Guests are taken on a runaway mine train ride through dark caverns, ghost towns, and around the towering butte of Thunder Mountain on "the wildest ride in the wilderness."
Indy Ride Goes Through Tires Pretty Quickly During Grueling 18 Hour Days
Dateline: November 1, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland should have partnered with Goodyear or Firestone as the sponsor of the Indiana Jones Adventure considering how often the tires had to be changed on the motion-base dark ride when the attraction first opened at the Anaheim theme park.
“We go through those tires pretty quickly,” Disney Legend Tony Baxter said in the new season of “Behind the
20 Loudest Rides And 20 Noisiest Shows With Decibel Readings
Dateline: October 3, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland 's monorail horn is as loud as a piledriver, its railroad trains as ear-splitting as a jackhammer and the nightly fireworks more deafening than a bulldozer, according to a noise analysis conducted on behalf of the Anaheim theme park.
The decibel readings for attractions, shows and parades at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are
Expansion Conceptual Maps Indicate 16 Rides And An Outdoor Show
Dateline: October 2, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Plans released for a massive Disneyland theme park expansion imagine thrill rides that could be like Radiator Springs Racers, family attractions similar to Toy Story Midway Mania and shows like “Fantasmic” filling themed lands based on “Frozen,” “Tron,” and “Zootopia.”
Conceptual maps included in the 17,000-page Environmental Impact Report released by
Lone Ranger In Disneyland The Untold Story Of The Films Scrapped Big Thunder Mountain Overlay
Dateline: July 8, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Yahoo
Ten years ago, Disney 's “The Lone Ranger” galloped into theaters everywhere.
An updated and deconstructed version of the character known primarily for his black mask and white horse (named Silver), the movie was a big-budget, high-concept adventure film from the same team behind Disney 's lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise - director Gore
These Disney Characters Are Set To Appear At First Ever After Dark Pride Event
Dateline: June 13, 2023
Status: Current
Source: ktla.com
Over two dozen Disney characters, along with two openly gay superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will make meet and greet appearances at Disneyland 's first After Dark Pride event on Tuesday evening.
Phastos from “Eternals”, who is one of the few confirmed LGBTQ+ superheroes, according to Entertainment Weekly, is slated to greet Disneyland
Your Favorite Ride Is Not What We Picked As No 1
Dateline: June 5, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Los Angeles Times
It 's a Small World, I recently declared, is the best ride at the Disneyland Resort.
No other ride, I argued, so clearly represents the artistry of those who created it, as the dolls, the atmosphere and the critters are all in the style of whimsy and bold colors of Mary Blair. It 's also a ride that 's likely weirder than you remember it. It 's a world of
The Much Missed Restaurant Disneyland Tore Down To Build Star Wars Galaxys Edge
Dateline: April 16, 2023
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Ask any longtime Disneyland fan which food they miss the most, and you 'll likely get one of two answers: They 'll say the McDonald 's Fry Wagon, or they 'll say Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue. When it closed, so went the only family-style table service restaurant at the resort. Nowhere on Disneyland property has offered anywhere close to the all-you-can-eat model for
Disneyland Sets Splash Mountain Closing Date Releases New Concept Art For Tianas Bayou Adventure
Dateline: April 12, 2023
Status: Current
Source: Los Angeles Times
Disneyland 's Splash Mountain - the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” - has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current
Almost No One Has Seen This Attraction And It Is Finally Coming Back
Dateline: December 2, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Disneyland fans - at least the ones who pride themselves on their knowledge of the park and its history - each have a list of rides and attractions they wish they could have seen back in the day. For some, it 's Museum of the Weird, the never-was expansion of the Haunted Mansion led by Rolly Crump and Yale Gracey. For others, it 's the Conestoga Wagons (and the
Rides For Adults All The Thrills And Magic
Dateline: November 30, 2022
Status: Current
Source: wdw-magazine.com
Contrary to what some believe, Disneyland is far from a glorified kiddie-land. These days, you can get just as much thrill from a day at a Disney theme park as you could at Six Flags (with a whole lot more magic)!
If you 're planning a trip to Disney but worried about getting your fix of big drops and high speeds, look no further; this complete guide to
Something Nostalgic Something New Disneyland Blends Both With A Touch Of Pixie Dust
Dateline: October 22, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Calgary Herald
An ideal vacation often serves up a perfect fusion of experiences - some familiar, some new and others a tad bit magical.
Creating that blend isn 't always an easy task, but one destination that celebrates its classic attractions while changing with the times is Disneyland. As founder Walt Disney said decades ago, “Disneyland will never be completed. It
Secrets Areas The Public Can Not Go
Dateline: October 2, 2022
Status: Current
Source: ktla.com
The Disneyland Resort is filled with magic - including some that is hidden from guests.
Parkgoers can walk through almost any part of the theme park during their visit, from Sleeping Beauty 's Castle to “The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness,” but some areas have a “restricted to the public” spell cast over them.
Matterhorn Bobsleds
It Will Never Work 5 Nowhilarious Things Walts Competitors Said About Disneyland And Lessons Todays Executives Should Learn
Dateline: October 1, 2022
Status: Current
Source: themeparktourist.com
Today, the top three most-visited theme parks on Earth are all "Disneylands." Just about every park built "A.D." (that is, After Disneyland) borrow in one form or another from its model, layout, or attractions. So it's easy to forget that once upon a time, Disneyland was a risk... one that industry experts were certain was doomed to fail.
Our friends at
I Went To Disneyland By Myself Even Though I Hate Rides And Crowds Here Are 11 Of My Favorite Things I Did
Dateline: September 4, 2022
Status: Current
Source: insider.com
When I embarked on a five-week trip across California, I had no intention of hitting up Disneyland. But when I booked a beach resort close to the theme park, it felt like too good of an opportunity to pass up.
Even though park reservations were sold out, I managed to snag a last-minute ticket by repeatedly checking the website the morning of.
Disneyland Cats Are Real Here Is How To See Them
Dateline: August 14, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
You might think the Disneyland cats are a myth. After all, a theme park encouraging stray cats to live inside its gates to keep the vermin population down does seem a little wild - especially when you consider the theme park famously “all started with a mouse,” according to Walt Disney.
But Disneyland 's “community cats,” as it calls them, are very real.
23 Rides That Have Shut Down And The Surprising Reasons Why
Dateline: July 1, 2022
Status: Current
Source: insider.com
Rocket to the Moon closed and inspired several futuristic flight rides were equally unsuccessful.
Rocket to the Moon was a Disneyland opening day attraction in 1955 that placed guests in a giant rocket ship, or moonliner, standing in Tomorrowland. The futuristic simulation ride was sponsored by the now defunct airline TWA (Trans World Airline).
10 Most Expensive Items In Auction Featuring 1500 Theme Park Collectibles
Dateline: May 18, 2022
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
An upcoming auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland items expected to fetch as much as $600,000 apiece will give Disneyana enthusiasts a chance to add a bit of the Anaheim theme park 's history to their personal memorabilia collections.
Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills will hold the Disneyland Signature Auction: The Rummell Collection on Saturday, May
Can You Teach An Old Theme Park New Tricks
Dateline: April 9, 2022
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As much as it might be nice to think otherwise, we 're all basically creatures of habit. We choose the same foods over and over, drive the same routes to the same places, sit in the same spots even when there are other options.
It 's no different at Disneyland. Those of us who visit the park frequently tend to fall into the same patterns every time. Maybe we
Why Disneyland Removed The McDonalds Fry Wagon The Most Irresistible Food Option In The Entire Park
Dateline: April 2, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Even if you didn 't know what was ahead of you, you knew what you were walking toward. The smell was unmistakable. Turn the corner from Disneyland 's New Orleans Square, pass the Mark Twain Riverboat, and there it was - four spoked wheels, wooden-slat walls and thick canvas stretched across the top, emblazoned with one iconic phrase: “Westward ho!”
The
Debunking Most Widely Shared Myths All Of The Plants In Tomorrowland Are Not Actually Edible
Dateline: March 19, 2022
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I had a plan.
A plan I knew my wife would hate.
On our family 's vacation to Disneyland in February, I would test what I always believed to be the most unbelievable of Disney 's urban legends: 100% of the plants in Tomorrowland are edible.
My wife 's response when I tried to softly break the news to her: “Grant. No.”
The
Five Stages Of Disney Parks For Parents
Dateline: March 12, 2022
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I've been talking about writing this story for years but until today, the eve of my youngest daughter's 13th birthday, it felt disingenuous.
Now that I officially have two teenagers, and have experienced all of these phases, I feel I can share what I have dubbed the "five stages of Disney" with parents.
The first is obviously the baby
Pirates Of The Caribbean Will Close Indefinitely In Days
Dateline: March 9, 2022
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Guests visiting Disneyland Resort this month will be without a fan-favorite attraction after the Park indefinitely closes Pirates of the Caribbean.
Nestled in Anaheim, Southern California, Disneyland first opened decades ago in 1955. Walt Disney 's first amusement theme park brought Disney magic to the masses and has continued to provide magical vacations for
Here Is What Is Changing When Mickeys Toontown Gets Transformed
Dateline: February 19, 2022
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Late last year it was revealed that Mickey 's Toontown at Disneyland was going to get a major overhaul. While we knew that a Disneyland version of Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway was already under construction, we learned in November that all of Toontown would be closing down at some point this year for a major overhaul, set to be finished sometime in early 2023.
Doritos The Super Bowl Favorite Snack Were Created At Disneyland
Dateline: February 13, 2022
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
Of all the beautiful things Disney has given the world - anthropomorphic mice, immersive-environment theme parks, monorails - there 's only one that 's part of countless Super Bowl spreads in homes across America today. (And no, I 'm not talking about the “I 'm going to Disneyland!” thing. That 's another story.) You 've probably got it in your kitchen right now,
Disney Announces Splash Mountain Will Soon Reopen After Refurbishment Closure
Dateline: January 27, 2022
Status: Current
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Pirates of the Caribbean, “it 's a small world,” Matterhorn Bobsleds, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones Adventure, Peter Pan 's Flight, Buzz Lightyear 's Astro Blasters, Roger Rabbit 's Toon Spin, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Astro Orbiter, Disneyland Railroad, Space Mountain, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Millennium
Secret Way To Make This Ride Even More Terrifying
Dateline: January 5, 2022
Status: Current
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While Walt Disney World is a huge Resort featuring tons of attractions within its four Parks, many Guests prefer the iconic Disneyland when on going on vacation. Something about Disneyland is so magical and so, well, “Disney”. From classic rides like Mr. Toad 's Wild Ride, Space Mountain , and Peter Pan 's Flight to the original Sleeping Beauty Castle at the end of Main
Does It Pass The Smell Test Rides Ranked By Their Scents
Dateline: December 31, 2021
Status: Current
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In an era when social media has made everyone with an annual pass a theme park influencer, it seems like we 've got rankings of every Disneyland ride, wait time, snack, souvenir and entertainment offering. But no one is talking about one of the most crucial elements to the park experience: the smell. Walt Disney himself knew that scents were important to forming positive
A Really Weird Experience The Oddest Places Readers Have Ever Been Stuck On Rides
Dateline: October 20, 2021
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There 's one moment on the Haunted Mansion - my favorite ride, my only must-do on any given Disneyland day - that I absolutely dread. Sometimes I close my eyes, sometimes I just avert them to focus on something more agreeable to my sensibilities, sometimes I just fix my gaze, staring down my own demon in grotesque horror.
