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How Disneyland Hides Eyesores In Plain Sight With Go Away Green
Disneyland is all about immersion: stepping into a jungle adventure, getting lost in the alleyways of old New Orleans, escaping to a far-flung planet in the “Star Wars” universe. But as beautifully detailed as these lands are, some things just can 't be avoided. Like hand rails and power outlets. For these legal and logistical necessities, Disneyland came up with its own paint colors, the ...
5 Rides To Go To First When The Park Opens
When Disneyland in Anaheim first opens its gates every day at eight in the morning, there are a few rides visitors should make a beeline for if they don't want to be standing in line for hours. Since it debuted in 1955, Disneyland has boasted many popular rides and other experiences that capture the magic of the company's extensive list of films and shows, primarily of the fantasy and adventure ...
All 9 Lands At Ranked
Fantasyland offers the most rides and is ideally located in Disneyland. Mickey's Toontown has mediocre rides and limited shopping and dining options. New Orleans Square has the best dining options and underrated classic rides. Disneyland in Anaheim is divided into nine distinct ''lands,'' and some of these certainly offer better experiences than others. ...
Disneyland To Pump Beignet Smells Into Tianas Bayou Adventure
Walt Disney Imagineering plans to tap into all five senses, adding the smell and taste of fresh beignets to the sights, sounds and touch of the experience on Tiana 's Bayou Adventure when the former Splash Mountain attraction returns after an extensive makeover. Disneyland visitors will smell the sweet scent of beignets frying in the queue of Tiana 's Bayou Adventure when the attraction opens ...
Disneyland To Temporarily Close Attraction Restaurant And Galaxys Edge Entrance
Additional areas in Disneyland will be temporarily unavailable this summer as construction crews continue to work on projects in New Orleans Square and Critter Country, the theme park resort announced Wednesday. The two sections of the park have already been impacted by construction related to Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, the Haunted Mansion and Critter Country. Recently, more guests have visited ...
Disneyland President Remembers Kind And Gentle Employee Who Died After Backstage Accident
Club 33 manager Bonnye Lear is being remembered by her fellow Disneyland employees as a kind, gentle and caring person who was thoughtful, graceful and full of joy. Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock sent a letter to employees on Monday, June 10 sharing the “heartbreaking” news of the death of Lear, who died last week after a tragic accident at the Anaheim theme park. “I am ...
Will Disneyland Add New Show Scenes During Haunted Mansion Makeover
A new version of the Hitchhiking Ghosts could catch a ride home in your Doom Buggy and Constance Hatchaway may redecorate her chilling attic bride scene during the extensive makeover of the Haunted Mansion dark ride at Disneyland.
Disneyland will update the Constance Hatchaway attic scene and the Hitchhiking Ghost mirror effect during the extended closure of the Haunted Mansion ...
Haunted Mansion Returns With A Historical Addition
Although the revamp of Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion isn 't complete, the beloved attraction is open for the first time since January. Greeting guests are various new features and improvements plus the return of one absolutely delightful historical detail.
During the Haunted Mansion 's Monday reopening, eagle-eyed visitors noticed the very special bat near the beginning of the ride: ...
Nighttime Spectacular That Almost Happened In 1987
Disneyland developed a nighttime spectacular in 1987 that featured ghosts, skeletons and black widow brides escaping from the Haunted Mansion to entertain crowds along the Rivers of America five years before “Fantasmic” became a surprise sensation.
Disneyland consultant Don Dorsey discussed the history of the shelved Haunted Mansion-themed nighttime spectacular during the Magic After ...
Disneyland Unveils New Ballroom Scene For Haunted Mansion Holiday
Disneyland will reopen one of its most beloved rides a month earlier than expected. After closing in January for renovations, the Haunted Mansion returns on Monday.
The July 29 reopening is nearly a full month sooner than the expected Aug. 23 timeline, which sees the opening day of Halloween season at the park.
The project that shut down Haunted Mansion is still ongoing. Crews ...
