Disneyland -- Accessibility Update
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If you want to have fun, and you enjoy Mickey and Minnie Mouse as well as the rest of Disney's wonderful creations like my wife and I do, then you certainly should visit Disneyland when in the Los Angeles area. The rides are more accessible in Disney World, which is in Florida, but allowing that Disneyland was built 40 years ago, these folks have done a great job of modifying their facilities where they ...
Disneyland The Exhibit Takes A Ride Through 60 Years Of History
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Here's a challenge: Try to condense 60 years of Disneyland history into a single museum-like exhibit. That's the test facing Becky Cline, Walt Disney Archives director. She's putting the finishing touches on "Walt Disney Archives Presents - Disneyland: The Exhibit," which in August will attempt to encompass the theme park's past six decades for D23 Expo, Disney's biennial fan event. Now factor in ...
Disneyland 55 And Still A Major Force
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Disneyland The Happiest Place on Earth turns 55 this summer. Clearly, Walt Disney's dream of creating a family park where parents and children could have fun together is here to stay. But that's not to say Disneyland hasn't seen its share of changes in 5½ decades. Indeed, one of the biggest overhauls in the Anaheim, Calif., resort's history is currently under way inside California Adventure. ...
Disneyland 60 Things You Might Not Know About The Magic Kingdom
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TV show named "Gunsmoke" made its debut, and another named "Make Room for Daddy" won two Emmys. Elvis Presley and Pat Boone had young hearts all shook up, and for the first time, they could listen to those crooners and others on a new gadget called a pocket transistor radio. A new car cost $1,900, gasoline was 23 cents a gallon and rents averaged $87 a month.. It was 1955. On July 17 of that year - a ...
Disneyland 60th Anniversary Celebration Gets End Date But It May Get A New Use
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Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration -- including its overhauled nighttime parade, fiery fireworks show and fire-and-water extravaganza -- now has an end date. But Disney experts predict the park's latest attractions may be repurposed to promote the park's next big addition: Star Wars Land. The anniversary celebration, which was launched May 22, will end next year Sept. 5, the theme park ...
Disneyland 60th Anniversary Could Pack The Theme Park
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The gripes about Disneyland crowds started on opening day - July 17, 1955 - when so many people showed up that refreshment stands ran out of food and drinks. Sixty years later, Disneyland is celebrating its diamond anniversary with a new pulsating nighttime parade and upgraded fireworks show plus a sparkling veneer on Sleeping Beauty's castle. Theme park experts predict that visitors will pack the ...
Disneyland 60th Dress Like Its 1955
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Of all the famous, oft-repeated tales regarding the opening day of Disneyland -- Ronald Reagan serving as a co-host, the extreme heat, the technical malfunctions, the unexpected crowds -- the one that sticks with fans is pretty darn sticky: Women's high heels were said to have been caught in the still-soft, recently laid asphalt. It isn't the soft ground that intrigues modern tale-tellers so much as ...
Disneyland A 20 Year Dream
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For over 20 years- almost from the time Mickey Mouse's voice was first heard all over the world - Walt Disney envisioned a park that would appeal to young and old alike with every conceivable type of entertainment included, and an his cartoon fatally grew, so did the dream. This dream of the creator of characters which have brought enjoyment to people all over the world has finally become a reality at ...
Disneyland A Magical Kingdom, Even For Grown-Ups
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It happens every time we set our eyes on the iconic visage of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle: Swelling up inside us is a fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain. At least that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up the pace and get to as many rides as possible. All the better to keep the little tykes happy and ...
Disneyland A Man's World, After All
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Grownup dads find that they can enjoy the magic without the kids It happens every time we set our eyes on the iconic visage of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle: swelling up inside us is a fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain. At least that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up the pace and get to as many rides ...
Disneyland A New Wonder Of The Amusement World Nears Completion
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A wonderland of delights such as the World may never have seen before is rising out of the orange groves in this sunny suburb of Los Angeles. It is Disneyland, a 17 million dollar paradise for children. When the gates are opened on July 19, customers will see an amusement built on the scale of a World's Fair. The fantastic world of Disney films will be transformed into three dimensional reality. ...
