Cinematical Uncovers The Secret Side Of Disneyland
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In spite of what some internet pundits and self-righteous types would have you believe, being a film critic and entertainment journalist does not mean you're handed the keys to Hollywood along with your W-9. Attending screenings and junkets, transcribing interviews, and spending the vast majority of every single day (all day) sitting in front of a computer is far more exhausting than one might expect. In ...
City Of LA Approves 1M Dollar Purchase Of Carousel That Inspired Disneyland
The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks approved a purchase of the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round for $1 million.
The carousel, featuring 68 hand-carved horses, two chariots and a Stinson 165 Military Band Organ capable of playing 1,500 songs, has long been a cultural landmark. It was relocated from San Diego to Griffith Park in 1937, where it quickly became a favorite attraction for ...
Class Action Filed Against Disney For Alleged Violations Of The Americans With Disabilities Act
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Cari Shields and Amber Boggs, two visually impaired annual pass holders at the Disney parks, have filed a nationwide class action against The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries which own Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, and Walt Disney World, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. On behalf themselves and others similarly situated, Mrs. Boggs and Ms. Shields seek to ...
Class Action Of Blind Persons Against Disney
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On June 5, 2012, trial will commence in an action brought against Walt Disney Parks & Resorts by a class consisting of all blind visitors to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. In Shields v. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, the class action pending in Los Angeles, the class alleges that the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks refuse to accommodate the needs of blind visitors, in violation of ...
Classic Conveyances From The Skyway To Autopia Go To Auction
How synonymous is The Happiest Place on Earth with various iconic vehicles, those marvelous modes of transport hailing from the past, present, and future? You don't even need to step inside Disneyland park to see one of its most celebrated on-the-go attractions, the Monorail, gliding outside the entrance with futuristic grace. So when a few of these fanciful cars, coaches, and ...
Classic Disney Ride Adds A New Pirate
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Call it the "Pirates of the Caribbean featuring Capt. Jack Sparrow." The anticipated reworking of Walt Disney World's classic ride Pirates of the Caribbean is complete and ready for a grand reopening today - the same day Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the second movie of the franchise, opens in theaters nationwide. The old ride, which inspired the first Pirates movie, was the last ...
Classic Disneyland
There is a site called Yesterland and it details all attractions that have closed, from the PeopleMover to the House of the Future, Main Street Electrical Parade to Carnation Ice Cream Parlor, as well as the seasonal Explorer's Canoes. Of the aforementioned attractions, House of the Future closed twenty years before I was born and that's the main one I've wanted to see. The pictures posted ...
Classic Perfume Shop Returns To Disney Park
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A specialty perfume shop that opened when New Orleans Square debuted at Disneyland in 1966 has returned after a lengthy absence. The Mlle. Antoinette's Parfumerie allowed guests to create their own signature fragrances and closed in the 1990s. "It was a popular location," said Kathy Forbis-Yates, a store operations complex manager for Disney. "It was a one of a kind, something that was extremely ...
Classic Ride Malfunctions Sending Guests Slamming Into Doors
Some recent Disneyland guests did not get their chance to ''glide through the White Rabbit 's House, Tulgey Wood and the Queen 's Garden'' as the Alice in Wonderland attraction's website says, after it malfunctioned and gave guests a fright.
Amanda Poole was filming her ride experience on Aug. 3, and it appears she knew something was off before reaching the ride's iconic ...
Classic Space Mountain Coaster To Return Soon After Removing Star Wars Overlay
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A fleet of X-Wings, TIE fighters and Star Destroyers will soon be departing Hyperspace Mountain as the often-extended limited-time run of the Star Wars overlay on the Tomorrowland roller coaster finally comes to an end. Hyperspace Mountain will close on Jan. 7 to remove the Star Wars overlay from the indoor roller coaster, Disneyland officials said. The classic Space Mountain attraction is ...
Clean Sweep For Disneyland
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Nightly operations on the part of 64 men and one power sweeper maintain the cleanliness of one of the world's most famous kingdoms--Disneyland. Keeping the park clean is almost a 24-our job. A crew with brooms and dustpans patrol the park during operating hours, keeping it comparatively free of litter, but the big clean-up job takes place after closing hours. An 11 man crew works ahead of the ...
Clear Channel Radio Unveils Plans To Promote The Most Unforgettable Event In Disney Theme Park History
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National Campaign Celebrating 50 years of Disney Theme Parks to Air on More than 400 Clear Channel Radio Stations Clear Channel Radio today announced a major campaign to promote a global celebration that marks 50 years of Disney theme parks. More than 400 Clear Channel Radio stations across the country have committed to airing promotional spots that provide event details for the "Happiest Celebration ...
Closer To Finding Nemo
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The construction phase of Disneyland's submarine ride is about 75 percent to 80 percent complete, on track for reopening in June after a nine-year absence. Workers are putting finishing touches on glass-speckled rocks, starfish molds and pliable coral and kelp in the lagoon. About 6.3 million gallons of water will be flowed in during the first week of January, Disney officials said during a sneak-peek ...
Closing Date For Mickeys Toontown
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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 Dress Code Prohibits Mickey Hats And Minnie Ears
Club 33 will turn you away at the door for dress code violations if you show up for your dinner reservation dressed like you 're going to Disneyland in an Avengers t-shirt, Darth Vader hoodie or Mickey Mouse ears.
Disneyland 's secret and exclusive club won 't let you wear t-shirts, shorts, hooded sweatshirts, Mickey hats or Minnie ears if you want to eat in the main dining room above New ...
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 ...
Coco Star Benjamin Bratt Narrates Candlelight Processional
The secret identity of the Disney celebrity that is typically kept under wraps until the last possible moment as a surprise for VIP visitors invited to the annual Candlelight Processional at Disneyland has been revealed for this holiday season.
“Coco” and “Andor” star Benjamin Bratt will narrate the 2025 Candlelight Processional at Disneyland on Saturday, Dec. 6 and and Sunday, Dec. 7 at ...
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 ...
