For The Young And The Star-Struck
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According to Disneyland's corporate marketing parable, Mickey's Toontown isn't new; it's been there since the 1930's, but we couldn't see the secret hideaway until January of this year. That was when the cartoon community decided to go public and allow us non-toons-real-life human beings-not only to visit but also to take tours of Minnie and Mickey Mouse's houses. Yeah, right. Don't try running this ...
Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High
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Annette Funicello The death of Annette Funicello this month set off a wave of nostalgia among baby boomers who remember her as the star of the "Mouseketeers" of the original Mickey Mouse Club (MMC). MMC was the brainchild of Walt Disney, studio founder, entertainer, and entrepreneur, originally as a means of promoting the then new Disneyland, which opened in Anaheim, California on 17 July 1955. ...
Former Disney Dancer Can Still Can-Can
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When the can-can dancers kick up their legs for Disneyland's "A Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue," they will be watched over by a dancer from the original show who last kicked up her legs more than 25 years ago. Demetra "DeeDee" Bozikis was a can-can dancers during the last nine years of the original show's 31-year run, which ended in October 1986. "It was wonderful to work with those Disney ...
Former Imagineer Shares Early Concept For Attraction
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Early concept designs for Gadget 's Go Coaster were recently revealed online by former Disney Imagineer Jim Shull. See the photos, and why Jim says they didn 't go with the original concept for the attraction. Jim Shull took to his Twitter to share a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Gadget 's Go Coaster at Disneyland. Gadget 's Go Coaster is a family-friendly roller coaster themed to ...
Former Marshall Resident Wins Contest To Play Character On Disney Ride
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Brodie Brockie will join two dozen other people in California's Disneyland Resort as winners of the CareerBuilder.com Disney Dream Jobs competition. Disney on Tuesday announced its 25 winners; Brockie was among them and is slated to be an honorary Jungle Cruise skipper. Brockie, a 1991 Marshall High School graduate and current Ann Arbor resident, said the 10-minute boat ride through waters filled ...
Four Classic Rides Just Closed For A Massive Makeover
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As you get ready to plan your park visit, it's helpful to know which attractions could be closed and when. Four Disneyland rides closed for refurbishment this year; they're going to look so different! Don't worry, though. The closures are all seasonal and will re-open at various times throughout the year. So here's the big question. What rides are off the table? Here ...
Four Ways To Save Money On A Trip
A trip to Disneyland is something many families may only be able to dream of. Especially in the current climate, where everything (including ticket prices) just keeps getting more and more expensive.
And while many do manage to visit Mickey Mouse, a new survey found a staggering 45 percent of parents with kids in the US had landed themselves in debt (on average $US1983) from their Disney ...
Frantic Kingdom: A Wild Ride In Search Of Lost Sister
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It was 1968, and Mom had volunteered to take us four girls from Portland to Disneyland while Dad was on a business trip. We were a handful - I was the oldest at 13; Mary was 9; Jean, 5; and Sarah, 3. And we had big plans: the Matterhorn, Teacups, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Sleeping Beauty's Castle and those nutty submarines that weren't even completely submerged. The first couple of days were fun in ...
Free Passes And Canoe Race Wages May Be Low But Little Known Perks Make Working At A Theme Park More Attractive
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Nine Disneyland custodians who call their team Clean Sweep launched their canoe with a splash. "One and two and three and," shouted the stroker, the paddler at the front of the boat, in a race around Tom Sawyer Island. At the back, Melody Anderson wedged her oar into the water, hoping to steer her team to a fast enough time to make the finals. "This perk is very high on my list," the 61-year-old ...
Free Roaming Droids To Make Appearances At Star Wars Galaxys Edge
New droids capable of dancing, hopping in place, bowing their heads and nudging humans like pets are coming to Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at Disneyland beginning on Friday. The droids, known as BD-X droids, will make appearances at various locations around the Black Spire Outpost at Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge throughout the day. The appearances will coincide with the resort 's “Season of the ...
