Disneyland Plans To Hold 24-Hour Party
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Disneyland will hold a 24-hour party on Leap Day next year as part of a promotion, Disney announced Saturday. Disneyland will be open for 24 hours starting 6 a.m. Feb. 29, according to a Disney website. Disney made the announcement on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" show on Saturday. Magic Kingdom in Florida also will have a 24-hour party. As part of the One More Disney ...
Disneyland Plus Babies Equals Fail
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My friends constantly ask me why I haven't taken my 14-month-old to Disneyland yet. The answer is simple. I'm not INSANE. There are many reasons why you won't catch me at Disneyland with my 1-year-old, but here are just a few for starters. Firstly, he won't remember any of it. I'd rather take him when he can remember how much we paid fun we had. It's truly a luxury to go. It should be something ...
Disneyland Plus Corn Dog Plus Horse-Drawn Streetcar Equals Happiness
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I spent a delightful afternoon recently at Disneyland chowing down on a corn dog and riding on every antique vehicle along Main Street USA. I've been to Disneyland at least 100 times and I'm always surprised when I come across something at the park I've never tried. So on this day, I decided to skip all the roller coasters and dark rides and stick to Main Street. I'd often heard that the ...
Disneyland Postpones Riverboats Return
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The Mark Twain Riverboat is tentatively set to return to Disneyland's main waterway on May 22 a day later than previously planned. The other boats on Rivers of America are now back in operation after the waterway was closed for four months, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. The Rivers of America were drained starting in January for a rehabilitation project, including the ...
Disneyland Power Outage Shutters About Dozen Rides Monorail
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A power outage at Disneyland affected about a dozen attractions in and around Toontown and Fantasyland, including the Monorail and It's Small World attractions during one of the Anaheim, Calif. Attraction's busiest and most lucrative weeks. The outage was caused by a transformer at the park that malfunctioned and knocked out power near the two lands, a Disneyland spokeswoman told Fortune. Disneyland ...
Disneyland Prepares For 24-Hour Party
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Disneyland is making preparations to stay open for a 24-hour party, including special foods that will only be available overnight. The company is having a promotion for Leap Day, called One More Disney Day, in which both Disneyland in Anaheim and Magic Kingdom in Florida will operate for 24 hours -- the first time resorts on both coasts will be open for that long at the same time. The parks will open ...
Disneyland Prepares For The Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Premiere
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A 3-D screen on Tom Sawyer Island, food for 2,000 people, musical acts it takes a seaworthy crew. For the last few weeks, after Disneyland has closed its gates for the night, a team of workers, including eight divers, has labored through into the morning in Frontierland and New Orleans Square, ferrying building materials to Tom Sawyer Island and sinking support structures into the floor of the ...
Disneyland Prepares To Open Sleeping Beauty Castle
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The interior of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland will open in time for the December holiday season, offering guests a "reawakened" version of its classic walkthrough presentation kissed with vibrant scenes of Aurora, her charming prince, the evil Maleficent and other characters from the beloved fairy tale film. "It is fitting that we are announcing the return of a classic on the 53rd anniversary ...
Disneyland Preparing Ghost Mansion
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Disneyland's most frightfully entertaining adventure is now under construction at Walt Disney's "Magic Kingdom" in Anaheim. The "Haunted Mansion," now being furnished with happy spooks from all over the 'world, will open in late summer, according to E. Cardon Walker, executive vice president of Walter Disney Productions. Plans for the multimillion dollar project were begun by Walt Disney and his ...
Disneyland Preps For Halloween As 60th Anniversary Fades Away
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The jack-o'-lanterns started magically appearing this week at Disneyland as the Halloween season grows near. At the same time, the 60th anniversary decorations were magically disappearing into Yesterland. The large "60" button on the front of Sleeping Beauty Castle was removed, as were most of the related decorations on the lamp posts on Main Street U.S.A. Other elements of the 15-month Diamond ...
