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Disneyland Memories
Two months ago, I was warned that my article for the July issue would be about my first memories of Disneyland. I knew from the outset how hard this would be. If I had been asked about my first visit to Florida's Magic Kingdom this would be easy. It was November 18th 1988, which was Mickey's 60th birthday. I could write reams about my memories: the parades; my first trip on a monorail; finding ...
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 ...
7 Tips For Tackling Disneyland In A Day
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I've been to Disneyland hundreds of times over the last two decades and have been writing the Funland theme park blog for about four years now. As a result, people are always asking me how to do everything at Disneyland in a single day. The short answer is you probably can't. It can be a struggle for even hard-core fans with military assault-like strategies. The longer answer is there's lots of ways ...
Disneyland vs. Knott's
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People who are traveling in the southern California area always wonder should I go to Knott's Berry Farm or got to Disneyland. Personally I think they are both great places to visit and have a good time with family and friends. The both have great attractions to ride and play at. For example, Disneyland is the perfect place for small children because it has a variety of rides for the children to ride ...
Fastpass Service At Disneyland Resort
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Free to all guests Available for 13 attractions Spend less time standing in line The FASTPASS attraction entrances are separate, with much shorter lines Park admission passport goes into the machine A ticket prints out with a window of time to return Simple to use Saves time for more fun Follow these 3 easy steps to learn how to use Disney's FASTPASS Service at ...
Stricter Rules For Amusement Parks
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Once upon a time, in a land known as Anaheim, the rulers of the Magic Kingdom of Disneyland had things pretty much their way when it came to customer safety, as did the rulers of all the amusement parks in the great regulatory wilderness of California. They had no legal obligation to report accidents to the government. They investigated mishaps and came to their own conclusions, which generally went like ...
Dangerous Disneyland Mental Fatigue Part 2
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It wasn't until I was almost finished with the human stupidity portion of this "Dangerous Disney" article that I realized that this should be a two-parter, so that (in addition to keeping it from being too long) some might hopefully regain some faith in humanity. Here is that second part. Again, some of these I've only read about on one site. I start with the PeopleMover, again. In 1968 a rainstorm ...
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1990s
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It was a "Fantasmic!" start for Disneyland in the 1990s, and the decade ended with a new Tomorrowland and the disappearance of the parking lot. 1990-92 Not much happened for the first two years in terms of changes or additions of new attractions until 1992. Mission to Mars had its last flight and was grounded. In New Orleans Square, something new was coming to the waterfront of the Rivers of ...
Hang With Mickey And Friends
"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 ...
Disneyland Has Hottest Day On Record As Temperatures Hit 45c
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Temperatures at California's Disneyland hit a whopping 114F (45C) on Friday, the hottest day ever recorded at the popular family attraction. The sweltering conditions intensified a difficult day, which also saw Disney Parks' apps and websites crash, resulting in minimal information about wait times, no mobile ordering and restrictions on Fastpass and Maxpass. A number of outdoor attractions were ...
Every Attraction Ranked By Three Disney Superfans
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While pretty much everybody loves Disneyland to one degree or another, for some of us, love borders on obsession. Three of us in particular at CinemaBlend have been to Disneyland so many times that we've lost track. Jessica and Mack are both former Southern California residents who used to frequent the park regularly and still make a yearly pilgrimage back. While I live a few hundred miles away from the ...
Is Disneyland Getting Its First Ride Based On Mickey Mouse
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Will Mickey Mouse finally get his own ride at Disneyland? A Disney fan blog is reporting that the park plans to build a major new ride in Toontown called Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, modeled after a similar ride already under construction in Florida. Disney officials declined to comment , saying they have nothing publicly to announce at this time. The blog post spelled out plans for the new ...
2 Nighttime Spectaculars Added To Premium Maxpass System
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Disney has added the "Fantasmic" and "World of Color" nighttime spectaculars to the MaxPass system which lets visitors book FastPass attraction times via a mobile app at its two Anaheim theme parks. The $15 up-charge MaxPass system works with the free FastPass systems to allow visitors to set up return times for popular attractions in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. The popular ...
Disneyland To Fix Roger Rabbit
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A state order requiring Disneyland to overhaul a ride that left a 4-year-old boy with brain damage is raising questions about whether theme-park regulations now being drafted should require safety improvements in similarly designed rides. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has called on Disneyland to add entryway closures and sensor-equipped guards around the base of cars on the ...
Disneyland Roller Coaster Accident Kills One
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A car derailed on a roller coaster at Disneyland, killing one man and injuring 10 others on Friday morning, city officials said. A car on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction derailed while the train went through a dark tunnel about 2:20 p.m. EDT, said officials in Anaheim, California, where the park is located. Los Angeles television station KCAL 9 said that two children were among the ...
The New Roller Coasters: Thrills, Chills And Few Spills
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Roller coasters are supposed to scare us. They wrap our non-phobic, perfectly natural fears of heights, speed and being turned upside down 200 feet above the cotton-candy stand into one vomit-inducing 2-minute thrill ride -- and then they set us back on the ground, pat us on the back, and tell us where the end of the line is so we can go again. And most of us thrill-seeking Americans -- especially the ...
Disneyland In One Day
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The First Hint that my mission will be daunting: I tell the cast member in Guest Relations the title of the article I'm researching, and she starts to giggle. Disneyland in a day? Who am I kidding? "It might be a little hard," she says, handing me my tickets, "to do it all in a day." Disneyland has its own special feel, and nostalgia is only part of it. Yes, it's the only park Walt Disney lived to ...
