Photos of regular customers sit behind the jewelry counter of the Disneyland store. A bride wearing a pearl necklace from the store. A prom goer who purchased a ring for the occasion. A couple who bought a wedding ring there on the day of their ceremony. Those pictures will be packed up next week after the store closes. Jewel of Orleans is set to be open for the last time Sunday after about ...
Disneyland sells its popular Jungle Cruise boat ride this way: "Board a trusty tramp steamer for a 7-minute guided tour of jungles from around the world, brimming with exotic animals and lush tropical foliage. Keep an eye out for potential perils -- and stunning beauty -- as your daring skipper navigates untamed waters with a skilled hand, a brave heart and a clever joke." We all know the hype ...
The Walt Disney Co. was sued on Tuesday by the family of a man who died on a Disneyland ride last year, and by four other passengers injured in the derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. The three separate lawsuits, filed in Orange County Superior Court, seek unspecified general and punitive damages for the death of 22-year-old Marcelo Torres and injuries suffered by other passengers ...
Disneyland has been sued for $5 million by relatives of a woman killed on the park's Matterhorn bobsled ride list month, a family attorney says. Young. 43. of Fremont apparently fell out of her bobsled, then was run over on the sled tracks by the following gondola Jan 3 The Matterhorn is a roller-coaster ride in the shape of the famed Swiss alp. The Orange County Superior Court suit filed Tuesday ...
Disneyland offers some good news today. The fabulous fun land will be open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Saturday, offering more opportunities for sightseeing to those who find the present 8 p.m. closing time inconvenient. And starting now, Disneyland will be open every Monday - the day it formerly was closed.
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Disneyland Summons A Spirited 50Th For The Haunted Mansion
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Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of, what's the word we're searching for... Foreboding. Of course, those aren't just words heard over and over again inside a beyond-iconic attraction in Anaheim; they're currently true, for many Disney devotees. For perhaps you have a profound sense that something is on the wind, a big event is on approach, a splendid ...
Disneyland Swaps Peter Pan For Jack Sparrow When Fantasmic Returns In May
The “Fantasmic” nighttime spectacular will return to Disneyland 's Rivers of America on May 24 with a beloved Peter Pan sequence on the Sailing Ship Columbia and a new climactic battle scene between Sorcerer Mickey and Maleficent. The returning scene - featuring Peter Pan and Captain Hook sword fighting amid the masts of a pirate ship - was part of the original “Fantasmic” show when the ...
Disneyland Switches Fireworks Shows
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Disneyland is switching up its fireworks shows over the next two weeks. The last night of "Halloween Screams" - a special fireworks show for Halloween Time - was Sunday. That show ran almost every night for about five weeks. This coming weekend, the "Remember Dreams Come True" show will come back for just three nights: Nov. 6, 7 and 8, according to the Disneyland Web site. "Remember" was ...
Disneyland Takes Delivery Of 10 Foot Tall Animatronic Snake For Indiana Jones Adventure
A really big animatronic snake that Indiana Jones would hate and riders will love is set to be installed in the Disneyland attraction that pays tribute to the archaeological professor turned action hero. A 10-foot-tall audio-animatronic king cobra that hisses and strikes at riders in Indiana Jones Adventure has arrived at Disneyland ahead of an extensive attraction refurbishment scheduled to ...
Disneyland Tapping Talents
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Julie Houth sashayed like Daisy Duck. David Truong, 18, pretended he was 40 as he held up his imaginary hammer to pound nails into his home. They daintily walked like Minnie Mouse and tilted their heads upward to portray the Queen of Hearts. They curled up on the floor mimicking babies. The two were effervescent and creative - all for a chance to become Disneyland characters and hostesses at a ...
Disneyland Taps Employees As Cultural Experts On Everything From Food To Decor
The Disneyland resort enhancement team planned to decorate a Plaza Point centerpiece display of two Victorian children mannequins pulling a wagon for the Lunar New Year with firecrackers, lucky red envelopes, oranges, tangerines and mandarins. The Disneyland designers brought in a group of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultural experts during the research and development phase to provide ...
