What Works What Is Missing And What Needs Fixing At Galaxys Edge
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In late May, about 10 days before Disneyland opened Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge, I booked a weekend near the resort believing I 'd outsmart everyone and find a near-empty park before the wave of visitors expected to check out the new 14-acre land. Instead, I found claustrophobia-inducing crowds flooding the paths of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, and waits for people-eating ...
What Would Disney Build At Disneyland With $1 Billion
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A Millennium Falcon ride? Going for a spin in an Iron Man suit? Disney executives have announced plans to spend $1 billion on new attractions in Disneyland and/or Disney California Adventure. Here are some options: 'Star Wars' More Yoda? Natural, it would be. The Star Tours ride has been running since 1987, and the stories and characters from "Star Wars" could generate even more rides, ...
What Would Walt Disney Say About Disney Today
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The first studio deal I made to write and produce a motion picture was at the Walt Disney Company - and Walt's imprint on the studio he created was so indelible that almost any time anyone would ask a question, the response was almost always began with - "What would Walt do?" A comment that always perplexed me as Walt had already been dead for 15 years at the time. In those days, ca 1981, the ...
What Would Walt Say About Todays Disney
What would Walt Disney say about the price of visiting Disneyland today?
That 's a common question asked by people frustrated by the high cost of a Disney getaway. Walt designed his theme park for families, but today 's prices discourage many working parents from considering a visit.
But I think that if some spirit ushered Walt Disney from the afterlife into 2026, he would be ...
Whats All This Jazz At Disneyland
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The "saints" are all ready to come marching in-at Disneyland, and when they arrive Saturday, Oct. 1, the most unique combination of Walt Disney pageantry and Dixieland jazz ever presented west of New Orleans will take over the Magic Kingdom. Called "Dixieland and at Disneyland," the spectacular will mark the first time in the Southland that a show has ever been presented in a setting that turns the ...
Whats New At Disneyland
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So many new attractions have recently opened at Disneyland and more are coming! Jen Dunyon, VP of Communications, says now is a great time to head to The Happiest Place on Earth. Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters in Cars Land opened in March, the NEW Frozen - Live at the Hyperion opened over Memorial Day Weekend (full Broadway style musical - get a Fastpass!), and Soarin' Around the World opened in mid-June. ...
What's New At Disneyland
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A half-dozen new or revitalized attractions will be unveiled May 4: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters: Piloting individual Space Cruisers in Tomorrowland, riders fire laser cannons at targets to protect outer space from the evil forces of Emperor Zurg. Total scores appear in the Space Cruiser at the end of each ride. But get this: Via the Internet, at-home participants can team up with in-park riders to ...
What's Next For ‘Captain EO' At Disneyland
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Two years ago, fans lined up overnight to catch the first showing of Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" movie after a 13-year absence, thinking that it would show for only for a limited time at Disneyland. But Disney has yet to announce when "Captain EO" will depart and what will replace it, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. Thursday marks the two-year anniversary of the movie's return ...
Whats Really Inside The Castle At Disneyland
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Sleeping Beauty's Castle is the centerpiece, the icon, and the symbol of Disneyland. Every Disney Park built since 1955 has a castle at the center, but only the original has a full-on storybook attraction inside those stone walls. A lot of people don't seem to notice it, so it feels kinda secret. The high style, midcentury gothic Sleeping Beauty Walkthrough is one of my favorite places in the park. ...
Whats Up At Disneyland Tall Walls Hide Work On Star Wars Land And 400 Disney Emojis Released
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Tall walls were going up in the area under construction for "Star Wars" land at Disneyland during the week leading up to the park's 61st anniversary on July 17. While Bothan spies were attempting to find out what the walls are all about, they were able to secure a copy of an artist's concept painting of what the new land will look like and put a copy of it on a fence near the exit to Big Thunder ...
