Disneyland Announces 3-Day Summer Ticket Offer $99
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Economy got you down? Disney has announced a new ticket offer available exclusively for Southern California residents. For $99, guests can purchase a three-day Summer Fun pass. The pass works for both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, and must be used within a 45-day period. "I know that the economy can be challenging, but that means there are some great travel deals out there to be ...
Disneyland Announces 7 Million Dollar Expansion
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A two-year expansion program involving an expenditure of $7 million for new attractions at Disneyland -- including a complete new Adventureland area opening next summer -- has been announced by officials at Walt Disney's Anaheim park. The development, one or the biggest projects undertaken at Disneyland since its opening in 1955, is now underway in the Adventureland and Frontierland areas. ...
Disneyland Announces A New Plan Of Book Ticket
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Announcement of a new "Day at Disneyland" ticket book plan, effective October 11th through November 23rd, was made today by the management of the park in Anaheim. The new ticket book plan offers Disneyland visitors their choice of 8 rides and amusements and includes admission to Disneyland, all for a fixed price. The ticket plan books will only be sold at Disneyland's boxoffice. According to ...
Disneyland Announces Another Change To Classic Jungle Cruise Attraction
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One of the characters along Disney 's Jungle Cruise has gotten himself a new gig. Disney World and Disneyland have revealed plans for yet another update to their Jungle Cruise attractions, this time concerning the character of Trader Sam, who was previously depicted as a shrunken-head dealer offering to trade “two of his heads for just one of yours.” On Monday, the official blog ...
Disneyland Announces Details For Pride Nite 2024
Experience Disneyland After Dark: Pride Nite as it returns to the Disneyland Resort for its second year, promising new celebrations, photo opportunities, exclusive merchandise, tasty cuisine, and refreshing beverages. Mark your calendars as this separately ticketed, after-hours extravaganza takes place at Disneyland Park on June 18 and 20, 2024. Get ready for a whole lot of fun, and stay tuned for updates ...
Disneyland Announces New And Returning Shows And Parades For 2024
Earlier this month, Disneyland Resort announced its 2024 calendar of events, along with details on the first four Disneyland After Dark events for the year, and now, they 've announced the return dates of a few shows, parades and other entertainment. Disneyland Park “Mickey 's Mix Magic” Performed Jan. 8-March 21 and April 15-25 The high-energy nighttime ...
Disneyland Announces New Attractions For Fall
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Disneyland's fall schedule moves into October with three new adventures open, a fourth nearing completion special private nighttime parties for major groups and site preparations for a new Tomorrowland During the fall, the relaxed time to see Disneyland following the summer rush, the "Magic Kingdom "is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 ...
Disneyland Announces New Details On Reopening Plan Reservation System And Safety Guidelines
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With its April 30 reopening date approaching, Disneyland Resort has announced details of how it plans to safely welcome guests for the first time in over a year. The reopening plan includes new rules regarding ticket reservations as well as enhanced health and safety measures. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, guests only needed a valid admission ticket to visit the park. Now, ...
Disneyland Announces New Theming For Tarzans Treehouse
Disneyland 's Tarzan 's treehouse will be re-themed to pay homage to its original theming, The Swiss Family Robinson treehouse, the park announced on Tuesday. The attraction, now called the Adventureland Treehouse, will include new rooms based on different family members. The new areas will be the “mother 's music den, the young sons ' nature room, the teenage daughter 's ...
Disneyland Announces Plans Dates for Halloween
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Disneyland is already a popular summer vacation destination, but the theme park is looking ahead to the fall and the vast array of Halloween events and attractions scheduled for this year. Starting on September 7 and running through October 31, seasonal attraction overlays, Halloween decorations and themed food and beverage offerings will take over both California theme parks. At Disneyland, ...
Disneyland Announces Plans For Halloween Time 2013
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Halloween is one of the biggest holidays of the year, especially when it comes to theme parks. While most places generally offer strictly terrifying thrills, Disneyland Resort offers spooky fun for the whole family. From September 13th through October 31st, guests will be able to enjoy all sorts of fun Halloween festivities. The general favorites are returning, but this year Disneyland is adding a ...
