After Dark The Dirty Work At Disneyland Begins
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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, ...
After Earthquakes, No Impacts Reported At Disneyland
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No damage was reported from the latest Orange County earthquake, though fire departments were making routine checks.
A spokesman for the Disneyland Resort said that rides had not been closed, but that he was not sure about other safety checks being made. The 4.5 earthquake struck near Yorba Linda, about 12 miles away from the park in Anaheim.
[Updated, 11:16 a.m. Aug. 8: USGS officials revised ...
After Latest Ticket Price Increase Is Disneyland Still A Good Value
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So Disneyland raised its prices again, and many fans are upset about it. After watching the Cubs win the World Series and California get enough rain to pull the state from a drought, it's reassuring to see that some constants remain in our world.
This year's price increases weren't as steep as in years past. The biggest jump, by percentage, was for parking, which went up from $18 to $20 a day - an 11 ...
After More Than A Year Away Disneyland Debuts Updated Fantasmic River Show
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Mickey Mouse made a triumphant return to the Rivers of America as "Fantasmic!" came back to Disneyland after a more than a one-year absence.
The show, which originally debuted in 1992, went dark in early 2016 as the waterway it is staged on was closed to boat traffic for construction of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. The new 14-acre land, which will open in 2019, gobbled up a chunk of Frontierland, ...
After Rethinking Racist Rides Disney Parks Extend Inclusion Push To Cast Members Add Adaptive Costumes
As part of its efforts to create a welcoming environment, Disney Parks announced today that it is adding inclusion as one of its core guiding principles.
“We want our guests to see their own backgrounds and traditions reflected in ... their interactions with Disney,” said Josh D 'Amaro, chairman of Disney parks, experiences, and products, in a blog post introducing the initiative. “And we want ...
After Yearlong Absence Fantasmic Returns As Park Celebrates 62nd Anniversary
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Just in time for Disneyland's 62nd anniversary, the nighttime Fantasmic attraction is returning to the Anaheim theme park Monday after it was closed for more than a year due to construction for the upcoming Star Wars land.
The nearly 30-minute long spectacle along the Rivers of America will take place three times Monday night, at 9 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., according to Disneyland's website.
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Age Doesn't Fade The Magic
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Fifty-years seems all too short a time to go from not existing at all, to being the most famous holiday destination on earth.
Indeed, it's doubtful Walt Disney himself - whose opening-day optimism was only slightly shaken by melting asphalt and overflowing toilets - could have imagined the enduring omnipresence of what is, essentially, a glorified fun fair.
Walt's vision for transforming a ...
Alice In Wonderland Premiere At Disneyland
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Alice in Wonderland', an upcoming movie from Walt Disney Films has had plenty of rumors. With the star power attached to the movie including Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway and produced by Tim Burton, it is easy to understand that fans are excited and have many questions.
One question I keep getting asked in my Disneyland Column is will the Premiere of 'Alice in Wonderland' be at Disneyland?
Now ...
All 3 Disneyland Hotels Will Reopen By July For First Time In More Than A Year
The Disneyland Hotel will become the third and final hotel at the Disneyland resort to reopen following an extended coronavirus closure once California ends pandemic mandates and fully reopens the state 's economy.
The Disneyland Hotel will partially reopen on July 2 for the first time in more than a year after closing in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Disney 's Grand ...
All Aboard Disney's Fort Wilderness Railroad
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It's no secret that Walt Disney had a special place in his heart for railroads. Years before Disneyland opened, he built a model railroad in his backyard which he dubbed the Carolwood Pacific Railroad and spent countless hours riding it, tinkering with it and giving his family and friends much-coveted rides.
When Disneyland opened in 1955, the narrow-gauge Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad circled ...
All Aboard For Disneyland
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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 ...
All New Magic Happens Parade Debuts
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Disneyland Resort will debut its all-new "Magic Happens" parade at Disneyland Park on Feb. 28, 2020. The incredible "Magic Happens" daytime spectacular celebrates the awe-inspiring moments of magic that are at the heart of so many Disney stories. This new parade, led by Mickey Mouse and his pals, celebrates moments of magic from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios films as they are ...
All Of The Moves Are Geared To Publizing..And Making Money
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Walt Disney's career may be founded on elfin fantasy and hybrid corn, but it thrives on the hardest sell in Hollywood: The "total merchandising" concept.
"Once a decision is made to make a picture, the marketing starts," says soft-spoken Roy Disney, Walt's brother and financial mentor. "All of the moves are geared to publicizing the final product, and making money while you do it."
This complex ...
All Our Yesterdays
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The future isn't what it used to be. Take Tomorrowland. When it opened in 1955 as one of the five original sections of Disneyland, Walt Disney himself
appeared on the live opening-day telecast and promised "a step into the future with constructive predictions about things to come." He may have been a dull public speaker, but in envisioning "the world of 1987," as it was at one point conceived, he did ...
All Short Term Rentals Banned In Anaheim By City Council
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After a five-and-half hour special meeting Wednesday, the Anaheim City Council voted to ban the operation of short-term rentals.
The owners of the 363 permitted short-term rentals will have 18 months to stop operating.
Mayor Tom Tait and Councilmen James Vanderbilt and Jordan Brandman voted for the ban, with the 18-month phase out period. Councilwomen Kris Murray and Lucille Kring supported the ...
All The Free Things You Can Get From A Hidden Star Wars Prize To A Secret Jungle Cruise Map
There I was, sheepishly skulking up to the counter at the creature stall in Disneyland 's Black Spire Outpost, asking the cast member whether I, a fully formed adult, could have one of the “Star Wars” scavenger hunt books that are clearly for kids.
She kind of smirked at me as she handed it over, but in a nice way, like she could see how silly I felt and was commiserating with me. Called ...
