Disneyland Is Already Decking The Halls For The Christmas Holiday Season
Disneyland is already making plans for the holiday season in the middle of summer that will fill the Anaheim theme park this winter with seasonal parades, ride overlays, Santa visits, food and decor complete with Christmas trees, faux snow and shimmering icicles. The winter holiday season returns to Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney and the three Disney resort hotels ...
Disneyland Is Changing Its Early Entry Perk For Resort Guests In 2024
Disneyland is changing its Early Entry benefit for guests staying at Disney hotels beginning in early 2024. Starting January 20, 2024, Disney will designate one of Disneyland 's two theme parks for Early Entry each day. Guests staying at a Disney resort may enter that specific park 30 minutes before regular guests. This is a significant change from the current perk that offers 30-minute Early ...
Disneyland Is Friendly To Those With Disabilities
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Almost 60 years ago, Walt Disney stood at a podium at the entrance to Main Street and declared "To all who come to this happy place, welcome." Ask my family, every time I hear a recording of that speech I turn to mush. My breath catches and I fight all the good tears because I am always one step away from the ugly cry. Why? Because "all" means all. Young, old, middle-aged, those with ...
Disneyland Is Getting A Walk Around Redhead From Pirates Of The Caribbean
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For years, fans have chanted "We wants the redhead," along with the drunken pirates in the auction scene of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks around the world. Last year, Disney announced that it would redesign the scene, changing the role of the iconic Redhead from trafficked victim of the pirates raiding the city to an active participant in that sacking. The recast Redhead, who ...
Disneyland Is Giving Another Controversial Attraction A Nonracist Makeover
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Whenever Disneyland finally reopens, guests will enjoy a new and improved Jungle Cruise attraction, minus the dated caricatures and imperialist overtones that made it unseemly even when it opened in 1955, and which by today 's standards are just plain racist, the Los Angeles Times reports. On the heels of Disney 's decision to retool its dated Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland and Walt ...
Disneyland Is Increasing Its Prices Again Here Is Why
From parking their vehicles for the day to purchasing annual passes, visitors to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, are going to be paying more to enjoy that Mickey Mouse magic. Again. The latest increases were announced and went into effect on Wednesday, October 11. That happens to be the exact one-year anniversary of a previous increase in prices for the two theme parks at the resort: ...
Disneyland Is Jeered Over Ride Restyling
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Disneyland's "Small World" will soon be getting a little more crowded. The Anaheim amusement park is planning to add iconic Disney characters to the anonymous international cast of the beloved 'round-the-globe boat ride. The idea has sparked outrage among the family of the attraction's original designer and prompted a preservation campaign for the ride, which opened in 1966 and closed for renovations ...
Disneyland Is Making A Change To Its A Small World Which Will Probably Upset Some Fans Why I Actually Think Its Great
It 's a Small World has always been one of the more divisive rides at Disneyland. It has a song that is, depending on your perspective, either a beautiful testament to humanity or the most annoying ear worm you 've ever been unable to get out of your head. But that 's not the only thing about the ride that is somewhat controversial, and Disneyland has announced the latest update to the boat ride that ...
Disneyland Is Making Rides Less Scary And It Is Hurting The Park
This month, Disneyland finally reopened the Haunted Mansion in its original form after more than a year. Since August 2023, the classic ride has been either closed for construction or presented in its “The Nightmare Before Christmas” holiday overlay format. Although its reopening should have been cause for celebration, in the intervening months, Disneyland made a terrible decision: It removed one of ...
Disneyland Is Politely Trying To Crack Down On An Annoying Trend And It Is About Time
Disney Parks are an incredibly popular place to go, but unfortunately, not all of us can visit them whenever we wish. For those of us who might need a quick infusion of pixie dust to feel like we 're in the parks, livestreaming from Disneyland and Walt Disney World has become a popular pastime and even a potential business for some on YouTube and other platforms. However, it looks like the happiest place ...
