Disneyland Resort Eliminates Use Of Hand Stamp For Re-Entry Into Its Theme Parks
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The longtime act of getting a hand stamp when exiting Disneyland has disappeared into yesterland. Disneyland Resort eliminated the stamps Sunday, July 9, now taking a photo of everyone who enters the theme park with an admission ticket. For several years, those with annual passes have not needed hand stamps, as their photo was on file. The requirement for photos was added to multi-day tickets, ...
Disneyland Resort Generates 4.7 Billion Annually To Economy
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The Disneyland Resort generates about $4.7 billion to the Southern California economy each year, Disney announced Friday. The figure includes taxes and tourist dollars. George Kalogridis, president of the Disneyland Resort, revealed the numbers during a State of the Resort speech on Friday. They come from an independent report that the company commissioned last year. The Disneyland Resort ...
Disneyland Resort Generates 5.7 Billion Dollars Of Southern California Economy
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Disneyland Resort generates an estimated $5.7 billion annually in economic activity for the Southern California economy, according to an independent study commissioned by The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division. "We've just had great growth and I think that plays out with the expansion of the Disney California Adventure," Disneyland President Michael Colglazier said in an interview Thursday. "I ...
Disneyland Resort Gets Solar Power
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You won't be able to see them, but shiny solar panels are on top of Radiator Springs Racers. The panels were installed beginning in August on top of the Disney California Adventure attraction's show building. They're now online, providing some electrical power to the theme park. Matt Gray, the director of park operations at the Disneyland Resort said it was done to help deliver on a commitment of ...
Disneyland Resort Holiday Season Begins This Week
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The snowfall, twinkly castle and holiday-themed parades and fireworks return this week to the Disneyland Resort, well before Thanksgiving. The holiday season begins Friday, Nov. 13 at both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, running through Jan. 3. Most of the features are the same as previous years, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. However, a few surprises were added to ...
Disneyland Resort Honors Its Overnight Workers With A Middle Of The Night Party
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They were there overnight as usual, but for a couple of hours several hundred-cast members weren't cleaning and making repairs around the Disneyland Resort. They are the resort's third shift overnight cast members, and the resort was honoring them with a party called "Cars Under the Stars - Third Shift Celebration." Held in Cars Land, it gave many of the third-shift cast members a chance to ride ...
Disneyland Resort Introduces New Height-Measurement System
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The Disneyland(R) Resort has piloted a new height-measuring system that standardizes the way in which guests are measured for height-restricted attractions. Currently being tested at Disneyland(R) Park, this system objectively measures the height of guests through the use of an ultrasound beam that designates, by color and character-coded wristbands, which height-restricted attractions guests can ...
Disneyland Resort Makes Annual Passes More Accessible And Affordable For Southern California Residents
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As Disneyland Resort celebrates the holiday gift-giving season, a newly launched Monthly Payment Program for Annual Passholders will make it easier for Southern California residents to have their own frequent Disneyland Resort celebrations in the year to come. This new program lets Southern California residents enjoy the Disneyland Resort magic throughout the year with an Annual Passport, while paying ...
Disneyland Resort Marks Q3 Attendance Record
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Attendance at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and its parent's other U.S. parks saw record-setting attendance for the third quarter ended June 29. The Disneyland Resort includes two theme parks, three hotels and the Downtown Disney shopping and entertainment district. Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. doesn't break out attendance results for each of its parks, but the company said in a conference ...
Disneyland Resort Names New Ambassadors
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Two Orange County residents will become Disneyland Resort Ambassadors for two years starting Jan. 1, the company announced at a ceremony Tuesday (today). Rene Torrico, 29, and Jolie Hales, 28, will serve as representatives of Disneyland at community and company events, including visiting children at hospitals, during their terms. Disney selects ambassadors among its employees called cast members ...
Disneyland Resort Offers Plenty Of New Attractions
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The self-proclaimed "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a whole lot happier. When Disneyland Resort's new 12-acre Cars Land opens in time for next summer's tourist blitz, it will represent the latest achievement in the world of "imagineering" a word that was coined to emphasize the imagination of Disney engineers. Presently under construction in the Disney California Adventure park, ...
