No Place Does Christmas Like Disneyland
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It's called the happiest place on Earth but at Christmastime, Disneyland gets a full, festive makeover. Bulking up its attractions, characters and music, Disneyland is extra special this time of year, even for frequent visitors. And through it all, Anaheim is quite weather-friendly in December, unlike much of the country. Through Jan. 16, Sleeping Beauty's castle is a snow and icicle-covered park ...
No Slowing Down For Dis Imagineer Sklar
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If he'd done nothing else in his career, Marty Sklar would rank as a Walt Disney Co. legend because of his exhaustive track record of impressing the heck out of the boss during the years when Walt Disney was achieving his ultimate dream, the launch of Disneyland. Sklar, 72, served the Disney company for 50 years as the creative leader of the renowned Walt Disney Imagineering research and development ...
No Trip To Disneyland Is Complete Without Ralphing
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She just couldn't stand it anymore. Not with talking birds, harmonizing plants and drum-beating tikis overhead, all flooding her senses. My 2-year-old, whom we call Lucy because that's her name, jumped off her seat and began dancing in the aisle of the Tiki Room at Disneyland last weekend. The first trip to Disneyland is almost a rite of passage in my family, and I knew that this wonderful child -- ...
Noaa National Weather Service Declares Disneyland Resort Stormready
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Officials from the NOAA National Weather Service have declared Disneyland Resort in California as a StormReady community. Along with the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the Disneyland Resort joins more than 1,070 StormReady communities throughout the United States and is one of 18 such communities in California. "More than 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 2,500 floods and 1,000 tornadoes affect the ...
Nobody Who Wants To Go To Disneyland Can Afford It
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The Disney parks are a family-friendly, family-favorite vacation destination across the United States. But, per a poll done by Insider, the people who actually want to go to Disney the most are the least likely to be able to afford it. Here 's the deal: Disney vacations, like everything it seems, have become way more expensive over time. But the people who want to go to Disney the most ...
Not Every After Hours Event Is Worth It This One Is
Regardless of my romantic situation on any given year, I 've never cared much about Valentine 's Day. The whole thing - elaborate gifts, overpriced roses, fancy dinners - always felt so constructed to me. It just never seemed like the outsized expectations that come with a holiday largely manufactured by commercialism could possibly match up to the reality of the night. Which is a long way of ...
Not Only Is Splash Mountain Get A Princess And The Frog Retheme But There Is More Tiana Coming Too
It 's been more than two years since Disney Parks confirmed a major thematic redesign of Splash Mountain, and while we now know the new attraction, Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, is still two years away, this weekend 's D23 Expo has given us a sneak peek of what 's in store for us. It's also revealed that Disneyland is set to get even more new Tiana goodness, in the form of a new New Orleans Square retail ...
Noted Rocket Moon Authorities Contribute Skills To Space Ride
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Some of the world's leading rocket experts and scientists contributed their extensive knowledge of the field of space exploration as Tomorrowland creators sought to produce authentic settings for the world of 1986. Willy Ley and Werner von Braun, two of the foremost rocket authorities and historians, aided Disney builders in the creation of the TWA Rocket to the Moon, a simulated round ...
Now-Deceased Anaheim City Manager Explains How Disneyland Became Disneyland
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Chuck Schmidt's recent Staten Island Advance story is about the 50th Anniversary of Tomorrowland DVD that documented the 2009 Disneyland event. But the more interesting story Schmidt found involved the relationship between former Anaheim City Manager Keith Murdoch and Walt Disney and his theme park. Murdoch, one of several speakers Ape Pen Publishing enlisted to speak on the DVD, was Anaheim's ...