Disneyland Presents Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
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It's a little-known fact that Sombrero Grande's first job out of high school was working at Disneyland as a "captain" on the Submarine Voyage attraction in Tomorrowland. In 1998, I left the park's employ and the Subs were mysteriously closed down soon afterwards. Immediately rumors began swirling on the Internet theorizing that the Subs were closed due to "budget cuts" or "an upcoming replacement ...
Disneyland President Remembers Kind And Gentle Employee Who Died After Backstage Accident
Club 33 manager Bonnye Lear is being remembered by her fellow Disneyland employees as a kind, gentle and caring person who was thoughtful, graceful and full of joy. Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock sent a letter to employees on Monday, June 10 sharing the “heartbreaking” news of the death of Lear, who died last week after a tragic accident at the Anaheim theme park. “I am ...
Disneyland Prices
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Admission prices to Disneyland in Anaheim will be lowered to 90 cents for adults and 70 cents for juniors effective Saturday. The reduction is in line with the abandonment of federal amusement tax on admissions amounting to less than one dollar, Disneyland management reported.
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Disneyland Prices Announced
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Scheduled to open July 15, this world's greatest fantasy has announced prices that will prevail. Adults will pay $1 to enter and children under 12 will pay 50 cents. The general admission will permit the visitors to go through such places as Adventureland. Tomorrowland, Fantasyland and Frontierland without additional cost. Prices for the various rides in the 169-acre attraction will be from 10 to ...
Disneyland Prices Going Up
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Starting Sunday, it'll cost $49.75 for an adult to get into Disneyland or California Adventure, and parents will have to plunk down $39.75 for their children's admission. That's a price hike of $2.75, which reflects investment on new stage shows and rides, such as "Snow White -- An Enchanting New Musical," and the "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror," which opens May 5, the resort's Duncan Wardle said. ...
Disneyland Prices Up $4 As Of Today
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Effective today, the Disneyland Resort has increased its single-day admission price by $4, from $59 to $63 for adults, and from $49 to $53 for children (ages 3-9). The previous increase was on Jan. 3, 2006. "We offer a great value for guests who experience our world-class entertainment, enjoying a full day of fun including rides, parades and other spectaculars," the company said. "Many local guests ...
Disneyland Private Club Membership For 84-Year-Old Revoked Lawsuit Filed
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The 84-year-old author of the book "Walt Dreamers Me" is suing the Walt Disney Co., alleging his lifetime membership in Disneyland's exclusive and little-known Club 33 was wrongfully terminated after more than four decades. Joseph Cosgrove, a club member for 47 years, filed the lawsuit against Burbank-based Disney in Los Angeles Superior Court. His allegations include breach of contract, fraud, ...
Disneyland Project Wins Key Vote
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In a unanimous vote, City Council members Tuesday erased the most significant regulatory obstacle to the planned $3-billion Disneyland Resort, setting the stage for the biggest expansion of Disneyland since the theme park opened 38 years ago. With little discussion, city leaders gave their approval to a report that asses the environmental impact that a second theme park and resort next to Disneyland ...
Disneyland Promises To Reduce Noise
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In an effort to appease neighbors who are opposed to a new Disney resort and theme park, Walt Disney Co. officials said Wednesday that they will spend $500,000 to tone down noise already coming from Disneyland. The announcement came during a City council hearing on the proposed $3-billion Westcot project. One of the obstacles to approval has been the potential for noise. Although the Planning ...
Disneyland Pumpkin Carver Gets Squashed This Time Of Year
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He is the Picasso of pumpkins. For the last seven years, Joseph Yakovetic has chiseled intricate pieces of character art -- Yoda, Goofy, Iron Man, Jack Skellington, Alice in Wonderland -- out of squash in front of audiences at Disneyland's Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree. Wielding clay loop tools and a linoleum cutter, Yakovetic tackles simple likenesses, such as Mickey Mouse, whom he can carve in 15 ...
Disneyland Purists Decry Tame Teacups In Fantasyland
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The teacup ride has turned tame and longtime fans of the Fantasyland attraction are not happy. The Mad Tea Party ride with 18 giant spinning teacups was recently modified in the name of safety to make it harder for people to spin. The move has prompted fans of the ride to march to City Hall on Disneyland's Main Street in protest and post hundreds of messages on Internet discussion boards under ...
