Toontown Officially Reopens What The Refresh Delivers For Kids And Kids At Heart
Mickey 's Toontown opened at Disneyland in 1993, inspired by the wild world of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” But now, after a yearlong closure and refresh, Toontown is doubling down on Mickey Mouse and friends while adding patches of picnic-ready green space that get children out of the strollers and running free.
The hope is that Toontown 2.0 becomes a place that prioritizes imaginative and ...
Toontown Ride More Relevant With Jessica Rabbit As Central Character
Walt Disney Imagineering is rebooting another Disneyland attraction with a female lead character and revamped backstory to make it “more relevant” as the Anaheim theme park continues to update rides that have become culturally outdated.
Roger Rabbit 's Car Toon Spin at Disneyland is getting a new plot twist that throws Jessica Rabbit into the lead role as a private eye determined to stamp out ...
Top 10 Building Permits Total Over 202 Million Dollars
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Between its new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land, Pixar Pier and hotel renovations, there's no doubt that Disneyland has been busy building lately. But what's it all costing?
Since this time last year, Disney has been issued over $202.6 million in construction permits for its ten most expensive builds, BuildZoom reported. Here is the list of Disney's most expensive building permits for the Anaheim, ...
Top 10 Disneyland Rides For Adults
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Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is a special place adults and children can enjoy together. It is a place where all worries and cares can be forgotten and adults can be kids again.
Disneyland's has a lot of amazing rides for adults. Actually all of the rides at Disneyland are geared for all members of the family but there are a few that stand out more than others as top ten Disneyland rides for ...
Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Disneyland
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Disneyland's notorious for its ever revolving cast of employees--college kids running in and out between summers and classes, people who just move on... and then there are the Disneyland lifers, cast members who sign up and just never, ever leave.
The park's also notorious for its efforts to preserve "the magic" of Disney, going to extraordinary lengths to please guests and to keep workers in check, ...
Top 5 Most Avoidable Disneyland Deaths
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Alright, fine: So it's a little morbid, but since the park's grand opening in 1955, a few hiccups have happened during Disneyland's reign as the Happiest Place on Earth-nine of them, to be exact. Which, statistically speaking, isn't all that bad. We guess.
All but one of the fatalities to take place within Disneyland property lines can be attributed to guest negligence-unbuckling this, standing up ...
Top 5 Things To Do At Disneyland And California Adventure In 2013
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Disneyland has so much to do throughout its two parks that it actually may lead to adult onset ADD. There are so many options, visitors really should have a plan to maximum Disney splendor. This can be confusing for new park visitors and they may miss out on a few amazing experiences. LaDiscountTickets.com has been keeping tabs on what Disney goers think, and so they present to you "The Top 5 things to do ...
Top 5 Tips For Visiting With Small Children
We 're going to keep it real here. Bringing younger children to Disneyland, the Happiest Place on Earth, isn 't always the easiest. A day at the park involves a lot of planning; outfit changes may be involved, you 're dealing with cold or hot weather, lines can be long, etc. But you 've been dreaming of the day when you can take your little one(s) to Disneyland and get that magical picture with ...
Top 8 Tips For Visiting Disneyland
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After a recent getaway to Anaheim, California to visit Disneyland and California Adventure Park, I have compiled a few tips to make sure your future visit does not involve waiting in long lines and junk food.
1) Use the Single-Rider Line -- If you don't want to wait 50+ minutes in the stand-by line and you don't have a FASTPASS, the single-rider line is your best bet. A few of the rides do have this ...
Top Disneyland Ride Creator Steps Down
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Tony Baxter began scooping ice cream at Disneyland in 1965 as a college job and rose up to spearhead the creation of some of the park's biggest rides, including Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Star Tours.
Now, 47 years later, Baxter is stepping down from overseeing Disneyland attractions.
Baxter, who lives in Anaheim Hills, announced Friday that he was leaving his job as senior vice president ...
