Two new animals are part of Big Thunder Ranch. The lamb prefers to hide perched behind a manmade rock, and the cow stays inside a fenced-in area. But the two animals soon are expected to warm up to the touches of Disneyland visitors. The two, this month, joined the Big Thunder Ranch petting zoo in the back of Frontierland at Disneyland. The 6-month-old babydoll sheep from Northern ...

Here's a provocative and mind-bending question for you lifelong SoCalers out there, as well as those people who visited a certain Anaheim destination when they were children: When you think of Disneyland, or even go to Disneyland now, do you still see the park as it was on your first visit? Nostalgia is such a powerful driver for the world's most famous theme park that we do believe everyone who ...

Main Street, U.S.A. is a trip back to any town in America in the 1890s. What makes that trip complete are the horse-drawn streetcars slowly clip-clopping down the street. This attraction has stayed pretty much the same since Disneyland opened in 1955. The only significant change was the removal of a "Fare" box that was present opening day. The fare back then was 10 cents. Now, of course, every ...

A nearly 90-year-old, one-story house, known as the Pope House, that sits behind-the-scenes on Disneyland Resort property could be moved to make room for the Millennium Falcon. By now, most in the Disney universe know about the announcement of a Star Wars Land planned for Disneyland. There has been some general information released about the location for the 14-acre project: the Big Thunder Ranch and ...

Plans for "Star Wars" inspired lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World are in hyperdrive. Tom Staggs, Disney's chief operating officer, gave on Thursday the first piece of a timeline for the proposed, and much anticipated, lands. "I'm pleased to announce that we'll start construction on both in 2016," Staggs said at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment ...

While the Millenium Falcon is going to land on the Big Thunder Ranch at Disneyland, some of the backstage areas north of there, including where the Resort takes care of its horses - the Circle D Ranch are going to be home to a large part of the Star Wars Land expansion. The story of the Circle D Ranch Way before Walt Disney bought the property that would become Disneyland, horses and other ...

The Walt Disney Company recently announced that an entirely new land based on the Star Wars universe would be coming to Disneyland, likely in 2019. The 14-acre mini universe will feature two major new rides and other attractions including a restaurant based on the Mos Eisley cantina in the films. I'm not a big Star Wars aficionado, but I hear that the designers working on it are, and genuine fans can ...

Disneyland's oldest building, a 1,300-square-foot house built in the 1920s, has moved from a northern behind-the-scenes area to an off-site parking lot on Ball Road for visitors to the company's administrative building. The Wednesday relocation of the Pope House preserves an important part of Disney history - while also preparing for the park's "Star Wars" land at Disneyland. The house was ...

The water was lower by about four feet in the northern half of the Rivers of America at Disneyland Wednesday afternoon, as the park started to drain it so it could start work on re-routing the river and more. The water is being recycled, according to Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. "All the resort's water is sent to the Orange County Water District and recycled," she said. The ...

The new century started out with few changes inside Disneyland, as the company was focused on big changes outside the park, but things would liven up as the century progressed. 2000 Parking at Disneyland changed with the opening of the Mickey & Friends parking structure on the land that was a strawberry farm for decades. The more than 10,000-space structure was the largest one when it started ...

With Darth Vader and company claiming their old ranch, Disneyland's horses may head to a new home not so far, far away ... in Horsetown USA. The Walt Disney Co. is proposing to build a horse training facility in Norco where it can prep animals for its Anaheim-based resort. Melissa Britt, communications manager for Disneyland Resort, said employees were notified late Wednesday about plans to ...

Disneyland's horses have a new place to roam as stables for the theme park's equine population officially opened in Norco. Called the Circle D Ranch, it takes the place of the previous Circle D Ranch that was located backstage at Disneyland. That old site is now under construction as part of the "Star Wars" land project scheduled to open up at the theme park in 2019. "We looked for two years to ...

Clip clop. Clip clop. In case you've been missing the sound of hooves on pavement, the horses are back at Disneyland. The horse-drawn trolley is one of the few Disneyland attractions that's been operating since opening day in 1955, carrying park visitors up and down Main Street USA nearly every day for more than 60 years. That was until Jan. 8, when they went on hiatus while Disney workers repaired ...

Disneyland has been quietly removing fixed seating and planters to make room for massive crowds expected when the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens next summer, leaving some fans missing their favorite spots to rest their weary feet. "It's getting harder and harder to sit down in the shade and relax," said Debbie Sinclair of Trabuco Canyon, an annual passholder who uses the social media handle ...

Unless you've been living on Gilligan's Island, you likely know that Disney is building a new Star Wars-themed land inside Disneyland (and also Walt Disney World in Florida). It's big. It's exciting. And it's going to draw massive crowds. Here's what we know so far about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. 1. Summer 2019: It's expected to open in Anaheim by summer 2019, and later in the fall in Orlando. ...

Way before Walt Disney bought the property that would become Disneyland, horses and other animals lived on a ranch north of the orange groves razed for the theme park. In fact, Disney used to saddle up on the ranch's horses to tour the property that he was considering buying. One day, he told a ranch employee that the check was ready. Today, the land is still a working ranch - Circle D Corral ...

A crew of 600 custodians, painters, gardeners and decorators works 365 nights a year to ensure that the 85-acre park meets Walt Disney's squeaky-clean ideals. When the last Jungle Cruise boat docks for the night and lights fade to black on Sleeping Beauty's Castle, the real work begins. At lush Pixie Hollow, gardeners don miner's headlamps as they begin uprooting stubborn weeds. On Main Street, ...

Walking around Disneyland's Circle D Corral ranch, Jared Blumenfeld was in awe. A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Blumenfeld went inside the behind-the-scenes barn where Disney houses animals including horses, bent down to inspect a container, and with his right hand fished out clumps of stringy hair. A Disney employee told the U.S. official that after every ...

Ten years ago, Disney 's “The Lone Ranger” galloped into theaters everywhere. An updated and deconstructed version of the character known primarily for his black mask and white horse (named Silver), the movie was a big-budget, high-concept adventure film from the same team behind Disney 's lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise - director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and ...

For years and years, tens of thousands of people walked by Owen and Dolly Pope 's house every day. No one had any idea that there was a private house on Disney property, or that Disneyland had two full-time residents who got to stay when the park shut down for the night. The Popes moved out in 1971, but their house still stands inside the grounds of the Disneyland Resort today. ...