On Friday, Disney will hold an internal party to celebrate Martinez's tenure the longest in Disneyland's history. In his signature, tall white chef's hat, Oscar Martinez holds out a hand out as he greets just about every breakfast guest sitting on the patio at Disneyland's Carnation Cafe. With a warm smile and a twinkle in his eyes, he asks a series of questions: "How long have you been ...

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 ...

Only auto of its kind, the early 1900's "horseless wagon," built by Carnation Company last summer to deliver its dairy products inside Disneyland has become one of the roost photographed objects in this photogra pher's paradise. Half the picture albums of the nation at the present rate will include its shiny red and white likeness, if it survives the stream of tourists who slide behind its old-fashioned ...

Do as they do in Disneyland-with an assist from the ice-cream carton-to recapture the treats of yesteryear. These happy ideas are from the famous Ice Cream Parlor, The Coffee House, and Red Wagon Inn, all located on Main Street, U.S.A. Here are the recipes for Hot Fudge Sauce, French Fries, and Potato Salad. The Coffee House Manager, Raul Grisanti, says their hot-fudge ice-cream cake is a favorite ...

The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into Disneyland. Guards at the main gate closely scrutinize all who enter. Not even an unseemly teenager will get past them, much less a Trojan horse. Disneyland is ...

Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955. And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney. That's not all. Says Disney: "Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It will continue to grow, to add new ...

Disneyland has a lot of Kim Irvine in it. In more than 40 years with the company, Disneyland's art director has created trash cans to fit in with the lands, and renovated vending carts at least twice. She outlined Disney character costumes in "it's a small world" ride and chose animal figures for the transformed Rivers of America. Even a model of her head sits in the Haunted Mansion. On ...

There is a site called Yesterland and it details all attractions that have closed, from the PeopleMover to the House of the Future, Main Street Electrical Parade to Carnation Ice Cream Parlor, as well as the seasonal Explorer's Canoes. Of the aforementioned attractions, House of the Future closed twenty years before I was born and that's the main one I've wanted to see. The pictures posted ...

While Disneyland is technically and geographically not even in Los Angeles County, it has been a big part of the L.A. lifestyle dating back to the 1950s. A fine pictorial map created by Sam McKim in 1968 shows the Magic Kingdom during a year when the park as most vintage Angelenos know it was in place and making indelible memories. Baby Boomers can mark stages of their lives by visits to Disneyland, ...

I really want to not care about Galaxy 's Edge. All the hype, all the lines, all the money. The last time I was in Disneyland I couldn 't wait to leave. It was so crowded. I felt so old. I am a baby boomer, the real kind. I quit the football team after I read the Beats, protested Vietnam, fled to San Francisco. I lived next door to the Grateful Dead in the Haight, saw Janis before she was ...

Restaurants and refreshment stands capable of serving nearly 8000 people per hour offer high quality food at moderate prices in all the realms of Disneyland. A wide and varied choice of restaurant facilities is provided on the Park's 60 acres, including different dining places in every area, each in keeping with the theme of the particular part of Disneyland in which it is situated. ...

From the Red Wagon Inn to the Space Bar, when the world's first Disneyland park opened its doors in Anaheim, California, unique food was as much part of the experience as the rides and other entertainment. ON 17 July 1955, the first-ever Disneyland - located in Anaheim, California - opened its doors to the world. As the eager crowds thronged “the happiest place on earth”, reports state that ...