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 ...
Disneyland Electrical Parade Extended To August
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he Baroque Hoedown music will be heard on Main Street U.S.A. at Disneyland for a while longer. The Disneyland Resort announced that the Main Street Electrical Parade's run is being extended until August 20, 2017. The parade was originally scheduled to end its run in mid-June. It was brought back to Disneyland from Walt Disney World in January for a limited run while the Paint the Night parade was ...
Disneyland Employee Arrested Over Dry Ice Explosion In Toontown
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Police have arrested a Disneyland employee over an apparent dry ice explosion which caused the evacuation of the theme park's Toontown on Tuesday. Christian Barnes, 22, described as an outdoor vending "cast member", was being held on $1m bail Wednesday on suspicion of possessing a destructive device. "Barnes is cooperating with investigators and has indicated this is an isolated incident with ...
Disneyland Employee Pleads Not Guilty In Dry Ice Bomb Explosions
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A Disneyland employee pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony possession of a destructive device in a public place during an incident where two water bottles with dry ice exploded in the theme park, authorities said Thursday. Christian Isaiah Barnes, 22, of Long Beach, California, was arraigned Thursday, and his bail was set at $500,000, said Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district ...
Disneyland Employee Taken To Hospital
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A Disneyland employee was taken to a hospital after being exposed to a chemical cloud in the park's maintenance area, an Anaheim fire official said. The incident on Saturday came one day after three Disney employees from the adjacent California Adventure Park were treated at a hospital and released after one of them inadvertently mixed two chemicals in a water treatment center for one of the park ...
Disneyland Enchanted Tiki Room Turns 50
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More than 50 years ago, Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room first opened its doors to the public. The attraction was revolutionary as the first to use audio-animatronic technology to make the robotic creatures talk and move. Designer Kevin Kidney is a Tiki aficionado and also designed several pieces of the merchandise promoting this year's anniversary. "The whole audio animatronics thing started ...
Disneyland Enchanted Tiki Room, Walt Disney World Polynesian Luau Are Distant Cousins
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The Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show at the Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World has been entertaining guests since the 1970s. It's a lively night set in the open-air Luau Cove Theater, with ample servings of Polynesian food coupled with traditional South Pacific entertainment, like fire-knife dancing. And yes, there are plenty of grass skirts and leis to go around. But did you know that the Luau ...
Disneyland Ends Political Freebies
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It used to be that elected officials at all levels of California government could count on at least one common perk: free tickets to Disneyland. Not anymore. Politicians are being asked to pay their own way into the Magic Kingdom - thanks to two Anaheim council members who last year were temporarily bared from voting on issues related to Disneyland's $3-billion expansion. The state Fair Political Practices ...
Disneyland Endures As A Rite Of Passage For Enraptured Lifelong Fans
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I came, I saw, I was conquered as a child. I came back as a parent, following the impulse of many eager-beaver new parents to anoint my offspring in the reflected glory of Disneyland's glow. The pilgrimage to the Magic Kingdom is a California rite of passage, whether the children are ready or not -- and they usually aren't. But really, how many of you couldn't wait to take your tots and tykes to ...
Disneyland Expanding Alcohol Options Bringing Beer Wine And Cocktails To New Restaurants
Visitors to Disneyland will soon have the ability to purchase beer, wine and specialty cocktails from several mainstay restaurants as the park continues to evolve and provide new services. On Wednesday, Disney announced new menu changes were coming to the popular River Belle Terrace, Carnation Café and Café Orleans, which included the fresh arrival of alcoholic beverages. Prior to ...
Disneyland Exploring Idea Of Tron Tomorrowland Ride
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Disneyland has long talked of giving their Tomorrowland section of the park an overhaul. And with the new "Tron Legacy" film set to be released later this year, the wheels are in motion to add it to the plans. "Tron Legacy" is a much-anticipated sequel to the popular original '80s "Tron" film. With the success of several other remakes/sequels that have come out in recent years, Disney expects the same ...