Disneyland Are Opening A Real-Life Pizza Planet From Toy Story
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Your childhood dreams have been answered - or at least one rather niche dream, anyway. Disney have decided to bring one of the key locations from the classic 1995 film Toy Story to life by opening a real-life Pizza Planet in one of their world-famous theme parks. The restaurant/arcade/home of the Little Green Men will be coming to Disneyland in California next month, Pizza Planet will replace Redd ...
Disneyland Artist Pulls Man From Wrecked Semi
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Graveyard shift backdrop painter still reported for work, soaked in diesel fuel. Robert Olvera left for work early Tuesday, heading for a graveyard shift as a backdrop painter at Disneyland. It didn't occur to him he'd be pulling a man from the wreckage of an overturned semi. Olvera, 33, of Newport Beach was northbound on the I-5 freeway at about 2:30 a.m. - minutes after the truck ran up ...
Disneyland As Classroom
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With childlike gleams in their eyes and notebooks in hand, nearly two dozen corporate managers from three Orange County companies visited Disneyland last week - but not just to have fun. They went as part of a UC Irvine Extension program in search of Walt Disney Co. innovations, insights, and inspirations that they could put to use at their own companies. "Disneyland is 50 years old, but they're ...
Disneyland At 50: Readers Share Past Disneyland Delights
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It was the summer before first grade, and John Quisling had learned a new word. He'd heard it on the radio and listened to his parents talk about it and wondered if it could be as magical as everyone said. Disneyland did not disappoint. The Santa Ana, Calif., boy and his family visited the innovative park just days after it opened 50 years ago this summer on July 17, 1955. Quisling, now 55 and ...
Disneyland At 50: Walt's Wild Ride
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"Hotter than hell" is how Art Linkletter, the emcee and Walt Disney's longtime friend, remembers it. "The asphalt had just been rolled and people's shoes got stuck in it. But we carried on. We didn't worry about stuff like that." Fifty years is a long time, but those who were there when Disneyland opened its gates on July 17, 1955, still remember the tiniest details -- rides that broke down, wet paint ...
Disneyland At 55 Still A Marvel In Southern California
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Disneyland, which celebrated its 55th birthday in July, drew more than 1,300 rabid devotees to a two-day, sometimes irreverant, sometimes reverential convention starting Friday at the Disneyland Hotel. Being a Disney fan, I was there, feverishly taking notes in the dark as "Disney Legends," men and women who made Disneyland what it is today, pop singers and behind-the-scenes "Imagineers" -- the people ...
Disneyland At 58 Nostalgia Change And Inside Peeks
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Here's a provocative and mind-bending question for you lifelong SoCalers out there, as well as those people who visited a certain Anaheim destination when they were children: When you think of Disneyland, or even go to Disneyland now, do you still see the park as it was on your first visit? Nostalgia is such a powerful driver for the world's most famous theme park that we do believe everyone who ...
Disneyland At 60 Behind The Opening Of The First Theme Park
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July 17 marks the 60th birthday of Southern California's Disneyland, and while fans were very excited about the opening, business people were worried that it was a high-risk venture. In a July 13, 1955, story four days before the opening, Variety raved that it was "of staggering imaginative concept one of the true wonders of modern entertainment." Still, Variety said it was a $17 million, 160-acre ...
Disneyland At 60 Combine A Theme Park And Beach Break
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I'm in Disneyland and my three-year-old daughter is screaming like a banshee. Neon mermaids, dancing fairies and princesses in glowing towers parade past to stadium-decibel dance music. Every cartoon character she's ever loved is waving at her - illuminated with enough sparkle and glitz to knock out a city. They call it the Parade of Lights but it's more like a pre-schoolers' rave. "Isn't this wonderful?" ...
Disneyland At Christmas It's Not Just For Kids
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If there's a better place to immerse yourself in the Holidays than Disneyland I don't know where it could be. And that's especially true if you can stay at one of Disney's resort hotels. Once again this year, California residents can take an easy drive to Anaheim and enter a world of lights, color, music, rides and even Christmas "snow." Familiar attractions like the Haunted Mansion and It's a ...
