Disneyland Ride Gets New Shrubbery
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Topiaries have been part of "itsasmallworld" since the ride debuted at Disneyland in 1966, but today's plants are not the originals. Karen Hedges, director of Horticulture and Resort Enhancement, said the 15 topiaries - shaped as animals and objects - have a lifespan of eight to 12 years and are replaced in phases. Earlier this month, a Firethorn in the shape of a deer and a Shrubby Yew Pine ...
Disneyland Ride Review A Trip Back In Time On The Horsedrawn Streetcars
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Main Street, U.S.A. is a trip back to any town in America in the 1890s. What makes that trip complete are the horse-drawn streetcars slowly clip-clopping down the street. This attraction has stayed pretty much the same since Disneyland opened in 1955. The only significant change was the removal of a "Fare" box that was present opening day. The fare back then was 10 cents. Now, of course, every ...
Disneyland Ride Review An Eerie Trip Into Space On Ghost Galaxy
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Space Mountain is one of the most thrilling attractions at Disneyland. So in 2009, Disney Imagineers decided to make it more thrilling for Halloween by turning it into Ghost Galaxy. Spooky sounds emanate from the building as you walk up the entrance ramp. At night, there are images of a ghost projected onto the building for all to see, warning you that things in space are different now. The ...
Disneyland Ride Review Book A Flight With Dumbo The Flying Elephant
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Have you seen an elephant fly? Sure, you've seen a house fly, a peanut stand and even a rubber band, but have you ever seen an elephant fly? Well, you can at Disneyland, and you can fly on one too. We are talking about none other than Dumbo the Flying Elephant, based on the animated Disney film "Dumbo." After boarding one of 16 Dumbos on the attraction, and making sure the safety belt is ...
Disneyland Ride Review Cruising Into The Humorous Waterways Of The Jungle Cruise
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Turn around and wave good-bye to your normal Disneyland ride review as we cast off and head out onto the waterways of the Jungle Cruise. This pun-laden guided tour of the jungle rivers of the world has been around since the opening day of Disneyland. At its simplest, it is a guided tour, by boat, through the jungles of Africa, Asia and South America. But any similarities to real life end there - ...
Disneyland Ride Review Eerie And Merry Join For The Haunted Mansion Holiday
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A haunted house mixing Christmas and Halloween is exactly what you get when Disneyland adds the seasonal overlay called the Haunted Mansion Holiday to its classic attraction. Based on the Tim Burton-produced film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," it features Jack Skellington and other characters from the movie. You start your tour of the mansion as usual, but the outside is now decorated with ...
Disneyland Ride Review Full Steam Ahead On The Mark Twain
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Engine room, full speed ahead. The bell clangs and the steam whistle blows as you embark on a journey aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat, one of Disneyland's opening day attractions still around. It will take you on a journey on the Rivers of America in Frontierland, nearly identical to the one visitors to the park encountered in 1955. As the steam-powered paddle wheeler glides away from the dock, it ...
Disneyland Ride Review Help Buzz Lightyear Protect The Galaxy
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Attention Space Rangers! You are called upon to go to infinity and beyond while visiting Disneyland to aid Buzz Lightyear in his battle against the Evil Emperor Zurg and defeat his plans to steal all the batteries from Earth. Zurg needs the batteries to power his evil robots and more in his effort to take over the galaxy. You, as a Space Ranger, must venture inside Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters to ...
Disneyland Ride Review Pinocchios Daring Journey Is A Little Wooden
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It's time to take a ride on Pinocchio's Daring Journey at Disneyland, which is based on Walt Disney's second animated feature film, "Pinocchio," which was based on the children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. This attraction appeared in 1983, occupying the space that once held the Fantasyland Theater. Above the entrance there is a small figure of Pinocchio on a stage. Passing ...
Disneyland Ride Review Ride In The Animal Cars On Casey Jr Circus Train
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Want to act like a monkey? You can. Just make sure you ride in the monkey car on the Casey Jr. Circus Train. The small train has two animal cars, one for those who want to be a monkey and another for "wild animals." There are also two sleigh cars and a caboose. "All aboard," says the train, and once you're locked in your cage or safely in your seat, the small locomotive starts out. The train ...
