It's known as the Happiest Place on Earth. And judging by the wide-eyed look on my daughters' faces as we walked through the front gates of Anaheim's Disneyland Park, the statement is spot on. Wandering up Main Street USA, the central thoroughfare at the world-famous theme park, one of the first things we see is Sleeping Beauty's castle. It looms before us like a scene from a fairytale with its ...

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 ...

Oh, boy! The Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration begins today! Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 1955, and ever since, it has entertained millions of guests from all over the world. That's no small feat! "It's amazing to contemplate all that Disneyland has come to mean to so many people around the world," Tom Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney Company, recently told the ...

Magic is real. Dreams really do come true. And the world can astonish you with its beauty and endless capacity for new adventure. How do I know all these things? I just spent two days at the Disneyland Resort with a small child. Disneyland is good for all ages, of course. But there is something extra-special about visiting the Park with a little one. When my preschool-aged daughter saw Mickey ...

"Mickey's Toontown" is designed cartoonishly. Everything from "Mickey's House" to the post office looks, well, goofy. Opening in 1993, it was inspired by "ToonTown" in the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" It was originally planned to be behind "Main Street, USA" and called "Hollywoodland." "Hollywoodland" combined the concept of "Mickey's Birthdayland," which was to be in the Florida park for the ...

Virtually every Disneyland ride and attraction will change in some way to accommodate the new normal of COVID-19 health and safety protocols when the Anaheim theme parks reopen following an extended coronavirus closure. Visitors returning to Disneyland will find social distancing measures stretching from attraction queues to the rides themselves with extensive sanitization measures throughout ...

Disneyland has been open since 1955, and there has never been a ride themed after the park 's iconic character and Walt Disney 's best pal, Mickey Mouse. In just a few years, Mickey will get his very own attraction at the Happiest Place on Earth: Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway. The ride won 't open for quite some time, but since it is set to be located in Mickey 's Toontown, it has us ...

Disneyland reveals which rides will be closed when the park reopens on April 30th. Here's the full list of what will not be open at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure: Buzz Lightyear 's Astro Blasters Chip 'N Dale Treehouse Davy Crockett 's Explorer Canoes Disneyland Monorail Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Donald 's ...

The Mickey's Toontown land at Disneyland in California will close next month for a year-long transformation project. Disney Parks Chairman Josh D'Amaro announced at the IAAPA Expo last year that Disneyland would make over Toontown in preparation for the west coast debut of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway in 2023. Today, Disneyland announced that Toontown's last day ...

Late last year it was revealed that Mickey 's Toontown at Disneyland was going to get a major overhaul. While we knew that a Disneyland version of Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway was already under construction, we learned in November that all of Toontown would be closing down at some point this year for a major overhaul, set to be finished sometime in early 2023. But now we know exactly when Toontown ...

Disneyland is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, yet after its reopening in 2021, it has left guests disappointed with its minimal efforts to provide the charmful experience it once had. I have held a season pass to Disneyland since September 2021, so I have experienced most of the problems guests are reporting this year. Problems such as overcapacity and attraction mismanagement ...

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is getting a major overhaul in Mickey 's Toontown according to Disney Parks Blog. The area has been closed since March of 2022. Josh D 'Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, elaborated on the reimagining of Toontown by saying, “We are so excited to leverage Disney 's powerful brand, develop new stories and share even more magical ...

When Mickey's Toontown reopens sometime early next year, visitors will see a newly reimagined area of Disneyland. The moment visitors walk underneath the Disneyland train trestle that separates Fantasyland from Toontown, they'll first encounter CenTOONial Park. There, they'll see a large manicured grassy area and, in the middle, a Dream Tree modeled after the same tree ...

In 1923, The Walt Disney Company, then known as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, was founded. In the almost 100 years since the company 's founding, it 's expanded to be a global empire with parks and resorts around the world, five cruise ships-with three more on the way-and a handful of movie studios under its umbrella. Starting January 27, 2023, those traveling to the Disneyland Resort can ...

The reimagined Mickey 's Toontown returning to Disneyland this weekend after a yearlong makeover will feature the first Mickey Mouse-themed ride, reimagined shops and eateries and play areas for families with young children. Disneyland will reopen Mickey Mouse 's neighborhood on Sunday, March 19 after an extensive facelift of the 30-year-old themed land that has long been in need of ...