Disneyland Resort Presents a Window on Main Street, U.S.A. to Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
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They've written some of the most memorable songs in Disney theme park and motion picture history, and on March 11, 2010, the Academy Award-winning composers of the music from "It's a Small World" and The Enchanted Tiki Room, as well as "Mary Poppins," will receive the highest honor that the Disneyland Resort bestows. The Sherman brothers, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, will receive a ...
Disneyland Resort President Discusses Expansion
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Plans include a new Tinker Bell attraction to open at Disneyland in October. More rides, theme park land and hotel rooms are in the future for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, said Disneyland Resort President Ed Grier Wednesday. Disney plans to add a Tinker Bell attraction at Disneyland in October, 253 rooms to the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa and new rides and themed lands to Disney's ...
Disneyland Resort President To Retire
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The president of the Disneyland Resorts in Anaheim, the first African American to oversee the theme park, announced his retirement Monday. Ed Grier, 54, started his 28-year Disney career as a senior auditor. From 2004 to 2006, he was executive director of the Disney attractions in Tokyo. In 2006, he took over as head of the Anaheim operations. Grier oversees a workforce of 20,000 employees at the ...
Disneyland Resort Promotes Claire Bilby To Senior Vice President
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The Disneyland Resort announced today that Claire Bilby has been promoted to senior vice president, Sales and Distribution Marketing. In her new role, Bilby will continue leading all sales efforts and work closely with a variety of travel industry partners to maximize Resort sales opportunities. "Claire is a very talented executive," said Matt Ouimet, president of the Disneyland Resort. "She brings ...
Disneyland Resort Puts On Its Holiday Finest
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It doesn't matter what holiday rolls around, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks make the season brighter with classic Disney magic and some fun and exciting surprises. From November 12 through January 2, 2011, guests will be able to enjoy some of Disney's popular offerings as well as new holiday versions of "it's a small world" and Haunted Mansion, along with "A Christmas Fantasy" ...
Disneyland Resort Rain Advice: Wet All Week Means Plan Ahead To Save Cash
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The forecast for the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim and even Los Angeles is wet with plenty of more rain to come. Rain is to drop daily until Wednesday and there isn't any doubt this will be an issue if you decide to enjoy Disneyland or Disney's California Adventure right up to Christmas Eve. Some of our Disney sources emailed us to remind us that guests could save a boat load of cash stopping by the ...
Disneyland Resort Raises Prices As Much As 18%
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The Disneyland resort raised prices over the weekend, several months before the park plans to unveil a remake of its boardwalk-themed area at the California Adventure Park. The prices rose the highest for annual pass holders, up as much as 18%. Daily tickets rose nearly 9%. By comparison, the consumer price index rose 2.5% in the 12 months ending January 2017. Daily tickets for the Anaheim theme ...
Disneyland Resort Raises Ticket Prices
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Orange County residents will now have to pay more to experience "the happiest place on Earth." Disney announced Saturday that tickets for single-day, one park passes for the Disneyland Resort, which includes Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, will increase by $5 starting Sunday. Prices will be $92 for an adult ticket and $86 for children under 10. Parking rates for Disney lots will ...
Disneyland Resort Shows A Spooky Disney Side For Halloween Time
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Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort is a one-of-a-kind celebration of chilling, family friendly fun. From Friday, Sept. 12, through Friday, Oct. 31, guests will explore their spooky Disney Side with special Halloween transformations of Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain; encounter Disney villains conjured by a magic cauldron; dance to the Mad T Party band and meet Mickey Mouse and his friends in ...
Disneyland Resort To Close Early Due To Heavy Rain
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It isn't often Southern California experiences anything but well, sunny, but we're actually suffering through some real weather this week. Even Disneyland is responding by shutting down the parks three hours earlier than originally scheduled--and all on a holiday. Disneyland is scheduled to close at 8 p.m. tonight, while California Adventure will close up shop at 6 p.m. Their nightly fireworks show, ...
