Disneyland Comes to Washington
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WHAT: The National Museum of American History will receive ride vehicles from two of Disneyland's opening year (1955) attractions: "Dumbo the Flying Elephant" and the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party." WHEN: Thursday, June 9, 9 a.m. WHERE: National Museum of American History, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, First floor, West corridor WHO: -- Brent Glass, director, National Museum of American ...
Disneyland Considers Prohibiting Admission To Annual Passholders For Two Months Following Star Wars Land Opening
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Disney has started surveying Disneyland and Disney World annual passholders about the possibility of adding a block-out period for a theme park for the first two months of a new attraction like the upcoming Star Wars Lands, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Toy Story Land or Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout. But will Disney add an AP block-out for Star Wars Land? A recent survey conducted by ...
Disneyland Converts Classic Attraction Into A Gift Shop
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When walking right down the middle of Main Street, U.S.A. at the Disneyland Resort, guests will find an opening day attraction has been transformed into a store. The Main Street Cinema, a staple of the small Midwest town-inspired Main Street since the park 's 1955 founding by Walt Disney, has long exhibited classic silent films and cartoons, including 1914 animated short Gertie the Dinosaur - ...
Disneyland Copter Crashes 22 Killed
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Twenty-three including many who spent a fun-filled day at Disneyland were killed Wednesday in a fiery helicopter crash at Paramount, a Los Angeles suburban town. Cause of the crash was not determined immediately, but operators of the regularly scheduled helicopter said it was a "possible midair collision" because another aircraft had been seen in the immediate vicinity. Sheriff's deputies said ...
Disneyland Could Customize Your Visit By Scanning Your Feet
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Disney has invented technology to recognize guests in its theme parks using their feet. At Walt Disney World, Disney has already introduced MyMagic+, a system that allows visitors wearing a "Magic Band" on their wrist to customize their in-park experience, but with a patent recently awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the company could use a recognition system that scans a ...
Disneyland Covers Up Sexy Jessica Rabbit In A Detectives Trenchcoat And Fedora
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Sexy cartoon actress-turned-private eye Jessica Rabbit has covered up her signature sparkly red dress with a detective 's trenchcoat and fedora on a Toontown dark ride in the latest change to make Disneyland attractions more culturally relevant. Roger Rabbit 's Car Toon Spin is the latest Disneyland attraction to undergo a major refresh to remove outdated and problematic scenes - joining ...
Disneyland Covers Up Terrifying New Clown Faces In Haunted Mansion Holiday Overlay
It has been a long-running tradition to “plus” the Haunted Mansion every year in the fall for Halloween. In a move emblematic of Disneyland 's penchant for innovation, the Haunted Mansion began a seasonal transformation in 2001, becoming the Haunted Mansion Holiday. Inspired by Tim Burton 's “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” this overlay was a significant departure from the attraction 's original ...
Disneyland Cracks Down On Fake Disabilities Forgets Real Ones
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Disney parks used to be a haven for children with disabilities and their families. But that's about to change. As my mother once observed to me, "A day at the beach with your family is no day at the beach." This is no reflection on the members of my family. Looking at them with a cold unbiased journalistic eye, I can observe clearly that I happened to wind up with the three most amazing kids ...
Disneyland Cracks Down On FastPass Abusers
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Disneyland is cracking down on park goers abusing their FastPass system. The system was introduced in 1999 to help visitors to the Magic Kingdom spend less time in line. Free reservation tickets are issued at the beginning of the line of their most popular attractions, with a specified one-hour window during which patrons can get in with little to no wait. However, some Disney visitors have ...
Disneyland Cracks Down On Parade Seat Savers
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At Disneyland, folks will not be allowed to set up camp for the high-demand spots until parade set-up begins. And even then, park guests won't be able to hold spots for friends who are gallivanting elsewhere in the park. A policy change hasn't happened at Disney World. The problem just isn't as prevalent in Florida, Disney World ...