Disneyland Ride Review Ride The Galloping Horses On King Arthur Carrousel
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Gallop around to some upbeat organ music and you know you're on a merry-go-round. But this isn't just any old merry-go-round; it's the one in Fantasyland at Disneyland, and it's named after a king. As you approach the King Arthur Carrousel you can hear the organ music, which is piped in from the organ playing it from behind the Dumbo the Flying Elephant attraction. In the front of the carousel, ...
Disneyland Ride Review Sailing Ship Columbia & Maritime Museum
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Ahoy, mateys! Welcome aboard Disneyland's Sailing Ship Columbia, an authentic replica of the first United States ship to sail around the world. Only this version sails around the Rivers of America in Frontierland, out into the wilderness and back. You see, Walt Disney wanted another ship to sail on his river here at Disneyland besides the Mark Twain Riverboat - so he had his Imagineers make one ...
Disneyland Ride Review Small World For The Holidays Is Joyous
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The holiday version of it's a small world debuted at Disneyland in 1997. The facade looks the same, except for the Santa Claus hat on the smiling clock. But at night, the attraction undergoes a dramatic change as thousands of colored lights illuminate the facade. As you approach the turnstiles, the music has changed to a mix of the classic song the attraction is known for, along with a mix of ...
Disneyland Ride Review Snow Whites Scary Adventure Puts You Face To Face With The Evil Queen
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Look up and you will see the evil Queen looking down with disdain through the curtains of her chamber as you enter the line for Snow White's Scary Adventure at Disneyland. As you wind your way around the dungeon in the queue, you find a golden apple. Touch it and you will hear the Queen cackle menacingly. Nearby is a book of poisons open to a page about a poisoned apple that brings on the Sleeping ...
Disneyland Ride Review Spin Into The Madness At The Mad Tea Party
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Where else could you go to a party that is mad but at Disneyland? The Mad Tea Party was inspired by the Walt Disney animated movie "Alice in Wonderland" and has been twirling its challenge to spin as fast as you can since the park opened in 1955. Since the ride is next to the Alice in Wonderland attraction, you hear the music from the movie playing as you get in line. Once it is your turn, the ...
Disneyland Ride Review Take A Trip Down The Rabbit Hole With Alice In Wonderland
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Ready for a trip down the rabbit hole? Then step aboard a caterpillar for a ride on the Alice in Wonderland attraction at Disneyland. Based on the 1951 animated movie of the same name produced by Walt Disney, the attraction is boarded outside in a fanciful garden setting, right next to the Mad Tea Party attraction. Your ride is the back of a caterpillar. After boarding, your journey starts up a ...
Disneyland Ride Review Take A Wild Ride With Mr Toad
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Turn the steering wheel all you want, but you will still careen out of control from the moment you set out on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland. Your frenzied ride starts off with a crash as you bang through the door of Toad Hall's parlor into the library, where your car seemingly knocks down stacks of books before crashing through the fireplace, knocking "sparks" and embers onto the floor. ...
Disneyland Ride Review This Small World Will Have You Singing Along
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The message is happiness and global peace in the classic Disney attraction it's a small world, which debuted not at Disneyland but at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Time magazine calculated last year that the attraction's song, which gave the ride its name, has been heard and played more than any song ever written. First some history: Walt Disney was approached by Pepsi-Cola to design an attraction ...
Disneyland Ride Review Walking Through The Corridors Of Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Curious about what is inside Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland? The open door beckons the curious to explore its stone staircases and darkened corridors. Walk inside, and you encounter an ornate manuscript, open to its first page, where you read about the birth of Aurora, later to be known as "Sleeping Beauty." As you climb the first set of stairs, you can see the child's room, where she rests ...
Disneyland Ride Threatened
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Attention Disney fans - the classic Disneyland ride "It's a small world" (with perhaps the most teeth-grindingly annoying song ever, next to "Kokomo") is in danger of commercialization! The ride is closed for ten months so that the boat flumes can be replaced with a deeper design more appropriate for "todays heavier boatloads" (read: fatter tourists). While the ride is down, Disney has been tinkering ...
