Closing Date For Mickeys Toontown
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 ...
Closing Tale Of The Lion King Musical
Disneyland is dropping the curtain on “The Lion King” musical stage show that offered a new adaptation of the ancestral story of how a young lion cub becomes king of the jungle told with singers, dancers and drummers. “Tale of the Lion King” will end its run at the Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland with final performances on Jan. 7, according to Disneyland officials. A new show ...
Club 33 — The Happiest Clique On Disneyland Earth
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One-of-a-kind Disney photos and memorabilia hang on the wall inside Club 33 in Disneyland's New Orleans Square. With an unmarked door and shrouded in mystery for years, Club 33 has inspired a cult-like fascination. The hottest attraction at Disneyland may be the biggest secret. It's not plotted on any official Disneyland maps. Thousands of tourists pass by every day, oblivious. Only a ...
Club 33 Could Very Well Be Disneyland Best Attraction
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Disneyland is known as "The Happiest Place on Earth." But nestled within the Southern California amusement park is a restaurant and bar that could easily be called "The Most Exclusive Place on Earth." It's Club 33, and for a rumored initiation fee of $40,000, and annual dues of $11,000, you too can be a member, provided you get off the waiting list that lasts 10 years or more. Club 33, named for its ...
Club 33 The Best Place To Enjoy A Mint Julep At Disneyland
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One of Disneyland's worst-kept secrets is the existence of a private club located in the heart of New Orleans Square. Named Club 33, this exclusive restaurant is located behind a small door adjacent to the Blue Bayou Restaurant, not far from the exit of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Even though Disneyland's New Orleans Square recently spruced up its popular mint julep soft drinks by adding a ...
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 ...
Club Members Look Forward To Mineral King
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It's been a good year. Well over 1,000,000 of you signed up for membership in 1967. New Chapters were opened in the San Francisco Bay area and north. Now, Magic Kingdom Club membership privileges are available in most communities and Disneyland is becoming ever mow popular with our neighbors "up north." Mail has doubled, and your many letters indicate a growing interest in ...
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 ...
Coaster Victim's Parents Question Reopening of Ride
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Two days after Disneyland reopened a roller coaster on which a man was killed last fall, his parents complained that the park has not done enough to show the ride is safe. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened Wednesday after state inspectors gave it final clearance. State officials concluded after a three-month investigation that faulty maintenance caused the Sept. 5 collision that killed ...
Co-Composer Of Iconic Electrical Parade Music Dies
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Jean-Jacques Perrey, co-composer of the "Baroque Hoedown," which was made famous when it was used for Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade, died Friday, a music website reported. The French native died in Switzerland from complications related to lung cancer. He was 87. Perrey was an early pioneer of electronic music as one of the first musicians to use the Moog Synthesiser. He and ...
Coffee, Tea, Or Poni Moi Wai-U?
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The aroma of sizzling teriyaki steak and savory shrimp tempura mingles with the soothing South Seas atmosphere of flowing streams and tropical plants. And, as the breeze gently rings the wind chimes, relaxing Polynesian music is heard from one of Disneyland's most colorful adventures in dining -- the "Tahitian Terrace Restaurant " Open daily during the Park's summer season and intimately sheltered ...
ColorShift Effects Capture the Imagination of Disneyland
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The color of tomorrow is at Disneyland today. Thanks to a new innovation called ChromaFlair(R) light interference pigments, the cars in the completely redesigned Autopia ride appear to have captured a rainbow as they circle the track. The color shifts from blue to purple to red and all shades in between displaying an emerging trend in automobile design. The Autopia ride, one of the original rides at ...
Common Currency Customer Experience Is City's Killer App
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As a newly married couple in school together in Glendale, Ariz. we decided to drive across the desert in a '76 Plymouth Duster with no air conditioning and a questionable transmission on a weekend break to go see Disneyland in Anaheim Calif. My new bride loved it. But after 30 years, I have a confession to make. The drive through the Mojave was the best part of the trip. The whole Disneyland thing? I ...
Community Contributions Send Kids To Meet Mickey
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Attention Mickey and Minnie Mouse: A group of kids from Yountville are looking to meet the both of you first thing this morning. Nothing says excitement like a trip to Disneyland. For 45 Yountville kids and their families, that excitement reached a fever pitch as they boarded a bus Friday afternoon for the long drive to "the Happiest Place on Earth." Getting on the bus was the final step in a ...
Complain Elephants Trumpet
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Mrs. Ray Campbell. 900 S. Walnut St., Anaheim is having trouble -- with elephants. They won't let her sleep she complained to the police. Officers said they would ask authorities at Disneyland, where Mrs. Campbell says the elephants reside, to muffle the trumpeting pachyderms, especially at night. But at Disneyland, officials denied they were harboring any elephants. "All we have is the ...
Complete American Small Town Of 1900 Era Reproduced Here
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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 ...