Tory And Old Whig Fun
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Conservatism is enjoyment," Walter Bagehot wrote a century ago. It is of some significance that America's two principal fun-fairs are situated cheek by jowl in the heart of Goldwater-Reagan territory, and that both are the creations of conservative gentleman of imagination.
I refer to Disneyland and to Knott's Berry Farm and Ghost Town, in Orange County, California. Don't let anyone tell you that these ...
Tot Conflict At Disneyland
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There's just something about Disneyland that seems to bring out the worst in people.
I flew down to California for a wedding a couple weeks ago. As the old adage says, "When in Anaheim, go to Disneyland and spend all your money."
It was here, at the end of a long day in the Mecca of princesses, pixies and capitalism that I had an epiphany. What I realized that fateful weekend is that, after ...
Total Disney Christmas
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How is the happiest place on Earth during the most wonderful time of the year? Even happier.
Visitors to Disneyland get an extra special treat during the holiday season. The entire park becomes a winter wonderland, with more than 8,000 feet of decorated holiday garland.
Visit the Disneyland Resort in California anytime between Nov. 12 and Jan. 2 and you'll be dazzled by the lights and sounds of ...
Totally Wicked Pixar Monorail Zooms
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Finding a few phenomenal, out-of-this-world, beyond-extraordinary modes of transportation in the animated films of the Pixar universe?
You don't need to search too far to locate fantastical vehicles and ways of getting around, from Lightning McQueen and his wheel-rocking buds in "Cars" to Bing Bong's low-fi "rocket" from "Inside Out" to the house held aloft by balloons from "Up" (Carl Fredricksen was ...
Tour Visits Walt Disney Apartment
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Disneyland Park has revamped its "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour with new attractions and a new price.
The new tour is called "Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps" and it began on Sunday, according to park employees. The Disney Parks blog announced the change in August without providing details.
But booking agents I talked to both at the park and on the phone say that it includes Walt Disney's ...
Trader Sams Changes Name Of Shrunken Zombie Head Cocktail
Disneyland fans received some exciting news today. A number of Disneyland and California Adventure dining locations would be reopening within a matter of weeks. Disney also once again confirmed the reopening of Trader Sam 's Enchanted Tiki Bar - the popular watering hole will reopen on July 2 along with the Disneyland Hotel where it is located.
Trader Sam 's Enchanted Tiki Bar is known for its ...
Traffic Snarls Among Effects Of Disney Plans
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A proposed $3-billion Disney expansion project in Anaheim would snarl traffic during construction, add thousands of cars to local freeways, worsen air quality and require massive spending on public works, according to a city report released Thursday.
But despite at least seven major problems identified in a 500-page draft environmental impact report, Walt Disney Co. officials said none are severe enough ...
Transportation Is Large Part Of Show
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One would never think that Disneyland, the most fabulous entertainment center in the world, would feature an interwoven complex of nearly every kind of transportation conceived. Transportation systems of the past, vehicles of the present and transporters of the future are a big part of the Disneyland show.
The first vehicles a Disneyland visitor encounters are the Main Gate trams, a series of ...
Trash Or Treasure
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Dear Dr. J: My family recently took a trip to Disneyland and noticed the park is about to commemorate "50 years of Magic." We really went down memory lane when we set sail on the Jungle Cruise and dropped in on the birds in the Tiki Room. When we got home we found some old postcards and tickets. I imagine they are collector's items now. What do you think? -- Arlene Smith, Ontario
Dear Arlene: July 17, ...
Traveling To His Past Has Effect On Future
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The boy lost track of him years ago.
It was nothing dramatic, really. He just, well, sort of faded away.
Davy Crockett, that is.
The boy first met him when he was almost 5 years old. That was about the same time the boy was hospitalized after being mauled by a dog.
For a time, Davy would become -- after the boy's father -- the most important man in his life. The boy couldn't imagine a ...
Treats On A College Kid Budget
For Cal State Fullerton students, Disneyland is not a foreign concept. However, saving money while in the parks remains a challenge for most.
Although the material goods you acquire throughout your day are instantly gratifying, two crucial players in the Disney lifestyle game are often sidelined: your bank account and your stomach.
