Disneyland Park Celebrates Three Kings Day For First Time In 2012
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In extending its holidays and New Year's celebrations, Disneyland Resort will celebrate Three Kings Day Jan. 6-8, 2012. Three Kings Day activities will take place at Zocalo Park in Disneyland Park.
The Disneyland celebration of Three Kings Day is one of many in area.
Three Kings Day, or Dia de los Reyes Magos, observes what is widely known as Epiphany. Dia de los Reyes Magos is a holiday ...
Disneyland Restaurants Close New One Opens
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Disneyland restaurants along Main Street U.S.A. will begin a transformation starting Thursday (today).
Some food venues on the west side of Main Street U.S.A. are set to close temporarily for renovations starting Thursday.
Also Thursday, the new Jolly Holiday Bakery is set to have a "soft opening," said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. The official opening is set for Saturday. The ...
Dining At Disney's Club 33: The Good, The Bad And The Shopping
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There is a special population obsessed enamored with all things Disney, and a completely unrelated group that wants to be a part of all things exclusive. Rarely do these two collide, except when discussing a certain door adjacent to the Blue Bayou in New Orleans Square, its only marker being their address, the buzzer behind a discreet panel your only way in. Happiest place on Earth? Try toughest ...
7 Attractions Temporarily Close At Disney
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Visitors to Disneyland resorts may want to check ahead to see if their favorite rides are operating as the park begins its annual maintenance.
Starting Monday, seven attractions will close for refurbishment as well as some shows and restaurants.
The 52-year-old Matterhorn Bobsled ride will be closed until summer while crews update the ride and add new vehicles featuring three seats.
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3 Reasons Disney Is More Valuable Than You Think
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Few businesses ever strive for excellence. Advantages, yes. Profits, undoubtedly. But excellence? Not so much. Thanks to a Christmas-break trip to Disneyland in California (not China), I now believe Walt Disney is a notable exception to this rule, and I'm backing my thesis with a CAPScall.
Three things I learned on our winter vacation
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Jolly Holiday Restaurant Opens
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Mary Poppins' teaspoon that made the medicine go down is on display at Disneyland's new Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe. But there's no sugar in the spoon.
The sugar is in the pastry display cases.
The Main Street USA restaurant officially opened Saturday but began serving park guests a couple of days earlier.
It provides counter service with patio seating, in the manner of the Plaza Pavilion on ...
Disney Parks Switch Fireworks Entertainment
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Disneyland Resort's two parks are changing their entertainment schedule, including the fireworks show, during the slower winter months.
Some of the entertainment features are switching to a weekends-only schedule until the spring.
Here are some of the changes at Disneyland:
Fireworks: "Remember Dreams Come True" fireworks show returns Friday (today) after going on a break during the ...
The Matterhorn Is Down But Not Out At Disneyland
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The Matterhorn Bobsleds are now closed for refurbishment through June 14, 2012. Scaffolding has gone up around the iconic Disneyland mountain, which first opened to the public in 1959.
In addition to the cosmetic rehab, several changes are in store. New bobsleds will be installed, eliminating the "straddle or be straddled" old style seating. They will be returning to the individual seats (as it was ...
Disneyland Says Disabilities Act Doesn't Require It To Allow Segways
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As a lawyer for Disneyland defended the park's preference of wheelchairs for the disabled over Segways, the 9th Circuit judges joked about sedan chairs held aloft by porters, as practiced in ancient times.
Tina Baughman says that muscular dystrophy makes it difficult for her to walk or get up from a seated to position. She filed suit in 2007 because Disneyland barred the use of her customary Segway, ...
Were Doritos Invented At Disneyland
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Over the weekend, I gave my short history of Mexican food in Orange County at the Segerstrom Center's Samueli Stage as part of its hosting of the awesome, ribald Chautauqua! show. Since I doubt I'll ever grace any stage at the Segerstrom again, I decided to focus my 10-minute lecture on OC's two greatest contributions to Mexican food in the United States: Kogi tacos and Doritos.
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Five Unique Artifacts From Disneyland's Opening That Remain At The Park
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A lot has changed at Disneyland since the park first opened in 1955.
Over the nearly six decades that have passed since its debut, many things at the Happiest Place on Earth have either been lost over time or met with a wrecking ball during one of the park's many expansions and refurbishments.
We list five original Disneyland artifacts that existed in the park back when Walt walked Main Street, ...
Park To Celebrate Lunar New Year
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The Lunar New Year doesn't officially start until Jan. 23, but Disneyland is kicking off the celebration now.
Guests at the Anaheim theme park can enjoy a number of activities along the Small World Mall area. There will be Chinese dragon and ribbon wand dancers, live music and characters out and about like Mulan and Mushu the dragon. Chip and Dale will also be on hand sporting their Asian inspired ...
Disney Changes Dress Code To Allow Employees To Grow Beards
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First, they could grow a mustache, just like Walt Disney. Now, they can grow a little more facial hair but not quite enough to be like one of the Seven Dwarfs.
Disneyland announced that it's loosened up its dress code -- known as the "Disney Look" -- to now allow employees to grow more facial hair. Beginning Feb. 3, employees can show up for work with a beard or a goatee without worry, just as long ...
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As a newly married couple in school together in Glendale, Ariz. we decided to drive across the desert in a '76 Plymouth Duster with no air conditioning and a questionable transmission on a weekend break to go see Disneyland in Anaheim Calif.
My new bride loved it. But after 30 years, I have a confession to make. The drive through the Mojave was the best part of the trip. The whole Disneyland thing? I ...
California vs. Paris: The Railroads (Part Two)
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In November 2011, I wrote an article comparing the Railroads found in the two Disneylands parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). This month, I shall be comparing the stations at which they stop and the Dioramas which they pass.
The Railroads were opening day attractions at their respective parks and go clockwise at each. Main Street Station was also an opening day attraction at both ...
Disney Temporarily Closes 8 Attractions, 1 Show
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Eight Disney parks attractions, one show and some hotel pools will be temporarily closed for at least part of February mostly because of maintenance projects.
Disney traditionally conducts most of their big renovation projects in the winter months following the busy holidays when tourism slows down.
On Friday (today), Disney is reopening two of those attractions -- Redwood Creek Challenge Trail ...
Secrets Of Walt Disney Secret Disneyland Apartment
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Hardcore Disneyland aficionados already know about the secret apartment above the fire station on Main Street USA where Walt Disney and his family used to hide out, an interview with Walt's daughter Diane Disney Miller, who reveals some of the secrets about the pad, which is still not open to the public. Even today, the apartment acts as a quiet little time capsule in the middle of all the capitalist ...
Disneyland Matterhorn Ride Closes For Extensive Overhaul
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The Scharff family of Spokane, Wash., made a special trip to Disneyland recently to celebrate the birthday of 5-year-old Mason with a ride on the Matterhorn.
So they were disappointed to see the 147-foot-tall attraction covered in scaffolding and closed for repairs until June.
"We came to the park for a few specific rides, including It's a Small World and Matterhorn," said Ronald Scharff, who ...
Disneyland On The Cheap
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Sure, tickets to Disneyland are usually pricey. But you don't need a hoard of cash the size of Scrooge McDuck's to have a great time.
They say that money can't buy happiness, but Disney seems to prove that statement false. As the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth," Disneyland (along with California Adventure) is indeed a lot of fun for the whole family.
But with exorbitant prices on ...
Disneyland Fireworks Set To Return After Technical Problems
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The Disneyland fireworks are set to return Friday night after problems forced the park to cancel Sunday's show.
Disney shut down the "Remember Dreams Come True" show on Sunday because of "technical difficulties," said Betsy Sanchez, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. She said no one was injured.
"We continue to work towards presenting our normal entertainment operating schedule this weekend," ...
Disneyland Launches New Orleans Parties
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Disneyland is launching a series of New Orleans-style parties this weekend.
Over five weeks in February and March, Disneyland is holding New Orleans Bayou Bash events in New Orleans Square, mostly on weekends. The events will include music, Disney characters dressed in Mardi Gras attire, performers and themed food.
The first party is set for Friday.
The events run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the ...