Disneyland Teases Cutting Edge New Mickey Mouse Ride At Toontown
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With all the hype surrounding Disneyland's upcoming Star Wars land, one of the park's most overlooked areas is about to get a much-needed toon-up. Toontown will be the home of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, a cutting-edge dark ride slated to open in 2022, park officials announced Friday. The attraction will send guests on a wild train ride through a Mickey Mouse cartoon short and a ...
Disneyland Teases Indiana Jones Themed Bar For Expansion Project
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An Indiana Jones restaurant and bar at Walt Disney World themed as a pilot hangout in an airplane hangar is one example of the high-end “eatertainment” concepts that Disneyland could build under a reimagined long-term vision for the Anaheim theme park resort district. Disneyland teased Jock Lindsey 's Hangar Bar in Disney Springs at Walt Disney World as one of the potential restaurant concepts ...
Disneyland Terrace Set To Close Until Summer
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Disneyland guests will have to find a new place to pick up cheeseburgers and fries until this summer. The Tomorrowland Terrace is scheduled to close starting today while workers expand and renovate the kitchen, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. The outdoor restaurant is set to reopen before July 4. The service-counter eatery mostly sells sandwiches, burgers and salads. ...
Disneyland Tests New Talking Mickey Mouse Character
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Disneyland is testing a groundbreaking Mickey Mouse meet-and-greet character that talks to visitors while posing for photos, according to Walt Disney Imagineering officials. The talking Mickey Mouse has been greeting visitors during unannounced and intermittent "play tests" in his cartoon-style house in Toontown, officials confirmed. After nearly 55 years of mute costumed characters at the ...
Disneyland Tests Virtual Queue With Indiana Jones Adventure Ride
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Disneyland plans to test a virtual queue on Indiana Jones Adventure as the Anaheim theme park tries to reduce the length of the socially distanced standby queue for the popular Adventureland attraction. Disneyland will begin testing the Indiana Jones Adventure virtual queue on Tuesday, May 11 as a temporary measure to alleviate foot traffic pinch points in front of the attraction that returned ...
Disneyland The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Summer Nightastic! The Good The best part of last Friday's media day at the Disneyland Resort had to be the news from a talk show-style presentation put on by the resort's marketing department called What's New, What's Next. Summer Nightastic! is the name of the Disneyland Resort's summer 2009 marketing campaign. It covers everything from dance parties to new lighting effects, enhancements to ...
Disneyland The Happiest Place on Earth
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I went to Disneyland today. I was expecting the worst. It's a Saturday. Great weather, the place would be packed. I drive up and see parking is $12. Lame. But then, at a Charger game a few weeks ago, parking was $25. Yikes. My girlfriend and I had both been to California Adventure previously, but neither of us went on that Hollywood Hotel elevator ride. We loved it. And, loved that there ...
Disneyland The Happiest Place On Earth
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No trip to Los Angeles is complete without a visit to Disneyland. I haven't been here in years, but Sleeping Beauty's castle looks as beautiful as ever. What can I say? It appeals to my inner princess and will always be a Disney landmark. Like Universal Studios, the crowds were smaller and more manageable. Unfortunately, Disneyland took advantage of the off-season to close several rides. We didn't get ...
Disneyland The Happiest Place On Earth Not For The Locals
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The Happiest Place On Earth isn't quite as happy for local residents lately - and it's probably your fault. Last weekend Disneyland raised its ticket prices - again. The 4 per cent rise in a one-day park admission makes the cost of a ticket $US96 ($103) - closing in on the magical $US100 for one day with Mickey and friends - and local residents are angry. OK, they're kinda angry at the price increase ...
Disneyland The Planet's Safest Place
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I just returned from my first trip to Disneyland. It wasn't on my "bucket list." Not like I've got one foot in the grave, but I could have died contentedly without ever seeing Mickey "in the flesh." I was raised by parents who had both witnessed the extreme poverty of third world countries. This translated into my brother and me being shielded from much of the popular culture of cartoons and ...