There Is So Much To Do During Halloween Time
As fall has arrived and October is just around the corner, Halloween and autumn festivities are in full swing at Disneyland. From new entertainment to seasonal foods, merchandise and more, get into the “spirit” all over Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.
Disney Halloween Time entertainment
When it comes to seasonal entertainment, there 's plenty to choose from throughout ...
Madame Leotas Carriage House Shop Coming Together
Guests visiting Disneyland, specifically New Orleans Square, in recent months have seen a new building rising near the exit of the Haunted Mansion. This is Madame Leota 's Carriage House. Once it is complete, it will be a new shop for guests to enjoy. According to the story being told, the stand-alone shop was once Madame Leota 's Carriage House. Undoubtedly, there will also be some nods to Madame ...
Crews Work To Stop Rain Water From Flowing Into New Haunted Mansion Gift Shop
The first significant rain in months surprised Disneyland employees and customers at Madame Leota 's Somewhere Beyond last week when water began flowing through the carriage house doors and into the new gift shop next to the Haunted Mansion.
“Unfortunately, as the water began to trickle down the incline from the bridge over Tiana‘s Bayou Adventure towards New Orleans Square it followed ...
Themed Restaurants In Disneyland Food As Part Of The Magic
Disneyland is much more than an amusement park: it is a place where dreams come true, and the culinary experience is a fundamental part of that magic. The themed restaurants within the park not only offer delicious menus, but also allow visitors to fully immerse themselves in fantastic worlds full of creativity and surprise. From the ambiance to the dishes, every corner of these restaurants is ...
Naked Man Arrested After Walking Around New Orleans Square
Disneyland guests were momentarily evacuated from New Orleans Square Saturday evening when a naked man exposed himself to parkgoers.
Video posted on Instagram showed the unclothed man climbing onto the entrance of Tiana 's Place, a New Orleans-inspired restaurant that pays homage to the Disney film “The Princess and the Frog.”
Disneyland staff can be seen directing park ...
5 Major And Kind Of Embarrassing Mistakes I Have Made
I may be an expert in all things Disneyland, but even I 've made a silly mistake or two when visiting the theme parks.
Just because I 've been visiting Disneyland Resort for over three decades doesn 't mean I 'm immune to making mistakes. In fact, sometimes all of my park expertise goes out the window and I make a mistake that 's just plain embarrassing like double-booking myself with ...
After 40 Years, Disneyland Begins Unisex Assignments For Ride Operators
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For 40 years, the theme park chose ride operators based on gender-with frilly-frocked females working Storybook Land and macho men in pith helmets wisecracking through the Jungle Cruise. But last month, the first woman took up oars to help guests paddle canoes around Tom Sawyer Island, and the first man in 38 years piloted a Storybook Land Canal Boat through the whale's mouth. Soon, female conductors ...
Uncle Herb's Magic Kingdom
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In the early '50s an artist drew up plans for an amusement park, but not just any amusement park. This was to be a land of its own, a center of magic and imagination, a place where everyone could be a child, one that was wholesome and good, set apart from the world and all its problems. And he saw it as nostalgic and innovative, offering great diversity so that visitors would be constantly challenged by ...
How To Make A Buck
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Once upon a time, in the magic realm of California, there was a grown-up heady boy named Walt Disney who set out to create the happiest place on earth. So he went into his counting houses and to his moneylenders, and he collected millions of dollars. Then he ordered his royal artists and carpenters to build a whimsical wonderland of spaceships to the moon and Mark Twain river boats, of mechanical monkeys ...
Magic Worlds Of Walt Disney
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Disneyland really started more than 20 years ago, when Walt got the idea for an amusement park that grownups as well as children would enjoy. "I had all my drawing things laid out at home, and I'd work on plans for the park, as a hobby, at night." At the time, amusement parks were dying all over the country, "I talked Disneyland but no one could see it," Walt recalled. "So I went ahead and spent my ...