It has absolutely nothing to do with
Disneyland Drops Free Fastpasses Will Charge Extra To Skip Lines On Some Rides
Dateline: August 18, 2021
Status: Current
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Disneyland will replace the free FastPass system with a paid Lightning Lane option and begin charging for premium front-of-the-line access on some individual attractions as the Anaheim theme park launches its new Disney Genie mobile app.
The new Disney Genie service will debut this fall as part of the Disneyland and Walt Disney World mobile apps as a
Even Seasoned Pros Are Doing Disneyland Wrong Right Now
Dateline: July 23, 2021
Status: Current
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Whether you 're a first-time visitor or a local who used to visit the parks every week, the Disneyland experience has changed tremendously in 2021. Advice that was once sound no longer applies, and many old rules of thumb to maximize your experience at the park have gone out the window.
I feel like my Disneyland strategy is pretty fine-tuned - I rarely wait
Two Most Popular Rides Temporarily Closed
Dateline: June 10, 2021
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
Although Disney Parks Cast Members do everything they can to make sure rides and attractions remain operational for Guests every day, sometimes unexpected downtime does occur. Today, two of Disneyland Resort 's most popular rides - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance are experiencing unanticipated temporary closures.
As you can
What Disneyland Is Doing To Repair A Crumbling Matterhorn
Dateline: May 22, 2021
Status: Current
Source: SFGate
The Matterhorn Bobsleds is not an original 1955 attraction at Disneyland, but it 's so deeply ingrained in the park 's mythology that it may as well be. That mountain, its snow-capped peak rising on one side above Fantasyland and above Tomorrowland on the other, is a permanent fixture in the hearts of parkgoers, and of the park 's landscape itself.
So it
Disneyland Teases Indiana Jones Themed Bar For Expansion Project
Dateline: May 14, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Dailynews.com
An Indiana Jones restaurant and bar at Walt Disney World themed as a pilot hangout in an airplane hangar is one example of the high-end “eatertainment” concepts that Disneyland could build under a reimagined long-term vision for the Anaheim theme park resort district.
Disneyland teased Jock Lindsey 's Hangar Bar in Disney Springs at Walt Disney World as one
What It Is Like At A Reopened Disneyland
Dateline: May 1, 2021
Status: Current
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Yesterday was a big day for theme park lovers and Californians alike.
The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California finally reopened after more than 13 months of pandemic closures. California residents were the only guests permitted to visit on reopening day, so I hopped on a plane (my first flight since last March!) from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area
Employee Previews Offer First Look Inside Soon To Reopen Park
Dateline: April 28, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
It only seems appropriate that the first visitors to step foot inside Disneyland and Disney California Adventure after the coronavirus closures that shuttered the Anaheim theme parks for more than a year would be some of its 15,000 cast members, Disney parlance for employees.
“It was honestly so great to spend a full day back at Disneyland after well over a
Disneys Imagination Soars Again
Dateline: April 25, 2021
Status: Current
Source: newspress.com
Magical touches added before the reopening of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure
After the longest closure in its 66-year history, Disneyland will reopen Friday with magical changes to one of its original rides.
In Fantasyland, Snow White 's Scary Adventures has been reimagined as Snow White 's Enchanted Wish.
Visitors will see
California Oks Reopening Of Ball Parks Disneyland
Dateline: March 6, 2021
Status: Current
Source: Associated Press
California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly a year after coronavirus restrictions shuttered major entertainment spots.
The state on Friday relaxed guidelines for reopening outdoor venues as a fall and winter surge seemed to be ending, with COVID-19 infection rates, hospitalizations and
Lost Park Attraction Only Exists In Marvel Comics
Dateline: February 7, 2021
Status: Current
Source: screenrant.com
Back when Walt Disney was still alive and developing attractions at Disneyland with his team of Imagineers, there were some attractions that were conceptualized that were never made. One such attraction would have been a companion to the Haunted Mansion. Unfortunately, upon Walt's passing, the plans were scrapped and it was never built. It does exist, however, in a
Preps For Reopening Plexiglass Installed At Park
Dateline: August 21, 2020
Status: Current
Source: insidethemagic.net
As Disneyland Park still does not have a timeline announced to the public about its reopening, they are still hard at work implementing health and safety measures as they await more guidelines from state officials for reopening theme parks in California. On a visit to Downtown Disney, it can be seen that they are installing physical distancing measures at the entrance to
How 50 Attractions Could Change When The Parks Reopen
Dateline: August 1, 2020
Status: Current
Source: Orange County Register
Virtually every Disneyland ride and attraction will change in some way to accommodate the new normal of COVID-19 health and safety protocols when the Anaheim theme parks reopen following an extended coronavirus closure.
Visitors returning to Disneyland will find social distancing measures stretching from attraction queues to the rides themselves with
Disneyland Can Be Done In One Day But Here Is What You Will Want To Prioritize
Dateline: May 6, 2020
Status: Current
Source: thetravel.com
Disneyland probably is the best place on earth... The number of roller coasters and fun activities you can do is huge and that's why you will want to prioritize your visit and follow the tips we have for you.
Disneyland can be fun, but you'll want to do some things first so that you don't miss the park's greatest part! Make sure you book your trip
45 Surprising Secrets About Disneyland
Dateline: January 15, 2020
Status: Current
Source: Eonline.com
It's been 45 years since Disney Parks first took intrepid thrill seekers into the darkest corners of outer space.
We're talking, of course, about Space Mountain.
And while it's true that the iconic indoor roller coaster opened first at Walt Disney World in Florida on January 15, 1975, did you know that it was first dreamed up, at the
Which Attractions Have The Most And Least Downtime You Will Be Surprised
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Dateline: November 22, 2019
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The only thing more disappointing than finding your favorite Disneyland out of service is having the ride break down while you 're waiting in line to board.
Fortunately, that doesn 't happen very often.
Disneyland experienced an average downtime of 4% across all of the Anaheim theme park 's attractions according to data collected from January
How To See All Of Disneyland In One Day If You Are Ready For A Challenge
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Dateline: October 29, 2019
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There's a lot to be said for spending a relaxing day at Disneyland, but if your goal is to do and see it all, it's a different kind of trip entirely - especially if you don't have a lot of time to accomplish it in. If you're wondering how to see Disneyland in one day, I won't lie: it's tough. But it's also doable - it just requires a little bit of
How To Celebrate Your Anniversary So It Is Romantic And Fun
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Dateline: October 24, 2019
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Your anniversary is coming up, and you're on the lookout for the most romantic and fun way to celebrate. For Disney lovers, heading to the Magic Kingdom may be an obvious choice, but you're wondering exactly how to celebrate your anniversary at Disneyland. Of course, there's no right or wrong way to do Disneyland, but there are a few things you can plan to do in
8 Things You Loved As A Kid And Still Do Even In Your 20s
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Dateline: October 5, 2019
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If you think Disney is just a place for kids, I'm here to let you in on a little secret: Adults can have just as much fun there. Disney is meant for everyone, and it's the things about Disney you loved as a kid and still do in your 20s that prove exactly that.
I'm a proud 29 year old who spends her free days going to Disneyland to ride on Big Thunder
Why Pirates Of The Caribbean Is The Best Ride According To Bob Iger
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Dateline: October 4, 2019
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Every ride at Disneyland is probably somebody's favorite, but there are a few clear front runners in that never ending debate. If you love roller coasters than it may be all about Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. If you prefer dark rides then your favorite might be the Haunted Mansion or possibly Peter Pan's Flight.
One ride that is
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad At 40 A Timeless Triumph Of Theme Park Design
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Dateline: September 2, 2019
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When the D23 Expo unveiled a series of theme-park announcements in late August, one of them was unsurprisingly focused on the upcoming Epcot attraction centered on Marvel 's Guardians of the Galaxy. This new roller-coaster, subtitled “Cosmic Rewind”, is meant to be a 360-degree immersive ride; among its many elements, as noted in the press release, Cosmic Rewind will
30 Captions For Couples Who Are Having A Date That Is Like A Fairy Tale
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Dateline: August 17, 2019
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When visiting Disneyland, there's nothing more magical than having your SO by your side. What could be more romantic than sharing a churro Lady and the Tramp-style with bae and holding hands while you're getting spooked at the Haunted Mansion? For a date that's truly fairy tale-worthy, you need to plan a trip to Disneyland. When you get there, don't forget to
Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Celebration Inside Special Event
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Dateline: August 16, 2019
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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
Ride Capacity How Long Will You Have To Wait In Line
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Dateline: August 16, 2019
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Many a Disneyland guest has walked past the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and been struck by the long line pushing through the attraction 's entry arch. Yet the posted wait time is a reasonable 20 minutes.
Conversely, those drawn to the Astro Orbiter 's short line tend to think the wait time on the sign is wrong. How could it be possibly be 40 minutes?
20 Surprising Things You Can And Can Not See Do And Taste At Your Next Visit
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Dateline: August 13, 2019
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Blue milk. Human ashes. Feral cats.
Disneyland may be 85 acres of carefully curated mirth, but even after nearly 65 years of operation in Anaheim, Calif., the vacation destination can still surprise -- as park-goers who 've encountered the blue milk, human ashes and, yes, feral cats can attest.
Before you next pass through the turnstile en route
At Haunted Mansion 50th Anniversary Bash Stays Weird
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Dateline: August 9, 2019
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Vintage Disney attractions are loaded with oddities. Seemingly outlandish creations - operatic tropical orchids or rum-hungry feral cats - are less likely in today 's modern theme parks, where referencing the thing we saw in a movie too often takes priority.
But even for '60s-era Disneyland, when weird wasn 't in short supply, 1969 's long-in-development
Can You Name All 15 Eticket Rides Still At Disneyland It Is Not As Easy As You Think
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Dateline: August 5, 2019
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As Disneyland celebrates the 60th anniversary of the E-ticket, it seems like a good time to look back at the rides that earned that distinction at the Anaheim theme park.
But what are the E-ticket rides of Disneyland? Naming them all is not as simple as you might think.
There were 23 E-ticket attractions during the ticket book era that stretched
Which Attraction Has The Most Riders Since Star Wars Galaxys Edge Opened You Will Be Surprised
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Dateline: July 24, 2019
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You 'd be forgiven for assuming the new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction has had the most riders of any Disneyland attraction since Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge opened - but you 'd be off by a long shot.
Disneyland announced last week that 1 million riders have ridden the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction since Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge
It Is Not Your Grandparents Disneyland Anymore
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Dateline: July 7, 2019
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When I first started going to Disneyland shortly after the park opened in 1955, the most advanced high-tech item you could buy was an authentic Davy Crockett coonskin cap. You wore it proudly and recorded your visit (in black and white) with your trusty Brownie Sure Shot camera.
Today you'll need a lot more interactive smartphone savvy if you and your
Did The California Earthquake Cause Damage At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 4, 2019
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Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is up and running following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. There was no damage reported at the theme park following the quake that shook Southern California on Thursday, July 4, just after 10:30 a.m. local time. Although the earthquake was several miles away from Anaheim, the folks over at Disneyland needed to take the proper precautions to
Inside The Opening Week Of Star Wars Galaxys Edge At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 9, 2019
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Sadly I wasn 't able to attend the opening weekend of Galaxy 's Edge at Disneyland. However, my good friend Michael Rhaney and his wife Laura are Disneyland locals and annual pass holders, which means they DID snag reservations for the first week of Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge. I decided to live vicariously through them and ask Michael all about the overall experience, how
Reservations Open For Star Wars Attraction
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Dateline: May 2, 2019
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Disneyland will begin accepting reservations Thursday for its $1 billion Star Wars land, which is expected to attract throngs of visitors when it opens May 31.