After paying sometimes over $200 to get in, ...
Trip Of A Lifetime
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A Sunshine Dreamlift to Disney is all about journeys.
Last Wednesday's 2006 Dreamlift, the fifth in the B.C. Interior, was a perfect example.
Seventy-nine youngsters from the Interior flew from the snowy, chilly Okanagan Valley to sunny Southern California.
Mentally, they were in a different world altogether.
Gone for a day were their lifelong physical limitations, their ...
Trip To Disneyland A Night To Remember For Graduate
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It's safe to say that the last week has been one of the craziest weeks of high school.
I had family fly in from France and Texas, and although May 31 was my official last day of classes, the 2011 seniors had to return to school June 1-2 for graduation rehearsals.
The ceremony started at 8 p.m. Friday, and many of my classmates had mixed feelings of excitement and sadness. After walking down the ...
Trip To Disneyland Is Not What It Used To Be
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"Remember when there were always people, but never a crowd?"
This saying comes from a calendar whose theme revolves around the past. It also reflects how I feel about Disneyland.
As a kid, I thought Disneyland was crowded. I didn't realize how wrong I was.
Now when I go there, it is so packed with people that it is difficult to be happy at the so-called happiest place on Earth.
As much ...
Trip To Disneyland Will Be Literally Out Of This World
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For vacationers, week end travelers or plain Sunday drivers a tour through Disneyland Park in Anaheim which opens tomorrow will be a trip that is almost literally out of this world playground officials said today.
Because, behind the high embankment that shuts in the heart-shaped park and shuts long present day cares, there are "new worlds" of enchantment serving up fun for all kinds and ages of ...
Trivial Pursuit At The Venerable California Theme Park
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Disneyland, the theme park that bills itself as "the happiest place on Earth," filled with people during a recent spring-break April day when the temperature hovered near 90.
People waited for more than two hours for a chance to ride Splash Mountain. Finding a bench to sit for a moment with a napping grandson proved challenging. Lines formed to use restrooms or sinks, purchase a bottle of water or ...
Tropical Hideaway Now Dole Whip Up Our Lives
There are many fortuitous foods that you can consume as the new year begins.
Particular legumes? So lucky, it is often said. Various fruits? Healthful and hope-filled for the future.
A Dole Whip, like you might queue for in front of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room on a toasty July afternoon?
Any pineapple person and/or aficionado of icy-cold treats can testify that the Dole Whip is among ...
Troubled Disney Dragon Returns
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An oft-troubled robotic dragon, called Murphy by Disneyland employees and fan websites because of its woes, has returned to Fantasmic!, an impressive water-and-light show on the Rivers of America.
The dragon never left Disneyland the repairs were completed on site, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman.
Friday night was the impressive dragon's first public appearance since the ...
True Believer Stocks Up On The American Dream
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DIARY OF A DAY TRADER
Monday, November 14: Grace is on her honeymoon, so my daughter and I set off for Disneyland.
It's a confronting experience to be welcomed by a dozen grown men dressed as Mickey Mouse.
But Matilda was more terrified of the undisguised humans, who seemed to glower at everyone through their burgers and chips.
We took a ride on It's a Small World, which I thought ...
True Story: I Work at Disneyland
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I went to Disneyland at least five days a week this past summer and all three summers before. It's a bit excessive, I know, but they pay me, so it's all good.
I'm a cashier and host for Disney's quick-service restaurants (a.k.a. fast food). It's not as glamorous as being a character or performing in shows, but because all of the systems in these restaurants are the same in Disneyland and Disney's ...
Truman Visits Disneyland
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Harry and Bess Truman were just another couple of out-of-season tourist here Saturday.
The former president winked cupped his hands and shouted to his wife over the brassy din of a band playing. "I'm Just Wild About Harry":
"Boy, is this plate a rubberneck's paradise."
Then he set off on a 2 1/2 -hour tour of the park at a pace so brisk that his official party and newsmen had to jog to keep ...
