Most people would probably agree that Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the best attractions inside Disneyland. Many people would probably also agree that the Blue Bayou restaurant is one of the best places to dine inside Disneyland. The food is pretty good, and has become even better with a recent update to the menu, but the thing that makes it great is that the restaurant exists inside Pirates of the ...

Known for its dark atmosphere, Disneyland's Blue Bayou restaurant (the one you see from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride) has finally added tiny lights to their menus. So, next time you dine there, you can keep your cell phone where it belongs and order food without its assistance. To turn on the lights, lift up the menu's main cover and on the right-hand side there will be a small, hard flap with a ...

More restaurants are reopening this month inside of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disney Parks Blog announced Monday. The Blue Bayou Restaurant in Disneyland is set to reopen May 27. The restaurant will offer alcohol for the first time with beer, wine and Hurricane cocktails being added to the menu. Up until now, the ...

The Blue Bayou restaurant in Disneyland 's New Orleans Square will begin a soft reopening in early June, according to Disney officials. The restaurant, which closed for refurbishment on April 21, will initially reopen for dinner only. A podium will be in front of the restaurant when it 's open and guests can inquire about dining opportunities. The Blue Bayou will resume accepting reservations ...

Earlier this month, Disney announced that a special Christmas Party would finally be coming to Disneyland Resort. The hard-ticketed event is called Merriest Nites, and it will take place for 5 select nights between November and December. Merriest Nites will feature a ton of fun experiences, including six different Christmas parties, as well as specialty food, drinks, and merchandise. Now, ...

No visit to Galaxy's Edge would be complete without a tall glass of Blue Milk and intergalactic travelers heading to Disneyland's new themed land this summer will be able to choose between three varieties of the signature "Star Wars" drink. The Milk Stand will offer two flavors - Blue Milk and Green Milk - in the Black Spire Outpost village, where the new land will be set in the "Star Wars" universe. ...

Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive has no interest in having theme park visitors strap on virtual reality headsets that block out their view and place them inside a digital world. Smaller rivals, including Knott's Berry Farm, SeaWorld and Six Flags, have turned to such virtual reality experiences as an affordable way to spice up rides, but Disney CEO Bob Iger said reality-destroying headsets would be ...

The body of an 18-year-old New York tourist was recovered Saturday from a river in Disneyland's Frontierland area, eight hours after he apparently drowned trying to swim the watercourse with his younger brother, police reported. Anaheim Police identified the victim as Bodgen De Laurot, of Brooklyn. His body was located after a night-long search by Disneyland security officers and Anaheim ...

What's the cleanup needed after a "Code V?" What about a "Code H?" Those terms and many other secrets of keeping Disneyland clean are revealed in a book by two former members of the park's custodial staff, titled "Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt's Dream Spotless." The book, by Ken Pellman and Lynn Barron, takes readers on a detailed tour of what it takes to be a "jani" (a ...

Like the clang of the trolley car bell, the smell of baking fudge and the turn-of-the-century architecture, the Dapper Dans barbershop quartet is part of the fabric of Disneyland's Main Street USA. As part of a yearlong Limited Time Magic marketing campaign, the turn of the century inspired Dapper Dans will be performing songs this week by boy bands from the 1990s to today at Disneyland and Florida's ...

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 ...

A 4-year-old boy broke a finger and severed the tip of his thumb while on the Storybook Land Canal Boats ride at Disneyland, forcing the ride to close for nearly two days while state authorities investigated the accident. The accident occurred Wednesday when the child's fingers were pinched between the boat and the dock while passengers were unloading, according to the California Division of ...

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 ...

When you imagine Disneyland in the 1950s, you likely imagine scenes of carefully sanitized fun. You probably do not think of someone contemplating, "What I actually need to do today is buy a new bra." But that was the demographic (along with - we presume inadvertently - horny teens) served by Disneyland 's Wizard of Bras upon opening in July 1955. The store was one of the first things park ...

In the summertime when the weather is hot, you can slather on some sunscreen and head down on down to The Happiest Place on Earth. Sure, it 's going to be hot, but if you 're going to be hot, where better to be hot than at Disneyland Resort - hanging out in Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure, and Downtown Disney - while snacking on some delicious food? This year, Disneyland will be celebrating ...

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 ...

Brazil's minister of the navy included an inspection of Disneyland's submarine fleet in a weekend tour of Long Beach and San Diego navel installations. The retired admiral of the fleet, Paulo Bosisio, his wife, staff officers and an attache from Washington, were the guests of Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze. His party arrived at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station where in was greeted by Brazilian ...

A life-long love affair has officially and finally come to an end. A relationship based on a deep and unqualified affection that began back in 1955 when we were both young, and has lasted for about 40 years, is over kaput. The magic is gone and, it pains me to say so, never again to be recaptured. The last slender thread of attachment was severed just last week when my brother and I took our families ...

Over the top is a good thing at Disneyland California. The bigger, the brighter, the brasher and the more blockbuster, the better at the Happiest Place on Earth. Take for instance the theme parks' latest attraction World of Color - a night-time spectacle of 1,200 fountains that shoot water 75 metres into the air, creating a 6,000-square-metre projection surface that emanates Disney's favourite ...

The optics for the recent developments at Disneyland have not been pretty lately. Sold-out Magic Key annual passes. Parking price hikes. A new, highest-price-ever ticket for the most in-demand days like holidays. At least two more months without parking trams. And that 's all just this week. But there 's one bright spot in all of this, literally: The Main Street Electrical Parade ...

Bruce Gordon, a formerlongtime Disney Imagineer who was involved in the creation of numerous Disney theme park attractions around the world and wrote or co-wrote an array of Disney-related books, has died. He was 56. Gordon died at his home in Glendale on Tuesday, a Disney spokesman said. The cause of death has yet to be determined. A Disneyland fan since he first visited the Anaheim theme park ...

When you think about budgeting on your vacation to Disneyland, you don't want to be thinking just about money, you need to be thinking about your time too. During the summertime, the Disneyland Resort starts to fill up with lots of guests and the idea of riding all the attractions without spending hours in the lines begins to be a tricky proposition as there isn't always enough ride for all the ...

Disneyland 's recurring plumbing problems are the latest crowd control headache for Adventureland that has seen the always tight jungle wilds turned into a warren of construction walls this year due to shuttered attractions and rehabilitation projects. Disneyland visitors are being forced to squeeze through a narrow pathway at the Adventureland entrance after a pipe burst in July under the ...