Disneyland Attendance Is 413420 In First Three Weeks
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Disneyland officials said Monday that 413,420 people have streamed through the gates of the $17,000,000.Anaheim playground empire in the first three weeks of operation. Researchers employed at the huge playground totaled figures ranging from daily attendance to the amount of money each person spends. Although visitors are now averaging 20,000 a day, they say there is no crowding because of the ...
Disneyland Attraction Space Mountain Closing on September 8!
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Attention Disney Space Mountain attraction riders, you need to get to Disneyland immediately to get your fix. Unless you want to wait a month to ride the attraction as it is about to be closed According to the Disneyland website, the Space Mountain Attraction is being shut down for several weeks while a 'Holiday Refurbishment' is being done on the attraction. This starts on September 8, 2009 This ...
Disneyland Attractions Closed To Build Star Wars Land Will Reopen In 2017
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Disney has offered no timeline for its new "Star Wars" land, but Thursday park fans learned attractions closed temporarily for its construction will reopen in 2017. Park officials, on their Disney Parks blog, announced the attractions on the Rivers of America that went offline earlier this year as crews prepared for the construction of the 14-acre "Star Wars" land, will reopen next summer - an exact ...
Disneyland Attractions Perfect For Toddlers
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You have to love how the Disneyland Resort caters to the whole family. As you walk around you will see that there are rides for every age group as well as the entire family. This includes toddlers. Yet, say you are going on a play date with just toddlers, do you know where you can take them so they can have some fun while you do to? Here are the best rides for toddlers at Disneyland: It's a ...
Disneyland Autopia Cars Race For Charity At The Indy 500
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Checkered flags waved, crowds cheered and engines roared as two American traditions teamed up to celebrate special milestones. In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary and the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500, "The Happiest Place on Earth" and "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" teamed up for the "Minnie Indy Charity Race" on Wednesday, May 24 (Thursday, May 25 HK Time) at the Indianapolis Motor ...
Disneyland Autopia Returns With Honda Cars But Not Much Of A Tomorrowland With Gas Power
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Disneyland's Autopia is back on the road again after shutting down in January for a makeover, and this time, they've got Honda on board as a new sponsor. Autopia, the only existing Tomorrowland attraction dating back to the opening day in 1955, was one of many Disneyland attractions that were temporarily closed for refurbishment as the theme park underwent a number of upgrades and updates. ...
Disneyland Band Returns With More Live Entertainment Coming Soon
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A Disneyland opening day attraction that was only intended to last two weeks but has stuck around for 66 years has survived the coronavirus pandemic closure of the Anaheim theme park and will make a triumphant return this week marching down Main Street U.S.A. The Disneyland Band will return on Friday, June 18 after a 15-month absence from the park with performances planned throughout the day. ...
Disneyland Banning Disposable Straws
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If you visit Disneyland parks, you'll notice that the use of plastic straws will soon be a thing of the past. According to Disney officials, the Disneyland Resort announced they will not use plastic straws and stirrers at all of its theme parks and businesses globally as of midway next year. The plastic footprint left by attendees of the park disposing of drink detritus in receptacles is vast, ...
Disneyland Bans Dry Ice And Loose Ice Cubes Ahead Of Star Wars Galaxys Edge Debut
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Disney has banned dry ice at its California and Florida theme parks ahead of the grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and years after dry-ice bomb explosions in Disneyland resulted in the arrest of a former employee. The new ban on dry ice and loose ice cubes at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World theme parks begins today, March 28, according to officials. The new ice policies are ...
Disneyland Begins 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Backed by the sound of trumpets, the release of doves and the explosion of fireworks, Julie Andrews stood before Sleeping Beauty Castle Thursday to kick off Disneyland's 18-month birthday celebration. Andrews, dressed in a white suit, stood with Dakota Sandak, who has appeared in a Disney commercial, and said, "Do it together, one, two, Welcome Home!" Art Linkletter, on hand during the park's ...