How Haunted Mansion Popularized The Haunted House And Changed Halloween Forever
Think of Halloween 's most basic elements: candy, costumes, spooky parties and haunted houses designed to scare you for fun. But what if those haunted houses didn 't exist? It turns out we have Walt Disney to thank for revolutionizing modern Halloween entertainment. And it all started with Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion.
Scary stories have existed for as long as people have been telling ...
How I Survived Disneyland On Five Dollars
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On a muggy August morning, I found myself peering deeply into a cavernous hole of mouse-shaped confections. How long could I survive this dizzying trip to the unknown,? I thought, attempting poetry but sounding more Bradshaw than Angelou. It was only 9:30 AM, and I was already losing it.
I was attempting Disneyland on a budget of $5.
In honor of the park's 60th anniversary, I decided to explore a ...
How Is Disneyland Going To Solve Its Magic Key Problem The Fate Of Annual Passes At The Park Is Unclear
On Monday, Disneyland announced a drastic change: the Magic Key passes are no longer for sale, with every tier of the annual passholder program listed as “currently unavailable.”
The change comes just a month before the earliest purchasers of the new program, which was launched last August, would have been eligible for renewal. While Disneyland had previously indicated that current passholders ...
How Lawsuits Have Shaped Disneyland
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Why don't the costumed characters at Disneyland roam the park anymore without being accompanied by other employees? Why is Disneyland seemingly always spotless? Why did the once-popular Luigi's Flying Tires at California Adventure close down after only three years?
Lawsuits. Disneyland gets at least one a week, according to local author David Koenig, a Disney historian of sorts.
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How Long Are Lines For Captain EO At Disneyland
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Disneyland guests have waited up to an hour to see "Captain EO", but the lines usually have been much shorter since the movie re-opened last week.
The 17-minute, Michael Jackson movie returned Feb. 23 for a limited engagement in the Tomorrowland theater following the surge in interest since the singer's June death. The 3-D film appeared in Disneyland from 1986 to 1997 in the theater that holds between ...
How Long Will You Have To Wait In Line To Ride New Millennium Falcon Attraction
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The Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run flight simulator coming to Star Wars: Galaxy Edge this summer will only have enough capacity to allow about half the people that visit Disneyland on a typical day to ride the highly anticipated new attraction.
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run will accommodate up to 1,800 riders per hour when the new 14-acre themed land opens in summer 2019 at the Anaheim theme ...
How Many People Can Fit In Ogas Cantina How Much Is The Bar Raking In Let Us Look At The Math
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A little sign over the door just inside Oga 's Cantina tells us a lot about how many people can fit in the new Disneyland bar and how much money the Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge watering hole is raking in every day.
The posted maximum occupancy for the wretched hive of scum and villainy in new Star Wars land at the Anaheim theme park is 276 people.
That means Oga 's Cantina could be ...
How Much Can You Afford We Asked Experts How To Fix Disneyland
When Disney CEO Bob Chapek was fired in November 2022, and previous CEO Bob Iger was reinstated for a temporary two-year term, fans were overjoyed. Iger was widely perceived as a beloved steward of the company 's - and Walt Disney 's - original vision. The cost-cutting, increased prices, sacrificing of quality and indefinable “loss of magic” that many complained about would come to an end.
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How Much Could Tickets Cost In 2030 2040 And 2055
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The latest ticket price increases have Disneyland fans once again complaining about the rising expense of visiting the Happiest Place on Earth, but wait until they see what it could cost to get into Walt Disney 's original theme park on its 100th anniversary in 2055.
Data analysis of historical ticket prices found that if Disneyland continues to raise prices at the rate it has for the past 20 ...
How Much Does It Cost To Park At Disneyland And Disney World Fees For Parking Lockers Stroller Rentals And More
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When planning a trip to The Happiest Place on Earth, admission fees aren't the only things to factor in. On top of paying big bucks for park hopper tickets, guests must also budget how much it costs to park at Disneyland and Disney World, plus other rentals like lockers and strollers. And although Disney offers complimentary guest services to ensure a fun-filled (and safe) day at its park, not everything ...