Disneyland Sued For Negligence In Jungle Cruise Crash
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Disneyland sells its popular Jungle Cruise boat ride this way:
"Board a trusty tramp steamer for a 7-minute guided tour of jungles from around the world, brimming with exotic animals and lush tropical foliage. Keep an eye out for potential perils -- and stunning beauty -- as your daring skipper navigates untamed waters with a skilled hand, a brave heart and a clever joke."
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Disney's Do's And Don'ts
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Disneyland is often called "The Happiest Place on Earth". When you break it down, this claim has a lot of validity. Magic comes to life when your favorite childhood characters begin dancing in front of you. Suddenly Belle, Prince Charming and Mickey Mouse come alive in one location, forcing you to discover your pupils aren't big enough to take in the entire scene all at once.
You can fly around in a ...
Celebrate Mardi Gras With Tiana, Snacks
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Just because Southern California is nowhere near New Orleans doesn't mean you can't celebrate Mardi Gras in style.
And Disneyland in Anaheim is pulling out all the stops to make this a Mardi Gras to remember.
On select dates through March 11, the park is celebrating with the New Orleans Bayou Bash. Park visitors can experience tasty treats along with mini-parades and live music. With New Orleans ...
Class Action Of Blind Persons Against Disney
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On June 5, 2012, trial will commence in an action brought against Walt Disney Parks & Resorts by a class consisting of all blind visitors to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. In Shields v. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, the class action pending in Los Angeles, the class alleges that the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks refuse to accommodate the needs of blind visitors, in violation of ...
Disney Tightens Their FastPass Ride Reservation Policy
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There's all kinds of tricks, tips, and tidbits when it comes to visiting a mega theme park like those in the Disney empire. However, one of the best secrets was a kind of loophole in the FastPass ride reservation system over at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
It wasn't really that big of a secret, but it's something we considered pretty slick. The FastPass kiosks read your park admission tickets ...
Disneyland Will Let Fans Line Up Early For 24-Hour Party
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Disneyland's special 24-hour party actually will last up to 32 hours for some fans.
Disney is allowing visitors to line up starting at 10 p.m. eight hours before a 24-hour party begins at Disneyland.
The park is staying open for 24 hours for a special event on Leap Day, Feb. 29, calling it One More Disney Day. Disneyland will open gates at 6 a.m. Feb. 29 and close the park 6 a.m. March 1.
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What's Next For ‘Captain EO' At Disneyland
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Two years ago, fans lined up overnight to catch the first showing of Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" movie after a 13-year absence, thinking that it would show for only for a limited time at Disneyland.
But Disney has yet to announce when "Captain EO" will depart and what will replace it, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. Thursday marks the two-year anniversary of the movie's return ...
Disneyland Prepares For 24-Hour Party
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Disneyland is making preparations to stay open for a 24-hour party, including special foods that will only be available overnight.
The company is having a promotion for Leap Day, called One More Disney Day, in which both Disneyland in Anaheim and Magic Kingdom in Florida will operate for 24 hours -- the first time resorts on both coasts will be open for that long at the same time. The parks will open ...
Longtime Disneyland Guitarist Passes Away
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Ernie McLean, a longtime fixture in New Orleans Square, passed away, he was 87.
McLean was reportedly the last entertainer personally hired by Walt Disney. He was one of the first members of the Royal Street Bachelors that played regularly in the theme park.
McLean was a guitarist and played at the theme park solo in recent years.
On a personal note, I remember watching him perform with ...
Line Starts Tonight For Disneyland's 24-Hour Party
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The big Leap Day promotion at Disneyland will kick off a day early on Tuesday night (tonight).
Disney is allowing visitors to line up starting at 10 p.m. Tuesday (tonight), eight hours before the park opens. The first 2,000 guests will get special Mickey Mouse ears.
Disneyland will stay open from 6 a.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday for the promotion, called One More Disney Day.
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7 Tips For Tackling Disneyland In A Day
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I've been to Disneyland hundreds of times over the last two decades and have been writing the Funland theme park blog for about four years now. As a result, people are always asking me how to do everything at Disneyland in a single day.
The short answer is you probably can't. It can be a struggle for even hard-core fans with military assault-like strategies. The longer answer is there's lots of ways ...
Disneyland Bomb Scare Was Handled In The Goofiest Way
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Disneyland was NOT the Happiest Place on Earth today. Not for the tens of thousands of people stuck in the parking lot for 3 hours due to a "bomb scare" that turned out to be ... ha. Not that scary.
Apparently there was an object of ... um ... questionable intent (?) spotted in a tree near the park entrance by a security officer (one who as it turns out apparently needs binoculars or glasses or a ...
Suspicious Object Found At Disneyland Was Spiritual Message
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The suspicious object that forced Disneyland officials to lock down the theme park Saturday morning was a rolled-up piece of paper with a "spiritual message" discovered in a tree near the entrance, authorities said.
A Disney employee spotted the item in the tree outside a ticket booth shortly after 7 a.m. while greeting visitors at the park entrance, officials said.
Visitors were temporarily ...
5 Disney Rides Temporarily Close Fantasmic! Show Returns
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Five rides in Disneyland Resort parks will be closed for at least part of March as the park prepares for spring-break crowds.
Four of the rides are set to re-open within the week after undergoing routine maintenance projects: Grizzly River Run in Disney California Adventure and the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Disneyland Monorail and the King Arthur Carrousel in Disneyland.
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Disneyland And AIDS Charity Sued For Darth Vader Swinging At Angry Bird But Hitting Lady
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A woman is suing Disneyland and the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County in Superior Court because she claims her back was injured by a Disney employee dressed as Darth Vader and doing battle with a bird during the 2011 AIDS Walk Orange County at the Anaheim resort. If the incident had happened during a lunar eclipse, I would have received a bonus for most random things in one blog post.
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Disneyland Pays Tribute To Small World Composer Robert Sherman
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Disneyland Resort honored one of its best-known composers, Robert B. Sherman, who died Monday in London, placing a simple wreath of white flowers outside his window on Main Street U.S.A.
Robert B. Sherman and his brother, Richard, were given their own window in 2010, which reads, "Two Brothers Tunemakers," a recognition reserved for the most cherished Imagineers, artists and others instrumental to ...
New Star Tours Is More Transporting Than Expected
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I am not what you would call a Disney nerd. At least, not compared to the truly hardcore. However, I think it's safe to say that Disney's various parks have always been part of my life.
I grew up in Florida, and many of my formative memories come from time spent at Walt Disney World. I remember spending the ...
2 Dollars Charges Your Gadget For An Hour At Disneyland
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Disney installed a bank of 20 lockers to charge your gadgets as a test along Main Street U.S.A. with options for a traditional AC outlet or specialized chargers for your iPhone and other mobile gadgets.
It's $2 for an hour, and you pay up front. Swipe your card, create a passcode and return within an hour or you have to pay again before you can unlock the locker and get your gadget.
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New Cars Land Headlines Disneyland Expansion Set To Open June 15
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Lightning McQueen and friends are about to get the green light at Disneyland.
The park announced Wednesday that Cars Land, based on the Disney-Pixar "Cars" movies, is the headliner of four new attractions opening June 15 at Disney California Adventure Park after a five-year expansion.
Cars Land will be 12 acres of rides, shops and restaurants based on the movie's town of Radiator Springs. Along ...
Disneyland Cracks Down On FastPass Abusers
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Disneyland is cracking down on park goers abusing their FastPass system.
The system was introduced in 1999 to help visitors to the Magic Kingdom spend less time in line. Free reservation tickets are issued at the beginning of the line of their most popular attractions, with a specified one-hour window during which patrons can get in with little to no wait.
However, some Disney visitors have ...
Missing Out On The Internet At Disneyland
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The Internet might be ubiquitous, but it doesn't extend well into Disneyland.
Disney recently released the free Mobile Magic app for iPhone providing official attraction wait times, Fastpass return times, maps and other important information for visitors to the park. The app joins a version of the official app for Android phones that has been available for a while as well as a collection of ...
24 Consecutive Hours In Disneyland
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Normally, I'm quite neurotic about thoroughly planning Disneyland trips. Normally, I plan my trips in advance to fall during less-crowded times of year, I make reservations for the best Disneyland restaurants and I find hotel and airfare deals for my anticipated travel dates. However, when Disney announced on New Year's Eve that Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida ...
Disneyland Resumes Weekday Fireworks
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Are you hearing the boom of Disneyland fireworks on school nights again?