Disneyland Day Every Day For This Couple
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At 8 a.m. today, Tonya Mickesh and Jeff Reitz were to go through the entrance turnstiles to Disneyland for the 366th day in a row. It's a journey that's seen them spend 24 hours in the park for the 24-hour Leap Day, watch baby ducks grow up, and go from unemployed to full-time jobs while becoming nationally known as the "everyday Disneyland couple." "It was a way to keep ourselves occupied because ...
Disneyland Debuts Fantasy Faire For The Princess Mad Masses
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What do you call a gathering of princesses? A pack? A gaggle? A bevy? We don't know, either, but travelers heading to Disneyland may find themselves pondering that question when the theme park's newest attraction, Fantasy Faire, opens on Tuesday, March 12. With the likes of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" on hand to meet and greet little visitors, it promises to be a ...
Disneyland Debuts Macabre Menu Item In Honor Of Haunted Mansions 50th Anniversary
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Well, this certainly feels appropriate for the 50th anniversary of a slightly spooky family attraction! Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion ride is currently celebrating its golden anniversary, having originally opened on Aug. 9. 1969. And seeing as no celebration is truly complete without plenty of food and drink, the park made sure to debut a “spooky array of delightfully delicious offerings just ...
Disneyland Declares Star Wars Land Opening A Success Says Crowding Nonexistent
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Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge wrapped up the first week of its maiden voyage with Disneyland management saying the largest expansion in park history wasn 't marred by crowding problems that some visitors groused about on social media. “The crowding issues that many of our guests anticipated have not come to fruition thanks to the measures we 've put in place,” said Disneyland vice president Kris ...
Disneyland Dedicates 3 Windows On Main Street To Make A Wish
For the first time ever, Disneyland Resort dedicated its Main Street store windows to an organization, rather than a person. For more than 40 years, Disneyland and Make-A-Wish Foundation have worked together to grant wishes to terminally ill children. Typically, individuals who have contributed to Disneyland are honored on these windows. Many well-known Disney people have windows ...
Disneyland Delays Reopening Of Mickeys Toontown
Disneyland officials announced Friday that the reopening of Mickey 's Toontown has been delayed. The cartoon-themed land, which features “Roger Rabbit 's Car Toon Spin,” “Mickey 's House,” “Minnie 's House,” and the new dark ride, “Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway,” will now open on March 19 instead of the previously-announced opening date of March 8. “Due to heavy winter storms ...
Disneyland Delish New Fancy Doughnuts
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DEAR CHURROS, it has been a good long while since we've written, and for that we do apologize. Life has kept us busy, but your cinnamon sweetness, your easy hold-a-bility, and your notable soft-to-the-teeth-ness remains forever on our mind and in our heart. So this is just to say that we do adore you, and Dole whips, and those Mickey Ears cookies, and all of the goodies we can find up and down Main Street, ...
Disneyland Designers Face Pressure To Ensure Star Wars Land Doesn't Flop
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As Disneyland engineers tinker on top-secret designs for the park's new Star Wars Land, a mothballed attraction at nearby Disney California Adventure provides a stark reminder that even the most creative ride ideas can land with a thud, costing park operators lots of money and frustrating visitors.. Luigi's Flying Tires was an ambitious effort that lofted visitors in tire-shaped bumper cars floating ...
Disneyland Designing It's A Small World To Fit Fatter Folks
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Looks like it's a fat world after all. According to recent news reports, the beloved It's a Small World attraction at Disneyland will be closing down in January 2008 for almost a year for some major re-engineering. Actually, scrap that. Let's call it "re-Imagineering." After all, such grade A spin is what Disney is likely going to be putting on the billboards covering the attraction next year, once it ...
Disneyland Diamond Celebration Looks Ridiculously Amazing
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When Walt Disney opened his first theme park on July 17, 1955, he said, "To all who come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." Sixty years (and 700 million guests) later, Disneyland is marking its six-decade anniversary by hosting a summer-long party, called the Diamond ...
Disneyland Diamond Days Sweepstakes Will Give Away Diamonds
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Imagine winning a Disney Diamond or a Cinderella glass slipper, or enjoying a private excursion and dinner in Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park. Those are a few of the exciting prizes that will be awarded to some lucky guests during the Disneyland Diamond Days sweepstakes, part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration that begins May 22, 2015. Celebrating the 60th anniversary, ...
