Wagon Ban Triggers Online Protests By Families With Kids With Autism Special Needs And Medical Issues
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A Disneyland wagon ban has triggered an online petition and social media protests by families with children with autism, special needs and medical issues who rely on the pull carts as a safe haven for their kids amid the often kinetic and chaotic atmosphere of the Anaheim theme park. The online protests follow an announcement that Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will strictly enforce an ...
Waiting For Disneyland's Finding Nemo Submarine Ride?
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Most days at Disneyland the line for the new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage averages about one to two hours. So far I've passed on the ride, delaying my virgin voyage until the wait drops to a more tolerable 30 minutes or less (my personal rule). Disneyland cast members suggest getting in the Nemo line at 11:59 p.m. (or just before the park closes on any given night). Once you're in line, you're ...
Walk In Walt's Disneyland Footsteps Tour
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It is hard not to be impressed when your tour guide is so passionate about their subject matter that they break down in tears. This was not a scripted gesture. Rather this was the result of a deep seeded and sincere love for the subject matter. In this particular tour the subject was the one and only Walt Disney. I'll get to what brought on the water works later. For now, let me tell you a bit about what ...
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
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Having grown up in Southern California, I can't remember a time when I wasn't aware of Disneyland. I've loved the amusement park and all things Disney since I was itty bitty. I can remember being carried out to the car while it was still dark out when I was a little girl only to wake up again at Disneyland in awe. Now as an adult, I still find the "Happiest Place on Earth" just that. There's no ...
Walking In Her Footpaths
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Just try to coax Ruth Shellhorn into talking about that photograph of her at the White House more than 30 years ago, accepting an award from Pat Nixon. What was the award? "I don't know," Shellhorn says. At 95, it's understandable that a few details from a career spanning seven decades might grow fuzzy. But spend more time with Shellhorn - one of the designers credited with shaping two ...
Wallace Relaxes At Disneyland
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Presidential candidate George C. Wallace was greeted by crowds of well wishers Sunday as he took his family on rides at Disneyland amusement park in nearby Anaheim. "I'll bet that kind of surprises you, doesn't it, that all these people say they're going to vote for me," he told newsmen covering his tour. Wallace shook hands with several persons in the crowds, which included some Negroes. ...
Wall-E Perfect Replacement For Captain EO At Disneyland
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Reports are surfacing that Disneyland is actively looking to replace Captain EO in its 3D theatre in tommorrowland. The park brought it back for an encore run after a 13 year run of "Honey, I shrunk the audience" made its home there. Now Captain EO's return has run its course as well and the park is looking for an upgrade. Disneyland brought back Captain EO in January of 2010 after the death of ...
Walt A Beauty This Castle Inspired The Sleeping Beauty Castle
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If you've ever dreamed of being a Disney prince or princess then you'll be pleased to know that there's not far to travel to reach a fairytale castle. Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria inspired Disneyland's very own one - and it's just an hour and 45 minutes on the plane from London. Walt and his wife Lillian visited the castle when they were on a tour of Europe before Disneyland was built. ...
Walt Disney First Love Lives On At This Historic California Ranch
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The steam-powered train rounds the bend, passing a rolling meadow dusted with wildflowers and dotted by oak and sycamore trees. The vintage locomotive is pulling two passenger cars around a two-mile loop at Santa Margarita Ranch in San Luis Obispo County, a roughly 15,000-acre property settled by Franciscan missionaries in 1774. But these carriages once had a very different home about 250 miles ...
Walt Disney Barn Honors Disneyland Mine Train Thru Nature Wonderland Attraction
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One of Disneyland's long-gone attractions was celebrated by Disney fans during a barbecue at Walt's Barn. The barn, which sits on land at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum in Griffith Park, used to house the miniature live-steam railroad that Walt Disney built at his home in Holmby Hills. It was moved to this location in 1999, when the Disney family sold the home. It has on display many ...
