Harriet Burns Who Help Create Disney Rides Dies
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Harriet Burns, the first female artist at Walt Disney Imagineering and a designer of several famous Disneyland rides, has died. She was 79.
Burns died Friday at USC University Hospital of complications from heart surgery, Frank Reifsnyder, a spokesman for Glendale-based Walt Disney Imagineering, said Tuesday.
Burns worked for Disney from 1955 to 1986, beginning as a prop and set designer for TV's ...
Harrison Ford Reveals Disney Star Wars Theme Park Plans
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Disney brought out the big guns to tease plans for the upcoming Star Wars theme park expansion: Harrison Ford and BB-8.
The Han Solo actor and roly-poly droid were part of ABC's Disneyland 60 tribute to Walt Disney's first park on Sunday night, and their appearance heralded the latest galactic addition to both the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World in Orlando - the Star ...
Harry Potter Day At Disneyland Turns Hope To Tears With The Wave Of A Wand
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This past Sunday, November 6, marked the fifth unofficial Harry Potter Day at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. According to the organizer's website: "Our event draws Potter fans from all over the Southland and far beyond for a day of mirth, mischief and magic! The elves are hard at work putting together this year's festivities, which will include a scavenger hunt (of sorts) the likes of which ...
Hatbox Ghosts Dissaperance Is Not For The Reason You Think It Is
The Haunted Mansion is one of the most iconic rides in any of the Disney Parks. It doesn 't matter where you are in the world, you 'll find a version of this ride. The original, though is home to one of Disney Parks greatest mysteries: The Hatbox Ghost.
The Hatbox Ghost was part of the opening cast of characters for Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion in 1969. He was, perhaps, the rides most scary ...
Hate Disney Lines Superfans Share 12 Tips To Avoid Them
At a Disney theme park, some parts of the experience are guaranteed: Mickey Mouse ears will be everywhere, kids will melt down and lines will be long. So, so long.
Even as admission prices continue their decades-long climb, the crowds keep coming for a piece of Mickey Mouse 's magic. Sometimes, those masses are willing to wait around two hours to climb on a fictional winged creature for a ...
Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Celebration Inside Special Event
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I couldn 't have been older than six or seven years old when I first stepped foot inside The Haunted Mansion. Even at that young age I was already attracted to scary stuff, so on my first trip to Disneyland, I was drawn more to the creepy house in the middle of New Orleans Square than I was to the flying Dumbos or spinning tea cups.
I 'm not one of those super brainy people who can remember ...
Haunted Mansion An Updated Cast List Including Rosario Dawson And Owen Wilson
2023 will be a major anniversary for Haunted Mansion; not the popular attraction at Disneyland or Walt Disney World, but the movies based on that ride. Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the first try to turn the ride into a movie, as well as the year Disney tries to make you forget that movie by releasing a brand-new one.
Disney has been hit and miss when it comes to turning theme park ...
Haunted Mansion Candles Go To Market
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If you've visited Disneyland's Haunted Mansion and wanted some of those flickering candles in your home, you're in luck.
Candella LLC in Newport Beach has bought the worldwide rights from Disney to develop and sell those rechargeable, false flames.
Disney couldn't have open flames flickering continually in the parlor, so Imagineer Gary Schnuckle created these LED candles specifically for the ...
Haunted Mansion Dining Low Disneyland Earnings A Galaxys Edge Cookbook And More
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As you may know, this Friday, August 9, marks the 50th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion, which opened its doors first in Disneyland. Since this is an all-timer attraction beloved by pretty much everyone, it 's no surprise that there will be plenty of exciting festivities to commemorate the milestone. And that, of course, means brand-new food. Starting Friday, you can check out an array of new foods in ...
Haunted Mansion Fans Materialize For Ghoulish Fete
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Disneyland attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary.
"We have nine hundred and ninety-nine happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?"
That familiar phrase greeted aficionados and casual fans alike on Sunday as they flocked to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion for a celebratory ride (or five) in honor of the popular attraction's 40th anniversary.
Hard-core devotees ...
