March 18, 1967 Disneyland, Anaheim California - The day dawned gray and drizzly, and the passing of Walt Disney was still felt sharply, yet the Press, tourist and locals turned out for Disneyland's newest Attraction - the long awaited and much anticipated "Pirates of the Caribbean". This was the first big event at Disneyland since it's founders death, and was marked with a celebratory feeling among ...

This month, I shall be comparing the Main Street, U.S.A.'s which can be found in the Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris). Both are based loosely on Walt's home town of Marceline Missouri. Anaheim's is set in 1910, as part of the original idea that various Lands were set in years when Halley's Comet could be visible from Earth. According to themed studs in the pavement, Main Street ...

Here's a challenge: Try to condense 60 years of Disneyland history into a single museum-like exhibit. That's the test facing Becky Cline, Walt Disney Archives director. She's putting the finishing touches on "Walt Disney Archives Presents - Disneyland: The Exhibit," which in August will attempt to encompass the theme park's past six decades for D23 Expo, Disney's biennial fan event. Now factor in ...

The hand and face marks pressed onto the Emporium windows at Disneyland are a sign of success. The new Main Street Enchanted Windows - three-dimensional moving displays of classic Disney animated films of "Peter Pan," "Cinderella," and "The Princess of the Frog" - started debuting in May. The number of imprints left by guests says it all. "It's completely covered," said David Caranci, ...

Curious about what is inside Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland? The open door beckons the curious to explore its stone staircases and darkened corridors. Walk inside, and you encounter an ornate manuscript, open to its first page, where you read about the birth of Aurora, later to be known as "Sleeping Beauty." As you climb the first set of stairs, you can see the child's room, where she rests ...

From smooching in the tunnels to wide-eyed kids and sobbing adults, our readers have been through it all in Disneyland's 50 years. We've chosen excerpts from our favorite stories and photos among scores of tales told by readers who've paid countless visits to "The Happiest Place on Earth." Disney's celebration begins this week and runs for 18 months - some birthday party! Ours starts today. ...

Disneyland is giving itself a 50th birthday bash and we're all invited. The party began on the fifth of May and my family and I visited on the eighth. When I passed through the turnstile, the employee greeted me with a hearty, "Welcome home," in keeping with the 50th Anniversary theme, "Happiest Homecoming on Earth." I did feel I was coming home, and I'm sure other guests had similar feelings. Disneyland ...

One of Jack Lindquist's best memories of Disneyland goes back to 1955, the year it opened. Back then, checks arrived on Thursdays, but employees generally cashed them on Mondays. Everyone knew the till was always more full after the weekend. A moment on the park's first Christmas Eve assured Lindquist that there would be many paychecks to come. "I was walking down Main Street (near the end of ...

Hi, this is Marcia Schlegelmilch reporting from Disneyland in sunny southern California. Disneyland -- where Mickey, Minnie and friends reside in the cartooniest of homes. Where pirates landed as they escaped the Caribbean. Where storybook characters like Alice, Pinnochio and Peter Pan come to life on a parcel of land dubbed the "Happiest" on Earth. I had been to this place before in my life, back in the ...

Pirates of the Caribbean and Space Mountain Rank as Park Favorites Tower of Terror Provides a Perfect Thrill Blue Bayou and Napa Rose Sweep the Restaurant Competition Disneyana and World of Disney Set Shopping Pace Zagat Survey today released its first Disneyland Resort Insider's Guide, a comprehensive overview of 279 rides, attractions, dining, shopping, hotels and amenities ...

Don't be the poncho guy.Everybody knows you can count the number of rainy days Southern Californians have to deal with on two hands. This leads to such unfortunate things as hyper-cautious drivers, crowded weekend movie theaters, and canceled outdoor events. However, there is an upside to those drizzly, wet days that we Angelinos consider "rainy". That's right: Disneyland is still open in the rain! ...

Byways, streets and rail lines of yesteryear, rivers of today, super freeways and sky-trails of the future, paths and celestial seas in the ageless realm of make-believe are ready for travel-and all can be traversed in a single day at Disneyland. Tours into four centuries in horse-drawn streetcars, stagecoaches. Mississippi stern-wheelers, old-time trains, cars-of-tomorrow. "flying" pirate galleons ...

Then President George W. Bush pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey, who was moved to Disneyland, at a ceremony last year. Thanksgiving week draws large crowds to the Disneyland Resort, including on turkey day, believe it or not. In fact, it's believed to be the biggest dining day of the year at Disney restaurants. Parks will be less packed earlier in the week, but will fill up more once the ...

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 ...

A generator in a construction site at Disneyland caused a blaze that forced a shutdown of Adventureland, a spokesman for a state agency that regulates the Anaheim theme park's rides said Wednesday. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health reached out to Disneyland after seeing reports of the Feb. 6 blaze in a backstage area between the Disneyland Firehouse and the Emporium gift ...

A state agency that inspects amusement rides has concluded that a backstage fire that forced Disneyland to temporarily close Adventureland and caused isolated power outages in the Anaheim theme park was caused by a construction generator. The fire that erupted in a backstage area on Feb. 6 between the Disneyland Firehouse and the Emporium gift shop was quickly extinguished by Disneyland 's ...

Disneyland has expanded its new mobile checkout system to two theme park shops. This allows shoppers to use the Disneyland app to scan for products, leave the store for purchases, and completely bypass the checkout counter line. Disneyland 's Emporium and Disney California Adventure 's Elias and Company began offering mobile checkouts for their products on Thursday, June 24, according to ...

When Guests visit Disneyland Resort, often they will feel as if they are in a very unique world where no two things are alike. Heck, even garbage cans completely change when you walk into a new land, whether it be Fantasyland or Tomorrowland. At Disneyland Park, it is an easy statement to say that there is so much detail to take in, but there is one rather large detail that was duplicated ...

There is probably no busier time in department stores and city streets around the country than Christmas, with last-minute-rushes, shoppers buying dozens of presents and people deciding what to buy. But at Disneyland. this is no problem. Not only is the Magic Kingdom more comfortable and less crowded in the winter, but it also provides the world's most unusual assortment of merchandise for everyone from ...

Main Street, U.S.A., houses a complete American small town where visitors will find every type of shop, store and other business establishment which existed In a turn of the century city of its type. At Town Square, the Bank of America offers full banking service which will be available seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bekins Van and Storage has a horse-drawn moving van ...

When I embarked on a five-week trip across California, I had no intention of hitting up Disneyland. But when I booked a beach resort close to the theme park, it felt like too good of an opportunity to pass up. Even though park reservations were sold out, I managed to snag a last-minute ticket by repeatedly checking the website the morning of. I hate rides and crowds, but I ...