Walt Disney Deserves Credit For Our Progress On The Moon And Mars Not Just Mickey Mouse
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If the creator of Mickey Mouse had never been born, we might not have landed men on the Moon or sent robots to Mars. As a boy, Walt Disney was fascinated with the futuristic tales of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. As an adult, his passion for the future intensified. In the early 1950s, as Walt prepared to build Disneyland, he read a series of articles in Collier's magazine on the future of space travel. ...
Walt Disney Former California Estate Sells For $74 Million
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Walt Disney's fairytale southern California estate just sold to the tune of $74 million, a source confirmed to the Daily News. The jaw-dropping Holmby Hills property has a rebuilt mansion but still includes the iconic S-shaped tunnel through which the movie mogul's fully functional miniaturized steam train ran. Called the "Carolwood Pacific Railroad," the live locomotive was part of the ...
Walt Disney Hit With Ex-Employees Wage Class Action
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A former Disneyland employee hit two units of The Walt Disney Co. with a putative class action on Thursday in California court, alleging it had failed to pay vacation wages to former workers at six Disney properties when they left the company. California resident Reykeel Zorio claims Walt Disney Worldwide Services Inc. and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. failed to pay him accrued vacation ...
Walt Disney Is Your Tour Guide In This New Book
Author Marcy Carriker Smothers had a continuing internal dialogue with the late Walt Disney as she wrote her new book about taking a walking tour of Disneyland from the park founder 's distinct and well-informed point of view. “I can 't write about Walt or read about Walt without his voice in my head,” Carriker Smothers said during an online video interview. “It 's just like this conversation, ...
Walt Disney King Of Fantasy
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Walt Disney and friends. Walt Disney, whose Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck brought laughter to the world and whose Disneyland is a playground for the world's people, calls his home at Smoke Tree Ranch, "my laughing place." Whimsical, as always, he refers to the Uncle Remus story where Brer Rabbit oh-so-casually mentions his "laughing place" and makes it sound so intriguing that Brer Fox insists on ...
Walt Disney Make-Believe Land Project Planned Here
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"Disneyland," a spectacular world of make-believe made reality by the genius of famed cartoon producer Walt Disney is being planned as a $1,500,000 development on Disney Studio property at Riverdale and Buena Vista. Tentative approval has been given by the City Board of Parks and Recreations for use of land leased by the city lying adjacent to the studio property as a picnic and parking site. ...
Walt Disney Once Accidentally Kidnapped President Richard Nixon
Walt Disney once accidentally kidnapped Richard Nixon from the Secret Service. Nixon visited Disneyland back in 1959 with his two daughters - and, of course, his security personnel - while he was vice president of the US. The group were set to do a lap around the park aboard Disney 's monorail, as told by Bob Gurr, an amusement ride designer who is famous for his work at Disney. ...
Walt Disney Parks And Resorts Announces New Star Wars Land Entertainment And Experiences At D23 EXPO 2015
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Disney announced many new coming attractions and entertainment during the D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim this past weekend. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek delivered a behind-the-scenes look at what is coming to Disneyland. He was joined on stage by Imagineers working on the projects to give insight into the future of the lands. Of the many announcements, Chapek told everyone that the new and ...
Walt Disney Parks And Resorts Recalls Children's Watches Due To Risk Of Skin Irritation
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of product: Children's Light-up Watches Units: About 1,200 Importer: ...
Walt Disney Pictures Chairman Dick Cook
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Reflecting the American sense of informality widely associated with the movie studio's namesake and founder, people know the chairman of the Walt Disney Studios as Dick, not Richard, Cook. The former Disneyland cast member, who was asked during an event at the Anaheim theme park to be interviewed at his Burbank office, is in charge of development, production, distribution and marketing for live-action and ...
Walt Disney Presence Pervades Disneyland
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The presence of Walt Disney pervades Disneyland, a year and a halt after his death. Everywhere in the $100-million pleasure park, painters are adding new coats to glossy surfaces and landscapers are planting flowers and shrubs to bloom in time for the summer onslaught of tourists. During his 10-year rule of Disneyland, Walt continually inspected the place for signs of wear. "If we keep the park ...