Disneyland Digs In At Anaheim
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With opening date set for July 15, construction is going full speed ahead on Disneyland, multi-million dollar wonder of the entertainment world at Anaheim in Orange County. The total investment is expected to approximate $17 million.Grading and bulldozing are completed. Excavation of the various waterways in Disneyland is finished. Construction has started on several buildings, with the exterior of one ...
Disneyland Digs Into The Roots Of Walt Disneys Imagination With His Dreaming Tree
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A new Disneyland landmark inspired by the hometown tree that Walt Disney daydreamed under as a boy will pay tribute to the vivid imagination of the Anaheim theme park 's founder while also serving as a whimsical children 's playground. The new Dreaming Tree coming to Mickey 's Toontown at Disneyland will be inspired by a Cottonwood in Walt Disney 's hometown of Marceline, Missouri. ...
Disneyland Disney World To Stay Open For 24 Hours On May 24
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Grab your mouse ears and get ready to spend an all-nighter at Disneyland and Disney World at the start of Memorial Day weekend, with Pixar characters from the upcoming movie "Monsters University" roving around and other special events. The Magic Kingdom Park in Orlando, Fla., as well as Disneyland and California Adventure Park in Anaheim will open at 6 a.m. May 24 and remain open for 24 hours, ...
Disneyland Doesn't Lose What's Familiar
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Disneyland will never be complete. It's a statement the amusement park's creator, the late Walt Disney, was fond of mentioning when talking about the future of Disneyland. There will always be a change to be made, or new technology to add to the California theme park, Disney predicted. More than 50 years after Disneyland's opening, the phrase continues to ring true. On Monday, the Disneyland ...
Disneyland Donates Matterhorn Cars To Roller Coaster Museum
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Most Disneyland visitors would describe the old cars on the Matterhorn ride as aging and cramped. The chairman of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives is calling the cars "the holy grail" of roller coaster artifacts. Disneyland announced Tuesday that it had donated two of the cars from the Matterhorn Bobsled attraction at the Anaheim theme park to the museum in Arlington, Texas. Museum ...
Disneyland Donating Excess Food During Coronavirus Closure
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As Disneyland closes from March 14th until at least March 31st, the theme park has announced via their blog that they will be donating excess food to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. Last year Disneyland donated more than 200,000 meals to that food bank to help feed those in need in the county. Fruits, vegetables, packaged goods, and banquet meals are among what the food bank ...
Disneyland Dragon Makes First Public Appearance
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The Disneyland dragon has finally joined the Fantasmic! show. Tonight, the problematic dragon came out in public for the first time during a water-and-light show on the Rivers of America. Disney officials announced this afternoon that the animatronic dragon would debut after facing technical trouble all summer. The official summer season ended last month without an appearance by the dragon, which ...
Disneyland Drama Centers On Jack Sparrow, Pixies, Flashing
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Disneyland management has fired four actors who portrayed swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow, but Disney officials deny charges that the pirates were replaced by Tinker Bell fairies, it was reported Saturday. One former cast member says Disney officials were worried that the swashbuckling actors were causing young female parkgoers to flash more than their riggings and yardarms late at night. ...
Disneyland Drops Free Fastpasses Will Charge Extra To Skip Lines On Some Rides
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Disneyland will replace the free FastPass system with a paid Lightning Lane option and begin charging for premium front-of-the-line access on some individual attractions as the Anaheim theme park launches its new Disney Genie mobile app. The new Disney Genie service will debut this fall as part of the Disneyland and Walt Disney World mobile apps as a replacement for the retiring FastPass and ...
Disneyland Drops From 2nd To 11th In Worldwide Attendance Rankings Report Shows
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Disneyland toppled from the second spot in the worldwide attendance rankings in 2019 and fell out of the global top 10 in 2020 as theme parks around the globe faced widely differing reopening restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on data from a new report. Global theme park attendance declined 67% at the 25 most-visited theme parks from 2019 to 2020, according to a new report from ...