That's because school is out in some places.
Disneyland has resumed fireworks showings on weekdays for about five weeks during the spring break period when crowds pick up. During the slower off season in the winter and spring, Disneyland usually only shoots off fireworks on weekends.
The nightly fireworks schedule ...
Shiver Me Timbers! Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride Is 45 Years Old
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"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me."
Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland turned 45 years old on Sunday.
The ride was the last one at Disneyland that Walt Disney helped create. Sadly, he died just before it opened.
The ride, which continues to be one of the most popular in the park, was initially intended to be a walk-through museum.
But as Walt and his team continued to ...
Disneyland Names Honoree For Main Street Window
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Disneyland plans to give its highest honor a Main Street U.S.A. window to costume designer Alice Davis, Disney announced Monday.
Davis is best known for designing park costumes, including the supervision of about 150 dolls in "it's a small world" ride and animatronic characters in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
Davis was married to the late Marc Davis, a classic Disney animator who ...
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This month, I shall be comparing the Adventurelands found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).
Standing in front of the castle, with your back to Main Street, U.S.A./World Bazaar, the first land you encounter clockwise in four of the five Magic Kingdoms is Adventureland. Internet rumors abound that in Shanghai, Adventureland will take up the ...
2 Disney Venues Closing Temporarily
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Two venues at Disney parks will close temporarily starting at the end of April, while most attractions remain open during the busy spring-break period.
Disneyland Resort usually schedules major projects in the early part of the year when traffic is slower, but the parks keep most rides open during crowded spring breaks. The busiest period will run through April 15 when most schools' vacations end.
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Man ID'd In Deadly Disneyland Fall
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A 23-year-old man fell to his death from one of the floors at the main parking structure at Disneyland, an Anaheim police spokesman said Tuesday.
The man, identified as Christopher Tran of Santa Ana, was found by an Anaheim police traffic controller at around 9:30 a.m. Monday near the northwest corner of the Mickey & Friends parking structure at 1313 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn ...
New Pixar Character Coming To Disneyland
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A character from Pixar's upcoming movie will begin greeting visitors at Disneyland a month before she appears on the big screen.
Merida, the lead character in "Brave," will arrive in mid-May at Disneyland, Disney has announced. "Brave" opens in theaters June 22. See concept art of the Merida greeting area.
The movie is set in the Scottish Highlands where Merida, a princess and skilled archer, ...
Return Of A New Hope As Star Tours Strikes Back
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Ever since it opened at both the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort in 1987 and 1989 respectively, the attraction "Star Tours" had remained a perennial favorite among guests at both resorts. However, much like the "Star Wars" films, all good things must come to an end and so "Star Tours" closed up shop at both parks in 2010.
Flash forward about a year and the new "Star Tours" attraction, ...
Visit Disneyland Every Day This Couple Has So Far
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The turnstile clicked for the 100th day in a row Monday for a couple continuing a streak of visiting Disneyland every day in 2012.
Jeff Reitz and Tonya Mickesh met while scuba diving in 2006, and found they shared a love of Disneyland. They got the idea to visit every day in 2012 when the theme park announced it would be open for 24 hours on Leap Day.
"I woke up New Year's Day and decided 'I'm ...
Disneyland Sets End Date For Iconic Carnation Plaza
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Disneyland's iconic Carnation Plaza Gardens' entertainment venue will close at the end of the month to pave the way for a new princess greeting area, putting an end to rumors that the plans may be canceled.
Since 1956, the Main Street, U.S.A. plaza has hosted entertainers including famous musicians, such as Benny Goodman, and beginners, like high school bands and children's groups. Each Saturday, a ...
Disney Changes Fireworks And Entertainment Schedule
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Disneyland fireworks will return to a weekends-only schedule starting Monday, now that the spring break crowds have subsided.
For about five weeks, the park shot off fireworks every night because of increased tourism during the busy spring break period. School vacations usually run anywhere from mid-March to after Easter. During the slower winter and spring seasons, the show only is held on ...
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I have a mystery that hopefully someone reading will be able to solve or provide further insights or clues to aid in this endeavor.
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln has been a wonderful mainstay at Disneyland blending the old Disneyland with the current day Disneyland. The show reveals the passion of Walt Disney for his boyhood admiration for Abraham Lincoln ...
Farewell To The Historic Carnation Plaza Gardens At Disneyland
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Announced at the D23 Expo in August of last year, Carnation Plaza Gardens at Disneyland park was scheduled to be reimagined into the new Fantasy Faire an enchanting village square that will immerse guests in the stories of their favorite princesses. The construction was to have begun in September 2011, but for some reason never took place.
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Picturephone Dials Up First Transcontinental Video Call
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1964: Bell's Picturephone service dials up the world's first videophone call, and the New York World Fair's science consultant William L. Laurence gets some face time with Anaheim Bulletin managing editor Donald Shaffer at Disneyland.
The video chat was part of a large public demonstration at the World's Fair that included seven calling stations. New Yorkers could speak with Disneyland visitors at a ...
Disneyland Moves Entertainment To Frontierland
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Disneyland next month is moving outside performing groups and adding a new entertainment feature to a normally closed area of Frontierland.
The Disney Performing Arts program will host community performing groups and run education sessions in the Festival Arena, which is normally closed in the back of Frontierland. The program is moving after the May 1 closure of Carnation Plaza Gardens, where ...
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Disneyland is inviting annual passholders to exclusive events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fantasmic! show.
Disney sent email invitations starting Wednesday to passholders, who can sign up to attend one of four nights. No anniversary events are planned for regular park visitors, said Michele Himmelberg, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
On May 13, Fantasmic! will turn 20 years old. ...
9 Disney Venues Temporarily Close
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Nine Disney park venues, including attractions and restaurants, will be closed for at least part of this month for routine maintenance projects.
The closures include six attractions in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Three park restaurants also are undergoing renovations during part of the month.
A section of Main Street, U.S.A. is reopening Wednesday, although an expanded Carnation ...
Matterhorn Gets The Most Extensive Rehab Ever
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Disney crews faced a challenge how do you paint Disneyland's tallest structure?
With 20 levels of scaffolding, it turns out.
Since January, motorists have watched the work play out from the nearby I-5 Freeway as the 147-foot-high Matterhorn undergoes the most extensive makeover in its 53 years.
The mountain that bobsleds zip through and around was blanketed with a spider-web of ...
Remodeled Ice Cream Parlor Sweetens Main Street
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The biggest change in Disneyland's newly remodeled Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor is better crowd control and that's not a small thing.
The theme park as reopened the Main Street USA shop and the adjoining Penny Arcade/Candy Palace as it prepares for the rapidly approaching summer tourist season.
Gibson Girl's kitchen area has been pushed back, making room for a four-row switchback. The counter ...
Disneyland Opens Secret Club 33 Restaurant For A Price
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For the first time in a decade, Disneyland is opening up new memberships to its exclusive Club 33 the famous, secretive restaurant tucked inside the park.
Disney also is adding a private lounge for club members at Disney California Adventure.
Starting today, Disney will begin sending embossed invitations to the first 100 people on its 800-name waiting list, asking if they want to join the ...
Disneyland Marks Attendance Record In Early 2012
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Disneyland broke an attendance record for the first three months of the year, with boosts from the popular 24-hour Leap Day party and part of spring break, Disney reported today.
Jay Rasulo, Walt Disney Co.'s chief financial officer, made the announcement during a conference call with investors about the company's earnings.
Overall, U.S. Disney parks experienced a 7 percent jump in attendance in ...
Mountaineers To Return To Disneyland's Matterhorn When Ride Reopens
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I'm such a sucker for anything having to do with mountains -- hiking up them, watching climbers ascend them, snapping pictures of them -- that even phony peaks give me a thrill.
Disneyland announced Tuesday that the Matterhorn Bobsleds, the iconic roller-coaster-type ride that's been closed since January for a redo, will have mountaineers once again scaling its slopes when the ride reopens June 15.
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Rubber Ducks Race Through Disneyland
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The rubber ducks were off on a race around the world around the canal of Disneyland's It's a Small World, anyway.
It was the fourth annual Rubber Duck Derby, an employee fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"A couple of years ago, the Fantasyland management team thought that it would be fun for the cast members and (it) would be a good fundraiser," said Tamarah Robb, a guest-services ...