Walt Disney Receives Star On The O.C. Walk Of Stars
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Walt Disney, who transformed Anaheim into a city known throughout the world by purchasing 160 acres of orange groves and walnut trees for Disneyland, received the first star on the Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars Friday. Ed Grier, president of Disneyland Resort, accepted the star on behalf of Disney, who died in 1966. Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle joined Grier in speaking at the morning ceremony on ...
Walt Disney Reveals Just How Disneyland Was Created In Rare Interview
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“Twenty years ago,” Walt said as we drove toward Disneyland, some 25 miles southeast of central Los Angeles, “I was always trying to think of a place to take my two small daughters on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon-a place where I could have fun, too. “At an amusement park, the only fun provided for a father, besides having his bottom dropped out from under him on the roller coaster, was the ...
Walt Disney Studios And Guillermo Del Toro Developing Disney's Haunted Mansion
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Guillermo del Toro surprised the 6,500 fans gathered today at Comic-Con with the announcement that he is currently developing a new film for The Walt Disney Studios based on the classic Disney theme park attraction, The Haunted Mansion. "Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy. After all, Disney himself was the father of some really chilling moments and characters - think Chernabog ...
Walt Disney Takes Two Children Through Disneyland
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No figure in the world today is closer to the hearts of children than at 54-year-old boy named Walt Disney. Despite his ever-growing fame and current financial solidly (thanks particularly to his Disneyland series and the Davy Crockett boom it touched off), the king of the animated cartoon has never lost contact with the dreams youngsters dream. Latest proof is what he considers his outstanding (and ...
Walt Disney The Maverick
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Walt Disney was born 110 years ago this week and, if someone decided to build a Mount Rushmore for Hollywood next to Griffith Observatory, we all take it for granted that he would be in granite. Disney the brand is among the strongest in the world but Disney the man has a more elusive legacy. We invited filmmaker Jon Favreau (the "Iron Man" movies, "Elf," "Cowboys & Aliens") to share his thoughts on that ...
Walt Disney World Disneyland Salute U.S. Military With Offers For 2014 2015
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On July 21, Disney Parks Blog announced that Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California would offer discounts to eligible U.S. Military service personnel. These special theme-park tickets and room rates will be valid into fall 2015. Disney's Military Offers have been an ongoing promotion, with special offers every year since 2009 and options for both domestic Disney Parks. ...
Walt Disney World vs Disneyland It’s A Small World What Is The Difference
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Sail around the world with one of the most famous songs ever, but do you really need to ride both? It has one of the most recognizable songs in the entire world, and people from all parts of the globe know it, but is one "It's a Small World" better than the other? Both Walt Disney World and Disneyland have versions of their own even though the one in California is the original. Even though they have ...
Walt Disney World Vs. Disneyland The Haunted Mansion What Is The Difference
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A lot of people have often wonder if it is worth visiting Walt Disney World and Disneyland since they have seen that many of the "same" attractions are at both. It is a perfectly legitimate thought to have and one that would be easy for the uninformed person to answer, but it wouldn't necessarily be correct. Even though some attractions have the same name, they are not exactly the same and that's why it is ...
Walt Disney: Myth And Reality
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Not long before he died, Walt Disney was asked to name the most rewarding experience of his life. The response was blunt and brief: "The whole damn thing. The fact that I was able to build an organization and hold it." His words may seem surprising. To the public at large he was an avuncular Horatio Alger character, a spinner of sweet tales for children, a man whose taste and morality comfortably reflected ...
Walt Disneys Black Sunday
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July 17, 1955, was intended as an invite-only, media-oriented day to celebrate the long-awaited opening of Disneyland. Technically it was called the “international press preview,” but Disney employees-and even Walt Disney himself-would afterwards come to label it “Black Sunday.” During the 1930s and 1940s, Disney had visited several amusement parks with his wife and their two daughters, noticing that ...