How Much Money Does Disneyland Make A Day
Disneyland, one of the most iconic and beloved theme parks in the world, is a true testament to the magic of imagination and entertainment. With its enchanting rides, beloved characters, and awe-inspiring attractions, Disneyland consistently draws millions of visitors each year. It 's no wonder that people often wonder just how much money this magical kingdom makes in a single day.
While ...
How Never Seen Disneyland Attraction Could Be Marvel Next Big Thing
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Pirates of the Caribbean got Johnny Depp. Haunted Mansion got Eddie Murphy. Country Bear Jamboree and Mission to Mars got their moments, too. Now it's Museum of the Weird's turn, which leads to the question: What is Museum of the Weird?
"It's the forbidden fruit," says Marvel editor Bill Rosemann.
A sketched-out, but unrealized Disneyland attraction, Museum of the Weird is the basis for a ...
How Opening Day Of Mickeys Runaway Railway Still Kept The Attraction Hidden
The Walt Disney Company has a milestone year ahead of it, as the House of Mouse soon hits the one hundredth year of its existence. With that anniversary coming to pass, Disneyland kicked off its 100 Years of Wonder celebration at the California theme park with the opening of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway on Friday. However, not everyone at the parks that day were given the chance to get a closer ...
How Rides Will Change Under COVID19 State Guidelines
Riding on Space Mountain, soaring on Dumbo the Flying Elephant or journeying into the Haunted Mansion will be a far different experience for Disneyland visitors in the age of coronavirus.
An in-depth set of state guidelines provide California theme parks with a roadmap for reopening rides and attractions following more than a year of coronavirus closures.
The COVID-19 health and ...
How Sleeping Beautys Storybook Helped Set Its Animation Apart 65 Years Ago
In the mid-1950s - as scaffolding rose on Disneyland and Walt Disney further became a household name for TV viewers across the country - work was underway on Walt Disney Animation Studios ' next major fairy tale: 1959 's Sleeping Beauty, which celebrates its 65th anniversary on Monday.
“Today, Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the most artistically-acclaimed and important films ever ...
How Southern California Attractions Like Disneyland Cater To Theme Park Junkies
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Can theme parks become even more addictive? That's what parks in Southern California and around the country are hoping to do with their new crop of attractions for this summer.
Anyone in business knows it's more cost-effective to get your current customers to come back and buy more than it is to find a new customer for every sale. So park owners always design attractions with the hope that visitors ...
How Star Tours Inspired The Last Jedi
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The new Star Wars trilogy has been taking many cues from the film's that preceded it. However, it turns out that one element of Star Wars: The Last Jedi actually owes its existence to a Star Wars theme park attraction. Near the end of the movie, during the battle on the planet Crait, we follow the Millennium Falcon as it is chased by a squad of TIE Fighters into a fissure in the planet's surface. In one of ...
How Star Tours Saved Disneyland At A Low Point In The Park History
Disneyland was struggling for new ride ideas in the 1980s after a slate of mediocre Disney films when Walt Disney Imagineering turned to Star Wars creator George Lucas for a boost of creative inspiration that would eventually lead to Star Tours coming to Tomorrowland.
“I wanted to have an involvement in Tomorrowland,” Lucas said in a new Disney+ series. “I thought that was a portion of the ...
How Star Wars Canon Now Works In Disneys Theme Parks
When Disney created Star Wars Galaxy 's Edge at its theme parks, the aim was to let fans step into Star Wars. This happened both literally, by people moving their bodies through the area, but also figuratively, because everything happening in the land took place in the overall Star Wars canon.
At least, that was the aim when Galaxy 's Edge opened in 2019. Park guests were visiting the ...
How Star Wars Has Taken Over Disneyland
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Officially, Star Wars Land at the Disney Parks is still a few years away, but anyone visiting Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., will notice that Disney's latest franchise has invaded nearly every aspect of the resort.
Disneyland visitors will notice that Star Wars is, literally, everywhere, including in merchandising, food and park attractions.
And the experience begins before one ever enters ...