Disneyland Ride To Reopen
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Disneyland will reopen Space Mountain this summer after a two-year overhaul. The indoor roller coaster was 26 years old and its track needed major work when it was closed in April 2003. It will debut on July 15 -- in time for Disneyland's official 50th anniversary on July 17 -- and will sport new special effects and a Mars-themed ''launch ...
Disneyland Rides Temporarily Closed After Reports Of Smoke
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Several Disneyland rides were temporarily closed Thursday afternoon after reports of smoke in an area near the Pinocchio Daring Journey ride in the Fantasyland section of the theme park, according to fire department and park officials. More than 20 personnel from the Anaheim Fire Department responded shortly after noon to reports of smoke in a 5-square-foot area near the Pinocchio ride, said Maria ...
Disneyland Roller Coaster Accident Kills One
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A car derailed on a roller coaster at Disneyland, killing one man and injuring 10 others on Friday morning, city officials said. A car on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction derailed while the train went through a dark tunnel about 2:20 p.m. EDT, said officials in Anaheim, California, where the park is located. Los Angeles television station KCAL 9 said that two children were among the ...
Disneyland Roller Coaster Was Inspected
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A Disneyland repair crew found no problems when it inspected a roller coaster only hours before the ride derailed and killed a 22-year-old man, according to police documents. Four Disneyland mechanics performed routine maintenance on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad on the morning of Sept. 5, according to documents released Thursday [10/9/2003]. Later that day, the roller coaster ...
Disneyland Rolls Back Unpopular Galaxys Edge Price Hikes From Chapek Era
Disneyland has quietly rolled back unpopular price hikes on already expensive lightsabers and droids in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge that were instituted during the final months of Disney 's former CEO Bob Chapek 's tenure. Disneyland has dropped prices on the lightsaber-building experience at Savi 's Workshop from $250 to $220 and on the astromech-assembling experience at Droid Depot from $120 ...
Disneyland Rolls Out 2 New Projection Shows During 70th Anniversary
A pair of new projection shows on the Carthay Circle and It 's a Small World facades will help cement the “Celebrate Happy” theme song in the minds of Disneyland visitors during the park 's 70th anniversary celebration in 2025.
The new projection shows will be part of Disneyland 's 70th anniversary celebration that kicks off on May 16 and runs through summer 2026 at the Anaheim theme ...
Disneyland Rolls Out Mini Parades In Preparation For Halloween Parade
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The return of parade floats along Main Street U.S.A. is another sign that Disneyland is slowly but surely beginning to reintroduce more live entertainment sidelined by the extended coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park. Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have started offering three mini parades in preparation for the return of a full parade in September tied to the kick off of ...
Disneyland Rolls Out New Audio Guide For Blind Visitors
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Main Street is busy and noisy. It's packed with people, strolling by the classic old-time storefronts. Horse-drawn trolleys and old jalopies carry camera-clad visitors. If you're blind, it's hard to tell what's going on. That's why the Disneyland today unveiled a free, handheld audio device, which uses GPS to trigger descriptions of the park's outdoor areas. "The central plaza near Sleeping Beauty ...
Disneyland Rolls Out New Eats And Drinks Before Disney100 Celebration See The List
Disneyland is rolling out dozens of new foods, snacks, drinks and collectibles designed to entice and delight foodies ahead of the upcoming Disney100 year-long party celebrating the 100th anniversary of Disney animation. Disney100 food and beverage items are available before the anniversary party officially kicks off with the launch of a new ride, fireworks show and nighttime spectacular on ...
Disneyland Rolls Out The Green Carpet With More Artificial Turf Around The Park
Disneyland has rolled out the green carpet with more artificial turf over the past few weeks and months as part of a drought-fighting water conservation effort that has largely gone unnoticed - and that 's the goal. But sharp-eyed Disneyland fans may start noticing the change from natural to synthetic grass throughout the park starting this week. New artificial turf around the ...
Disneyland Says Disabilities Act Doesn't Require It To Allow Segways
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As a lawyer for Disneyland defended the park's preference of wheelchairs for the disabled over Segways, the 9th Circuit judges joked about sedan chairs held aloft by porters, as practiced in ancient times. Tina Baughman says that muscular dystrophy makes it difficult for her to walk or get up from a seated to position. She filed suit in 2007 because Disneyland barred the use of her customary Segway, ...