Disneyland Addict
As I sit here at work on my lunch break, all I can think about in-between classes is Disneyland. Do you ever get like that? I am a high school film teacher so my office and studio are filled with Disney memorabilia. I think I have about every Disney CD made, and when I feel low down or stressed out I will play the music that features the sound tracks of the rides. It always put's me there at the park ...
Disneyland Adding A Second Place To Buy Alcohol In The Park
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Disneyland knows we all need a tall, cool drink after a year of coronavirus closures and the Blue Bayou will joyously break with the long-standing prohibition on alcohol in the Anaheim theme park by offering beer, wine and cocktails when the restaurant reopens. The Blue Bayou will serve beer, sparkling wine and Hurricane cocktails when the New Orleans Square restaurant returns after Disneyland ...
Disneyland Adding A Stunning New Animatronic To The Park
It 's hard to overstate Walt Disney 's presence in Disneyland, even almost 60 years after his death. But for the first time, the man himself will be featured in a park attraction. At the D23 fan convention in Anaheim, the company announced that Walt Disney is getting his own animatronic, which will be featured in an all-new show.
“The reason that we're together tonight is because of ...
Disneyland Adds A Special Bird To Its New Dining Spot In Adventureland
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There's a line in the Enchanted Tiki Room soundtrack at Disneyland that asks, "Whatever happened to Rosita?" Well, the answer will soon be that she landed next door at the Tropical Hideaway eatery. Disney is adding the animatronic, joke-cracking cockatoo as an additional attraction at this new eatery that the company is calling a "dining spot," not a restaurant. It's under construction next to the ...
Disneyland Adds Daytime Show
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As different as night and day, two distinct Disneylands will be presented this summer to visitors in Walt Disney s Magic Kingdom On the one Disneyland cheek is a bright new daytime show made up for complete family entertainment. Then, like "Alice Blue Gown" turning into a crescendo of "St Louis Woman," twilight changes the mood and turns the other Disneyland cheek into a sophisticated adult show ...
Disneyland Adds Fastpass To Mobile App
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The Fastpass system used at the Disneyland Resort since 1999 is getting an upgrade. The new system, referred to as a "Disney MaxPass," will enable visitors to use the Disneyland app on their smartphones to get a Fastpass digitally - after they have entered one of the theme parks for the day, and only that day. It will not allow visitors to book their Fastpass reservations in advance, Disneyland ...
Disneyland Adds Magical '8th Day' To The Week
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In the spirit of Walt Disney's renowned ability to create magic, the Disneyland Resort is sprinkling some pixie dust on the calendar and virtually creating an "8th Day" in its operating week in anticipation of high demand for the new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage attraction, which resurfaces June 11 in the Tomorrowland Lagoon. The subs return as part of the ongoing Year of a Million Dreams celebration at ...
Disneyland Adds More Dance Areas
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Running to a big success every night of the week, "Disneyland After Dark" today announced the addition of three more dancing areas with top bands on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer. A total of seven dancing areas include three new locations for Friday and Saturday nights: the Mall in Tomorrowland; the Pirate's Cove in Fantasyland, and dancing on the Delta in Frontierland. Dance ...
Disneyland Adds Pirates Of The Caribbean To Genie Plus Line Skipping Service
Bringing down two major Disneyland attractions next door to each other for extended refurbishment will have a ripple effect on the gently flowing bayou waters of the Pirates of the Caribbean and the wait times for the popular New Orleans Square ride. Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland will be temporarily added to the Disney Genie+ service starting Jan. 22 while nearby attractions undergo ...
Disneyland Adds Second Nightly Fireworks Show Thanksgiving Week
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Disneyland will add a second nightly fireworks show during Thanksgiving week - and consider using the strategy on select days in the future to thin out massive crowds. The "Disneyland Forever" fireworks show will run at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. from Nov. 21 to Nov. 28. Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Disneyland Resort is experiencing record crowds, and with holidays and special events coming up ...