Disneyland Resort Welcomes Anna And Elsa From Frozen To A Christmas Fantasy Parade For The Holidays
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The Happiest Place on Earth Just Gets Merrier as Anna and Elsa from Walt Disney Pictures' animated hit "Frozen" join the annual holiday celebration at the Disneyland Resort. The Holidays bring themed entertainment, sparkling decorations, delicious treats, festive traditions and holiday shopping to locations throughout the Resort. Among the highlights of the season, Nov. 13 through Jan. 6, 2015, is the ...
Disneyland Restaurant Robbed Of 10000 Dollars
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A cashier at a Disneyland restaurant was robbed of about $10,000 yesterday afternoon as he prepared to take the money in bag to a bank deposit point. Richard M. Lowry, 25 said he had just walked out the back door of the Red Wagon Inn when a man came up and stuck a blunt object in his back. Lowry said the bandit told him to hand over the money and he wouldn't get hurt. He then made Lowry ...
Disneyland Restaurants Close New One Opens
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Disneyland restaurants along Main Street U.S.A. will begin a transformation starting Thursday (today). Some food venues on the west side of Main Street U.S.A. are set to close temporarily for renovations starting Thursday. Also Thursday, the new Jolly Holiday Bakery is set to have a "soft opening," said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. The official opening is set for Saturday. The ...
Disneyland Restricted Airspace Prompts Cancellation Of Insect-Spraying Flight
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The airspace around Disneyland is restricted. That's the lesson learned by a company that was set to spray for mosquitoes in Orange County, Calif., Wednesday night - but had to call off the mission because it didn't have a waiver to fly near the theme park. "A complication arose in the operation regarding permissions to fly over restricted airspace around Disneyland," the Orange County Mosquito and ...
Disneyland Resumes Sales Of Wooden Toy Guns
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Disneyland recently began selling wooden toy guns again, about nine years after pulling them off of store shelves. Disney officials decided to resume sales of the toy guns, which are now orange and green, because of customers' requests, said Betsy Sanchez, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. Disneyland had continued selling plastic guns, including space-like and pirate-themed ones, Sanchez said. ...
Disneyland Resumes Weekday Fireworks
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Are you hearing the boom of Disneyland fireworks on school nights again? That's because school is out in some places. Disneyland has resumed fireworks showings on weekdays for about five weeks during the spring break period when crowds pick up. During the slower off season in the winter and spring, Disneyland usually only shoots off fireworks on weekends. The nightly fireworks schedule ...
Disneyland Rethemes Restaurant Bringing Back Old Roots With New Menu
Disneyland guests searching for a bite to eat in Critter Country will soon be able to partake in a more robust menu inspired by relics that have been missing from the park for decades.
The Hungry Bear restaurant, nestled near the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride and the upcoming Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, is undergoing a transformation. It will soon be known as the Hungry Bear ...
Disneyland Return Railroad And River Attractions
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The building of a space port in a galaxy that happens to be located far, far away doesn't normally prevent an earthbound train from traveling the route it has run along for decades. The port is somewhere deep in the cosmos, light years from this planet, while the train tracks? They've been placed on terra firma, and the engine that toot-toots along them will never be impacted by what happens in space. ...
Disneyland Reveals 3 New Destinations For Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run will venture to three Star Wars planets first visited in the original film trilogy of the 1970s and ‘80s when the rebooted Disneyland ride embarks on a new adventure with the Mandalorian and Grogu.
The refreshed Smugglers Run motion simulator ride in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge will visit Tatooine, Endor and Bespin when the updated attraction debuts on May ...
Disneyland Reveals Delicious Holiday 2024 Food Offerings
It 's the most wonderful time of the year again at the most magical place on earth, and the Disneyland Resort is welcoming guests for its Christmas and holiday season. In addition to the holiday decor and after-hours Christmas parties, Disneyland has also released its lineup of holiday food and treat offerings for the season, which are available throughout in Disneyland, California Adventure, resorts, ...