Tinker Bell, Mary Poppins, Cold Cash
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It is a place of improbable dreams, a 65-acre world drifted over with pixie dust. It is a place where Tinker Bell and Mary Poppins soar matter-of-factly through the evening sky, where Tom Sawyer plies his raft on the muddy Mississippi and the Lost Continent of Atlantis is cheek by jowl with the moon. It is, of course, Disneyland-Walt Disney's incredible pearl in the neon ugliness of Anaheim, Calif. As ...
Club 33 Wines Make Disneyland Debut
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Mickey Mouse has developed a taste for alcohol: Get ready for Disneyland wine. Club 33, a private, exclusive restaurant at the Anaheim theme park, has commissioned its own private labels of chardonnay and cabernet from Creston Vineyards of San Luis Obispo County. Located above New Orleans Square near the Blue Bayou restaurant, Club 33 is the only place where alcohol is served in Disneyland. Members ...
Disney Gives Heave-Ho To Ho-Hum Food Items
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Is the world ready for the Banana Dog? Will kids really eat something called a Pale of Mud? The world will find out Friday, when Disneyland opens three new restaurants and introduces a line of huge, showy foods that are supposed to make visitors shout, "I want one!" "I'm focusing on the overall `wow' of the food," said James Wierzelewski, 33, Disneyland's new executive chef. "I do the `wow' kind of ...
Pirates, Puppets And Pterodactyls
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Disneyland, Walt Disney's 70-acre "Magic Kingdom" at Anaheim, California, probably draws more visitors each year than any other attraction in the world-6.5 million annually, 58 million to date. Each season new visitors come, and others return for repeat visits. Disneyland is worth returning to again and again because something new is always being added. During its first decade (1955-1965), the ...
Disneyland Through The Years
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1954-Summer Construction gets under way and Disneyland begins to emerge from the surrounding bean fields and orange groves of Anaheim. 1955-July 17 The opening day ceremonies are beamed coast-to-coast in a TV special. One of the hosts: actor Ronald Wilson Reagan. 1956-October Attendance hits the five million mark; the Skyway, Tom Sawyer Island, Storybook Land attractions open this year. 1957 ...
A Fantasy That Paid Off
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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 ...
Greetings From Disneyland
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If Imagineers David Mumford and Bruce Gordon have gained fame among Disney fans, it may be because they haven't forgotten their roots. Gordon spent his childhood building Disneyland models in his garage and went on to become a show producer on the park's new Autopia. Mumford, meanwhile, filled his early years with Disney memorabilia and worked his way up to his current stint as art director for the Mermaid ...
Boy's Online Disney Photos Draw Charges
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A 16-year-old computer buff and Disneyland fan known online as "Ebola Man" faces theft and vandalism charges after using his Internet site "http://dui.tannerweb.com/" to post pictures of property stolen from the Anaheim park, police said Thursday. The youth, who lives in Orange, put up a photo-illustrated account of a break-in at the private Club 33 [http://members.xoom.com/disneyintel/] in ...
Ratting Out The Mouse Is Disneyland A Haven For Rodents?
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The Disney Resort is teeming with rats, according to current and former Disneyland employees reacting to media reports of rodent problems inside the Goofy's Kitchen restaurant at the Disneyland Hotel. Longtime complaints by Goofy's Kitchen workers about rats, rat feces and mold at the cafeteria-style restaurant were recently chronicled in the Weekly (""Rats and Rat Shit Everywhere,'" Sept. 13; "Goofy ...
Pirates Film To Premiere At Disneyland
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The stars of the new movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" can shout they're "going to Disneyland." Since the movie was inspired by the Disneyland ride, that's where the premiere will be. The studio's setting up a huge screen outdoors across the water on Tom Sawyer Island. And, invited guests will watch the film from seats set up in New Orleans Square. The premiere's ...
Still Magic In The Kingdom
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Disneyland is a place where a grown man looks perfectly normal wearing Mickey Mouse ears and where a little girl can feel like a princess. The first true theme park also is a melting pot where an Indian woman in traditional dress poses for a photo in front of the Small World ride featuring children from around the world and where instructions to ride the Winnie the Pooh attraction are given in ...