When At Disneyland Let Walt Be Your Guide To His Magical Kingdom
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The first thing most people do when they visit Disneyland is head straight for the rides. They have it all wrong. To truly experience Disney magic, you need Walt to be your guide to his kingdom. Here's how a prominent group of Gonzaga alums experienced that for themselves while in Anaheim for Gonzaga's Sweet 16 games. The key is not to rush, especially right after you walk through the front ...
When Can You Watch New Star Wars Show It Is Complicated
Disneyland 's new Star Wars projection show in Galaxy 's Edge is a mix of technical marvel and wonderful storytelling told in a difficult venue with a messy schedule.
The new “Shadows of Memory: A Skywalker Saga” nightly projection show debuted over the weekend during the launch of the Season of the Force event that drew a massive crowd on opening night.
“Shadows of Memory” uses ...
When Disneyland Debuted His 3-D Movie Marvel
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George Lucas was there because he is the producer. Francis Coppola was there because he is the director. But the star wasn't there because, after all, he's Michael Jackson. Although the premier of Jackson's sci-fi short, Captain EO, lured a slew of stars to an afternoon at Disneyland, the main attraction himself was mysteriously but predictably absent. After photographs of Jackson sleeping in a hyperbaric ...
When Disneyland Turns Into The Land Of Greed
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Disneyland is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, yet after its reopening in 2021, it has left guests disappointed with its minimal efforts to provide the charmful experience it once had. I have held a season pass to Disneyland since September 2021, so I have experienced most of the problems guests are reporting this year. Problems such as overcapacity and attraction mismanagement ...
When Goths Go To Disneyland
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If you go to Disneyland on Sunday, May 5, and find yourself surrounded by kids of all shades of pale, looking as sinister as the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, don't be alarmed. It's just Bats Day in the Fun Park, the annual Magic Kingdom gathering of goths and their punk/metal/steampunk brethren, which has been confusing tourists since 1999. It sounds chuckle-worthy: goths - the ...
When King Mohammed V Visited The First Disneyland Park
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One year after Morocco's independence, King Mohammed V paid the United States a visit, and most precisely the newly constructed park known at the moment as Disneyland. During his trip to the American country, the sovereign visited Williamsburg, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Omaha, the Niagara Falls and New York before departing on December the 13 in 1957. King Mohammed V's trip to the USA had ...
When Lost Is Found, Disneyland Is A Happy Place
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Sometimes Disneyland's Lost and Found department returns the missing smile to a child's face by recovering a lost toy. Sometimes it literally returns the hair to a man's head by salvaging a stray toupee But Kay McFaul, who ran the department for 20 years, witnessed perhaps the biggest change to a visitor's face when she returned a missing item: the woman's glass eyeball. "Immediately I put out a ...
When the Mouse Roared Back Part 2
The year 1985 was a pivotal one for Disneyland, and it really set the stage for the following year, which the Marketing team aptly named, "Looks Like We Started Something! Disneyland "86". The new Eisner-Wells team had been busy the two previous years turning on a ton of work, and a lot of it would show up in '86. The "GiftGiver Extraordinaire" was continued over, but this time instead of every 30th guest ...
When The Mouse Roared Back Part 3
So while things were heating up at Disneyland, what was going on over at a relatively secret location in Glendale where all the shows and rides found at Disneyland were created? The newly christened Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) was rapidly expanding staff to handle the massive project load that was building courtesy of the new management structure. WDI is unique in many ways, but one facet of the company ...
When the Mouse Roared Back!
The early 1980's were a very dramatic time for Disneyland. The company had recently survived the Saul Steinberg corporate raid event, and they had recently created the two new movie divisions that would allow Disney to produce R-rated movies and such to a non-Disney focused market. Michael Eisner and Frank Wells had just come on board and the energy that followed was like a mounting tidal wave that washed ...
When Villains Rule The Night
If I've ever been to Disneyland during Halloween, I was a kid, because I don't remember it. However, I do know that for Halloween, like Christmas, the decorators go all out. The equivalent of the giant tree in the Town Square and Mickey shaped wreaths are Mickey shaped jack-o-lanterns, complete with friendly smile and pumpkin ears. The entrance plaza has the "fab five," Mickey and friends, made out of ...