Complete Guide To Disney Droid Depot
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Calling all Star Wars fans! If you are heading to Walt Disney World or Disneyland on your next family vacation, you won 't want to miss your opportunity of building your very own droid in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge! Droid Depot, located in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at Disney 's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort and in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at Disneyland Park at Disneyland ...
Computer Issue Delays Guests From Entering The Parks
Some parkgoers who visited the Disneyland Resort on Thursday could not get into the parks or use any technology-dependent features due to a computer system crash, The Orange County Register reported. The crash briefly affected the turnstiles entryways at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, parking structures, and certain Magicband+ capabilities. Guests couldn 't park hop ...
Computer Worm Hits Disney Computers Locks Reservations
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A computer worm briefly locked up reservation systems at Walt Disney World and Disneyland theme parks, according to a Local 6 News report. Wednesday, a computer security firm in Finland detected four new versions of the computer worm that's infected some computers in the United States. A computer virus researcher says there are now eleven different variations of the worm, which clogs networks ...
Conestogas Once Tops
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America's most popular means of transportation today may be the automobile, but between 1780 and 1850 Americans were well satisfied with their own most used vehicle the Conestoga wagon. Two of the wide, long and deep wooden structures, surrounded by canvas covered hoop tops, have been preserved in Frontierland and are available for visitors to journey in over dusty roads of the Painted ...
Confessions Of A Disneyland Junkie
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Disneyland junkie. That's me. I just can't get enough of the place. There truly is something magical that happens when you pass through the tunnel and enter Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. It feels like that passion has been with me forever, because for as long as I can remember, I have been in complete awe of Walt Disney's boundless imagination, and everything at Disneyland exemplifies that. ...
Conjuring Up Some Fresh Magic
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When Walt Disney was asked how he dreamt up the idea for Disneyland, he had a simple reply: he thought there ought to be a place for parents and children to have fun together. But he seldom spoke about the challenges he faced while building his dream park. Disney had a vision for something that had never been done before. It was a dream -- and an expensive one at that. In 1953, the price tag to build ...
Construction At Disneyland Creates Maze For Visitors
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A project to build a new 700-room hotel and a 6,500-space parking garage at Disneyland will make it more challenging for many park visitors to get around in the coming months. The Disneyland resort is scrambling to add hotel and parking capacity to deal with the massive crowds expected for the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland in 2019 and the recently announced Marvel superhero land at ...
Construction Boxes In Front Of Sleeping Beauty Castle For Pavement Painting
There are four construction boxes up in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, reportedly because crews are repainting part of the park 's giant compass rose. Disneyland Construction Boxes The boxes are tall and gray with slightly pointed walls making them look a little like castle towers. They are on the four points of the compass rose on the ground in front of Sleeping ...
Construction On Disney Star Wars Themed Land Begins Next Year
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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 ...
Construction Update On New Orleans Square Critter Country
From the building of ''Tiana's Bayou Adventure'' to the reopening of the newly-transformed Haunted Mansion, Disneyland is continuing to make upgrades and repairs throughout the theme park this summer ''to bring new experiences to life.''
In a recent update, Disney officials provided details on the transformation of both New Orleans Square and Critter Country, ...
Construction Walls Go Up Around Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Even a princess' castle needs its beauty rest from time to time. Construction walls have gone up around Sleeping Beauty Castle as a major refurbishment of Disneyland's iconic centerpiece begins ahead of the grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in June. The extensive castle makeover will last until spring with no reopening date set, according to Disney officials. The work includes a $300,000 ...
Converting The Closed Aladdins Oasis Into A Dining Spot
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Disneyland will put a new themed spot called "The Tropical Hideway" between the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland, in a little used space that was formerly Aladdin's Oasis. Park officials are calling it a "dining location," adding that few details are available at this time, but it won't be a full-service restaurant. Continuing the park's tradition, it will not serve alcohol. ...
Cool Clear Water Water
My how time fly's, seems like yesterday I was asking about when the Rivers of America would be filled again. I never like to visit the park when any of the water is not working. It even bummed me out during the renovation of It's a Small World when I saw the canals were dry. I know, weird eh? Yeah that's me; the water kind of calms me down. Those of you that have read my previous articles know ...
Cool Disney Jobs Candy Corn Pumpkins And Lollipop Gourds
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Interview with Sara Dehghan: Role: Park Decorator Years with the Company: 2 Hometown: Tehran, Iran Interests: Art museums and galleries, painting, hiking and swimming Q. Please tell us about your role. A. I am a Resort Enhancement lead. Our team develops and installs the seasonal décor for Disneyland park, Disney California ...
Cooling Tower Was Likely Source Of All 22 Legionnaires Cases Official Testifies
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A cooling tower at Disneyland was the likely source for all 22 cases in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak last year near the theme park, an Orange County health official testified Tuesday. Most of those who fell ill visited the park in the fall of 2017. Disneyland has denied it was the source, pointing to three infected people who had been in Anaheim but not at Disneyland. One of them died. Dr. ...