Disneyland Gears Up For New Toontown Ride
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Toontown, Disneyland's first new "land" in 20 years, will unveil its latest attraction--Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin--on Toontown's first birthday, Jan. 26. Car Toon Spin is a gas. Those at the Disney-sponsored second annual Disneyana Convention in mid-September were treated to a gala evening party after the park had closed. The party was in Toontown, and it gave Disney's "imagineers" -- the ...
Boy Dies Years After Disneyland Ride Accident
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A 13-year-old boy who never fully recovered from crushing injuries after he fell from a Disneyland children's ride in 2000 died today. An autopsy was inconclusive as to the cause of death. Brandon Zucker was 4 when he fell from the Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin ride in September 2000. The boy was dragged underneath the car, causing serious internal injuries, cardiac arrest and brain damage. While ...
Brandon Zucker Dies At 13 Injury At Disneyland Brought Focus To Amusement Park Safety
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Brandon Zucker recieves a visit in a rehabilitation hospital from his parents, David and Victoria, and brother, Nicholas. He was severely hurt in an accident on a Disneyland ride in 2000, and he battled his injuries for eight years. In 2000, Brandon Zucker tumbled from a Roger Rabbit ride and was trapped under another car for about 10 minutes. Although he would occasionally smile and laugh, he never ...
Only Half A Day For Disneyland? GO!
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So you've just flown across the country, and arrived in California. You're excited to start your vacation, but wonder, is it worth heading right to the park? Maybe you're tired from a long flight. Maybe it's already after noon, and you're thinking how much can you really see? Maybe you're flying in for work, you only have a half day, and you're considering going to the parks. Is it worth the admission ...
C'mon Get Happy!
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Disneyland is billed as the happiest place on Earth. It's hard to argue otherwise. A cast member helping visitors climb into a canal boat in Storybook Land told my family that Walt Disney's vision for his theme park was to "have every person, whether 9 or 90, feel like a kid again." Were he alive today, Disney would see that vision in action. Disneyland itself has not changed that much in ...
Disneyland For Haters
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Think you're too cynical, sophisticated, debauched or underfunded to visit the Happiest Place on Earth? This one's for you. I am of Disneyland. My love for Walt Disney's 54-year-old theme park can move (space!) mountains. In fact, my love for Disneyland is so perfect and so complete that I don't really mind if you hate it. Somehow I've managed to acquire a number of friends who steadfastly ...
Disney Magic, West Coast Style
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We were halfway through the six-hour flight from Newark to the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA when I began to question our decision to haul our two kids, ages 8 and 16 months, clear across country to visit Disneyland. True, it's a shorter flight to Orlando, but my son shared our "been there, done that" sentiment about Walt Disney World. We were anxious to check off the Disneyland Resort from our ...
Trivial Pursuit At The Venerable California Theme Park
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Disneyland, the theme park that bills itself as "the happiest place on Earth," filled with people during a recent spring-break April day when the temperature hovered near 90. People waited for more than two hours for a chance to ride Splash Mountain. Finding a bench to sit for a moment with a napping grandson proved challenging. Lines formed to use restrooms or sinks, purchase a bottle of water or ...
Fifty Years And Five Days Of Disneyland
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It's hard to say when it was decided to schedule a vacation at Disneyland. A year of pictures dominated by apes, lions and burning flesh-and those were just the kids' movies-probably had something to do with it. In any case, it was time to celebrate Disneyland's golden anniversary in style. Buyer's remorse set in as soon as the trip was confirmed. What could one possibly do for five days and four ...
Disneyland From A to Z
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A recent four-night stay at Disneyland proves that this rich, glorious theme park, celebrating its 50th anniversary from now until 2007, is best enjoyed as a planned excursion, not as a whim. Begin with Birnbaum's, an indispensable annual paperback that's available for around twelve dollars. The goal-oriented guide should be read by every visitor to insure unit cohesion. It answers detailed ...
Disney Parks Temporarily Close 10 Rides
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Ten attractions at two Disney parks will be closed for refurbishments for at least part of this month. Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin in Disneyland has among the longest closures in November. The Mickey's Toontown ride closed Sept. 20 and is set to reopen Dec. 17. Most rides are scheduled for routine maintenance and refurbishments. The schedule is subject to change. Here is the current ...
Six Disney Attractions To Temporarily Close For Rehab
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Six attractions at the two Disneyland Resort parks will be closed for rehabilitation for at least part of this month. Most rides will stay open because of high traffic during the holiday season. Crews usually do longer renovation projects in the spring, starting in January, when attendance is lighter. Most of the closures are for routine maintenance. The schedule is subject to change. ...
A Visit To Disneyland Priceless
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My 9-month-old baby daughter had been good most of the morning. There hadn't been a single tear or even a squeak from her. We had driven to Disneyland, parked the car, taken the tram to the entrance gate and walked all the way to Mickey's Toontown at the other end of the park. I would have thought she was sleeping but she was too busing turning her head, with wide-open eyes, taking in everything around ...
Discover Disneyland Hidden Park Secrets
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It's hard to deny that magical feeling when leaving the real world behind and entering the gates of Disneyland. No matter how many trips have been made to this wonderful amusement park, part of the magic of the "Happiest Place on Earth" is that millions of people have been visiting for more than half a century, and there are still secrets to be revealed. Many people know the Disneyland Firehouse ...