Disneyland Quietly Removes Suspected AI Art At New Gift Shop After Blowback
After backlash from hawkeyed Disney fans, Disneyland has removed a piece of artwork rumored to have been created by generative artificial intelligence.
Disneyland recently opened its highly anticipated add-on to the Haunted Mansion Madame Leota 's Somewhere Beyond, a stand-alone gift shop near the ride. Even better, in a “Nightmare Before Christmas” miracle, the team opened the new shop ...
Disneyland Railroad And Fantasmic Return Dates
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Much of the Disneyverse is craftily constructed around clocks and the nature of time, and a fan only need dip into a song, or story, to find references to the meaning, and passage, of hours and minutes. From the stroke of midnight in "Cinderella" to Cogsworth the clock of "Beauty and the Beast" to "Step in Time" from "Mary Poppins" to the beloved doll clock at It's a Small World at Disneyland, ...
Disneyland Railroad Breaks Down Forcing Evacuation And Stranding Engine
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The Disneyland Railroad broke down over the weekend forcing the Anaheim theme park to evacuate riders from the passenger cars and stranding the disabled engine on a train trestle over the entrance to Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge. The Ward Kimball steam engine blew an axle on Sunday afternoon and guests were evacuated, according to Disneyland officials. The passenger cars were ...
Disneyland Railroad Gets New Track And A Little TLC
The Disneyland Railroad remains out of commission while the grand circle tour undergoes a major refurbishment in preparation for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Anaheim theme park.
Disneyland is replacing a section of track, refreshing the stations along the route and giving the trains a little TLC while the 1955 opening day attraction remains closed.
Crews have been ...
Disneyland Railroad Guided Tour Returns In March Reservations Open Now
Disneyland Resort has shared that the Disneyland Railroad Guided Tour will return beginning March 21, 2025. Reservations are open now and can be made via the Disneyland app or the official Disneyland website.
Exploring Walt Disney 's passion for trains and how it shaped Disneyland, this 90-minute tour offers guests the opportunity to enjoy a scenic ride aboard Disneyland Railroad 's ...
Disneyland Railroad Starts Testing Trains On Its New Route
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The rails were singing again with the sounds of whistles and bells as engineers and conductors started testing trains on the new route for the Disneyland Railroad. The route for the opening day attraction underwent a major modification in the Frontierland area to make room for the 14-acre "Star Wars" land project. Now the route skirts the edge of the shortened Rivers of America, along the Big ...
Disneyland Raised Prices To Shorten Waits Here Are The Results
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Like scores of other Disneyland fans, Craig Yoshihara has developed his own time-tested technique for avoiding long wait times for rides in the park. The pastor from Dinuba, Calif., who visits at least once a month, rushes in as soon as the gates open and quickly heads to Space Mountain and Star Tours before hitting other popular rides. He walks in a counterclockwise direction around the park - ...
Disneyland Raises Annual Pass Prices And Discontinues Premium Pass
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Disney's top-level annual passholders will have to shell out more than $1,000 if they want to visit Disneyland and Disney California Adventure anytime of the year. Disneyland raised its prices for lower-tier annual passes Sunday by as much as $60, highest-tier bi-coastal pass good for visits for Walt Disney World and Disneyland by $300, and eliminated the no-blackout, $779 Premium Annual Passport. ...
Disneyland Raises Maxpass Prices 33 As Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run Joins Fastpass Lineup
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Disneyland raised prices on the MaxPass mobile app 33% as the Anaheim theme park announced that the new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge will soon join the lineup of rides on the FastPass system. The cost to use Disney 's digital MaxPass system, which lets visitors book FastPass attraction times via a mobile app, will rise to $20 per day. ...
Disneyland Raises Prices For 2nd Time In Less Than A Year
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The 'Happiest Place on Earth' just got a little more pricey. Disneyland Resort has raised prices for single-day tickets and season passes for the second time in less than a year. The new prices took effect on Sunday, and they affect both the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks. Now, a regular one-day ticket for either Disneyland or California Adventure will cost you $87 instead ...
