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
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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, many ...
Tree Falls On Shocked Couple During Sweethearts Nite
A Nevada couple visiting Disneyland were hit by a large tree just off Main Street U.S.A. that snapped and fell on top of them during a “crazy windy” night at the Anaheim theme park, according to social media reports.
“My husband and I were the ones hit,” LeWanda Joseph of Las Vegas wrote on the Disneyland Magic Keyholders Facebook group. “The tree fell directly on top of us.”
A ...
Tree Falls Onto Visitors During Winter Storm
Two Disneyland Resort parkgoers were injured late Tuesday night when a tree toppled onto them in the midst of powerful winds brought to Southern California by a winter storm.
Resort officials said that a tree fell on the patio of the Plaza Inn, just off Main Street U.S.A. when entering the park, at around 11:40 p.m. They said that due to the rain, no guests were sitting on the patio when the ...
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
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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 ...
Try The New Dole Whip Peach Flavor
DOLE released a sweet summer update just in time for DOLE Whip Day, unveiling a brand-new flavor exclusive to Disneyland. Nicole Cantore, Senior Specialist, Global Public Relations, wrote a blog post on the news:
Are you ready for a new DOLE Whip flavor? I sure hope so. As if DOLE Whip Day, being July 17, was not already one of the best days of the year for a foodie, I 've got an exciting and ...
Trying Halloween Treats At Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe
It 's Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort and one of the things that means is that the bakers, candy makers, and chefs have full reign to come up with some fun treats for the season.
Recently, I ran into my friend and former podcasting buddy, Louella Laureola, and we decided that we would sacrifice our waistlines in order to try out some Halloween treats. Due to its large menu of new ...
TSA Reverses Ban On Star Wars Galaxys Edge Thermal Detonator Coke Bottles
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Bright suns, Star Wars fans: The TSA has lifted a ban on thermal detonator-shaped Coke bottles, which the agency initially deemed looked like replica explosives. The bottles, which are for sale exclusively inside Star Wars lands in Anaheim and Orlando, are shaped like small orbs that resemble either a droid or a thermal detonator, depending on your point of view. The ban came as a ...
Turkey Leg Restaurant Expands To Keep Up With Viral Demand
Disneyland has started construction on the expansion of a popular Fantasyland restaurant to help keep up with demand for the fan-favorite Turkey Legs with a cult following and Garlic Cheesy Brats that started out as a viral menu hack.
The Disney Scoop Guy posted a video to Instagram on Thursday, April 23 from the Anaheim theme park that shows an A-frame roof and vertical supports popping ...
Turkey Legs Conquer Land Of Mouse Ears
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It made its humble debut at a single stand in the late 1980s next to Big Al's Coonskin Caps in Frontierland. Slowly it spread -- dripping, always dripping -- beyond Walt Disney World here to Disneyland in California. In 2010, with their sales spiking, Disney rolled out related souvenirs: hats, pins, sweatshirts, T-shirts printed with the slogan "Nice & Juicy!" The Magic Kingdom has even started ...
Turning Disneyland Into A Winter Wonderland Takes More Than Pixie Dust
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Harsh halogen lights bathed Disneyland's Main Street U.S.A. in the dark early-morning hours as the backup beeps of aerial lifts and heavy-metal cranes mixed with the thundering sound of their revving diesel engines. Horticultural workers in neon safety vests hustled to plant red and white blooms in a large flowerbed while a second crew directed a massive white crane to lower an 11-foot metal sleeve ...
Turnstiles Upgraded To New Entry Gates
For so many, it 's a rite of passage to head through the entry gates of Disneyland park for the first time, allowing them to enter a world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy in a truly unforgettable moment that they will always remember.
Yet the next step once passing through those gates is up to them as they enter this ultimate family destination, whether they are looking to board a classic ...
TV Exec Auctioning Disney's First World
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No one has come forward yet with the minimum opening bid of $250,000, but Barbara Popovic isn't worried. After all, Disneyland wasn't built in a day either. Popovic, who is executive director of Chicago Access Network Television, and her husband, Radoje, are looking to sell the Northwest Side home where Walt Disney was born on Dec. 5, 1905. The two-story frame structure at 2156 N. Tripp was built in 1893 ...
TV Shows Walts Plans For Small World Carousel Of Progress
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A 1964 episode of "Wonderful World of Color," a television show hosted by Walt Disney, gives old-school insights into the making of what would become classic theme park rides. The show, now available via the website of the D23 fan club, goes behind the scenes of Disney's involvement in the 1964/1965 World's Fair in New York. The footage shows preparation for "it's a small world" and Carousel of ...
TV View Of Disneyland Is Hit With Children
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If children could wish their way out West, California, home of Disneyland park, would see the biggest migration since the days of the Forty-niners.
Walt Disney has struck gold.
One 8-year-old Washingtonian told his mother flatly if she couldn't take him to California he'd go himself.
Mr. Disney unveiled his park last week for a coast-to-coast ...
Twenty-Five American Workers Escape The Daily Grind To Live Out Their Dream Job For A Day At Disneyland
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After nearly 1 million votes, America is sending 25 of their favorite Dream "Job" finalists to Disneyland Resort in June. The most popular videos included a Princess-in-Waiting, who received more than 70,000 votes and a Haunted Mansion Butler/Maid who received nearly 50,000 votes. Each winner will live out their ultimate Disney Dream "Job" in one of the five categories: Jungle Cruise Skipper, Pirate, ...
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