Haunted Mansion Favorite Attraction Gets Facelift
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The Haunted Mansion hosts 999 happy haunts, and there 's always room for one more, 365 days a year…that is, unless Disneyland is closed or the ride is under refurbishment.
In 2020, we got a double whammy. Not only was it announced that the original Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland was closing for a lengthy refurbishment in 2020, but also ever Disney Park around the world unexpectedly ...
Haunted Mansion Gets Holiday Makeover In Nearly Half The Time It Has Been Crazy
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Disneyland will transform the Haunted Mansion for the holidays in nearly half the time this year with double the staff working in two shifts to get the classic E-ticket attraction ready for its popular “The Nightmare Before Christmas” incarnation.
“It 's been crazy,” Disney Parks Live Entertainment technical director Joe Peters said. “My team knows what they 're doing. I surprisingly appear to ...
Haunted Mansion Gingerbread House Is Swarming With Creepy Crawlies
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Tim Burton and The Haunted Mansion collide for this scary sweet gingerbread house at Disneyland.
Houses made of cookie don't typically scream Halloween. In fact, they don't typically scream at all, typically filling out a cutesy Christmas tablescape. But at one of Disneyland's most haunted estates, scaring up a good time (especially around the holidays) comes with the territory, and nothing says ...
Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion And Retail Shop
A Haunted Mansion expansion is coming to Disneyland! The grounds for the ride will be expanded, and a new retail shop will open.
It 's an exciting time to be a Haunted Mansion fan! The Haunted Mansion film recently was released, the Hatbox Ghost is coming soon to the ride in Walt Disney World, and now we have news to look forward to at the original ride that started it all! The Haunted Mansion ...
Haunted Mansion Is Celebrating It Is 50th Anniversary And These Grim Grinning Ghosts Have Plenty Of Memories
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Welcome, foolish mortals, to this tale of a haunted house so legendary that it 's lasted 50 years. That 's right, it 's been half a century since the Haunted Mansion opened in Disneyland as a landmark of New Orleans Square.
Since then, this antebellum manor, known to millions as the “home of 999 ghosts with always room for one more,” has spawned books, tribute websites and Facebook pages, a ...
Haunted Mansion Materializes On Disney Just In Time For Halloween
“Haunted Mansion,” Disney 's second attempt at adapting its beloved theme park attraction as a live-action feature (the first was “The Haunted Mansion,” starring Eddie Murphy, released 20 years ago), will soon find a home on Disney+. The new movie - released theatrically this past July and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson and Tiffany Haddish - will debut on Disney 's streaming ...
Haunted Mansion Reopens At Disneyland With ‘Nightmare Before Christmas' Theme
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Disneyland"s Haunted Mansion is expected to "soft open" on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, with the now-traditional Halloween/Christmas holiday overlay.
The official reopening of the refurbished Mansion - on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 - coincides with the kickoff of Halloween festivities at the Anaheim theme park.
Since 2001, the Mansion has closed each September to give crews time to replace many of the ...
Haunted Mansion Secrets
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Growing up in Los Angeles, we used to go to Disneyland at least a few times a year, and, as such, its assorted attractions often ceased to thrill at a certain point. But the Haunted Mansion was one of the few things that, even twenty years later, still seems worth a drive to Orange County. Anything you ever wanted to know about the hologram-heavy extravaganza can be found at Haunted Mansion Secrets. Sure, ...
Haunted Mansion The Surprisingly Complex History Of The Popular Ride
As Disney takes another shot at turning the Haunted Mansion into a movie, we take a look back and remember how hard it was to get the attraction made in the first place.
20 years ago when Disney made its first attempts to turn popular theme park attractions into hit movies, it was little surprise that the two movies out of the gate were based on Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. ...
Haunted Mansion To Close For Construction
Starting in January 2024, Disneyland's popular Haunted Mansion attraction will be closed for construction.
We first told you about the news that the Haunted Mansion would be closed back in the summer for a spooky makeover.
The metamorphosis will "build on the story and lore of the Haunted Mansion and include an expanded outdoor queue to immerse guests in enhanced theming as ...
Haunted Mansion Transforms To Stuff Of Nightmares
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Disneyland is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion ride with some familiar faces and a spookier-than-ever gingerbread mini-mansion as the piece de resistance.