Disneyland Adds Space Whales To Star Tours During Star Wars Festival
An ever-expanding Stars Wars festival returning to Disneyland brings a new interstellar destination to the Star Tours attraction that will take riders through a pod of massive space whales undulating through the sky above a watery planet. The annual Season of the Force event returned Friday, April 5 and will run through June 2 at the Anaheim theme park with a new Star Tours destination in ...
Disneyland Adds Sparkle And Shine During Club 33 Refurbishment
Disneyland 's secret and private Club 33 is undergoing a monthlong refurbishment that will add “sparkle and shine” to the New Orleans Square hangout for the rich and famous ahead of the 55th anniversary of the members-only club steeped in mystique. The Club 33 refurbishment will keep Salon Nouveau closed through April 15 - with the cocktail lounge reopening on April 16. The Court ...
Disneyland Adds Submarine And Monorail
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Forty-Passenger submarines, a bobsled down a replica of the Matterhorn, and 82-passenger monorail trains are features of a new addition to Disneyland near Los Angeles, Calif. Passengers on the submarines make a realistic underwater journey through coral gardens, then descend to greater depths to view the wrecks of old treasure galleons and pass under the polar icecap. The conning towers on the ...
Disneyland Adjacent
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March 4 was a good day for Pacific Coast Capital Partners (PCCP) and its partner Anaheim Development LLC. First they closed escrow on a 19.3-acre parcel of land adjacent to Disneyland, where they plan to build Anaheim GardenWalk, a 390,000-square-foot mixed-use retail/hotel/timeshare project. Then, CB Richard Ellis released a report touting Disneyland's seemingly endless financial coattails. That animated ...
Disneyland After Dark
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It's a typical scene in Anaheim: 18-wheelers shake up Fantasyland, the boats of the Jungle Cruise run the river backwards, and the Main Street sound system blares tunes by the Wallflowers. Disneyland in a parallel universe? Not exactly. More like the overnight flip side of the theme park when crews tweak, polish, paint, scrub, and fine-tune the place to perfection. It's a job for an army that includes ...
Disneyland After Darks 2019 Dates Include A 90s Nite And Sweethearts Nite For Grownup Fans
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No matter how old you are, you likely have some sort of Disney memory that makes you wax nostalgic for your childhood. And while a trip to Disneyland is always a hard yes, Disneyland After Dark's 2019 dates are the stuff your Disney princess and '90s-kid dreams are made of. "Disneyland After Dark - a special after-hours parks experience featuring unique entertainment, specialty food, collectible ...
Disneyland Alice Gets A Facelift
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The White Rabbit isn't going to want to be late for this. Disneyland's 56-year-old Alice in Wonderland attraction has undergone a makeover to the delight of its riders. One new Alice figure, now with a surprised look on her face, was placed next to a Cheshire cat. Temporary safety railing that was added in 2010 for employees was replaced with rails that better blend into the ride by resembling ...
Disneyland Allows Guests To Sleep In Haunted Mansion
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Four brave souls are scheduled to spend the night in Disneyland's chamber with no windows and no doors. Disneyland is permitting guests to sleep in the Haunted Mansion for what is believed to be the first time as part of the ride's 40th anniversary. Classic rock radio station, KLOS 95.5, is running a promotion to win an overnight stay inside the ride. Beds will be set up in an elevator at the ...
Disneyland Allows Park Worker To Wear Religious Scarf At Work
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Disneyland has agreed to allow a company intern to wear her religious headscarf at work, according to a Muslim rights group that intervened after the woman was told she would have to work in the stockroom. The Chicago woman was hired as a vacation planner after a phone interview. When she arrived in California for her internship orientation, she was asked by Disney representatives why she had not ...
Disneyland Almost Got Space Mountain Before The Magic Kingdom
Initial plans for Space Mountain by Walt Disney and his Imagineers in the early 1960s conceived of a spaceport in Disneyland 's Tomorrowland with four separate roller coaster tracks weaving inside and outside a towering futuristic peak with a much less majestic name.
“Walt and the team had an idea to do a spaceport within Tomorrowland,” Disney Imagineer Owen Yoshino said on the Disney+ ...
