live opening-day telecast and promised "a step into the future with constructive predictions about things to come." He may have been a dull public speaker, but in envisioning "the world of 1987," as it was at one point conceived, he did ...

Disneyland of Southern California's refurbished Tomorrowland opened on May 22, 1998. Many of the area's classic attractions have been updated, and new attractions have been added. The new attractions include a simulated rocket ride, an interactive technology/imagination pavilion, and a 3-D experience. The Rocket Rods ride provide Disneyland's fastest, longest ...

For the third time in its history, Disneyland has opened a revamped Tomorrowland. Gone are the impersonal chrome and steel of the old structures, along with the Mission to Mars ride, the PeopleMover and the Circle-Vision theater. In their place, Disney has built a kinder, gentler tomorrow with buildings decorated in lush jewel tones and gardens filled with fruit trees and edible plants. Tomorrowland ...

Over the past few weeks, parade workers at Disneyland Paris have been protesting that their pay is inadequate to their labors, thereby combining an American tradition--dressing up in silly costumes--with a French one: going on strike. Senior executives at Disney may or may not be persuaded by the strikers' wage demands, but they will almost certainly be sympathetic to reports of the discomforts of wearing ...

Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it will retire one of Disneyland's oldest rides, the venerable fleet of yellow submarines that have taken millions of passengers on underwater journeys, without ever fully submerging the vessels. The 39-year-old Submarine Voyage will close following the Labor Day weekend, to make way for a new, snazzier attraction that will debut in 2003. It may be ...

In the 1960s, there was no Ariel. We had living mermaids who greeted you from the rocks of the Submarine Voyage lagoon at Disneyland in Anaheim. If you were lucky, one would swim over with her big fin and wave through a porthole. With ride operators who resembled sailor boys, the attraction was very romantic - "Guys and Dolls" meets "Beach Blanket Bingo" - even before submerging "80 fathoms ...

Consider the notion that Walt Disney might be better remembered as one of the late twentieth century's biggest influences on urban planning than as the man who drew a cartoon mouse. That's the premise of The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks, an exhibition that offers an unprecedented peek into the archives of the Imagineers. Originally mounted by Montreal's Canadian Center for ...

The Disneyland Resort announced today a joint 13-year marketing, promotion and sponsorship agreement with Chevron that will update and improve Disneyland's Autopia attraction. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The remodeled Autopia, tentatively scheduled to open in mid 2000, will feature new visual show elements, restyled cars, the introduction of an entertaining pre-show area, and the ...

In 1955, Tomorrowland was one of Disneyland's most popular attractions. House made of plastic, flying saucers and other items in the park showed Walt Disney's vision of what 1986 would be like. Over the years, that vision became less cutting edge and more, well, cheesy. But thanks to a two-year, $100 million face-lift, Tomorrowland is back in the future business. The Anaheim, CA, park now looks at ...

Interactive Games Celebrate the Family, While Product Displays Show Full Range of Affordable, Energy-Efficient Comfort Solutions for the Home What in the world is going on here? Eager families stand in line, waiting to jump onto two games that look like enormous, round, bronze-colored thermostats. A dozen yards away, a game show host encourages wildly cheering teams who are trying to beat the ...

March 10,1998:--David Fackler, 5, suffered a serious foot injury at the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. His toes are later ...

November 28,1998:--Deborah Bynum of San Diego alleges a brain hemorrhage was caused by the Indiana Jones ride June 21, 2001:--Deborah Bynum settled a lawsuit out of ...

December 24,1998 10:40 a.m.:--Two Disneyland visitors suffered critical injuries when a metal cleat broke loose from the Columbia Sailing Ship in Frontierland, snapping like a rubber band into a crowd of visitors. Luan Phi Dawson, 48, and Lieu Vuong, Dawson's wife, 34, both from Washington state, were rushed to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where they remained in critical condition with head injuries. ...

December 24,1998:--A 4-year-old boy from the Palos Verdes Peninsula was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange after he fell off the carousel. He suffered from a ...