Disneyland Extends Haunted Mansion Holiday Run 3 Weeks
Disneyland has extended the run of Haunted Mansion Holiday a few extra weeks this Christmas season - much to the delight of each and every Buddy the Elf and dismay of Scrooge McDucks everywhere. Disneyland 's classic version of Haunted Mansion won 't return until February once the Halloween and Christmas decorations are put away for another year. Since 2001, Haunted Mansion ...
Disneyland Fabulous New Magic Kingdom
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On A sprawling 160-acre tract near Anaheim, Calif.. there is rising a fabulous magic kingdom. a wonderland of entertainment without counterpart on earth. The fantastic dream world is being brought into reality by man famed for his vivid imagination and showmanship - Walt Disney. Called "Disneyland" the $9 million project is in ?nal stages of construction on a part of an historic California rancho a ...
Disneyland Fall Victim Near Death
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A 15-year-old Long Beach boy was fighting for his life into Saturday night after falling from a bobsled near the top of Disneyland's 500-foot model of the Matterhorn. Mark Maples, son of Jack Maples of 2821 Vuleta Grande Ave., remained in a coma late Saturday. Palm Harbor Hospital officials at Garden Grove said he "is holding his own but is not responding to treatment." The youth has been in a ...
Disneyland Fan Ousted From Exclusive Club 33 Will Not Be Returning
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A man who was such a Disney fan that he wrote a book about Walt Disney has quietly settled his lawsuit against the company after he was ousted from Disneyland's exclusive Club 33, accused of breaking its rules. For four decades, according to court documents and interviews, Joseph Cosgrove of Lake Forest considered himself a self-proclaimed ambassador to the park's legendary private VIP club, which ...
Disneyland Fans Cause Street Jam
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Youngsters unleashed from school for Easter Week vacation poured into Disneyland for the park's annual Spring Fling Saturday night and the result was a. monumental traffic jam. Harried Anaheim police sent seven units for traffic control and the California Highway Patrol dispatched all their available units to assist. The 1,000-acre Disneyland parking area was closed about 9 p.m. with 18,900 ...
Disneyland Finishing Suite Conceived By Walt Disney Decades Ago
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Designers and construction crews at Disneyland are completing a project that Walt Disney himself started more than 40 years ago -- a private living suite tucked into the theme park. The Walt Disney Co. announced the project Monday, saying theme park guests will be able to win an overnight stay in the suite beginning next year. Disney dreamed up the spacious suite in the 1960s and designed it ...
Disneyland Fireworks Set To Return After Technical Problems
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The Disneyland fireworks are set to return Friday night after problems forced the park to cancel Sunday's show. Disney shut down the "Remember Dreams Come True" show on Sunday because of "technical difficulties," said Betsy Sanchez, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. She said no one was injured. "We continue to work towards presenting our normal entertainment operating schedule this weekend," ...
Disneyland Fireworks Show Day-To-Day After Employee Is Injured
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The skies over Disneyland have been unusually silent as the Christmas "Believe in Holiday Magic" fireworks show has been canceled several times because of "technical issues." Disneyland Resort spokeswoman Betsy Sanchez said a decision is being made day-to-day on whether to go forward with the fireworks show. Sanchez said the safety of guests and employees is always paramount. The display was ...
Disneyland Fireworks Temporarily Stopped
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Disneyland's nightly holiday fireworks show was canceled Tuesday night for the fifth time in the last week. The display, "Believe in Holiday Magic," was first canceled on Dec. 22 because of weather conditions and a technical issue. The same night, a Disney employee was transported to a local hospital and released for a noise-related injury from the operation of the fireworks. "We are working ...
Disneyland Flag Retreat Semper Gunny
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Every morning and every evening since it opened in 1955, Disneyland has raised and lowered the Stars and Stripes at the flagpole on Main Street USA, per American flag etiquette. But that wasn't enough for the Happiest Place On Earth; in 2005, the park began hosting the Flag Retreat, a daily ceremony that makes George M. Cohan seem as un-American as Abbie Hoffman. There's a barbershop quartet, shout-outs to ...