Special Fantasmic Anniversary Dessert At Cafe Orleans
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Disneyland annual pass-holders witnessed a special 20th anniversary, after-hours performance of Fantasmic! on Monday.
The multimedia show began with a four-minute prologue showing planning and preparation for the attraction and its premiere in May, 1992.
The event took place at 11:30 p.m., after the park was closed to all but pass-holders who had picked up tickets in advance to attend.
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With California Adventure Growt, Disney Now No 1 O. Employer
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The pair went in a group to Disneyland in 2007, and a romance broke out.
Now, James and Beth Silverman, recently married, are moving their relationship across the esplanade to join the staff launching the updated Disney California Adventure next month.
"When this opened up, it was amazing how many of the puzzle pieces just fit," said Beth Silverman, 36.
The Silvermans are among the 3,000 ...
Grown-Up Gals Have Fun Like Kids But Without Kids At Disneyland
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Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals' day out.
That's exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach or shopping. Did we channel our inner princesses? Nope. Did we regress to a state of childlike delight and strategically map out rides to conquer? Oh yes. That ...
Disneyland Raises Prices For 2nd Time In Less Than A Year
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The 'Happiest Place on Earth' just got a little more pricey.
Disneyland Resort has raised prices for single-day tickets and season passes for the second time in less than a year.
The new prices took effect on Sunday, and they affect both the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks.
Now, a regular one-day ticket for either Disneyland or California Adventure will cost you $87 instead ...
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Disneyland, the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth," has ignited a strong response from many people angry about the latest price increase on all ticket options.
With the new price hike, which took effect on Sunday, it now costs $87 (up from $81) for a one-day ticket to enter just one of the two California parks. For a one-day park-hopper ticket, guests are now paying $125 (up from $105). The ...
Did Disney Raise Annual-Pass Prices To Thin Crowds
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Disneyland Resort parks have faced an unusual business dilemma in recent years: Too many regular customers.
Nearly 1 million people now have annual passes, prompting Disney to make changes to its program that could thin out crowds and possibly weed out some passholders, a Disney watchdog blog reports.
The company last week dramatically upped prices for annual passes by as much as $150 each, ...
Getting The Most From Your Disneyland Visit
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A trip to Disneyland can be expensive, with the lowest price SoCal resident one-day, one-park tickets starting at $81 for kids 3-9 years old. Admission is only one cost. There's gas, meals, snacks and souvenirs, and if you plan to stay overnight, the cost of a hotel. In order to truly enjoy your visit and not worry about money, figure out which elements of your trip are worth splurging on for you and your ...
Disney Knotts Frequent Targets Of Lawsuits
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Darth Vader was shooing away a bird at Disneyland when he smacked a woman in the back according to the lawsuit she filed claiming such "severe injuries" as back pain, headaches and trouble sleeping.
Scores of other visitors to Orange County's showcase theme parks have gone to court in recent years with accusations of dangerous mistakes, accidents large and small, and lots of slippery floors. A ...
California vs. Paris: The Treehouses
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This month, I shall be comparing the treehouses found in the Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).
Both treehouses can be found in Adventureland and are walk-around attractions with a set path to follow. They both feature beautiful views (including of their parks' respective Indiana Jones attractions), hand-painted leafs and more steps than you remember until it's too late.
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Solo Parent Can Do Disneyland
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Fear not, intrepid parent. Going solo at the Happiest Place on Earth isn't the worst idea you've ever had. With some planning, expert advice and a shot of courage, it could be one of your most memorable trips to Disneyland.
For Amanda Ficili, mother-and-daughter trips to Disneyland are great opportunities to bond.
"It was a little intimidating the first time because there's so much to see and ...
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While in California attending my nephew's high-school graduation, I acted on a whim and decided to divert to Disneyland. I have been to Walt Disney World in Florida several times but had not actually been to Disneyland since I was six years old. Blessed with a great memory for things in the past, that amazing day spent at Disney in the '50s came racing back as I walked through the park.
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Eating Gluten-Free At Disneyland
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I was born at a hospital about 20 minutes away from Disneyland and grew up with relatives who loved to give yearly passes to Disneyland as gifts. You could say that a love of Disneyland started early, as some of my fondest memories are of going to Disneyland with my family. I wanted to share some of those experiences with my children, too.
During my husband's Christmas break, we decided to do a ...
Disneyland's New Matterhorn: Snow White Sights Abominable Sounds
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Steps away from the honking traffic jam of humanity crushing into the grand opening of Cars Land on Friday, Disneyland quietly welcomed back one of its icons the Matterhorn Bobsleds.
The Swiss-Alps themed ride was the park's first roller coaster in 1959 and has been undergoing much-needed minor repairs and refurbishment during the last six months. The most notable alteration is completely cosmetic, ...
Single Rider Option Saves Time
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Three may be a crowd, but at Disneyland Resort this summer, it may also be an advantage.
That's because two of Disney's signature rides load in groups of three and have special lines for single riders.
Since there are far more couples than groups of three, there is frequently one left-over seat that can be claimed by a person in the single rider line.
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Disneyland Increases Halloween Prices
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Disneyland visitors will pay $2 to $5 more to go to the park's popular after-hours Halloween parties this year.
Disney is already getting ready for its big fall promotion, Halloween Time. The company this week announced the dates and prices.
Halloween Time runs Sept. 14 to Oct. 31 with a few ride revisions and special decorations that can be seen by all visitors. The after-hours Mickey's ...
July 4 Comes Early To Disney Parks
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Disney parks started Fourth of July festivities three days before the actual holiday.
Nearby, Knott's will offer a fireworks show on the Fourth, and will offer free admission to veterans July 2-6.
On Sunday, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure launched their special entertainment features created for Independence Day. Fourth of July is one of the busiest holidays at the Disneyland ...
California vs. Paris: Pirates of the Caribbean and Blue Bayou
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This month, I shall be comparing the versions of the Pirates of the Caribbean found in the Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).
The Californian of Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC) can be found in New Orleans Square (NOS), was the first attraction of its kind worldwide when it opened in 1967 and was the last attraction Walt was thought to have personally worked on. The Paris ...
Disneyland Remodels Classic Restaurant And Shops
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Disneyland visitors can now dine indoors at a classic cafe, watch candy makers from more windows and find more space to buy ice cream or candy on Main Street, U.S.A.
The final business on a block of Main Street, U.S.A. recently re-opened after a five-month renovation project. Disneyland revamped the northwest quadrant of the entrance corridor, which stretches from Carnation Cafe to Refreshment ...
Couple Tries For Year Of Daily Disneyland Visits
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It seems like a dream as flighty as Tinkerbell and as quirky as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
Yet a Southern California couple have passed the halfway mark in their quest to visit Disneyland every day this year.
"We joke around that we're here more than the cast members are," Jeff Reitz said Tuesday.
Reitz, 39, of Huntington Beach, and Tonya Mickesh, 45, of Lake Forest were both unemployed when she ...
A Grandmother's Magical Return To Disneyland
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If you live in North America, indeed much of the world, you are unlikely to have avoided the spell that has been cast over modern culture since the day Walt Disney opened the gates to his Disneyland theme park in California in 1955.
If you were a lucky child, your parents loaded up the station wagon and headed to Anaheim at least once during your childhood, cramming the family into a little offsite ...
Like Disney Turkey Legs Take The Smell Home
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Disneyland fans soon can take the smells of the park home with them.
Next month, Disney parks will begin selling air fresheners with the scents of park food items, including turkey legs.
The company is starting with four types that will sell for $5.95 each at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World, said Steven Miller, Disney merchandise communications manager.
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Disney And Knott's Sell Tickets On Smartphones
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Orange County theme park visitors now can buy tickets on smartphones and use barcodes on screens to scan for entrance.
Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm this summer started programs allowing visitors to bypass lines by using their phones for ticketing.
The Anaheim resort is the first Disney location to use smartphone ticketing, said Melissa Britt, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. For now, ...
Party With Mickey While Saving On Disneyland Admission
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It may be July still, but Disneyland is already planning its holidays and this week posted its invitation for all to Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland.
And the best part about this "party" is the admission price$54 to $69 per person, depending on which night you attend the event. Tickets are for Disneyland only, but offer a savings of up to $35 per person.