Free Shows And Exhibits
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Walt Disney always believed that entertainment of educational value should be presented so that everyone is able to see it, and the Disneyland staff holds on to that important ideal today. Since everything at Disneyland is set either in the past or the future, most of the free exhibits deal with history or things to come. Main Street, U.S.A. is a free show in itself a perfect replica of a ...
Freeway Jammed By Disneyland Mob
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Honking horns and steaming engines of cars backed up for miles on the Santa Ana Freeway and other roads near west Anaheim Monday morning sounded fanfare for the public opening of Disneyland. The huge amusement area officially opened for business at 10 a.m. Monday after some 35,000 invited guests attended the press preview Sunday. The public opening drew some 50,000 persons to the $17,000,000 ...
Friend of Mickey
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Little noticed in the hoopla surrounding Walt Disney Co.'s record 1995 earnings was the fact they wouldn't have been record but for the efforts of Judson Green, president of the theme park unit. Green, 43, is a former Arthur Young CPA who climbed Disney's ranks to became chief financial officer in 1989. Two years later he took over Walt Disney Attractions, just as the Gulf War, recession and tired ...
From Ashes To Ashes, At Disneyland
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Everyone who rides Disneyland's popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction knows "dead men tell no tales," and its animatronic figures aren't talking either. But, oh, if they could. On Friday, workers at the Anaheim theme park spotted a guest on the ride sprinkling an unidentified substance into the water, prompting them to close the attraction and alert police. "A witness described the ...
From Disneyland To The Movies And Back Again
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A longtime favorite Disneyland Resort attraction is reopening May 25 with new swashbuckling adventures as Captain Jack Sparrow and his gaggle of mates take over Tom Sawyer Island and turn it into their own "Pirate's Lair." The pirates will loot and carouse as they attempt to recruit island guests into their brotherhood of freedom and greed at Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island. "The phenomenal ...
From Dumbo To Mr Toad Disneyland Collection Goes Up For Auction
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For years, Dumbo the Flying Elephant hung from his living room ceiling, a Mr. Toad Wild Ride car was parked in his library and Bashful's cart from Snow White's Scary Adventures sat on his front lawn in suburban California. Now collector Richard Kraft is selling off his 750-item collection of theme park vehicles, props and artifacts spanning six decades of Disneyland history. Kraft, a Hollywood ...
From Face Masks To Theme Park Reservations Here Is What Parkgoers Can Expect
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To align with the reopening of California's economy on June 15, Disneyland Resort on Monday announced some relaxed Covid-19 restrictions for guests. Following a yearlong closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Anaheim theme park reopened to California residents at a limited capacity on April 30. On Tuesday, the park welcomed out-of-state guests for the first time this year. ...
From Fantasmic To Fireworks Magic Takes Place In Disneyland After Dark
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Head to the "Happiest Place on Earth" and experience Disneyland after dark, where the lights, shows and characters are sure to bring a smile to your face. After the sun goes down, Disneyland features the 50th Anniversary Electrical Parade, where everyone can see their favorite characters march down Main Street on sparkling floats. Fantasmic!, which tells Disney stories right in ...
From Gumbo To Lemon Filled Beignets See The Menu For Tianas Palace At
Soul is coming to the food experience at Disneyland next month as Tiana's Palace will open with several flavorful dishes that'll have you feeling like you're in New Orleans. Inspired by the 2009 animated movie "The Princess and the Frog," the new restaurant features items Princess Tiana would serve in the restaurant she always dreamed of opening up. Appropriately located in the New ...
From Stagecoaches To Monorails Rare Disneyland Artifacts Bring 18 Million Dollars At Heritage
On Saturday, March 25, a lucky bidder rode off into the sunset with a one-of-a-kind original stagecoach offered by Heritage during its two-day Disney Theme Parks auction. The Art of Disneyland: From Stagecoaches to Monorails… and More! spanned the Parks ' fascinating evolution and brought in $1.8 million, with 100 percent of lots sold and some significant results for rarities from Disneyland, Disney World ...