The 14-acre Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land will feature two rides, four eateries, one space-themed cantina and five retail shops. The attraction is being replicated at Walt Disney World in Orlando,
Rare Walt Disney 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Personal Presentation Nautilus To Be Auctioned
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Dateline: April 27, 2019
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700 Items to Auction in One Day
Van Eaton Galleries has announced The Art of Entertainment, a pop culture & Disneyland auction taking place May 4, 2019 beginning at 10:00 a.m. PT at Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, California. A striking item included in the collection is a very rare, one-of-a-kind original presentation Nautilus used by Walt Disney in 1954 to
A Perfect 48 Hours Of Eating At Disneyland Resort
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Dateline: April 11, 2019
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Theme park food normally brings to mind wilted hot dogs and sad soft serve cones, but Disney cares far too much about its culinary program to stoop so low at its original park. The perfect 48 hours in the Happiest Place on Earth are filled with much less junk food than you'd anticipate, with generous options for strong cocktails, sit-down dinners that don't disappoint,
2 Nighttime Spectaculars Added To Premium Maxpass System
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Dateline: April 9, 2019
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Disney has added the "Fantasmic" and "World of Color" nighttime spectaculars to the MaxPass system which lets visitors book FastPass attraction times via a mobile app at its two Anaheim theme parks.
The $15 up-charge MaxPass system works with the free FastPass systems to allow visitors to set up return times for popular attractions in Disneyland and Disney California
To Handle Star Wars Crowds Disneyland Nixes Smoking Areas Bans Wide Strollers
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Dateline: March 28, 2019
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Disneyland Resort is too popular for its own good. Raising prices, charging extra for high-demand days and adding blackout dates for annual passholders haven't been enough to thin the throngs that increase every year.
Now with the expected onrush of fans for the May 31 opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - the biggest expansion in the park's history - Walt Disney Co.
How To Do Disneyland In A Day And Not Lose Your Mind
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Dateline: February 25, 2019
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Here's the story: you want to wish upon a star and take your kids to Disneyland, but you want to make it as pixie dust-magical, efficient and meltdown-free as possible.
I've always had a soft spot for Disneyland ever since my parents first took me when was I was seven years old. I loved it then and have always wanted to return with my own kids. My wife and I have
10 Tips For Visiting With Toddlers And Preschoolers
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Dateline: January 11, 2019
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Toddlers and preschoolers can be challenging travel companions, but travel destinations like Disneyland are made for them. I've never been a parent to wait until a certain age to travel with my kids anywhere, and there was no way I was going to miss out on the magic of Disney when my kids believed in it the most (and kids are free until they turn 3 at Disney).
What Disneyland Is Really Like On Christmas According To Former Employees
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Dateline: December 20, 2018
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You would think that combining the happiest place on Earth with the perfect amount of tinsel and yuletide cheer would make Disneyland an ideal place to spend Christmas. As it turns out, that's not always the case.
Sure, Mickey and friends dressed head to toe in holiday garb, a 60-foot tall Christmas tree, and endless holiday songs enchanting the park is the epitome
How Long Will You Have To Wait In Line To Ride New Millennium Falcon Attraction
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Dateline: December 6, 2018
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The Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run flight simulator coming to Star Wars: Galaxy Edge this summer will only have enough capacity to allow about half the people that visit Disneyland on a typical day to ride the highly anticipated new attraction.
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run will accommodate up to 1,800 riders per hour when the new 14-acre themed land opens in
These Vintage Disneyland Photos Will Let You See the Park Through Walts Eyes
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Dateline: November 20, 2018
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You can't build a time machine to visit Disneyland's opening day, but "Walt Disney's Disneyland," the new Taschen book by Chris Nichols, details enough of the park's origins to make you feel like you've been transported back to 1955.
Diving into the history of Walt Disney's park with mesmerizing behind-the-scenes photos of the first rides and earliest attendees, it's
It Is Not Worth The Risk To Cheat Height Restrictions
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Dateline: October 10, 2018
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Here's a tip for all the parents out there taking their kids to Disneyland or another theme park anytime soon. The only thing you should be putting in your kids' shoes is their feet.
A friend posted a photo to Facebook last week of an adult shoving napkins in a child's shoes in an attempt to make the kid tall enough to meet the height requirement at Disneyland's
Every Attraction Ranked By Three Disney Superfans
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Dateline: August 15, 2018
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While pretty much everybody loves Disneyland to one degree or another, for some of us, love borders on obsession. Three of us in particular at CinemaBlend have been to Disneyland so many times that we've lost track. Jessica and Mack are both former Southern California residents who used to frequent the park regularly and still make a yearly pilgrimage back. While I live a
Disneyland Has Hottest Day On Record As Temperatures Hit 45c
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Dateline: July 11, 2018
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Temperatures at California's Disneyland hit a whopping 114F (45C) on Friday, the hottest day ever recorded at the popular family attraction.
The sweltering conditions intensified a difficult day, which also saw Disney Parks' apps and websites crash, resulting in minimal information about wait times, no mobile ordering and restrictions on Fastpass and Maxpass.
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How We Rode 17 Attractions In One Day With Time To Spare Using Apps As Our Guide
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Dateline: June 10, 2018
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Apologies to Walt, but Disneyland might now be described as, "The app-iest place on Earth." Or it should be if you want the best vacation experience with the least time standing in lines.
Crowds and long attraction waits at the original Anaheim park and its Disneyland Resort neighbor, Disney California Adventure, may suck joy out of even this happiest place. But
19 Seriously Amazing Disneyland Hacks To Make Your Trip Even More Magical
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Dateline: May 5, 2018
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You've bought the plane tickets, booked the hotel, stocked up on super stylish Mickey gear, got your nails did, and have your Disneybounding all ready; you're truly invested in that upcoming Disneyland trip. Now it's time to do absolutely everything you can to ensure that you have the BEST TIME EVER. We can help! Here are 19 tried-and-true Disneyland hacks to assist you
5 Best Rides 5 Things To Avoid
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Five can't-miss Disneyland rides
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: A gold-mine-themed runaway train ride, it has nothing to do with Disney characters, except you'll yelp as high-pitched as Minnie Mouse through its twists and turns. And yet it wasn't too much for our 6-year-old.
Space Mountain: Of course! The famed inner-space thrill ride hasn't lost its starry
Real Reason Disney Parks Have Feral Cats And Other Wild Animals You Might See At The Happiest Place On Earth
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Dateline: March 29, 2018
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Animatronic animals aren't the only "furry" friends who get to enjoy Disneyland and Disney World. In fact, Disney parks are home to a variety of different species. Including, an abundance of feral cats that have free range of Main Street, Tomorrowland, and all other areas of the parks.
Want to know why Disney keeps these feral felines around? We share the real reason
Beloved Disneyland Rides And Attractions That No Longer Exist
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Dateline: March 25, 2018
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Since its opening in 1955, Disneyland has seen a number of rides and attractions come and go. And while some of the rides were replaced with newer and better thrills, some are sorely missed.
Up ahead, we take a look at some of the most beloved Disneyland attractions that no longer exist.
1. Submarine Voyage
In 1959, Disneyland introduced one of its first E
Walt Disneys First Ever Map Of Disneyland Revealed
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Dateline: March 23, 2018
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Back when Disney products were to be watched, not experienced, Walt Disney had a vision: a theme park that felt like stepping into a magical new place. Now, we can finally witness Walt's first dream.
Before construction could start, Walt needed funding. He and his friend Herb Ryman put their heads together and mapped out their dream for the Disneyland that was still
10 Things To Know About Star Wars Nite
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Dateline: March 17, 2018
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Source: Orange County Register
Yes, Star Wars and Disneyland geeks and freaks, (and everyone else, too), Disneyland is about to hold its first ever "Stars Wars Nite" at the park, for those of us who just can't get enough of the fun. This is in anticipation of the next movie in the Disney Star Wars franchise, plus of course the anticipated opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in July 2019.
Here are
Disney World And Disneyland Have 11 Iconic Matching Attractions Heres Which Park Has The Best Version Of Each Ride
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Dateline: February 27, 2018
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Disney parks are known for thrilling rides, epic foods and drink, and a creatively magical experience. The original Disneyland park in California has many rides that match up with Florida's Disney World, but not all rides are created equal. For example, the Space Mountain in Disney World is drastically different (and worse) than its California counterpart.
After
Space Mountain 87 Year Old Designer Rides Roller Coaster One Last Time
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Dateline: February 8, 2018
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For so long, his life was about speed, or, more precisely, the rate at which he could thrill people by moving them quickly forward.
Now, his life is all about slowing down.
Bill Watkins, the guy who designed the ride at Space Mountain at Disneyland and was the first to take that ride, is 87. His routine these days consists of going to the grocery store, riding
Everything We Saw At First-Ever Vintage Theme Night
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Dateline: January 30, 2018
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When Disneyland throws a party, you know we're gonna be there - and Disneyland After Dark: Throwback Nite was no exception. Disneyland's first event in a forthcoming series of themed nights this year was an ode to the rides, tunes, and thrills of yesteryear, complete with food, music, entertainment, and characters fit for vintage-obsessed Disney fans.
There were few
Disneyland Power Outage Shutters About Dozen Rides Monorail
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Dateline: December 27, 2017
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A power outage at Disneyland affected about a dozen attractions in and around Toontown and Fantasyland, including the Monorail and It's Small World attractions during one of the Anaheim, Calif. Attraction's busiest and most lucrative weeks.
The outage was caused by a transformer at the park that malfunctioned and knocked out power near the two lands, a Disneyland
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 14
Dateline: November 15, 2017
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There's Got to be a Morning After
When we last left off, Walt Disney had made it through Opening Day. It wasn't all that he had hoped it would be, but he made it. "Black Sunday" was supposed to be a relatively tame press preview. Instead it resembled more of an all out free-for-all -- the park being besieged by triple attendance that was more than expected. From a
Walt Disney Barn Honors Disneyland Mine Train Thru Nature Wonderland Attraction
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Dateline: August 14, 2017
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One of Disneyland's long-gone attractions was celebrated by Disney fans during a barbecue at Walt's Barn.
The barn, which sits on land at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum in Griffith Park, used to house the miniature live-steam railroad that Walt Disney built at his home in Holmby Hills. It was moved to this location in 1999, when the Disney family sold
There Are Rules To Obey When Going On A Disneyland Trip
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Dateline: July 28, 2017
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We said we'd wait at least another decade before going back to Disneyland after the last exhausting visit, but there we were, only two years later, going back.
Such a reversal is not without precedent. How many women, after giving birth, say they're never going to have another child, and then they go ahead and do it again anyway? Disneyland, like reproduction, is
Railroad Engineers Ecstatic About New Route As Classic Ride Readies To Reopen
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Dateline: July 27, 2017
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"All Aboard" will be heard again when the Disneyland Railroad opens Saturday, July 29, 2017 after a being shuttered for more than a year.
Construction of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge meant the railroad would be closed while a new route was built around Frontierland for the classic opening day attraction. During that time, the rail line's engineers were busy keeping the
San Diego Family Has A Blast Waiting For Rescue On Broken Down Ride
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Dateline: May 29, 2017
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A San Diego family stuck on a malfunctioning Disneyland roller coaster didn't let their bad luck stop them from having fun.
In fact, the Biggart family said getting "walked off" of ride was a cause for celebration.
"We go all the time," Jason Biggart said. "We kind of get excited if we're going to get walked off because it's a special thing."