When Walt Disney Visited The Boardwalk
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When Disneyland opened in 1955, Tomorrowland boasted the Autopia ride, a self-driven turnpike for kids of all ages. The cars were outfitted with bumpers, but they were plagued by collisions and occasionally jumped the curb that centered them on the roadway. When the Boardwalk 's Autorama ride opened in 1961, in addition to front and rear bumpers, our cars also had a center guide rail to control the cars ...
When Will Close And Reopen Haunted Mansion For Holiday Makeover
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Haunted Mansion fans have a month to jump on the classic version of the Disneyland dark ride before the beloved 1969 attraction goes down for a few weeks to get ready for the Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons. The Haunted Mansion will be closed for refurbishment from Aug. 16 to Sept. 2 to transform the dark ride with “The Nightmare Before Christmas” holiday overlay, according to the ...
When Will Disneyland And Other Parks Reopen How Will They Keep Visitors Safe
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A Disneyland fan since he was 5 years old, Ryan Temple visited the park up to twice a month before it closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, often wearing his favorite Mickey Mouse letterman jacket. But now the 22-year-old Phoenix resident says he would be cautious about returning to the Anaheim theme park once it reopens - whenever that may be. “I 'm honestly not sure when I ...
When Will Disneyland Bring Back Fantasmic And World Of Color
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The famed “kiss goodnight” that the “Fantasmic” and “World of Color” nighttime spectaculars reliably delivered on a nightly basis at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure continue to remain dark and are not expected to return until 2022. “Fantasmic” and “World of Color” went into hibernation during the 13-month coronavirus closures of the Anaheim theme parks and have shown few signs of ...
When Will Disneyland Bring Back The Award Winning Magic Happens Parade
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The Magic Happens parade that only ran for a couple weeks before the pandemic closed Disneyland has picked up a prestigious international award for live entertainment excellence that could bode well for fans anxiously awaiting the parade 's eventual return. Disneyland 's Magic Happens parade just won a Brass Ring Award from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions - ...
When Will Disneyland Build Another Theme Park In Anaheim
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Will Disneyland ever expand to add a third theme park to the resort? Fans have been speculating about a third gate at Disneyland ever since it expanded to add its second gate, Disney California Adventure, in 2001. With sibling Walt Disney World in Florida offering four theme parks, many fans on the West Coast want to see Disney's original theme park resort catch up. But fans can't wish theme ...
When Will Disneyland Have Drone Shows Like Those Seen At The Olympics
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The most novel part of this year's Olympic opening and closing ceremonies was the drone shows. Hundreds of synchronized drones flew above the Olympic stadium in Pyeongchang, with their lights shining as illuminated pixels creating ever-changing animations in the sky. If you thought that the show looked like the sort of thing you might see at a theme park, you'd be right. Disney and other theme park ...
When Will Disneyland Next Raise Prices To Limit Attendance
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Something unusual happened in the theme park business last week. The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida changed its ticket prices and Disneyland didn't do a thing. The Disney theme parks had developed a habit in recent years of raising their ticket and annual pass prices at the same time. But last week, Walt Disney World rolled out a wide-ranging change in the way it prices theme park tickets that ...
When Will Disneyland Open The Fastpass Line For Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run
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Now that Disney 's Hollywood Studios in Florida has announced plans to open the FastPass lane on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run it begs the obvious question: When will Disneyland do the same thing? Star Wars fans planning a trip to Batuu East on or after Feb. 19 can now make FastPass reservations to fly the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy through the My Disney Experience app used at Walt ...
When Will Disneyland's New Parade Start
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Disneyland"s new parade may debut later than expected. The company announced last week that Mickey's Soundsational Parade would be part of Disneyland's summer lineup in a press release mostly about Walt Disney World's season. The release says that the parade would debut this summer, but no date is listed. But John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman, said the parade debut is still planned ...
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