Disneyland Is Quietly Removing Seating And Planters For Star Wars Land Access
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Disneyland has been quietly removing fixed seating and planters to make room for massive crowds expected when the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens next summer, leaving some fans missing their favorite spots to rest their weary feet. "It's getting harder and harder to sit down in the shade and relax," said Debbie Sinclair of Trabuco Canyon, an annual passholder who uses the social media handle ...
Disneyland Is Ready For Curtain Time
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When the curtain goes up tomorrow on Walt Disney's fabulous new entertainment world of Disneyland, '60 acres of happiness for young and old will be completed and ready for an expected five million visitors a year. But behind the scenes, an equally fabulous story of the hectic, time and overtime-consuming hours of preparations to ready Disneyland in completed form has been going on for weeks. It ...
Disneyland Is Selling A Pickle Topped Pizza
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We've never shied away from a controversial pizza topping - and we're not just talking the kind that'll get you into lengthy debates like Hawaiian pizza (hello, pineapples). We're talkin' pickles. (Honestly, when are we not ...) We discovered those little green bites add the perfect tangy burst of flavor our food editors created a dill-topped 'za, and now it looks like Disneyland is taking a page out of ...
Disneyland Is Selling Dole Whip Cotton Candy
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Everybody loves Dole Whip. For generations that pineapple-flavored soft serve was only available on the Dole Plantation in Hawaii and at Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (though now you can get the authentic stuff at Whipp'd in West Hollywood and Orange County). Now, at Disney's Anaheim parks, Dole Whip is available in an entirely different form-sugary clouds of cotton candy. Disney has offered "candy ...
Disneyland Is Still A Very Classy Place
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My first trip to Disneyland was 55 years ago. I remember it pretty well. It was within a few weeks of the opening of the park, and I was with my parents and my two older sisters. My dad used to carry an 8mm movie camera and a tripod, and he photographed everything. His movies were sometimes adorned with titles that he made with a title board and little plastic removable letters. Sometimes he would ...
Disneyland Is Sued For $2.7 Million
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A $2,700,000 suit against Disneyland was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday for alleged breach of contract in the selling of souvenirs at the famed playland. In addition to the amount named in the suit, the court was also asked to restrain Disneyland from further sales of souvenirs -until an accounting of funds is made. In the complaint it was alleged the American Souvenirs Corp. entered ...
Disneyland Is Throwing A New Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Party
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There 's no place that does Halloween quite like Disney. Once fall hits, the amusement parks offer plenty of tricks and treats-from ghoulish Halloween delights to magical new merch. There 's also the annual Halloween party, which features beloved Disney characters in an event that even the jumpiest park-goers will enjoy. This year, Tim Burton fans can rejoice at Disneyland 's new Oogie Boogie Bash, a ...
Disneyland Is World's Second-Highest Attended Park
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Disney is notoriously reticent to hand the media any kind of numbers involved in the business of magic making - they tend to confine earnings and park attendance information they release to only the numbers the Securities and Exchange Commission requires each quarter. Luckily, the Themed Entertainment Association, an industry group, commissions an economic study every year to estimate the attendance ...
Disneyland Issues Golden Tickets To VIPs
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Disneyland issues up to 10 VIP FastPasses on an average day to "extremely high-profile guests" enabling Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and state and federal politicians to skip long lines at some of the Anaheim theme park's most popular rides and attractions, officials said. "High-profile guests are generally accompanied by larger groups - which can include a security detail - that have ...
Disneyland It All Started With A Mouse
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Who wants sugar in their tea? The Mad Hatter asked. Everyone cheered. It is at this moment when I realised the greatest thing for the 'little traveller' was the parks unique way to bring treasured favourites to life, such as a favoured classic, Alice in wonderland. Many years on from its opening on 17 July 1955, Walt Disney's theme park has sparked the imagination and captured the hearts of thousands ...
Disneyland Jumping During Tencennial
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Opening of "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln" plus a new Victorian restaurant and spectacular nighttime entertainment will make Disneyland's Tencennial Summer the most exciting in its 10-year history. "Mr. Lincoln" will provide a new three-dimensional "experience with history" for guests of the "Magic Kingdom." Its West Coast premiere is set for about July 1 at Disneyland with special opening-day ...