The event happens from either 6 ...
Antioch Author Completes Disneyland Vacation Guide
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Disneyland has become a destination for young and the young at heart since it opened this week 57 years ago. With its ever-changing array of attractions, the park can be a bit overwhelming, especially when tugging along after the youngsters and trying to find your way around the park without getting lost.
Joshua Shaffer has some ideas that might help make for a much better trip. The Antioch resident ...
Women At Disneyland's 1st Day Return
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Mary Lechlitner and her daughter were among the first to ever ride the Disneyland train on the park's opening day on July 17, 1955.
On Tuesday, the mother and daughter returned to sit in the train station to watch a ceremony commemorating the park's 57th birthday.
Lechlitner, 96, said she's been at every Disneyland birthday celebration. Her daughter, Kathy Parks, 71, has joined her for major ...
Disneyland Celebrates 57th Birthday Today
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Tuesday has arrived with The Happiest Place on Earth's 57th birthday.
It was this date in 1955 that Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif. on 60 acres of orange groves. Starting with just 20 attractions, the wonderland has since turned into a major tourist destination in Orange County with something for everyone.
On the special day Tuesday, Disneyland will honor their 57th anniversary with a ...
20 Lessons From Walt Disney On Entrepreneurship Innovation And Chasing Your Dreams
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With the title of being the "Happiest Place on Earth" it's amazing to think it only took one year to conceptualize and create
Disneyland before opening its gates on July 17, 1955.
As a tribute to 57 years of bringing imagination to life, let's see what Walt Disney had to say about innovation, entrepreneurship and chasing our dreams.
Words of Wisdom From Walt Disney
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Disney Adventure Without The Kids
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When I told a New York friend I was heading to Disneyland to explore its appeal for adults, his immediate retort was that it would be a very brief visit. And when our group, not a person under 35, walked through the gates of Disneyland on a warm Saturday and contemplated the crush of elbow-high humanity before us, I wondered if perhaps he was right.
Yet seven hours and eight attractions into my first ...
Court Tells Disneyland To Study Segway Use
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A California appeals court told Disneyland it must consider allowing use of two-wheel Segways by disabled people.
Disneyland currently allows disabled visitors to use wheelchairs and scooters at the Anaheim theme park, but the justices of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said it's time for "The Happiest Place on Earth" to study the idea of adding Segways.
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Disneyland's Segway policy must balance the rights of disabled visitors with the theme park's safety concerns, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit overruled a lower court that found Disneyland's Segway ban complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Associated Press reports. While Disneyland doesn't allow Segways, it does offer wheelchairs and ...
8 Memory Keepers To Pick Up At Disneyland & Almost ALL Under 10 Dollars
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I dare you to go to Disneyland and not buy at least one souvenir on your visit. Unless you work there or are a season pass holder who drops by whenever you please, odds are you will pick something up to help you remember the "magical" time you had. Me, I'd like to take the entire park home with me, but that just wouldn't be practical. Instead my family picks up a little this or a little that some sort of ...
Does Disneyland Discriminate Against The Disabled
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Tina Baughman wanted to take her daughter on a trip to Disneyland for her eighth birthday. But there was a problem: Baughman suffers from limb girdle muscular dystrophy, which makes it hard for her walk or stand up from a seated position. She contacted Disneyland in advance and asked for permission to use a Segway. Disneyland said no. It told her to use a wheelchair or motorized scooter which Baughman ...
Disneyland Jungle Cruise Closes For Week
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Disneyland is making it easier to hop aboard the Jungle Cruise a week from now.
The popular attraction is closing for a week to undergo a project that will shrink the over-the-water gap between the dock and the boats where visitors board and leave the ride, said Kevin Rafferty Jr., a Disneyland Resort spokesman.
Bumpers will be added to the boats.
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2 Disney Rides Temporarily Close This Month
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Two Disneyland rides will temporarily close for part of this month as crews undertake projects.
Disney traditionally schedules few rehabilitation projects during the busy summer season, when crowds are heavy.
Meanwhile, the Jungle Cruise is scheduled to reopen Thursday after a weeklong closure. Crews are shrinking the gap between the dock and the boats to make it easier for visitors to get on ...
Disney Top 10 Innovations Of All Time
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The Walt Disney Company is known for its creativity, innovative thinking and technological advances.
Who, but Walt Disney, could have given us a motion picture like "Snow White," the first full-length animated feature film which was a movie industry first?
Who, but the Walt Disney Company, could have given us Epcot, perhaps the most unique theme park experience in the world?
On a recent ...
Disneyland New Pirate Experience
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PRINCESS TO PIRATE: The shiny ringlets are perfect curled. The tiara is perfectly set. And the dress? It's all sparkle and glitter and color and dazzle. We're talking about the Disney Princess here, of course; "tiara" and "sparkle" were perhaps the obvious giveaways. She's such the mythical character that little girls and their grown-ups regularly visit Disneyland's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique to be ...
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part One
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This month and next, I shall be comparing the Lands of The Future found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). In California, as per Florida, Tokyo and Hong Kong, this land is called Tomorrowland; in Paris this is called Discoveryland.
For the benefit of these articles, when I say Tomorrowland, I am only referring to the California one; I am also only writing about the ...
Custodian Has Cleaned Disneyland Since 1964
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The first time Mike Larson walked along Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., he focused on the horse poop.
Larson started as a Disneyland custodian 48 years ago, his first job pushing a "honey bucket" to scoop up the mess that the carriage horses left behind.
"At that time for me, it was basically tunnel vision. I knew I had to do the job," said Larson, 67, of Orange. "I didn't have time to view ...
Disneylands Princess Fantasy Faire To Close In August
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On Aug. 2, Disney Parks Blog announced that Disneyland park will close its Princess Fantasyland Faire at the Fantasyland Theatre on Aug. 12.
Princess Fantasy Faire, a Disney Princess meet-and-greet, will be closed for an extended period of time. When it re-opens in summer 2013, Princess Fantasy Faire will add a "live entertainment experience" to the meet-and-greet in which Disney's focused on ...
Insiders Guide To Disneyland
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If I could live anywhere, I would live in The Haunted Mansion, like all year long," director Guillermo del Toro said last year at Comic-Con while discussing his upcoming film featuring Disneyland's iconic haunted house. And he's not alone.
Hollywood is full of filmmakers and talent who are addicted to Disneyland, which opened in 1955 and now averages 40,000 visitors a day. Zachary Levi, Gwen Stefani, ...
New Show Coming To Fantasyland
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Cinderella, Snow White and their princess friends will move out soon of their spot in Disneyland's Fantasyland Theatre.
The princess meet-and-greet center will relocate, temporarily, to near the "It's a Small World" ride starting Aug. 13, Disney said.
Construction crews are going to transform the theater for what Disney so far is only calling a "live entertainment experience."
A new show ...
After Earthquakes, No Impacts Reported At Disneyland
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No damage was reported from the latest Orange County earthquake, though fire departments were making routine checks.
A spokesman for the Disneyland Resort said that rides had not been closed, but that he was not sure about other safety checks being made. The 4.5 earthquake struck near Yorba Linda, about 12 miles away from the park in Anaheim.
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12 Unique And Magical Memories To Be Made At Disneyland
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When visiting Disney, many families head straight for the E-ticket rides, from Space Mountain to the Matterhorn to Dumbo. But in doing so they not only spend a whole lot of time in long lines, but they miss out on so many magical moments and memories that can be made at the "happiest place on earth.' Though these attractions are less popular, they are just as special and endure in family memories far ...
Disneyland Memorabilia Is A Fascinating Look Back
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Of the millions and millions of phone numbers that have been in use since Alexander Graham Bell (or Antonio Meucci, if you're so inclined) invented the telephone, a handful of numbers have managed to live on despite the passage of time ... and the introduction of more numbers and area codes.
"PEnnsylvania 6-5000," a hit song by Glenn Miller and his orchestra in the 1940s, comes to mind, as does the ...
D-Tech Will Turn Little Kids Into Princesses
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Disney has long transformed little girls into princesses by selling them costumes, wands and tiaras. But a new limited-time offer at Disneyland takes the idea even further. Starting August 26, for a $99.95 (plus shipping), kids will be able to take home a figurine with their own faces superimposed on a Disney princess's body.