When
10 Disneyland Attractions That Do Not Exist Anymore But We Wish Did
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Dateline: April 28, 2017
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It's not easy being Disneyland. To keep people coming back and visiting year after year, the Anaheim amusement park has to constantly reinvent itself while not changing in ways that'll alienate diehard fans whose nostalgia runs deep. A few months ago, the park permanently closed the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror to turn it into Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission:
Disney Getting Good At Recycling Movie Ideas From Disneyland Rides
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Dateline: April 19, 2017
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If Disney CEO Bob Iger ends up running for California governor - as has been rumored - I'm sure that the environment will stand atop his platform, because nobody in the entertainment business recycles more than Disney.
Animated movies becoming live action films, movies becoming theme park rides, theme park rides becoming movies. It's the Circle of Life, Hollywood
Star Tours Adds A New Planet
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Dateline: April 18, 2017
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Somewhere in Disneyland Park, right now, or at least very recently, or soon in the future, this exact question is being put to someone who just rode Star Tours by someone who opted to visit another attraction: Where'd ya go?
Because, as is the way with the popular motion simulator adventure, a person could visit Hoth or Naboo or Tatooine due to the fantastical fact
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 10
Dateline: January 9, 2017
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"I know it's here somewhere"
I'm not sure if that's exactly what was said upon first sight of where the Rivers of America used to be, but I'm sure it was something similar. Maybe with a little more salt. A lot of the excavation for the layout of the park revolved around removing existing trees and vegetation, digging out what would be the basin for the riverbed that
Path Opens And Gives A Peek Of Star Wars Land Construction Zone Inside Disneyland
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Dateline: December 28, 2016
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The holiday season means the force of the crowd is upon Disneyland, so officials decided to help that crowd get around the park more easily by making part of the "Star Wars" land construction zone visible to visitors.
For a few days this week, officials opened a temporary pathway in Frontierland, along what used to be called the Big Thunder Trail. The trail goes from
Mine Train That Once Ran At Disneyland Gets A New Home
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Dateline: December 23, 2016
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The mine train that used to sit by the edge of the Rivers of America at Disneyland has found a new home.
The train's engine and two cars will be restored by the Carolwood Foundation, then put on display at Walt's Barn in Griffith Park, under the terms of an agreement with the Walt Disney Company.
Larry Boone, vice president of the foundation made the
Back To The Old West
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If it was in the West, it's here. The Mark Twain Riverboat docks at the aptly named Mark Twain Landing in Frontierland.
The first train ride, apart from the Disneyland Railroad, was the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland, opening in 1960; the Mine Train closed in 1977, and Big Thunder Mountain opened two years later. The two rides could not be more different. The
Why Do Disneyland Fans Complain So Much
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Dateline: October 12, 2016
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Going to a theme park is supposed to be fun. But listening to some fans, you've got to wonder if the thing they find most fun about Disneyland is complaining about it.
I get it - theme parks are a passion for many of us. We have been going to Disneyland for years, and those visits have grown into a long-time love affair. We adore the rides, the food, the
Heres What Disneylands Overnight Shift Workers Do After The Parks Close
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Dateline: September 21, 2016
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When Disneyland closes for the night, members of its overnight shift are just arriving.
Starting at 11:30 p.m., the third shift crew at the Disneyland Resort begins its nightly routine. Machinists inspect the rides, gardeners mow lawns and trim trees, and the custodial crew rolls out 150-foot-long fire hoses to wash everything down.
"That's one of my favorite
Take A Tour Of The Mary Poppins Disneyland Ride That Never Was
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Dateline: September 6, 2016
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Famed Disney "Imagineer" Tony Baxter oversaw the construction of some of the most popular Disney theme park attractions, including Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones Adventure.
But a ride that's particularly close to Baxter's heart is one that was never built.
Baxter sat down with D23 director Kristin Rodack to talk about one of his
Main Street Electrical Parade Is Coming Back To Disneyland In 2017
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Dateline: August 11, 2016
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The Main Street Electrical Parade, a night-time fan favorite that rolled along Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. for years, will return in 2017 with its synthesized version of "Baroque Hoedown."
A Disney official said its stay will be temporary but declined to put a time frame on the parade that features one-million-plus twinkling lights. He also declined to say if
Whats Up At Disneyland Tall Walls Hide Work On Star Wars Land And 400 Disney Emojis Released
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Dateline: July 19, 2016
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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
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 2000s
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Dateline: July 17, 2016
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The new century started out with few changes inside Disneyland, as the company was focused on big changes outside the park, but things would liven up as the century progressed.
2000
Parking at Disneyland changed with the opening of the Mickey & Friends parking structure on the land that was a strawberry farm for decades. The more than 10,000-space structure was
This Is How Disneyland Looked In The 1970s
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Dateline: July 14, 2016
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The seventies at Disneyland started with an invasion, then went into space, and ended with a wild ride in the frontier.
Unfortunately for Disneyland, the riots that had been happening in cities across America during the latter half of the sixties and some of the protesters turned their attention to Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. On Aug. 6, 1970, the Yippies (an
This Is How Disneyland Changed In The 1980s
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Changes at Disneyland in the 1980s started slow, then ended in a splash down a mountain.
During the first couple years of the decade, Disney Imagineers were busy with the design and building of Epcot Center (as it was called then) at Walt Disney World. But they were also planning a project for Disneyland - rebuilding Fantasyland.
1980-83
In early 1982, most
Disney Magic A Strong Magnet At Mouse Meet In Lynnwood
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For eight years, the Pacific Northwest Mouse Meet has sprinkled a little Disney magic on Snohomish County.
The annual event brings together Disney fans at the Lynnwood Convention Center for a day of presentations, photos, autographs, sweet treats, activities and displays.
This year's event was Saturday. It sold out, with 450 tickets purchased by people in 11
Galactic Expectations Set For Disney Upcoming Star Wars Land
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Visitors to Disneyland will soon be able to travel to a galaxy far, far away. In January of 2016, Harrison Ford broke ground on Disney's upcoming Star Wars-themed land, an attraction that promises to satisfy the Jedi or Jawa in all of us.
In August of 2015, Disney executives announced plans to build a Star Wars-themed land (name pending) in two of their theme parks.
Dangerous Disneyland Mental Fatigue Part 2
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Dateline: February 14, 2016
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It wasn't until I was almost finished with the human stupidity portion of this "Dangerous Disney" article that I realized that this should be a two-parter, so that (in addition to keeping it from being too long) some might hopefully regain some faith in humanity. Here is that second part. Again, some of these I've only read about on one site.
I start with the
Dangerous Disneyland Mental Fatigue Part 1
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Disneyland gets sued for injuries and deaths all of the time. Believe me, I get that accidents happen, but most of these tourists are simply victims of their own stupidity. Mild disclaimer: a few of these I've read about on only one site, so I'm not entirely sure they happened. Now, let's get down to business.
Matterhorn, Space, and Thunder Mountains are not most
Neat Facts About Disneyland Rivers Of America
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Dateline: October 25, 2015
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Disneyland fans have just a couple more months to enjoy Frontierland's Rivers of America before Disney closes it, and all its related attractions, for more than a year to make way for the construction of Star Wars Land.
So let's honor Disneyland's Rivers of America with some fun facts that you might not know about this section of the park.
On a personal note,
Plunge Into A Cartoon On Gadgets Go Coaster
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Dateline: August 4, 2015
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Gadget's Go Coaster is aimed at small children and pre-teen kids and their parents and can be found in the Mickey's Toontown area at the north end of Disneyland.
The attraction is themed like it is the home of Gadget Hackwrench, the female mouse from the animated television show "Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers." In the show, Hackwrench was always inventing things from
A Diamond Celebration In Sardineland
Dateline: July 12, 2015
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It had been three or four years since I had last been to Disneyland. But, on May 22, my mother and I went, just the two of us. That day was the opening day, for lack of a better term, of the park's Diamond celebration. As a part of that, the parks were open for 24 hours, closing at 6 A.M. on May 23 for a few hours.
Rather inadvertently, we ended up parking in the
Tips To Stay Safe While Visiting Theme Parks Like Disneyland
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Dateline: June 26, 2015
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A recent fatality at Six Flags Magic Mountain reminds fans that we are not immune to the risks of everyday life when we visit a theme park.
State officials reopened the Revolution roller coaster at the Valencia theme park earlier this month after determining that the ride was not responsible for the death of a 10-year-old girl three days earlier. The girl had lost
How Southern California Attractions Like Disneyland Cater To Theme Park Junkies
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Dateline: June 17, 2015
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Can theme parks become even more addictive? That's what parks in Southern California and around the country are hoping to do with their new crop of attractions for this summer.
Anyone in business knows it's more cost-effective to get your current customers to come back and buy more than it is to find a new customer for every sale. So park owners always design
Its 3am At Disneyland, And The Wait For Space Mountain Is 75 Minutes
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Dateline: May 23, 2015
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After spending much of the day at capacity, Disneyland re-opened its gates with a little more than three hours to spare in its 24-hour day.
Park guests like Robert Llanos of Tustin spent hours waiting to cross from Disney California Adventure to Disneyland.
By 2:50 a.m., about an hour after the last Paint the Night parade performance, the gates were opened to
Disneyland Turns 60 Ranking Its Attractions by Land
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Dateline: May 22, 2015
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Oh, boy! The Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration begins today!
Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 1955, and ever since, it has entertained millions of guests from all over the world. That's no small feat!
"It's amazing to contemplate all that Disneyland has come to mean to so many people around the world," Tom Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney
Disney Really Wants You To Stop Using Selfie Sticks On Its Rides
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Dateline: May 19, 2015
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Disney is cracking down on the use of selfie sticks on rides at the company's theme parks, with reports of new signs being put into place at certain attractions in both the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim.
While selfie sticks are allowed in the parks, their use on rides has become an issue in recent years. Social media is
60 Reasons To Visit Disneylands 60th Anniversary
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Dateline: April 22, 2015
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You don't really need a reason to visit Disneyland. It is the happiest place on earth after all. But when was the last time you stepped onto Main Street U.S.A. and took a spin on Dumbo the Flying Elephant?
If it's been awhile, you might want to consider planning a visit this year as the resort goes all out for its 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration. In honor of the
Ultimate List Of Hacks To Prepare For Your Upcoming Disneyland Trip
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Dateline: March 6, 2015
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*If you don't want to pay for parking and are going to park hop, you can use the Downtown Disney 3 Hour lot for free (for three hours) and either go in and out every three hours, or buy something and validate the ticket for more time.
*Use the Grand Californian Hotel entrance/exit from DCA to sneak out for mojitos. Constantly.
*Fastpasses aren't really a hack,
Disneyland Legends Of Frontierland A Fun Dose Of Wacky Live Action
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Dateline: July 26, 2014
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"Hey," the kid said. "I can get you out of jail."
I politely said no. Standing in lockup, after all, was a rare photo opportunity. The kid shrugged and walked off, and there I stood alone in my cell, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in front of me, the Mark Twain Riverboat docked to my left.
Welcome to the Legends of Frontierland, Disneyland's wacky new live-action
Lunch At Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue
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Dateline: May 14, 2014
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Purchasing a Disneyland Annual Passport was like investing in a small car, but we did it. The goal this year: Hit every ride. Unofficially, it's to also chow at every outlet. And despite summers and some seasonal employment via the Disneyland College Program (it exists!) a long, long time ago, there are still a few regions of the Magic Kingdom I have yet to conquer. One
How To Avoid Crowds And Lines At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 10, 2014
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I'm not a fan of crowds. I like vacant beaches, empty parking lots and amusement parks with short lines. I suppose crowds and Disneyland are somewhat synonymous. As a lifelong Southern California resident, I have been to Disneyland countless times. Over the years, I have discovered a few ways to avoid crowds and lines at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.
