Disneyland Boosts Admission by $1 Knott's Stands Pat
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Despite two straight years of declining attendance, Disneyland has added a dollar to the price of a one-day admission. In what has become an annual rite, the theme park raised its adult admission price to $39 this month. Children's admissions are $29 and senior citizens $37, also up $1 each. The prices were boosted to compensate for higher operating costs and new entertainment, said Lynn Holt, a Walt ...
Some Police Criticize Anaheim's Handling Of Disneyland Death
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Investigators in several cities with major amusement parks say Anaheim police violated basic standards of police work when they delayed going to the site of a serious accident at Disneyland until after park employees had moved and cleaned up some of the evidence.
"If there's a serious injury out here, we are going to be there on the spot," said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Carl Deeley, who patrols ...
Police Took 4 1/2 Hours To Reach Scene
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Anaheim police investigators took 4 1/2 hours--much longer than first believed--to reach the scene of a fatal injury at a Disneyland ride Christmas Eve, according to police reports released Thursday.
The reports reveal a new timeline and details of the police investigation into an accident that killed a Washington man and injured his wife and a Disneyland employee.
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Boy's Online Disney Photos Draw Charges
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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 [http://members.xoom.com/disneyintel/] in ...
Review Of Police Policies On Disneyland Is Sought
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This city's top police detective on Friday called for a review of how his department handles major accidents at Disneyland, as the city manager ordered a full report on the Christmas Eve accident that killed a tourist at the park.
Roger Baker, the captain of police detectives, said he wishes his investigators had reached the scene earlier. He said it was unfortunate that Disneyland officials cleaned ...
Police Tell Disney To Leave Evidence Alone
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Safety: Anaheim chief acts after criticism following fatal incident involving ship cleat on Christmas Eve. He stresses in statement that park officials' actions did not impede investigation.
Facing criticism over his department's slow response to the Christmas Eve accident that killed a tourist, Anaheim's police chief told Disneyland officials Saturday to leave major injury and crime scenes ...
Police School Disney on Accidents
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Disneyland was told to leave all future accident scenes untouched after workers washed away blood from a fatal incident on Christmas Eve.
Police Chief Randall W. Gaston said he told park officials Saturday that officers must be promptly notified of any future accidents, and that any major injury, fatal accident or crime scene must be preserved until their investigation is complete.
On Dec. 24, an ...
A Bear Necessity
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The Country Bear Jamboree, a 17-minute show made up of more than 20 audio-animatronic bears, originally opened as an "E" ticket ride in Walt Disney World Florida, as one of the premier attractions for the park's opening in 1971. Just one short year later, it opened here in our very own Anaheim Disneyland, in Bear Country to be exact, on March 24, 1972. It's been there ever since. The original Jamboree ...
Tarzan's Treehouse
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A Disneyland landmark welcomes new tenants this July, when the 70-foot-tall tree that once housed the Swiss Family Treehouse reopens with a Tarzan theme. Visit the home of the Lord of the Jungle by scaling a staircase made of items salvaged from a shipwreck, then crossing a rickety suspension bridge. Nestled high among the leaves, vine-covered huts are filled with the personal effects of Tarzan. Guests who ...
Disneyland After Dark
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It's a typical scene in Anaheim: 18-wheelers shake up Fantasyland, the boats of the Jungle Cruise run the river backwards, and the Main Street sound system blares tunes by the Wallflowers. Disneyland in a parallel universe?
Not exactly. More like the overnight flip side of the theme park when crews tweak, polish, paint, scrub, and fine-tune the place to perfection. It's a job for an army that includes ...
A Darker Side
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When a Disneyland visitor from Washington state was fatally injured by a flying piece of metal last month. the folks at the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth" had the blood and debris cleaned up within half an hour -- before investigators could get a look at the scene.
Legally. Disneyland did nothing wrong. But to some. the quick cleanup illustrates corporate arrogance and an extreme desire to ...
LA Moment
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Drivers on Los Angeles County's 527 miles of freeway have plenty to moan about. With vehicles traveling a total of 92 million miles every day over L.A.'s concrete ribbons, traffic jams and road rage are no surprise. But there's one freeway in the Southland--in Orange County, to be exact--that's a driver's dream. There are no accidents, speeding tickets are nonexistent, and picturesque foliage is all ...
Fatal Attraction
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It was one of the most calamitous weeks in the history of America's amusement parks. On August 22, a 12-year-old boy was killed after plummeting some 200 feet from the Drop Zone Stunt Tower at Paramount's Great American park in Santa Clara, Calif. The next day, a 20-year-old man partially removed himself from an overhead harness at the end of a 50-mph Shockwave roller-coaster ride at Paramount's Kings ...