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Disney Creates Botanicus Interacticus Multi-Touch Plants
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The last thing in the world I would've ever believed could be turned into a touch sensor would be a plant. However, that is exactly what Disney's Pittsburgh research center has done in a project called Botanicus Interacticus. I can only imagine a full-size attraction at Disneyland or Disneyworld packed with touch sensitive plants.
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Temperatures Rise And Crowds Drop
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If you're still out of school and have a high tolerance for heat, this might be a good week to visit Disneyland.
One of the longest lines of the weekend was at Splash Mountain, which had a 65-minute stand-by wait Sunday afternoon, a good 40 minutes longer than Star Tours.
The line for the Dole Whip stand was pretty long, too.
Over at Disney California Adventure, there was an hour wait for ...
Ex-Worker Sues Disney, Says Company Forbids Muslim Head Scarf
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A former Disneyland restaurant employee sued Walt Disney Co on Monday for harassment and religious discrimination, saying she was fired because she wanted to wear a Muslim head scarf at work.
Imane Boudlal, a 28-year-old Muslim, worked as a hostess at the Storytellers Cafe, a restaurant inside Disney's Grand California Hotel & Spa at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, according to a complaint filed in ...
2 Disney Artists Make Millions Of Portraits
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From a Disneyland office, two artists capture the profiles of babies, grandparents, dogs, cats, parrots, horses, goats, a hedgehog and even a vintage car.
Sometimes they work from photos, but usually from the people themselves. Halos are sometimes placed above those who have died.
Over the decades, the two have worked at the Disneyland Silhouette studio to create more than 4 million images, ...
Disney Develops Face Cloning Technique For Animatronics
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The "uncanny valley" is one of the frustrating paradoxes of robotics. Every year, roboticists make humanoid robots that more accurately imitate human beings, but it turns out that the better the imitation, the creepier the end result. It's that strange, hair-raising sensation one gets when visiting the Hall of Presidents at Disneyland. True, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln look very lifelike, but ...
Learn From Disney And Let Single Riders Have Their Day
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I was in California recently for a wedding and, because I hadn't been since I was a kid, I did something unusual and slightly inappropriate: I went to Disneyland by myself. No one, from the park patrons to employees, wants to see you do that. It defeats the purpose to be alone in The Happiest Place on Earth. The single rider lines to fill out odd-numbered parties for the Matterhorn or Splash Mountain ...
Disneyland Opens Up Private Holiday Events
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For the first time in five decades, Disneyland will open up extra nights of its exclusive, celebrity-studded Candlelight Ceremony events for general park visitors over the holidays.
Normally, Disneyland sets up reserved seats on two nights of ceremonies for invited guests, which it will continue to do. But this year, Disney is adding an additional 18 nights for regular park goers, who buy special ...
Fantasmic Fun At Anaheim Disneyland
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As summer winds down, be sure not to miss the musical extravaganza Fantasmic! at Disneyland in Anaheim. The show depicts Mickey's rousing dream of good versus evil. This colorful phantasmagoria pits famous Disney characters heroes and villains in sweeping battles rendered with symphonic majesty.
Disney characters perform in digital movie form on enormous screens of water and live. Dazzling ...
Disney Making Its Tallest Gingerbread House
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At 9 feet tall with a ghost train around it, the upcoming gingerbread house will stand the tallest and feature the most complex special effects in the Haunted Mansion Holiday's 12-year history.
Disneyland will debut its new, spooky gingerbread house when the seasonal version of the Haunted Mansion ride opens Sept. 14. Disney transforms the Haunted Mansion into the theme of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare ...
Disney Sets Closing Date For The Magic The Memories, And You Show
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On Aug. 22, Disney Parks Blog announced the ending date for "The Magic, The Memories, and You." The nighttime projection show will have its last performances at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on Labor Day, Sept. 3.
"The Magic, The Memories, and You" debuted in early 2011. It features music, lights and an innovative display of park images including those of guests enjoying their vacations ...
Taking The Kids Princess Power
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Who cares if it's hot?
Certainly a pint-sized princess doesn't when she's busy getting bejeweled and bedazzled.
Despite the Southern California summer heat, 4-year-old McKenzie Reyes was all smiles, decked out in the sumptuous long-sleeved, floor-length green Princess Merida dress, a tiara in her hair and sparkles on her fingernails. Princess Merida, for the uninitiated, is the newest Disney ...
10 Disney Attractions Closing For Rehab
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Indiana Jones Adventure and two Fantasyland rides will close for most of the fall to undergo renovations as summer crowds dissipate at Disneyland.
That park and neighboring Disney California Adventure will shut down 10 venues in September for refurbishment, after the record-breaking summer season wraps up with Labor Day.
The longest closures, which begin Tuesday, will be Indiana Jones Adventure, ...
Disneyland For Adults Only
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When I told a friend I was heading to Disneyland to explore its appeal for adults, his immediate retort was that it would be a very brief visit. And when our group, not a person under 35, walked through the gates of Disneyland on a warm Saturday and contemplated the crush of elbow-high humanity before us, I wondered if perhaps he was right.
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Learning To Love Disneyland Again
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As we walked across the broad, brick-paved plaza, a burst of music swelled, the strings rising to cinematic heights amid a pounding of kettle drums. A man in a crisp white shirt waved and beamed. Perfectly manicured flowers swayed in the breeze.
It felt, for a moment, that we had accomplished something greater than simply walking out the gates at Disneyland in Southern California.
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California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part Two
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This month I shall continue my comparison of California's Tomorrowland with Paris's Discoveryland, by looking at their versions of Nautilus and Star Tours, as well as the two Lands' arcades, shows, theatres and eateries
Les Mysteres du Nautilus at Disneyland Paris is nothing like the submarine attraction in California, either in its present Finding Nemo state or its previous incarnation. Contrary to ...
Still Returning After 36 Years
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Having first visited Disneyland as a 2-year-old, Fairfax journalist James Croot reflects after his recent sixth visit.
"To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savour the challenge and promise of the future."
Walter E Disney's words when he opened his theme park in July 1955 have never felt truer than ...
Disney Can Settle Florida Case Over Segways
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The 11th Circuit upheld a class action settlement that lets Walt Disney World ban Segways while it develops its own stand-up vehicle.
Disney bans the use of all two-wheeled vehicles in all of the parks and hotels within its Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. The ban provides no exception for those with disabilities who rely upon the two-wheeled vehicles for mobility.
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Tour Visits Walt Disney Apartment
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Disneyland Park has revamped its "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour with new attractions and a new price.
The new tour is called "Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps" and it began on Sunday, according to park employees. The Disney Parks blog announced the change in August without providing details.
But booking agents I talked to both at the park and on the phone say that it includes Walt Disney's ...
At Disneyland Even The Plants Have A Purpose
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Did you know that the trees and flowers planted throughout Disneyland were as well thought out as the design of the attractions and lands themselves?
I didn't.
In scurrying from one attraction to the other, I must admit that I never paid much attention to the foliage until I took Disneyland's two-hour "Cultivating the Magic" tour during which the guide talked of how the hundreds of varieties of ...
Fall Into Disney River Prompts Ride Changes
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A 5-year-old girl's fall into the Jungle Cruise waterway prompted the state to order safety changes to the Disneyland ride, according to a state report.
Crews recently added bumpers to the Jungle Cruise boats and minimized the gap between the dock and vehicles to make it easier for visitors to get on board. Jungle Cruise was closed for a week during construction and reopened in early August.
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National Roller Coaster Museum Obtains The Holy Grail Of Artifacts
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More than 53 years after opening the world's first tubular steel roller coaster, Disneyland is donating two vehicles from the iconic Matterhorn Bobsled ride at Disneyland to the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives. First open in 1959, the 1/100th replica of the real Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland, was a dream of Disneyland founder Walt Disney.
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Disneyland Donates Matterhorn Cars To Roller Coaster Museum
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Most Disneyland visitors would describe the old cars on the Matterhorn ride as aging and cramped.
The chairman of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives is calling the cars "the holy grail" of roller coaster artifacts.
Disneyland announced Tuesday that it had donated two of the cars from the Matterhorn Bobsled attraction at the Anaheim theme park to the museum in Arlington, Texas. Museum ...