Disneyland Jungle Cruise Closes For Week
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Disneyland is making it easier to hop aboard the Jungle Cruise a week from now. The popular attraction is closing for a week to undergo a project that will shrink the over-the-water gap between the dock and the boats where visitors board and leave the ride, said Kevin Rafferty Jr., a Disneyland Resort spokesman. Bumpers will be added to the boats. The ride is closed Thursday through ...
Disneyland Jungle Cruise Is Now A Real Jungle
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The animals in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise may not be real. But the jungle is. Since the ride opened in 1955, the land around the ride's river has transformed into its own ecosystem. Disney workers have switched the plant makeup from mostly leftover orange trees from the the land's previous owner to those more like a real jungle. And with the new plants, the land itself has turned into its own ...
Disneyland Just Changed Their Ticket Prices And You Are Not Going To Be Happy About It
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Definitively proving that we live in a cruel world, Disneyland just upped their ticket prices. As of yesterday, tickets for each tier of the park's newish seasonal pricing system are as follows: * $97 for value days (up from $95) * $110 for regular days (up from $105) * $124 for peak days (up from $119) Pricing for certain annual passes was also adjusted: * $339 for Southern ...
Disneyland Just Opened An Ultra-Exclusive Dining Space Called 21 Royal
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When Walt Disney was still tinkering with his plans for Disneyland, he and his wife Lillian envisioned a private family apartment hidden above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where they could host prominent guests. Their plans were never fully realized-until now. Walt's designs for the space have been "faithfully and painstakingly recreated" as a private dining space called 21 Royal. The venue-which ...
Disneyland Just Revitalized One Of Its Most Underrated Attractions
Like many a child, no doubt, Kevin Kidney fantasized about living at Disneyland. But he didn 't imagine himself swashbuckling with pirates or cavorting with ghosts. His special place was more serene. Kidney 's spot was the original Swiss Family Treehouse, built in 1962 and tucked away in Adventureland near the Jungle Cruise. His adoration of the treehouse instilled in him a lifelong love of ...
Disneyland Just Shared A New Scene From Tianas Bayou Adventure
MAGICAL PEEK: Knowing that you'll soon be entering an enchanted realm, one that is filled with the beauty of the bayou, plenty of Disney-style sweetness, spirited zydeco medleys, and a beloved Disney princess? As Tiana might sing, we're "Almost There," a feeling that is further enhanced when the Walt Disney Company shares fresh scenes from the upcoming attraction inspired by the 2009 animated hit ...
Disneyland Just Unveiled The Haunted Mansions Ghoulishly Gorgeous New Grounds
What to Know
A new queue has debuted at the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Park, along with a themed outdoor space
The area, which will give guests a roomier experience as they wait to enter the famous attraction, has been under construction since January 2024
The virtual queue put in place during the construction period has concluded; guests may now access the ...
Disneyland Keeps Options Open With Adventureland Treehouse Original Backstory
The new Adventureland Treehouse introduces an original storyline to Disneyland not tied to any film, and that provides Walt Disney Imagineering with the flexibility to someday tell any potential story in the 80-foot-tall man-made tree - from Encanto to Jungle Book to Pandora. The Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Walt Disney 's Swiss Family Robinson returned last week to Disneyland after a ...
Disneyland Launches Finding Nemo Sub Ride
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Disneyland visitors can take a submarine journey through an Australian reef to search for Nemo, the famous clownfish, on a new underwater ride. Walt Disney Co today launched the Finding Nemo ride with underwater animation at its Disneyland park, in an effort to use its Pixar film division to bolster theme park admissions. Disney saw attendance at its parks rise to record levels the past two years ...
Disneyland Launches Its Own Indiana Jones Program
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At Disneyland, this is the season of Hollywood synergy as the park's grand old Adventureland district takes on the khaki-colored charm of Indiana Jones, who (in case you hadn't noticed) is back in the theaters in a big way. That means a new live-action show at the Oasis theater. The 20-minute show is titled "Indiana Jones and the Secrets of the Stone Tiger" and is staged six times a day; there's a bit ...