Enhanced Big Thunder Mountain Ride Adds Thrills To Disneyland Favorite
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Dateline: March 16, 2014
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PERSPECTIVE
My youngest son's first roller coaster was Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. He had just turned four, proudly towered an inch or so over the 40-inch minimum, and jumped on with a wide smile. He loved it - as much for the excitement of the ride itself as for the realization that he had now passed an initiation of sorts, from toddler-hood to
After 14 Months Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Set To Reopen St. Patricks Day
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At long last, the "wildest ride in the wilderness" is ready to roll again.
Closed in January 2013 for extensive renovation, Disneyland announced Friday that Big Thunder Mountain Railroad would officialy reopen St. Patrick's Day.
I was at the park Friday, just after the construction walls were taken down.
Disney employees were posted at the entrance where
Is Wildest Ride In The Wilderness Almost Ready To Roll After Year Of Renovations
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Dateline: January 20, 2014
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Could the "Wildest ride in the wilderness" begin streaking through one of the best known ghost towns in the west in early February?
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has been closed since last January for an extensive refurbishment. It was originally scheduled to reopen in the fall, but in October the park announced the downtime had been extended to early 2014.
My
Disneyland Resort Courts Local Residents After Holidays
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Dateline: January 7, 2014
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Southern California residents can "show their Disney side" in 2014 as the Disneyland Resort once again presents a ticket offer especially for them, with options for two or three days of fun and adventure at the parks -- all at special prices. To explore all there is to do at Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park, Southern California residents may purchase a
Top 5 Things To Do At Disneyland And California Adventure In 2013
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Dateline: September 14, 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
Space Mountain Ride At Disneyland Reopens After Safety Work
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Dateline: May 3, 2013
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After a three-week closure to complete safety work, the popular Space Mountain attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim reopened Friday evening.
Disneyland voluntarily closed the 36-year-old ride April 13 after state regulators investigating the injury of a contract worker found violations related to safety procedures and equipment for maintenance staff.
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California vs. Paris: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Dateline: April 11, 2013
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
The description in the Disneyland Paris park map for Big Thunder Mountain tells you that riders will "Hurl through an abandoned gold mine at breathtaking speed aboard a runaway mine train!" making this attraction one of only two within this park to have a blurb ending in an exclamation mark. (The other is Star Tours).
Although I do not necessarily believe that the
Fastpass Service At Disneyland Resort
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Dateline: March 24, 2013
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Free to all guests
Available for 13 attractions
Spend less time standing in line
The FASTPASS attraction entrances are separate, with much shorter lines
Park admission passport goes into the machine
A ticket prints out with a window of time to return
Simple to use
Saves time for more fun
Follow these 3 easy steps to learn how
Disney Couple Seal The Deal With Pirates Gold
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Dateline: February 13, 2013
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Source: Orange County Register
They worked, met, had their first date, and got engaged at Disneyland, with proposal coming in a dreamy location.
Ride operator Andrew Salter met Alyssa Allinson on her first day on the job at Disneyland.
Five months later, Salter asked her out for a first date at Disneyland.
Four years after that, Salter bent down on one knee to propose marriage to
Super Bowl Sunday A Goofy Notion Of Smaller Crowds At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 3, 2013
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Is Super Bowl Sunday the least busy day to visit the Happiest Place on Earth?
According to persistent online chatter and practically anyone with a Disney annual pass that doesn't black out on weekends (sorry Southern California passholders, this doesn't include you), the day of the Big Game is regarded by many Mickey-ophiles as an all-day extension of magic morning
Top Disneyland Ride Creator Steps Down
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Dateline: February 1, 2013
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Source: Orange County Register
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
ABC Orders Big Thunder Pilot Based On Disneyland Ride
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Dateline: January 29, 2013
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Pilot season is now going strong at the networks, and Variety reports that ABC ordered four new drama pilots today, including Big Thunder, based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride.
Written by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and executive produced by Chris Morgan (writer of most of The Fast and the Furious films), Big Thunder is described by Variety
Is Tomorrowland Movie Tied To Disneyland Area
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Dateline: January 28, 2013
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Source: Orange County Register
An upcoming George Clooney movie is called "Tomorrowland" but is it tied to that famous, futuristic area of Disneyland?
Walt Disney Studios announced Monday that it was producing the live-action movie in which Clooney will star; the film was written by Damon Lindelof of "Lost" and Brad Bird of "The Incredibles."
While the studio is secretive about the
Disney Begins 4 Million Dollar Big Thunder Overhaul
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Dateline: January 3, 2013
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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will undergo its biggest project in more than three decades when the ride closes Monday for at least nine months.
The Frontierland ride, which mimics a runaway mine train through an Old West canyon, will close so crews can begin a makeover that will last until fall. A reopening date has yet to be announced.
The
Disneyland Day Every Day For This Couple
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Dateline: December 31, 2012
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At 8 a.m. today, Tonya Mickesh and Jeff Reitz were to go through the entrance turnstiles to Disneyland for the 366th day in a row. It's a journey that's seen them spend 24 hours in the park for the 24-hour Leap Day, watch baby ducks grow up, and go from unemployed to full-time jobs while becoming nationally known as the "everyday Disneyland couple."
"It was a way
Disneyland To Close Big Thunder Mountain Railroad For Overhaul
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Dateline: December 13, 2012
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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is closing Jan. 7 to get new tracks, vehicles and paint.
It will be the third major overhaul of a major Disneyland ride in as many years.
The railroad in the Frontierland section of the Anaheim park has been operating since 1979 and portrays a runaway train that speeds through a barren Old West landscape.
The
Memories From The Mansion
Dateline: November 30, 2012
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
It was August 1969 and I had just turned 9 the month before. Summer was rapidly coming to an end so, as a treat, my Dad let me go with my summer camp group on a day trip to the Magic Kingdom. We were scheduled to leave early the morning of the 12th which was a Tuesday. We would spend the entire day at the park and return early the morning of the 13th. Little did I know
Five Rides You Won't See In Disneyland
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Dateline: October 22, 2012
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Magic Kingdom Transpo - Perhaps it's the "transportation nerd" in me, but when I was at an otherwise-delightful weekend at Disneyland with my family (boy, do they do things up for Halloween!), I couldn't help but notice that there are some exciting new rides, and some innovatively-redone old rides, at Disneyland's Magic Kingdom and California Adventure theme parks. After
Learning To Love Disneyland Again
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Dateline: September 1, 2012
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Source: Seattle Times
As we walked across the broad, brick-paved plaza, a burst of music swelled, the strings rising to cinematic heights amid a pounding of kettle drums. A man in a crisp white shirt waved and beamed. Perfectly manicured flowers swayed in the breeze.
It felt, for a moment, that we had accomplished something greater than simply walking out the gates at Disneyland in
A Grandmother's Magical Return To Disneyland
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Dateline: July 7, 2012
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If you live in North America, indeed much of the world, you are unlikely to have avoided the spell that has been cast over modern culture since the day Walt Disney opened the gates to his Disneyland theme park in California in 1955.
If you were a lucky child, your parents loaded up the station wagon and headed to Anaheim at least once during your childhood, cramming
Grown-Up Gals Have Fun Like Kids But Without Kids At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 21, 2012
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Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals' day out.
That's exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach or shopping. Did we channel our inner princesses? Nope. Did we regress to a state of childlike delight and strategically map out
7 Tips For Tackling Disneyland In A Day
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Dateline: February 28, 2012
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Source: Los Angeles Times
I've been to Disneyland hundreds of times over the last two decades and have been writing the Funland theme park blog for about four years now. As a result, people are always asking me how to do everything at Disneyland in a single day.
The short answer is you probably can't. It can be a struggle for even hard-core fans with military assault-like strategies. The
Disney's Do's And Don'ts
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Dateline: February 13, 2012
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Disneyland is often called "The Happiest Place on Earth". When you break it down, this claim has a lot of validity. Magic comes to life when your favorite childhood characters begin dancing in front of you. Suddenly Belle, Prince Charming and Mickey Mouse come alive in one location, forcing you to discover your pupils aren't big enough to take in the entire scene all at
3 Reasons Disney Is More Valuable Than You Think
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Dateline: January 12, 2012
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Few businesses ever strive for excellence. Advantages, yes. Profits, undoubtedly. But excellence? Not so much. Thanks to a Christmas-break trip to Disneyland in California (not China), I now believe Walt Disney is a notable exception to this rule, and I'm backing my thesis with a CAPScall.
Three things I learned on our winter vacation
When it comes to Disneyland,
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
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Dateline: December 20, 2011
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Having grown up in Southern California, I can't remember a time when I wasn't aware of Disneyland.
I've loved the amusement park and all things Disney since I was itty bitty. I can remember being carried out to the car while it was still dark out when I was a little girl only to wake up again at Disneyland in awe. Now as an adult, I still find the "Happiest Place on
Tips For Taking The Kids To Disneyland During The Holidays
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Dateline: November 25, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Every year, Disneyland magically transforms into a winter wonderland for families to enjoy.
There are almost 700 festively-decorated trees located throughout the park, including the popular one at the beginning of Main Street. Guests can enjoy visiting Santa Claus and even get a rare opportunity to see live reindeer in Frontierland.
The holiday times at
Five Things Disneyland Has Over Disney World
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Dateline: November 10, 2011
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Source: Orange County Weekly
When Walt Disney World opened its gates in Florida in 1971, Disneyland started taking the proverbial backseat to its younger (and much larger) sibling.
Disneyland was just a theme park. Disney World was a destination.
Of course, since then Disneyland has made great strides in making its resort a vacation destination as well, but Disney World has also continued
Going Kid Free At Disneyland
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Dateline: October 18, 2011
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The thing that surprised me about Disneyland is how much fun I had without my kid.
No, we didn't go by ourselves we brought our daughter. And we all had a blast. It was a couple days of fairies and magic and 5,000-calorie meals dipped in sugar and then glazed. Just like Walt envisioned.
But there were a couple moments when the kid couldn't or had absolutely
All Aboard Disney's Fort Wilderness Railroad
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Dateline: October 7, 2011
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It's no secret that Walt Disney had a special place in his heart for railroads. Years before Disneyland opened, he built a model railroad in his backyard which he dubbed the Carolwood Pacific Railroad and spent countless hours riding it, tinkering with it and giving his family and friends much-coveted rides.
When Disneyland opened in 1955, the narrow-gauge Santa
Disneylands Mine Train Still Runs In Their Memories
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Dateline: October 4, 2011
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Disneyland's Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland is fondly remembered by the men who ran it.
Before there was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a roller coaster that hustles about, there was a battery-powered mine train that rolled along in that same stretch of Disneyland, an attraction that its former operators fondly remember.
Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland
Disneyland Resort Offers Plenty Of New Attractions
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Dateline: October 2, 2011
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The self-proclaimed "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a whole lot happier.
When Disneyland Resort's new 12-acre Cars Land opens in time for next summer's tourist blitz, it will represent the latest achievement in the world of "imagineering" a word that was coined to emphasize the imagination of Disney engineers.
Presently under construction in the
Wonderful Weekend Trip To The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: September 30, 2011
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There is nothing quite like experiencing Disneyland through a four year-old or soon to be four-year old I should say!
The entire family got to share in grandson Samuel's amazing birthday celebration at the happiest place on earth. From the moment of arrival at the hotel when the staff presented him with birthday balloons and a distinguishing "birthday" button to
California vs. Blackpool: General
Dateline: September 1, 2011
Status: Current
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Earlier in the year, I wrote an article for DLDHistory.com comparing the Alice in Wonderland ride in Disneyland to Alice's Wonderland at Pleasure Beach Blackpool (the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom).