A Guy A Girl And 366 Straight Days At Disneyland
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If, like Jeff Reitz and Tonya Mickesh, you go to Disneyland oftenvery oftenyou know that asking for a roast beef melt made without horseradish, as opposed to a roast beef melt with horseradish removed after the fact, will require a ten-minute wait at the Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe. You know that, if conditions are right, you may ride in the wheelhouse of the Mark Twain Riverboat and help steer. You know ...
Long Hiatus For Indiana Jones Ride
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You can tell autumn is at hand at the Disneyland Resort not by the weather or even by the Halloween decorations, but by the return of park refurbishments.
Two small rides are closed in Fantasyland, the circus train and storybook boats. But the closure that will hurt during Halloween Time is the Indiana Jones Adventure, which part employees told me wouldn't be back in operation until early ...
Disneyland Opens Haunted Carnival
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Billy Hill and the Hillbillies channel Charlie Daniels in their Halloween show in Disneyland Park.
The bluegrass band takes the stage six times a day during the Halloween Carnival at Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree.
The carnival is new this year. it opened Friday and runs through Oct. 31.
In the 15-minute set, the band plays cheerful Disney songs such as "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" and, yes, "It's a ...
Disneyland Villains Get New Halloween Area
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Disneyland for the first time has added a special tent for popular villain characters to meet visitors as part of a new Halloween carnival.
Visitors can use magic wands and conjure villain characters with a steamy cauldron in a new mini presentation inside a side-show tent at the Halloween Carnival in Frontierland. After a villain appears in a cloud of smoke through a secret door, visitors line up ...
6 Disney Venues To Close Temporarily
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A half-dozen venues at the two local Disney parks are scheduled to temporarily close for at least part of this month.
Crews will start installing holiday decorations in It's a Small World on Oct. 22. The Disneyland ride will reopen Nov. 8 with Christmas songs, lights and other holiday decor.
Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, Casey Jr. Circus Train and Storybook Land Canal Boats will remain ...
Ultimate Haunted Mansion Collectable-Disneyland Haunted Mansion Look-Alike Home For Sale
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Theme Park Connection specializes in buying and selling Disney and theme park items online and through their huge warehouse in Winter Garden, Fla. While they've sold a lot of huge collectibles, this is their largest yet It's a four-story, seven bedroom, six bath, more than 10,000-square-foot home modeled after Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.
The livable mansion is located in Duluth, Ga. and you can ...
Disneyland's Wireless Wristband Could Replace Tickets
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Amusement parks have changed a lot since the early days, and paper tickets have long gone the way of the dodo. But a new gadget made for Disneyland takes admission to a new world of high tech.
It hasn't been officially announced, but this "Magic Band" recently appeared on the website of the ...
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part Three
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This month I shall conclude my comparisons of California's Tomorrowland with Paris's Discoveryland, by looking at their versions of Autopia and Captain EO.
Captain EO, the $30million 3-d musical starring Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston, was an opening day attraction at Disneyland Paris, by which time the film had already been showing for five and a half years in the California Park and EPCOT ...
Disney Worker Injured In Space Mountain
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A Disneyland machinist, struck by a Space Mountain vehicle last week, remained hospitalized Tuesday in a critical-care unit, officials said.
The 68-year-old employee was injured Oct. 3 after the park closed. The machinist was returning a vehicle that had been out of commission back onto the ride when something went awry and the vehicle hit him. The impact caused back, chest and head injuries, said ...
Some Rent Disneyland Tickets To Save Money
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Beth Holderness got a bad feeling as soon as she bought discount Disney tickets in a strip mall.
She found $80 tickets to attend Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on the same day, compared with the usual $125 ones. After giving her credit card number, the worker whited-out names on the passes and told her to lie to Disneyland employees about where she bought them.
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Disneyland: A Personal Perspective of a Dream Come True
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I never thought I would get a chance to work at Disneyland. This was my life's' goal - to be a Cast Member.
Growing up in the Southern California desert, we were close enough to get to visit Disneyland at least once a year. The 2-hour drive seemed to never end until I or my siblings could finally see the tip of Space Mountain from the freeway - we were there! I held onto the magic between visits, ...
In Disneyland Even A Gingerbread House Can Be Scary
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The Imagineers at Disney must have a creative outlet, or I think their heads will simply burst with ideas. I can't wait to take the kids and see, first hand, what they came up with this time.
Every year at this time, when the leaves change and the nights get darker, Disneyland and Disney World are reinvented in the spirit of Halloween, as ghoulish pumpkins are spread out everywhere, and music clips ...
Five Rides You Won't See In Disneyland
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Magic Kingdom Transpo - Perhaps it's the "transportation nerd" in me, but when I was at an otherwise-delightful weekend at Disneyland with my family (boy, do they do things up for Halloween!), I couldn't help but notice that there are some exciting new rides, and some innovatively-redone old rides, at Disneyland's Magic Kingdom and California Adventure theme parks. After doing a bit of research, it became ...
Disneyland Carves Up Exotic Pumpkins
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A Monsters Inc. pumpkin wears a construction hat. Other pumpkins are engraved with intricate faces, including Sally from "The Nightmare before Christmas." Blue paint coats a version of Ursula from "The Little Mermaid."
Disneyland visitors are finding 25 to 30 decorated pumpkins not the standard fare found on porches on display in Frontierland. Guests can watch carvers create new ones.
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Disneyland Park Releases Dates Details Of Christmas Holiday Season
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Always a magical place, Disneyland Park becomes extra festive during the Christmas season. The theme park will celebrate the holiday from Nov. 12, 2012 through Jan. 6, 2013 with the return of its seasonal offerings, announced Disneyland Resort on Oct. 23.
Visiting Disneyland Park is an annual tradition for many guests who come to see the park's festive decor and seasonal overlays, its special parade ...
Tom Hanks Movie To Film At Disneyland
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For the first time in a dozen years, Disneyland will host crews filming a major movie this one starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney himself.
Disney will block off parts of the park Nov. 6-7 for "Saving Mr. Banks," which will tell the back story of the making of Disney's 1964 "Mary Poppins" movie. The film by Walt Disney Studios stars Hanks, Emma Thompson as book author P.L. Travers, and Colin Farrell ...
Disney Halloween Tickets Resell For $200 Online
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Tickets for Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland are at a premium this season as the event continues to grow in popularity, with online ticket brokers attempting to resell them at up to three times face value.
Tickets for the special event are sold by the Disneyland Resort for $46 for pass holders to $69 for the public.
But they quickly sold out on several nights and are being advertised ...
Disney Offers Opportunity-Filled Internships
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The magical world of Disney offers paid internships to students and creates a life-enriching experience for those who partake in working for one of the largest entertainment industries in the world.
Internships last one school semester, but students can choose to stay longer if they would like to. The Program is run through both the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. and Disneyland Resort in ...
Disney Buys Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion
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For more than two decades, Jedi Knights and Darth Vader have wielded their lightsabers at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. On Tuesday, they officially became part of the family when The Walt Disney Co. acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. from founder George Lucas for $4.05 billion.
Disney is paying approximately half in cash and issuing 40 million stock shares at the deal's closing, the company said.
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Disneyland Reindeer Staying At North Pole
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At first blush, it doesn't make much sense to fence in flying reindeer.
But when Santa Claus takes his reindeer out of the North Pole, he must comply with the same fence rules that apply to common reindeer.
Especially at public places, like Disneyland.
For the first time in seven years, Disneyland will stop hosting reindeer-in-training that had been in the petting zoo during the holiday ...
California vs. Paris: Frontierland
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Looking back at the articles I have written comparing the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris) I realize that the only Land in the Paris version of Disneyland Park which I haven't covered in any detail yet is Frontierland. [The only elements of this Land I have looked at, to date, are Tom Sawyer Island and the Railroad].
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Disneyland Combats Renting Out Park Passes
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Disneyland is trying to put a stop to the so-called "renting out" of discounted park passes.
Multi-day passes are cheaper, per day, than single-day passes. The multi-day passes are being purchased, then offered for "rent" on websites like Craigslist and at ticket brokers.
The person who rents the pass then returns it and someone else pays to use it the next day.
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It's D-Day for Daniel Fallon as he fulfils a lifelong dream, his three children in tow.