Jack Skellington and the 'Nightmare Before Christmas' ghouls have accepted their 19th invitation, and have joined the 999 happy haunts of the mansion. They've decked the halls with some fun new surprises, most ...
Haunted Mansion Will Close In 2020 For Months Long Renovation
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The Haunted Mansion attraction will undergo a two-month-plus refurbishment in early 2020 after the venerable 50-year-old Disneyland dark ride finishes up its “The Nightmare Before Christmas”-themed seasonal holiday run.
The Haunted Mansion will undergo a scheduled refurbishment beginning Jan. 21 after the attraction 's holiday overlay is removed, Disneyland officials said.
The ...
Haunted Mansion William Gracey Explained Secret History And Real Life Inspiration
WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for 2023 's Haunted Mansion!
The events of 2023 's Haunted Mansion all revolve around the house originally owned by William Gracey and infested by ghosts of all types, with Gracey himself proving to be a key element of the story. A character in the Disneyland ride that inspired both Haunted Mansion and 2003 's The Haunted Mansion, William Gracey not only ...
Haunted Mansions, Ghost Galaxies, And Mickey, Too
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Disneyland's Halloween party brings the merry scares.
Disneyland The first out of the gate -- and we're talking about the tall, creaky gates around a certain mansion in New Orleans Square -- with the SoCal scare-tivies for the 2010 Halloween season is Disneyland, which is kicking off its eerie to-dos on Friday, Sept. 17.
Returning to Disneyland's annual Halloween Time is the uber-ever-so-popular ...
Have A Relaxing Disneyland Staycation
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Disneyland used to be a "one and done" visit a one-day rush through Disneyland with a pit stop at California Adventure for a couple of favorite rides and then home. That's almost impossible to do now as the new-and-improved California Adventure with Cars Land is a destination itself and Disneyland continues to add new attractions and shows. These days, stay a night or two; make it a staycation and your ...
Have Fans Finally Reached Their Limit
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After years of raising its ticket prices, has Disneyland finally discovered the limit that its fans are willing to pay?
The Walt Disney Company recently reported its financial results for the latest quarter, and they included a rare decrease in theme park attendance at both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. Attendance dropped 3 percent at Disney 's U.S. theme parks, despite the ...
He Climbed Matterhorn Mountain 300 Times With Mickey And Goofy
During his 50-year career at Disneyland, Jimmie Payton was the first to climb Matterhorn mountain with Mickey Mouse and scaled the man-made peak more than 300 times - including during the 50th anniversary of the park when he planted a flag at the top.
Disneyland honored Payton and eight other employees this week for more than 50 years of service each with a ceremony in the Golden Horseshoe ...
He Designed Disneyland's Biggest Attraction
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Bobby Gurr spent most of his time in the early 1950s cruising for an angle.
A skinny Horatio Alger with a flat-top, khakis and black horn-rimmed glasses - he floated around Detroit and Los Angeles banking on smarts, guts and luck to get him ahead. He patterned his look after Jack Webb, the tough cop in the TV show "Dragnet," wearing his white dress shirts with the sleeves rolled up.
He was ...
He Is Living Disneyland Dream Just Like Mom And Dad
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Ryan Hatmaker desperately wanted to be picked for the Disneyland All-American College Band.
He had long dreamed of working at Disneyland, where his parents met while performing in a show and where his grandparents, aunts and uncles once held jobs.
“Everything they do adds a little magic to it,” he said.
But Disney officials at last spring 's audition threw a curve to ...
He Runs Grandfather's Train At Disneyland
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Disneyland Railroad in his blood: Working on the Disneyland Railroad carries on a family tradition.
For many, trips to Disneyland are a family tradition.
But for Nate Lord, it's working at Disneyland that carries on a family tradition.
Lord is an engineer on the Disneyland Railroad, a collection of old-time steam trains that circle the park. One of the trains Lord drives is named the Ward ...
He Spent 21 Million Dollars Just For Fun
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Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955.
And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney.
That's not all. Says Disney:
"Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It will continue to grow, to add new ...