As I have recently come back from a week's vacation in Blackpool (and seeing as my main article this month was shorter than usual) I thought I would
New Disneyland Attractions Provide Endless Summer Fun
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Dateline: July 26, 2011
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Say the word "Disneyland" to any child and you're sure to get a smile.
KSL got an inside look at some of the new attractions at one of the world's famous amusement parks.
If Minnie Mouse doesn't get you moving, then maybe Pluto, or Goofy, or Donald Duck or Mickey himself will get you all revved up for Disneyland's Soundsational Summer.
"The Soundsational
Making Kinect Disneyland Adventures
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Dateline: July 24, 2011
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Disneyland has remained one of the world's most popular attractions ever since it was built on a 160-acre site near Anaheim, California, in 1955. Love it or loathe it, there is no denying that nearly 16 million people eagerly flock every year to gawp open-mouthed at the Technicolor playground inhabited by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other famous characters. Frontier
Disneyland Memories
Dateline: July 1, 2011
Status: Current
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Two months ago, I was warned that my article for the July issue would be about my first memories of Disneyland.
I knew from the outset how hard this would be.
If I had been asked about my first visit to Florida's Magic Kingdom this would be easy. It was November 18th 1988, which was Mickey's 60th birthday. I could write reams about my memories: the parades; my
The Majestic History Of Matterhorn Bobsleds
Dateline: June 1, 2011
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Disneyland Park opened its gates for the first time ever on July 17, 1955. Since that notable date in history, Disneyland has grown, expanded, and renovated countless times making it the enticing vacation point that it is today. For some people, however, Disneyland is not just a vacation spot. The rich history that Disneyland holds along with the captivating
Give Em Hill Huffing The Fairy Dust At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 8, 2011
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The morning after President Barack Obama interrupted "The Simpsons" to inform the country about the death of Osama bin Laden, my husband and I drove down to Disneyland.
Now this was not a spur-of-the-moment, Munchkin-style "the wicked old witch at last is dead" kind of celebration. That would just be wrong. Instead, we'd had this excursion planned for a couple of
Taste Of Disney
Dateline: March 3, 2011
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As a fat person who enjoys eating, and more importantly enjoys the camaraderie of eating with friends or family at the table. I have to admit one of the main thoughts of visiting Disneyland for a day is the thought of all the snacks to be had and eaten while there enjoying the park.
I mean for me it really is a main concern. At 52, Italian, and carrying a 250 pound
California vs. Paris: Dumbo
Dateline: February 1, 2011
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
In the fifth of my series comparing the two Disneylands closest to my heart (California and Paris), I shall be looking at selected references to the 1941 movie Dumbo within the parks.
Please note, I am specifically referring to the Dumbo paraphernalia within the Magic Kingdoms, rather than anything related which can be found in the hotels, the other parks (such as in
Preteen Activities At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 30, 2010
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Preteens are a little easier to handle at Disneyland, but sometimes not much. They are not really babies anymore, but not quite ready to let go of all the "baby" activities. This can make them a great age to take to Disneyland. They are big enough to go on most of the roller coasters, yet still young enough to enjoy everything else.
To start off your day with a
Halloween At Disneyland Is Fun For Kids - And Moms
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Dateline: September 23, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
From pumpkins and fall colors to spooky fun, I kinda wish it were Halloween Time all the time.
Especially at the Happiest Place on Earth.
This past weekend, the monster and I had the privilege of attending a mom blogger event at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, where they told us all about the cool things the parks are doing for Halloween. I almost
Top 10 Disneyland Rides For Adults
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Dateline: August 31, 2010
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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
Family Fun At Disneyland
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Dateline: August 18, 2010
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With the recent launch of a new direct flight between Toronto's Pearson International Airport and the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA, Air Canada teamed up with the folks at Disneyland and the tourism boards of Orange County, Anaheim, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and Huntington Beach to send a select group of Toronto-based media to tour the West Coast paradise in
Happy Birthday, Disneyland
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Dateline: July 16, 2010
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Disneyland was Walt Disney's baby, a dream he nurtured for years which eventually turned into a flat-out obsession ... an obsession that had as many skeptics as it had bank creditors demanding that Disney make good on all the loans he needed to make his pie-in-the-sky come true.
Tomorrow, The Happiest Place on Earth celebrates its 55th anniversary. Five and a half
Disneyland 55 And Still A Major Force
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Dateline: June 9, 2010
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Disneyland The Happiest Place on Earth turns 55 this summer. Clearly, Walt Disney's dream of creating a family park where parents and children could have fun together is here to stay.
But that's not to say Disneyland hasn't seen its share of changes in 5½ decades. Indeed, one of the biggest overhauls in the Anaheim, Calif., resort's history is currently under way
Cool Clear Water Water
Dateline: June 5, 2010
Status: Current
Source: MickeyMousePark.com
My how time fly's, seems like yesterday I was asking about when the Rivers of America would be filled again. I never like to visit the park when any of the water is not working. It even bummed me out during the renovation of It's a Small World when I saw the canals were dry. I know, weird eh? Yeah that's me; the water kind of calms me down. Those of you that
Long-Time Disneyland Imagineer Dies
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Dateline: June 2, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Retired Disney Imagineer Bob Jolley, who worked on Disneyland rides, passed away last Friday at the age of 88.
Jolley first worked as a scenic artist in the movie business, including epic films, such as "Cleopatra" and "The Sound of Music."
Jolley began his Disney career at at the Walt Disney Studios and moved in 1973 to Walt Disney Imagineering, the division
Disneyland Offering Plenty Of Old West Fun for Summer Visitors
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Dateline: June 1, 2010
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Take a bit of the Old West, mix in a hair-raising thrill ride or two, and what do you get? A great way to have fun on this year's family summer vacation.
For 2010 Disneyland offers great combinations of fun rides and touches of Western heritage for the family.
Here's a quick run down of what's going on at the park for this summer season.
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Grad Night In The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: May 26, 2010
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Filled with more than 20,000 seniors from all throughout California, Disneyland was the place to be May 20-21.
For most schools, the "Grad Nite" package included dinner at Medieval Times, followed by three hours at Disney's California Adventure and ending with a six-hour, nonstop, action-packed, after-dark visit inside Disneyland until 6 the next morning.
You're
Behind-The-Scenes Look At Disneyland's New River
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Dateline: May 6, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland's main waterway has always been called the Rivers of America, but it wasn't clear what the name meant.
"We've never even named the rivers," said Kim Irvine, art director of Walt Disney Imagineering.
For the first time, the body of water around Tom Sawyer Island will have distinct sections designed to look like four U.S. river regions: the Mississippi,
Trivial Pursuit At The Venerable California Theme Park
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Dateline: April 22, 2010
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune
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
Tips For Riding Big Thunder Mountain At Disneyland
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Dateline: March 25, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is one of Disneyland's most popular roller coasters.
The coaster thunders through mine shafts, bat caves and caverns, past falling rocks and water.
We've got some tips on riding the coaster.
*For the speediest experience, ride in the late afternoon, when the grease on the rail is hottest. Chris Strodder, who wrote "The
Disneyland Looks Better Through A Child's Eyes
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Dateline: February 24, 2010
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Source: Kitsap Sun
I miss the mountains.
Not the Cascades. Not even the Olympics. I love 'em, but those aren't the mountains I'm talking about.
I miss Thunder Mountain. Space Mountain. Splash Mountain. I miss the Matterhorn.
I'm in Disneyland withdrawal, baby.
I've had the blues ever since my daughter and I trudged out the front gate of Walt Disney's baby born the same
Disneyland Park Ghost Spotted Fans Think It Is Walt Disney
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Dateline: October 5, 2009
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Ghost Seen at Disneyland isn't official part of Halloween Time
The Disneyland Ghost was posted on Youtube very casually and it has got the chatter of Disney Fans going insane with theories.
This is a video of a 'ghost' walking through Disneyland the back of the park including the Haunted Mansion, on the Rivers of America and in front of the Pirates of the
Disneyland Halloween Time: Disneys Pumpkin People Now On Display
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Dateline: September 27, 2009
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Source: Examiner
The pumpkin people have arrived at Disneyland!
Disneyland Halloween Time just opened the doors and guests are experiencing the delight of a not so scary Halloween Holiday, including the Pumpkin People.
Found at Big Thunder Ranch, just behind Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Pumpkin People have invaded the Wild Western Ranch for a fun loving showdown that
Disneyland The Happiest Place On Earth
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Dateline: September 22, 2009
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No trip to Los Angeles is complete without a visit to Disneyland. I haven't been here in years, but Sleeping Beauty's castle looks as beautiful as ever. What can I say? It appeals to my inner princess and will always be a Disney landmark.
Like Universal Studios, the crowds were smaller and more manageable. Unfortunately, Disneyland took advantage of the off-season to
Disney Drama
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Dateline: September 12, 2009
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Source: The Star
In "85, my parents took my brother and I for a much anticipated trip to the United States.
Being kids, the highlight was naturally the trip to Disneyland in Anaheim.
When we arrived there, we saw that the queues to all the rides were unusually long. This was because it was the summer holidays. The weather was also dry and hot.
After enjoying a few "gentler"
Secret Disney: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Goat Trick
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Dateline: August 11, 2009
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Source: Examiner
Sometimes when you hear secrets about Disney and Disneyland, one wonders could this be true? Then a decision is made that one needs to try it themselves to see if it is real or just talk. Which brings us to the Big Thunder Mountain Goat Trick.
This trick was described to me by Cast Members and after trying it today, there isn't a question about it: it's fun! Remember
Disneyland For Haters
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Dateline: June 25, 2009
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Source: Las Vegas Weekly
Think you're too cynical, sophisticated, debauched or underfunded to visit the Happiest Place on Earth? This one's for you.
I am of Disneyland. My love for Walt Disney's 54-year-old theme park can move (space!) mountains. In fact, my love for Disneyland is so perfect and so complete that I don't really mind if you hate it.
Somehow I've managed to acquire a
Kodak's Photo Spots At Disneyland: Perfect Memory Pictures
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Dateline: June 21, 2009
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Click! Your perfect picture memory is only a shot away when you go to the Disneyland Park.
While you probably will take a least 100 pictures of the kids on attractions, standing next to characters and the vacation pose that's the kids smiling ear to ear, but there are special spots for a traditional pictures.
These spots are called 'Kodak's Photo Spots.' Located
C'mon Get Happy!
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Dateline: June 21, 2009
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Disneyland is billed as the happiest place on Earth. It's hard to argue otherwise.
A cast member helping visitors climb into a canal boat in Storybook Land told my family that Walt Disney's vision for his theme park was to "have every person, whether 9 or 90, feel like a kid again."
Were he alive today, Disney would see that vision in action.
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The Magic Endures At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 18, 2009
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Source: Vancouver Sun
When my adventurous eight-year-old resorted to a sympathetic pep talk to convince me to ride Disneyland's Space Mountain with him, the role-reversal was too embarrassing to refuse.
On that magical, starlit, pleasantly disorienting plunge, with my son holding my hand, I had my Disneyland moment: the thrill of a great ride shared with an ecstatic child.
At its
Disneyland On A Date: Perfect For A Couple
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Dateline: June 15, 2009
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Source: Examiner
If you live within an hour of the Disneyland Resort, you might want to have your next date at the Park. I mean if you think about it, Disneyland is made for fun and what could be more fun than getting a chance to know someone while playing a little too. It could ease the tension and bring a delightful evening. Plus, and I do mean this is a good way, those who love
Budget Your Time At Disneyland. Tips To Pack In FUN
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Dateline: June 11, 2009
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Source: Examiner
When you think about budgeting on your vacation to Disneyland, you don't want to be thinking just about money, you need to be thinking about your time too.