Disneyland. This single word can evoke so many images. As a child I would dream about Mickey Mouse clowning about with his famous cartoon friends behind the walls of Sleeping Beauty's castle, as fireworks exploded above and visitors enjoyed fabulous rides.
Now, as a father of three, Disneyland evokes ...
Disneyland Holidays 2012
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Halloween is over and the Holiday season has arrived to Southern California .The decorations have been brought out, great meals are planned and with family and friends arriving to celebrate, there is so much left to do! Favorites are coming back and new additions to the Parks are going to be showcased with seasonal flair. During the Holiday season, it seems that Disneyland tries to top the year before and ...
Uncle Walt Disney As Spiritual Guide
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"The missiion is to bring happiness to millions," a promotion piece about Walt Disney stated in 1966. "It first became evident in the twenties, when this lean son of the Mid-West came unheralded to Hollywood and began to animate his dreams." What dreams! They extended from Mickey Mouse to Snow White, "Mary Poppins" to Disneyland.
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Disney Won't Open Event To Regular Guests After All
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Disneyland made an announcement this summer: Regular visitors could buy tickets for a normally closed holiday event, the Candlelight Ceremony.
But now Disney is largely restricting the ceremony to annual passholders who win tickets through a lottery, as well as invited guests. Signups for the online lottery end Sunday.
Since 1958, Disneyland has hosted the classic Candlelight Ceremony in a ...
Worker Hurt After Falling From Roof Of Disneyland Space Mountain
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A worker fell while cleaning the Space Mountain ride at Disneyland Wednesday, breaking a leg and several other bones.
The 37-year-old subcontractor, working for HSG Inc., was cleaning the roof in a bosun chair when it came loose shortly after 7 a.m., according to Anaheim Fire Marshal Jeff Lutz.
The employee fell 20 to 30 feet and a barrier on the roof kept the worker from falling to the ground, ...
Disneyland Candlelight Parade Holiday Ceremony Expands December Dates
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It's been a Disneyland tradition since 1958. But it's also been a well-kept secret, until now.
Disneyland's Candlelight Ceremony and Processional is a holiday concert featuring 600-person choir and an orchestra of local notable musicians, as well as a notable thesp narrating the story of the first Christmas. It's all staged with great fanfare on the steps of the Main Street railroad station. Past ...
Disneyland Still Has The Magic
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To think it all came from one man's imagination.
Where once there were orange groves and a couple of acres of walnut trees, there is now a collection of craggy peaks, fathoms of coral reef-filled sea, a jungle full of animals, subterranean caves that serve as a pirate lair, a parsec of space, a turreted castle and entry to the many other worlds conceived by one of the greatest human minds ever to ...
Santa And Disney Characters Star In Holiday Park Attraction
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Jingle Jangle Jamboree is the latest in a string of experiments with Frontierland carnivals.
Santa Claus has found a new home at Disneyland this year.
The park, for the first time, is hosting the Jingle Jangle Jamboree as a holiday carnival in the Festival Arena in Frontierland. There will be character greetings and music from Billy Hill and the Holiday Hillbillies. The Country Bears join the ...
Disney Indiana Jones Ride Whipped Into Shape
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The adventure ride was closed for three months for refurbishment.
Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure will resume operation on Dec. 8 after a three-month refurbishment.
Besides the popular inside ride, based on the "Indiana Jones" movies, no other Disneyland Resort attraction is scheduled for closures in December because of the heavy crowds coming for special holiday features and long school ...
Lamb And Cow Join Disneyland Petting Zoo
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Two new animals are part of Big Thunder Ranch.
The lamb prefers to hide perched behind a manmade rock, and the cow stays inside a fenced-in area.
But the two animals soon are expected to warm up to the touches of Disneyland visitors.
The two, this month, joined the Big Thunder Ranch petting zoo in the back of Frontierland at Disneyland.
The 6-month-old babydoll sheep from Northern ...
Everything You Need To Know About Disneyland Resorts During The Holidays
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The busy holiday season is upon and it's usually filled with travel. Why not make a new tradition by including a family visit to Disneyland?
After my recent trip, I decided that the holidays are the best time to go. Post Halloween offers smaller crowds, shorter lines,comfortable weather - A perfect family bonding event in the middle of a rushed season! Disneyland is sparkling, festive, and full of ...
Memories From The Mansion
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It was August 1969 and I had just turned 9 the month before. Summer was rapidly coming to an end so, as a treat, my Dad let me go with my summer camp group on a day trip to the Magic Kingdom. We were scheduled to leave early the morning of the 12th which was a Tuesday. We would spend the entire day at the park and return early the morning of the 13th. Little did I know that this would be the most ...
Basketball Court Inside The Summit Of Disneyland Matterhorn
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The first time I went to Disneyland was in 1966. I was five years old. My parents, who were in their 20s, drove our Volkswagen Beetle from Boulder, CO to Anaheim, CA in the middle of summer.
I remember four things from the trip:
1. A motorcycle cop pulling over my father for speeding. When my father produced his driver's license, the cop looked at it and did a double take. The cop said that his ...
Employees Volunteer To Keep Disney's Candlelight Sounding Great
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If you look closely at the "Living Christmas Tree" that is the centerpiece of Disneyland's Candlelight Ceremony, you might recognize some of the singers as someone who might have been your Jungle Cruise skipper. That's because the tree is made up entirely of members of the Disney Employee Choir, and has been so since 1982.
"In September, when we start practicing, I get into the Christmas spirit and ...
Legendary Danish Amusement Park That Inspired Disneyland
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Walt Disney had a dream of creating a "great, great playground for the children and families of America."
He traveled to Tivoli Gardens, one of the world's oldest amusement parks located in the middle of Copenhagen, for inspiration.
Unlike other "seedy" amusement parts of the day, Tivoli was a "a clean and orderly park in Copenhagen ... with 'lush flowers, tame rides' and a festive family ...
Starbucks Landing On Disneyland Main Street
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A cafe on Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., will begin serving up Starbucks next year.
But will visitors still get free coffee refills?
Disney is in the early stages of designing the look for the classic Main Street's Market House for when Starbucks comes in next year, said Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
The Market House will temporarily close for renovations sometime next ...
California vs. Paris: Frontierland (Part Two)
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In Anaheim, Frontierland has five very distinct shops (Bonanza Outfitters, Pioneer Mercantile, Silver Spur, The Spirit of Pocahontas Shop and Westward Ho Trading Company) whereas there is really only one store in the Frontierland of Disneyland Paris. This is the Thunder Mesa Mercantile Building, although it is split into three separate parts: Tobias Norton & Sons, Bonanza Outfitters and Eureka Mining ...
Glow Ears Join Disneyland Holiday Fireworks
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Max Brauer brings his glowing Mickey Mouse ears to Disneyland several times a week.
But he has rarely seen more than a handful of visitors wearing the interactive ears during the "Believe in Holiday Magic" fireworks show, when the ears change colors and twinkle to the music.
"Not very many people know about it," said Brauer, 19, of Loma Linda.
Disneyland this year added what it calls Glow ...
Disneyland To Close Big Thunder Mountain Railroad For Overhaul
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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is closing Jan. 7 to get new tracks, vehicles and paint.
It will be the third major overhaul of a major Disneyland ride in as many years.
The railroad in the Frontierland section of the Anaheim park has been operating since 1979 and portrays a runaway train that speeds through a barren Old West landscape.
The ride is expected to reopen in fall ...
Bankrupt Kodak Ending Disneyland Sponsorship
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Kodak one of three remaining founding sponsors of Disneyland is ending its advertising at the theme park when this year comes to a close.
For decades, at Disneyland and then at California Adventure, the company sponsored "Picture Spots" locations worthy of snapping Kodak moments.
And that wasn't all.
"They have sponsored our camera centers, our guide maps, as well as some of our ...
Disneyland Day Every Day For This Couple
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At 8 a.m. today, Tonya Mickesh and Jeff Reitz were to go through the entrance turnstiles to Disneyland for the 366th day in a row. It's a journey that's seen them spend 24 hours in the park for the 24-hour Leap Day, watch baby ducks grow up, and go from unemployed to full-time jobs while becoming nationally known as the "everyday Disneyland couple."
"It was a way to keep ourselves occupied because ...
