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Dateline: October 6, 2021

Posted: June 24, 2025

Deemed the ''Happiest Place on Earth'' Disneyland sadly didn't live up to that billing for same-sex couples during its first three decades. Opened in 1955 by the late Walt Disney, the family-oriented amusement park was built on a former orange orchard in Anaheim, California. Two years later, with it launching ''date nights'' that featured dancing under the stars to lure local Orange County couples, especially teenagers, on

Dateline: July 20, 1955

Posted: January 18, 2025

Talk to any citizen about Disneyland park and his eyes light up like a sincere neon sign. Walt Disney is the No. 1 Californian and it didn't require an official proclamation by the Governor last week to make him so. And somewhere during the citizen's enthusiastic summary of the master's latest accomplishment will be added the phrase ''And it's all real. They're not Just fronts. '' This is the

Dateline: August 22, 1985

Posted: January 18, 2025

Disneyland unexpectedly lifted its 28-year ban prohibiting same-sex dancing last week, but the gay man who challenged the rule in 1980 is still in the courts. Disney officials are attempting to get a reversal of the May 1984 ruling by Superior Court Judge James Ross that Exler and his friend, Shawn Elliott, could dance together at the Anaheim amusement park. A jury had decided 11-1 in their favor. However, the judge said the order applied only to the two

Dateline: July 24, 1955

Posted: January 18, 2025

If children could wish their way out West, California, home of Disneyland park, would see the biggest migration since the days of the Forty-niners. Walt Disney has struck gold. One 8-year-old Washingtonian told his mother flatly if she couldn't take him to California he'd go himself. Mr. Disney unveiled his park last week for a coast-to-coast television audience. Divided into four parts, the park is made up of

Dateline: August 28, 1955

Posted: January 18, 2025

If anyone in America is unaware that Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., opened its gates a few weeks ago, that person hasn't read a newspaper or heard a radio or TV newscast. In short, he has been playing ostrich. Faithful readers know, too, of the disillusionment on the part of many guests on opening day. Crowds, heat, incompleted attractions and a big network TV show combined to make the first day an uncertain one, with the result that tourists and

Dateline: August 15, 1985

Posted: January 18, 2025

Disneyland has quietly reversed a 28-year-old policy that prohibited partners of the same sex from dancing together in the Magic Kingdom. Officials said the prohibition against same-sex dancing was dropped in mid-July in response to requests from patrons of Videopolis, a teen dance club that opened June 22 next to the family ride, ''A Small World.'' ''We try to be responsive to feedback we get from our

Dateline: May 22, 2021

Posted: July 14, 2024

July 17, 1955: Peter Pan's Flight As one of the oldest rides in Disneyland, it's also one of the most popular, with lines regularly settling in at an hour or more even on less crowded days. Passengers board individual flying ships and lift up into the air to view different scenes from London and Neverland as the vessel hangs from a track above and navigates gentle dips and turns. July 17, 1955: Snow White's Enchanted Wish

Dateline: March 16, 1993

Posted: January 14, 2023

A man used pepper spray during an argument near Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, causing dozens of people to complain of eye and throat irritation, officials said. The dispute occurred Saturday evening when someone apparently cut in line in front of the man, a Disneyland spokesman said. Marcello Krakoff, who was at the park with his family, told KCBS-TV he used the pepper spray in self-defense. The chemical spread through the line and affected about 80 patrons, who were

Dateline: April 23, 1995

Posted: January 14, 2023

Federal law enforcement officials Saturday denied that a Japanese cult had planned to release nerve gas at Disneyland during the crowded Easter weekend and said that a threat received by park officials was a hoax. Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern said in Washington that the FBI has launched a criminal investigation to determine who is responsible for the phony threat, which prompted worried officials to secretly dispatch a U.S. Army chemical warfare team and

Dateline: December 30, 2022

Posted: January 2, 2023

An after hours fire at Disneyland that damaged the New Orleans Square train station has left the faint smell of smoke wafting over the Anaheim theme park during the busy holiday season. The fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 29 during Disneyland 's overnight shift was quickly extinguished, according to Anaheim Fire Department officials. The small fire near the New Orleans Square train station caused minimal