All The Magical Attractions You Can Do That Are Not Rides
Frequent Disneyland visitors will tell you that any slow season of the past is virtually non-existent today. Visitors who tire of days standing in long lines for short rides are often pushed into paying for Genie Plus, which adds even more money to an already expensive day at the park. The good news, however, is that Disneyland Resort offers plenty of attractions that aren't rides to pass your precious ...
All The News That's Correct To Print
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Disney's pro-woman pirates
The pirates at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland are no longer chasing women around in wild abandon, as they have for 30 years. Instead, they are becoming sensitive New Age guys, showing the kind of respect for women that real pirates probably felt deep inside but were afraid to express. ...
Almost No One Has Seen This Attraction And It Is Finally Coming Back
Disneyland fans - at least the ones who pride themselves on their knowledge of the park and its history - each have a list of rides and attractions they wish they could have seen back in the day. For some, it 's Museum of the Weird, the never-was expansion of the Haunted Mansion led by Rolly Crump and Yale Gracey. For others, it 's the Conestoga Wagons (and the much-missed Conestoga Fries) that left the ...
Along With Splash Mountain Another Longtime Attraction Is Getting A Retheme
Disneyland and Disney World are constantly making changes to the parks, and when those changes happen, sometimes that means a re-theme is on the way. For example, Splash Mountain will be re-themed to a Princess and The Frog ride coming up and now another longtime attraction is set to get its own re-theme. That attraction would be none other than Tarzan 's Treehouse.
Tarzan will be undergoing ...
Amazing Original Disneyland Designs Included A Working Farm
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Sixty three years ago today, with a nationally televised grand opening, Disneyland arrived on the scene as Southern California's signature tourist attraction.
In spite of a rocky opening day, the theme park attracted more than 1 million visitors in its first two months in business, offering a spectacle quite unlike any other at the time.
But Walt Disney's initial vision for the park was even more ...
Ambulance Was Not Allowed To Respond To First Murder At Disneyland
Disneyland Resort officially opened its gates in 1955. At the time, the property was home to only one park - Disneyland Park - with Disney California Adventure Park and the Downtown Disney District added in more recent years.
Walt Disney 's dream was to make Disneyland into a place where parents and children could make magical memories together, and although the asphalt on Main Street, U.S.A. ...
America Needs A Lesson From Project Stardust
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Almost everyone gets to a point in their lives when they realize that they need to make some changes. Maybe it 's a better diet, a new job or thinking more carefully about how they treat other people.
Businesses are no different. The market changes, and businesses must to adapt to survive. A little over a year ago, Disneyland invited me out to tour the park before opening so executives could ...
Amusement Parks Must Be Liable For Safety
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Amusement park operators worried the ruling would lead to more lawsuits without making parks safer, said John Robinson, chief executive of the California Attractions and Parks Association, which filed a legal brief supporting Disney.
Operators of roller coasters and other amusement park rides must be held to the same safety standards that apply to buses, planes and other modes of public transport, the ...
An Early Designer Won Over Walt Disney With His Rebel Reputation Now He Laments The Park Is Gone
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Try as he might - and he's tried countless times - Rolly Crump just can't quit Disney. But his latest attempt may be the closest he's come.
Earlier this year Crump had artifacts from nearly all of his life's work auctioned off, a sale decades in the making that brought in more than $600,000. No surprise the items were in demand. In addition to having a hand as an assistant animator in the Disney films ...
An Enchanted Afternoon With A Legendary Fairy
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The woman Disney animators modeled Tinker Bell after flitted into town Tuesday for a private tour of Pixie Woods. I caught up with her at the giraffe slide.
Margaret Kerry, 78, is a pixilated 5-foot-2 and still has many of the perky moves that won her the role as "reference model" for Tinker Bell in Disney's 1953 "Peter Pan."
She also uses the expression "Good golly."
"I am enchanted; that ...
An Exclusive Look Inside Disneyland's Mr. Lincoln
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Disneyofficials say the Mr. Lincoln animatronic figure will star in a new show, "The Disneyland Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln," as early as Dec. 18.
Disney spokesman John McClintock said Imagineers - the Disney technical pros - are still tinkering with the classic attraction, which has been on hiatus for several years.
The Mr. Lincoln robotic figure was innovative when it debuted ...
An Iconic Parade New Finale Sparkles
Disneyland Resort fizzes with anticipatory areas, those locations that feature curves, turns, and bends, the sorts of thrilling spots where we can't quite detect what is just around the next corner.
You might be able to quickly name your favorite curve - maybe the one near the end of Space Mountain, or the bend you go around just before you pick up the Haunted Mansion's Hitchhiking ...
An Important Piece Of Paper
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The Immigration and Naturalization Service is recommending a fine of nearly $400,000 against Disneyland for allegedly violating laws on hiring immigrants. That would be the largest INS penalty in California history. It demonstrates both the continuing problem with violations of immigration laws and brings to mind one possible solution.
Disneyland, with its 80-acre theme park and 1,131-room hotel, is a ...
An Ode To A Bygone Disneyland
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"I'm not Disney-obsessed, but I never discount the effect it had on me as a child," says the pop-culture humorist and author, best known for blending comedy and commentary in shows based on other people's family and vacation slides. "It helped make me a visual person in terms of recognizing motifs and themes. I like to say I studied at the Disneyland School of Style."
It's no surprise, then, that the ...
An Old Favorite Goes Under
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In the 1960s, there was no Ariel. We had living mermaids who greeted you from the rocks of the Submarine Voyage lagoon at Disneyland in Anaheim. If you were lucky, one would swim over with her big fin and wave through a porthole.
With ride operators who resembled sailor boys, the attraction was very romantic - "Guys and Dolls" meets "Beach Blanket Bingo" - even before submerging "80 fathoms ...