How Star Wars Land Will Give Tomorrowland A Chance To Return To Its Roots
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Now that we've had some time to recover from the R2D2-style head-spins we all did after the announcement that a Star Wars-themed land will be coming to Disneyland, we've honed in on why the news is so good. Not only will the 14-acre Star Wars Land introduce a much-needed new experience (the last major addition to Disneyland park was Mickey's Toontown, opened in 1993), it will also create space, pun ...
How The Disneyland Strike Of 1984 Changed The Magic Kingdom Forever
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Disneyland custodian Al Ramos came back from vacation in September 1984 with no work to return to, save for walking the picket line outside his job. The company wanted a two-year wage freeze, no health-insurance benefits for part-time workers and the freedom to outsource jobs. Members of a five-union coalition representing the theme park's custodians, ticket sellers, ride operators, sales clerks and ...
How The Haunted Mansion Will Change When Disneyland Reopens
The 999 ghosts that call Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion home have been busy redecorating the classic dark ride attraction and the grounds surrounding the estate while the mortals were away during the yearlong coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park.
Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion renovation brings new draperies, carpet, wallpaper and decor inside the attraction and fresh paint and plants ...
How The Jungle Cruise Movie Helped Bring Change To Ride
A single Instagram post in 2017 caused a momentary panic in the Disney community.
Dwayne Johnson, standing in front of a Herb Ryman-drawn map of the initial proposal for Disneyland, stated that he and his production company were partnering with Walt Disney Imagineering - the secretive division of the company responsible for theme park experiences - to “reengineer and redesign” the Jungle ...
How The Rise Of The Resistance Escape Pod Works In Star Wars Galaxys Edge
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Walt Disney Imagineering reveals how the dramatic Rise of the Resistance escape pod sequence works during a new Disney+ show that was offered behind-the-scenes access inside the new attraction coming to Disneyland 's Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge.
The sixth episode of “The Imagineering Story” docuseries on Disney+ debuting Friday, Dec. 13 shows how the Disney creative team combined three rides ...
How The Star Wars Galaxys Edge Virtual Queue Works
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While many lucky Jedis with reservations have already been frolicking around Disneyland's newest Star Wars attraction Galaxy's Edge, the rest of the world will get a chance as well June 24 - and Disneyland is doing its best to make sure lines don't turn it into the most frustrating place in the galaxy.
It's no shock that many Disneyland diehards and even once-a-year visitors lament ...
How These 3 Families Ended Up Working Together On Main Street Electrical Parade
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Identical twin sisters, a father and son, and a mother and daughter all have one thing in common, they are all cast members associated with the current run of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade.
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The twin sisters, Hailey and Taylor Benson, started dancing at the age of three. Now in college, they decided to try out as dancers for the parade.
"We auditioned, and both got the same ...
How They Maintain The Disneyland Railroad
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Every night, Disneyland Railroad's maintenance crew gives steam engines and passenger cars a detailed inspection to keep them in top running shape.
Here's what happens:
When a train is backed into the roundhouse, the engineer and fireman shut off the fire and make sure all of the valves are closed. Any leftover steam is kept in the boiler to make the engine easier to fire up in the morning.
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How Tianas Bayou Adventure Will Expand The Story Of Disneys First Black Princess
Tiana, Disney 's first Black princess, is getting her own attraction - one that will expand the character 's story as well as bring more diversity to Disney 's theme parks.
Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, currently slated to open in late 2024, will replace both Disney World and Disneyland 's version of the classic Splash Mountain attraction, which features elements that originated from the ...
How To Actually Be Happy At The Happiest Place On Earth
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School is out, the kids are full of energy and expectations and parents across Utah are making summer plans. Gasoline prices have driven many Utahns to choose Disneyland as their summer destination. Here are five tips and little-known secrets for making your Magic Kingdom visit more memorable.
1. Know when to go
The crowds at Disneyland are often a concern for parents. The serious vacationer ...
How To Avoid Crowds And Lines At Disneyland
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I'm not a fan of crowds. I like vacant beaches, empty parking lots and amusement parks with short lines. I suppose crowds and Disneyland are somewhat synonymous. As a lifelong Southern California resident, I have been to Disneyland countless times. Over the years, I have discovered a few ways to avoid crowds and lines at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.
Is Disneyland Crowded Today?
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