Disneyland Then And Now
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1955 Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in summer; closed Mondays the rest of the year. Size: 60 acres, plus 100 acres for parking. Zones: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Main Street USA 18 attarctions Admission: $1 (including tax) for adults. 50 cents for children. Ride tickets, sold separately, priced from 10 to 35 cents. Employees: About 1,000 ...
Disneyland Through The Years
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1954-Summer Construction gets under way and Disneyland begins to emerge from the surrounding bean fields and orange groves of Anaheim. 1955-July 17 The opening day ceremonies are beamed coast-to-coast in a TV special. One of the hosts: actor Ronald Wilson Reagan. 1956-October Attendance hits the five million mark; the Skyway, Tom Sawyer Island, Storybook Land attractions open this year. 1957 ...
Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens
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Disneyland on Wednesday reopened its Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which crashed last September, killing one man. The coaster, which looks like a train, partially derailed when the locomotive broke free from cars in tow. An investigation by state safety regulators later blamed the derailment on faulty maintenance. State safety regulators approved the ride as ready for service ...
Disneyland Tightens Pin Trading Rules To Rein In Pinsanity
Disneyland has reined in “professional” pin traders who bring thousands of collectible pins to the Anaheim theme park by extremely limiting the amount of time, number of pins and trading locations where the decades-old cherished Disney tradition is permitted. Disneyland has updated its Guest Pin Trading Etiquette policy to help enhance the overall visitor experience, according to Disneyland ...
Disneyland To Add A Digital Fastpass Option For $10 A Day
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Disneyland's Fastpass ticketing system, which lets visitors avoid the long lines for crowded attractions by booking a ride time, has been a free feature since it was created in 1999. But Disney announced Wednesday that it will let parkgoers use the Disneyland smartphone app to electronically book and redeem Fastpasses, as well as download unlimited photos taken by resort photographers - for $10 a day. ...
Disneyland To Add Projection Effects To Star Wars Fireworks Show
The Star Wars fireworks show at Disneyland will soon roll out new projection effects designed to rival the imagery seen on Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street U.S.A. that draw thousands for nighttime spectaculars.
The “Fire of the Rising Moons” fireworks show in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge will feature projection effects and galactic music during the Season of the Force seasonal event ...
Disneyland To Add Projection Effects To Star Wars Fireworks Show
The Star Wars fireworks show at Disneyland will soon roll out new projection effects designed to rival the imagery seen on Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street U.S.A. that draws thousands for nighttime spectaculars.
The “Fire of the Rising Moons” fireworks show in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge will feature projection effects and galactic music during the Season of the Force seasonal event ...
Disneyland To Bring Back Fantasmic World Of Color And Main Street Electrical Parade In 2022
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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will bring back a host of fan-favorite nighttime entertainment in 2022 that has been sorely missing from the Anaheim theme parks since they returned from a 412-day pandemic closure. “Fantasmic,” “World of Color” and the Main Street Electrical Parade will return in 2022 as part of a phased reopening of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, ...
Disneyland To Build New 7 Level 6800 Space Parking Structure
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A new parking structure will be constructed at Disneyland as part of the $1 billion investment deal the theme park has with the city of Anaheim. On Aug. 2, the park announced the Eastern Gateway project, which will be a new seven-level, 6,800-space parking structure and a pedestrian bridge to the resort near a hotel. The new structure will be at the site of the Pumbaa parking lot and a ...
Disneyland To Celebrate 45th Anniversary Of The Enchanted Tiki Room
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Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the Enchanted Tiki Room. On June 22, 1963, people first entered the attraction "where the birds sing words, and the flowers croon, in the tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki room." Here are some facts about the attraction: The Enchanted Tiki Room was the first attraction to function completely via the wonders of Audio-Animatronics technology. The title ...