During the summertime, the Disneyland Resort starts to fill up with lots of guests and the idea of riding all the attractions without spending hours in the lines begins to be a tricky proposition as there
Matterhorn To Celebrate Golden Anniversary On Sunday
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Dateline: June 10, 2009
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The home of the Abominable Snowman is about to celebrate the Big Five-O.
The Matterhorn, the iconic mountain of faux snow and speeding bobsleds, celebrates its 50th anniversary Sunday. Disney officials estimate that it has carried more than 258 million guests.
No special ceremony is planned, but we here at AroundDisney figured the milestone shouldn't slide by
I Wish I Could Use My Disneyland Fastpass Anywhere
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Dateline: May 15, 2009
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Source: Contra Costa Times
I had a thought recently, which was strange because, at the time, I was busy pushing children and senior citizens out of my way.
No, that's not true. The word "pushing," implies that it was intentional. As far as I can remember, I didn't mean to mow down that family. I even righted the baby carriage before running off.
But the point was "... something. Right, I
Disneyland Magic Endures Older Attractions Still Appeal, While Fresh Thrills Keep Fans Returning
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Dateline: April 30, 2009
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When my adventurous eight-year-old resorted to a sympathetic pep talk to convince me to ride Disneyland's Space Mountain with him, the role-reversal was too embarrassing to refuse.
On that magical, starlit, pleasantly disorienting plunge, with my son holding my hand, I had my Disneyland moment: the thrill of a great ride shared with an ecstatic child.
At its worst,
Only Half A Day For Disneyland? GO!
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Dateline: April 16, 2009
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So you've just flown across the country, and arrived in California. You're excited to start your vacation, but wonder, is it worth heading right to the park? Maybe you're tired from a long flight. Maybe it's already after noon, and you're thinking how much can you really see? Maybe you're flying in for work, you only have a half day, and you're considering going to
Why I Prefer Disneyland To Disney World
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Dateline: March 25, 2009
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune
There is no denying that Utahns love all things Disney, including the company's theme parks, television and radio stations, movies and iconic cartoon characters. For many of us, a trip to Disneyland was an essential rite of growing up. I first went when I was 12 and I have taken my kids and grandchildren to the park.
In my day, our only choice was Disneyland. Now,
Woman Who Avoids Titanic Disaster Celebrates 100th At Disneyland
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Dateline: February 13, 2009
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Source: Orange County Register
Frances Taylor was to ride aboard the Titanic with her parents on its 1912 voyage. But the crossing was over-booked and they got bumped.
Today, Friday the 13th, the now-100-year-old from Lake Forest tried to get aboard another boat, this one on the "it's a small world" attraction.
With Mouse ears atop her head, she leaned over to daughter Maggie Winn as they
Disneyland In A Day Plan
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Dateline: February 3, 2009
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It's no secret Utahns love Disneyland!
Let me preface the posting by saying this plan has been tried and tested by hundreds of loyal viewers in addition to yours truly. It's a great way to tackle the very best Disneyland has to offer in a time efficient manner.
So first things first. When to go? Every Disney connoisseur knows there's certain months to run
Will I Love Disneyland As Much As Disneyworld?
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Dateline: November 12, 2008
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Source: Times Online
Some years ago, we took our two young boys to Disneyworld in Florida. They are grown up and my wife and I are going to California next year. Should we visit Disneyland, or is it a squib after the Florida park?
It's true that the Disneyland complex in Anaheim is smaller than the newer Disneyworld in Orlando, even the iconic Disneyland Castle and the peaks of Big
Imagineering Field Guide Lets Disneyland Fans Walk In Walt's Shoes
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Dateline: November 6, 2008
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The new pocket-sized "Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland" answers the question, "What would it be like to walk through Disneyland with Walt by your side?"
The 128-page paperback takes readers land by land through the Anaheim theme park, offering anecdotes, history and trivia from Disney Imagineers as well as early concept art, sketches and schematics of many
Celebrate Halloween Time At Disneyland Resort With Family Fun
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Dateline: September 25, 2008
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Highlights include Disney's Happiest Haunt Tour, Haunted Mansion Holiday and Mickey's Trick or Treat Party
Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort will fill Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks with not-so-scary spook-tacular entertainment beginning Friday, Sept. 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2. The season of tricks and treats will be
One Ringie Dingie Two Ringie Dingies
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Dateline: July 22, 2008
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Yes, I have finally purchased my first cell phone.
No, I am not going to tell you the number. I really don't want anyone calling me (more on that later). I didn't buy the danged thing so folks could call me. Well, actually I did. Sort of.
I broke down a couple of weeks ago as we were getting ready to head for Disneyland.
My wife pointed out that since she
Disneyland Issues Golden Tickets To VIPs
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Dateline: April 12, 2008
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Disneyland issues up to 10 VIP FastPasses on an average day to "extremely high-profile guests" enabling Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and state and federal politicians to skip long lines at some of the Anaheim theme park's most popular rides and attractions, officials said.
"High-profile guests are generally accompanied by larger groups - which can
My First Long-Awaited Much Anticipated Wonderful Trip To Disneyland
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Dateline: March 2, 2008
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Source: Deseret Morning News
I had never been to Disneyland. When I was growing up, we watched "The Wonderful World of Disney" TV show and thought it looked like a magical place, but the idea of piling all seven of us into the 1953 Plymouth and heading for California was not something that occurred to us.
I didn't even know anyone who lived in California, and in those days our few vacations were
Missing: Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Goat
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Dateline: February 15, 2008
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Missing since November, the beloved dynamite-chewing goat on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster is expected to wander back to his exposed butte in the next few weeks, according to Disneyland officials.
The extended and unexplained disappearance fueled speculation on Internet chat rooms about the bleating goat's demise and led to more than a few
Traveling To His Past Has Effect On Future
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Dateline: January 25, 2008
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Source: Modesto Bee
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
Tony Baxter Talks Walt Disney Treasures Disneyland Secrets Stories And Magic
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Dateline: December 6, 2007
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The Senior Vice President, Creative at Walt Disney Imagineering talks about this immense new set.
Tony Baxter has lived and breathed the creations of Walt Disney for over 40 years. During his incredibly successful career at Walt Disney Imagineering, he even breathed life into some of Disneyland's most successful creations like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star
Gay Days Disneyland: A Daily Report
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Dateline: October 5, 2007
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The OC may have gotten the axe but the real Orange County is alive and thriving.
Our very own Dennis Hensley ventures behind the orange curtain for Gay Days at Disneyland and much, much more. Do these mouse ears make me look gay?
Day 1 - Thursday, October 4 - Anaheim, CA
A Menage I can get used to
When you think of staying at a hotel near Disneyland,
Day For Night The Annual Goth Gathering At Disneyland
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Dateline: August 22, 2007
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Source: Los Angeles Weekly
A sweaty and irritable 6-year-old girl, in line for Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, asks, "Mommy, why is everybody wearing black?" Mommy shakes her head, befuddled, as riders on the Thunder train scream and the line of gloomies swathed in capes and robes and knee-high patent-leather skull-buckle boots creeps forward with paralyzing, agonizing slowness.
It
Disneyland Presents Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
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Dateline: June 27, 2007
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It's a little-known fact that Sombrero Grande's first job out of high school was working at Disneyland as a "captain" on the Submarine Voyage attraction in Tomorrowland. In 1998, I left the park's employ and the Subs were mysteriously closed down soon afterwards. Immediately rumors began swirling on the Internet theorizing that the Subs were closed due to "budget cuts" or
Lessons Learned In Disneyland
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Dateline: May 29, 2007
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Source: azcentral.com
We're Disneyland freaks. We love the Matterhorn; Mickey-shaped, chocolate-covered ice cream; and mouse ears with our names embroidered on the back. At least twice a year, we make the trek to the Happiest Place on Earth.
As veteran visitors, we think we know just about everything there is to know about Disneyland. Still, every trip we take note of new lessons. From
Trip Of A Lifetime
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Dateline: December 9, 2006
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Source: Daily Courier
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
Retired Disneyland Photographer Captured Lifetime Of Enchanting Moments
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Dateline: October 14, 2006
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Source: Arizona Republic
For four decades, Renie Bardeau's job was simple: Capture the magic.
If he had been a farmer or chef or bus driver, Bardeau's task would be difficult, because magic in the real world is rare and fleeting.
But Bardeau did not work in the real world. He spent his time at a place where castles were real and fantasy had its own land, a cloistered kingdom built by a
Artist Banksy Targets Disneyland
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Dateline: September 11, 2006
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A life-size replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee has been placed in Disneyland by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.
The hooded figure was placed inside the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at the California theme park last weekend.
It is understood to have remained in place for 90 minutes before the ride was closed down and the figure removed.
A spokeswoman for
Who's Watching The Theme parks?
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Dateline: June 4, 2006
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Even though she was in the middle of Disneyland on a sunny summer afternoon, 8-year-old Erica Fieldman was not happy.
She didn't want to go on the rides that her cousin and brother wanted to try. She didn't want to wait for them while they rode, either. I told her she could choose the next ride (usually a successful tactic), and then I warned her about staying put
50 Years Of Disneyland
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Dateline: January 31, 2006
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Disneyland spokesman Tim O'Day, hired as a parade performer in 1976 and knowledgeable about virtually every Disneyland detail, is practically the grand marshal of the theme park's rich history, including its integration to motion pictures. The co-author of Disneyland: Then, Now and Forever talked with Box Office Mojo about the Happiest Place on Earth.
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Disneyland From A to Z
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Dateline: January 31, 2006
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A recent four-night stay at Disneyland proves that this rich, glorious theme park, celebrating its 50th anniversary from now until 2007, is best enjoyed as a planned excursion, not as a whim.
Begin with Birnbaum's, an indispensable annual paperback that's available for around twelve dollars. The goal-oriented guide should be read by every visitor to insure unit
Family Sues Disneyland After Roller Coaster Accident
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Dateline: January 9, 2006
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Four members of a family involved in a 2004 roller coaster accident sued Disneyland, alleging the theme park failed to follow proper safety procedures on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride.
The lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Thursday. It says the Cope family of Telluride, Colo., was on the ride returning to the loading area when their train
Settlement Ends Lawsuit In Disneyland Thunder Mountain Death
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Dateline: December 2, 2005
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The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a 22-year-old man killed on a roller coaster at Disneyland in 2003.
Disney said Friday it accepts responsibility for incorrectly performing maintenance on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. An axle assemble came loose on the ride on Sept. 5, 2003, causing the first
Is Elvis In The Building?
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Dateline: November 29, 2005
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From a parade grand marshal who's a real turkey named Marshmallow to giant Christmas trees and Elvis sightings, both real and perhaps imagined, the holidays have arrived at The Merriest Place on Earth. And, along with nightly snow showers on Disneyland's Main Street USA has come a flurry of speculation as to what the future holds for Walt Disney's original Magic
Horoscopes
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Dateline: October 17, 2005
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Source: Daily Orange
This week, our unlicensed astrologers tell your fortune based on your favorite attraction at Disneyland.
Splash Mountain
Drinking a can of beer through a straw is totally unclassy, but drinking an entire pitcher that way will make you the biggest badass in a 12-mile radius.
Dumbo
You'll attend a "Funk and Waffles" party. Waffles - $1. Funk - free. Funk
Cal-OSHA Finds Disney Coaster Accident Due To Faulty Brakes
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Dateline: October 13, 2005
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The collision of two trains on the California Screamin' roller coaster, which sent 17 riders to the hospital, was caused by air leaks in the braking system, according to a state report released Thursday.