From the Silver Screen to Disneyland Resort: 'Finding Nemo' And 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
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The subs are once again diving and the pirates are even more conniving as Disneyland Resort launches into summer during the Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Disney officials today dedicated Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, the much- anticipated return of a classic attraction with a technological twist that immerses guests into the colorful underwater world of the clownfish Nemo and his friends. ...
Frontierlands Indian Village
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One of the founding principles upon which Disneyland was designed was the preservation of our American heritage. This principle may be seen in many of the free shows and exhibits in each of Disneyland's realms-and one of the most popular among many free performances is the preservation of Indian traditions and customs in Frontierland's Indian Village. Built on the banks of ...
Frontierlands Keel Boat Ride
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Well, howdy there, pioneers and sod-busters ... welcome aboard the ol' Gullywhumper ... Ya know, this here's the boat that ol' Mike Fink used a while back when he took on Davy Crockett for the wildest keel boat race this river has ever seen ... well, we ain't goin' to be doin' no racin ' today, so ya'11 sit back, relax, kick off yer shoes and we'll get a first-hand look at what's happenin' out on the ...
Frozen Stage Musical Coming To Disneyland Theme Park
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Before Frozen takes Broadway by storm, it will come to the stage at Disneyland's California Adventure theme park. The production, unrelated to the planned Broadway version, will play Disneyland's Hyperion Theater beginning May 27, 2016, and run multiple free performances each day. Frozen - Live at the Hyperion will feature the film's acclaimed and award-winning songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and ...
Frozen Stage Show New Rides
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Being a frequent Disneyland visitor, I never figured a day would come that the highlight of a Disney resort visit would be a live-action performance of a cartoon beloved by 8-year-olds everywhere. But, yes, perhaps hell has "Frozen" over. Of course, my main motivation in going to Disneyland and California Adventure this year was to see all the "Star Wars" upgrades in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. ...
Full Details Of Season Of The Force
Season of the Force will land at Disneyland park on April 5th and run through to June 2nd with a new nighttime experience in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge, along with food, exclusive merchandise and more! New experiences debuting during Season of the Force On select nights starting April 5 at Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge, you will be able to take in “Fire of the Rising Moons,” a ...
Fullerton Resident Designs Displays For Disneyland
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This summer while the nation was wrapped in red, white and blue bunting for Independence Day celebrations, Shawna Tice-Miles was thinking orange. Orange as in the 300 foam-core pumpkins that needed to be carved for Disneyland's Halloween windows. And orange as in the orange-and-white cobweb cakes created to dazzle children's eyes in the costume shop. As one of the top window-display artists at ...
Fullerton Sleuth Helps Disneyland Guests
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Betsy Chan feels a bit like the 1930s fictional film character Detective Charlie Chan, who used personable skills to solve what could have been baffling mysteries. Fullerton's Chan plays detective at Disneyland Resort, attempting to reunite some of the 200,000 lost items with their owners. As one of the Guest Relations hostesses, Chan, 22, helps visitors fill out claim forms, researches possible ...
Fulton Burley, 84: Popular Performer and Jovial Singing Host of Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue
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Popular performer entertained millions of Disneyland guests over span of 25 years with legendary Golden Horseshoe Revue. Fulton Burley, the wisecracking Irish tenor who entertained millions of Disneyland guests for 25 years as the popular star and master of ceremonies at the long-running Golden Horseshoe Revue, passed away on Monday May 7th at Sunrise Assisted Living at La Costa in Carlsbad, ...
Fun And Adventure
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[*This article has been edited non-Disneyland Info removed--MMP*] Long before the line became an advertising slogan used by sports celebs, youngsters in America held onto the hope that one day, their parents would walk in and say, "We're going to Disneyland!" Disney's properties have rewarded the company with the highest annual attendance of any theme park system in the United States. Disneyland, the ...
Fun Factories
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The sunbelt in general, and Disneyland in particular, seemed a logical place for a demobilized veteran of the Carter battalion to reprogram his brain before jumping back into age of Reagan. So off I went. Disneyland first opened in 1955, the year some of the new Republican members of Congress were born. Its designers consciously saw it as an ideogram of America. They even mimicked the geography, putting ...
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