Disneyland For A Summer Vacation.
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Last night I was at the Disneyland Resort. On the first day of June, you would think it would be crazy busy and impossible to play. Not so! I had a wonderful time and the park was busy, but not crazy busy! And when you decide to go to the Disneyland Resort, planning is the key to have a great summer vacation. Yes, thousands of people will be enjoying the park, just like you, but that doesn't mean you ...
Disneyland For Adults Only
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When I told a friend I was heading to Disneyland to explore its appeal for adults, his immediate retort was that it would be a very brief visit. And when our group, not a person under 35, walked through the gates of Disneyland on a warm Saturday and contemplated the crush of elbow-high humanity before us, I wondered if perhaps he was right. Yet seven hours and eight attractions into my first day, a ...
Disneyland For Adults Without Kids A Primer
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Disneyland overlords, all about branding and stealth marketing, apparently have an in-house name for the likes of me: "nonfamily guests." I've been called worse. It's nothing derisive - derision and mockery, after all, is verboten at "The Happiest Place on Earth" - but I cannot help but feel the term connotes something vaguely sad and pathetic, a sense of displacement, as if you're that ...
Disneyland For Dads
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In the land of Disney, princess always reigned supreme. However, though Sleeping Beauty's Castle, the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and those ever-popular princesses may get a lot of the attention, Disneyland and California Adventure offer a pixie dust-less world for the guys in your life too - all in time for Father's Day in June. Cars Land Route 66 comes to life for plain-old cars and animated ...
Disneyland For Haters
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Think you're too cynical, sophisticated, debauched or underfunded to visit the Happiest Place on Earth? This one's for you. I am of Disneyland. My love for Walt Disney's 54-year-old theme park can move (space!) mountains. In fact, my love for Disneyland is so perfect and so complete that I don't really mind if you hate it. Somehow I've managed to acquire a number of friends who steadfastly ...
Disneyland Forever Fireworks To Again Fill The Sky
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Ask an aficionado of The Happiest Place on Earth to name their absolute-est, beyond-est, most-est-and-forever-est favorite thing, and you'll hear more answers than an ice cream sundae has sprinkles. SoCal spookies do love their Haunted Mansion something wicked, and Dole Whip devotees are hot on the cold treat, and lots of people pine for the parades. But fireworks fans? ...
Disneyland Frites With Treats
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While I was at Disneyland for the premiere of World of Color, I stopped by Cafe Orleans. What a fabulous place to catch a meal. The nearby Blue Bayou is often filled to capacity, and same-day reservations can be tricky. I was able to get immediate seating at Cafe Orleans, however. The Cajun-Creole menu is similar to Blue Bayou, including the famous Monte Cristo, but at lower prices. At the suggestion ...
Disneyland From A to Z
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A recent four-night stay at Disneyland proves that this rich, glorious theme park, celebrating its 50th anniversary from now until 2007, is best enjoyed as a planned excursion, not as a whim. Begin with Birnbaum's, an indispensable annual paperback that's available for around twelve dollars. The goal-oriented guide should be read by every visitor to insure unit cohesion. It answers detailed ...
Disneyland Fun Facts
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515 million: Number of guests the park has welcomed since it opened. 26 million: Hand towels used in Disneyland's restrooms during the year. 13.3 million: Guests welcomed last year, making it the second-most-visited theme park in the country. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., was No. 1, with 15.1 million. 4 million: Hamburgers sold at the park each year. 3.2 million: ...
Disneyland Gates Open Celebrity Throng At Premier
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Disneyland, a $17,000,000 fairyland dedicated to the pleasure of children, opened Sunday in a special preview of 35,000 invited guests whose enthusiasm indicated that Walt Disney's dream had lived up to expectations. The spectacular park will be opened officially to the public at 10 a. m. today and upward of 50,000 persons are expected for the event. Sunday the adults - members of the press from ...