The July 29 accident, in which a 24-person rail car rear-ended another 24-person car and stopped near the passenger platform, has been under investigation by the
A Park With A Powerful Spell
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Dateline: July 17, 2005
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Disneyland opened on this day in 1955. For five decades, the Anaheim attraction has worked its magic on our culture and transformed the entertainment industry.
To build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17-million
Disney Balances Family Image Need For Wild Rides
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Dateline: July 2, 2005
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Each day, thousands of visitors to Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks ride pulse-pounding attractions that propel them into space, plunge them multiple stories and send them racing along tracks at stomach-churning speeds.
For the most part, visitors ride without worrying much about the risks, especially when the attractions are backed by a trusted, family brand like
Disneyland Remains Forever Young
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Dateline: May 5, 2005
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Source: NZHerald
The last time I went to Disneyland I got to drive the jeep in the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ride. Unfortunately, my family disobeyed instructions and looked into the eye of the idol, so we were condemned to a terrifying adventure before finally returning safely to the loading dock.
The sense of triumph I derived from what was a predictable outcome far
Your Best Or Worst Memory Of Disneyland?
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
Status: Archive
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Donna Cleveland, San Francisco
Disneyland '59 was the scene of a double date gone bad. My boyfriend and my best friend were sneaking around the attractions behind my back. Her "date" was in on the deception. At a serendipitous Disneyland reunion in '94, the same old boyfriend belatedly apologized with an expensive gift..
MaryAnn Wofford, Fremont
My
50 Ways To Love Disneyland
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
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Source: Arizona Republic
Mickey Mouse is planning a blowout as Disneyland Resort in California celebrates its 50th anniversary, starting Thursday.
Sure, it'll be hot, and the lines will be long. But you know you want to go: the Matterhorn; Mickey-shaped, chocolate-covered ice cream; mouse ears with your name embroidered on the back. Arizona is second only to California for the number of
Maintaining The Magic
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Dateline: April 9, 2005
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Source: Los Angeles Daily News
Happiest Place on Earth? Not Disneyland on its opening day - not even close.
People weren't even very happy trying to get to the new park on July 17, 1955, as cars backed up for seven miles on the Santa Ana Freeway. Meanwhile, at the park itself, rides broke down, restaurants ran out of food, and, thanks to a plumbers strike, there were no drinking fountains on a
Parents Of Man Killed In Disneyland Accident File Wrongful Death Suit
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Dateline: January 1, 2005
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The parents of a 22-year-old Gardena man killed in a Disneyland roller coaster accident last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company.
Marcelo Torres suffered severe blunt force trauma and died of extensive internal bleeding in the September fifth, 2003, accident. Ten others were injured.
Torres died when the Big Thunder Mountain
4 Hurt At Disneyland
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Dateline: December 27, 2004
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Source: Orange County Register
A woman was taken to a hospital and three other people were treated at the scene after they were struck by a Disneyland parade float tonight.
"A Christmas Fantasy Parade" was near the end of its route, near the "It's a Small World" attraction, when it hit the four spectators at about 8:15 p.m., park spokesman Rob Doughty said.
Anaheim fire Capt. Jamie Hirsch
3 Suits Filed in Disney Crash
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Dateline: October 6, 2004
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Source: Los Angeles Times
The parents of a 22-year-old Gardena man killed last year in a crash on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the amusement park's corporate parent.
The suit, filed in Orange County Superior Court by the parents of Marcelo Torres, charges that Disney Co. had made cutbacks in its maintenance
Disney Sued For Death On Train Ride
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Dateline: October 6, 2004
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Disney sued for death on train ride The family of a man who was killed when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride derailed at Disneyland in September 2003 has sued Walt Disney Co., Reuters reports.
Marcelo Torres' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday. It seeks unspecified general and punitive damages, the report states.
Disneyland Sued Over Fatal Accident On Ride
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Dateline: October 6, 2004
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Source: Reuters
The Walt Disney Co. was sued on Tuesday by the family of a man who died on a Disneyland ride last year, and by four other passengers injured in the derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride.
The three separate lawsuits, filed in Orange County Superior Court, seek unspecified general and punitive damages for the death of 22-year-old Marcelo Torres and
Disney Sued Over Death On Train Ride
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Dateline: October 6, 2004
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Source: Orange County Register
The family of Disney ride-accident victim Marcelo Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that poor maintenance by Disneyland mechanics caused the accident that killed their 22-year-old son last year.
Torres was killed on Sept. 5, 2003, when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster derailed and crashed in a tunnel. State safety investigators
Disney Allowed To Reopen Ride That Injured Five
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Dateline: August 28, 2004
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was cleared to reopen Friday by state investigators who released a report showing that a rookie employee and a computer malfunction were to blame for a July accident.
The July 9 closure was prompted after two trains collided in the loading station, causing minor injuries to five people. It was the third accident in less than
California Closes Disneyland Ride After Accident
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Dateline: July 9, 2004
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Source: Reuters
California safety inspectors on Friday said they have closed Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride for at least two weeks to investigate a Thursday evening accident, the roller coaster's third in less than a year.
Three passengers were injured and sent to the hospital after two trains on the Western train-style ride collided in the loading area Thursday
Still Magic In The Kingdom
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Dateline: June 6, 2004
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Disneyland is a place where a grown man looks perfectly normal wearing Mickey Mouse ears and where a little girl can feel like a princess.
The first true theme park also is a melting pot where an Indian woman in traditional dress poses for a photo in front of the Small World ride featuring children from around the world and where instructions to ride the Winnie
Human Error Cited In Ride Crash At California's Disneyland
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Dateline: April 7, 2004
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Source: Orange County Register
State regulators said Tuesday that two Disneyland workers were responsible for a weekend collision on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, less than a month after the ride reopened following an investigation into a fatal crash.
This accident was different from the one last September in several ways. The two trains that collided late Saturday were empty, and the
Family Concerned About Reopening Of Disney Ride After Fatal Accident
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Dateline: March 14, 2004
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Source: Associated Press
The parents of a 22-year-old man killed in a Disneyland roller coaster accident last year say they're unsure the ride is safe despite assurances from Disney officials.
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened earlier this week. But the parents of Marcelo Torres say more time is needed to study flaws that caused the September Fifth collision that killed their son
Coaster Victim's Parents Question Reopening of Ride
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Dateline: March 13, 2004
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Two days after Disneyland reopened a roller coaster on which a man was killed last fall, his parents complained that the park has not done enough to show the ride is safe.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened Wednesday after state inspectors gave it final clearance. State officials concluded after a three-month investigation that faulty maintenance caused the Sept.
Disney To Install Permanent Security Gates
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Dateline: March 13, 2004
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Source: Associated Press
Anaheim, California Bowing to fears of terrorism, Walt Disney plans to build permanent security gates at the Disneyland Resort next year. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland and its California Adventure theme park next door, saying that the sense of fantasy would be spoiled. Disney already screens purses, backpacks and coolers, but the bag-check
Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens
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Dateline: March 10, 2004
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Source: Reuters
Disneyland on Wednesday reopened its Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which crashed last September, killing one man.
The coaster, which looks like a train, partially derailed when the locomotive broke free from cars in tow. An investigation by state safety regulators later blamed the derailment on faulty maintenance.
State safety regulators
Disney Readies Ride To Reopen
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Dateline: February 21, 2004
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Source: Orange County Register
The Big Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland is expected to reopen in March, six months after an accident on the train killed a man and injured 10 others.
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is scheduled to inspect the Big Thunder Mountain ride March 8 and 9, state officials said. If Disney has completed all the mandated changes and DOSH recertifies
State Blames Ride Death On Lax Work
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Dateline: November 27, 2003
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Source: Los Angeles Times
State investigators Wednesday blamed a series of human errors for September's fatal crash on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, underscoring concerns by some workers that efforts to make ride maintenance more efficient have undermined the park's once-unassailable reputation for safety.
A report by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Disneyland Roller Coaster Was Inspected
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Dateline: October 10, 2003
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Source: Associated Press
A Disneyland repair crew found no problems when it inspected a roller coaster only hours before the ride derailed and killed a 22-year-old man, according to police documents.
Four Disneyland mechanics performed routine maintenance on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad on the morning of Sept. 5, according to documents released Thursday [10/9/2003].
Later
Police Find No Sabotage In Disney Ride Crash
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Dateline: October 9, 2003
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Source: Reuters
Police have concluded there was no sabotage in the Sept. 5 fatal roller coaster accident at Walt Disney Co's Disneyland theme park and have closed their criminal investigation, an Anaheim, California, city spokesman said on Thursday [10/9/2003]
State safety investigators are about halfway through a separate investigation into the cause of the Big Thunder Mountain
Disney Crash Reports Released
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Dateline: October 3, 2003
Status: Archive
Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland employees heard an unusual clacking noise coming from the wheels of Big Thunder Mountain train No. 2 on the morning of Sept. 5 and planned to pull it out of service when it returned to the station, a ride operator told investigators from the Anaheim Police Department.
But the train never returned to the station.
The locomotive that leads the train
1 Killed, 10 Hurt At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 6, 2003
Status: Archive
Source: Orange County Register
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a Disneyland roller coaster built to look like a runaway train, derailed at 11:22 a.m. Friday, killing one man and injuring 10 people.
Killed: Marcelo Torres, 22, of Gardena
Injured: Eight people were taken to hospitals; two were treated at scene and released.
Aftermath: The roller coaster and Frontierland were shut
Disneyland Roller Coaster Accident Kills One
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Dateline: September 5, 2003
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Source: Reuters
A car derailed on a roller coaster at Disneyland, killing one man and injuring 10 others on Friday morning, city officials said.
A car on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction derailed while the train went through a dark tunnel about 2:20 p.m. EDT, said officials in Anaheim, California, where the park is located.
Los Angeles television station KCAL 9
One Killed, 10 Injured On 'Thunder Mountain' Ride At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 5, 2003
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Source: Associated Press
A triage unit was set up near the ride and one person was wheeled to an ambulance on a stretcher.
ANAHEIM -- A locomotive broke loose from a train on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction Friday, killing one person and injuring 10 others, officials said. The fatality was an adult male, said city spokesman John Nicoletti.
Man Killed In Disneyland Coaster Crash
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Dateline: September 5, 2003
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Source: Associated Press
An accident on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster Friday left a 22-year-old man dead and 10 other riders injured, officials said.
The cause of the man's death and that of the accident, which state and local authorities were investigating, were unclear Friday night.
"We don't know exactly what's happened yet," said Jay Rasulo, president
One Killed, 10 Injured On Thunder Mountain Ride At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 5, 2003
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Source: Associated Press
An accident on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster Friday left a 22-year-old man dead and 10 other riders injured, officials said.
The cause of the man's death and that of the accident, which state and local authorities were investigating, were unclear Friday night.
"We don't know exactly what's happened yet," said Jay Rasulo, president
Life In The Fast Lane
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Dateline: July 13, 2001
Status: Archive
Source: USA Today
By the time Michael Sahagian arrives at his favorite theme park ride, the Batman roller coaster here at Six Flags Great Adventure, the line already is hundreds of people deep. The wait time posted on the faux-granite entrance is 90 minutes.
Sahagian, however, is unfazed.
Whipping out a green paper pass marked "reserved," he blows right past the line and ducks into a
Frontierlands Keel Boat Ride
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Dateline: March 1, 2000
Status: Archive
Source: E Ticket
Well, howdy there, pioneers and sod-busters ... welcome aboard the ol' Gullywhumper ... Ya know, this here's the boat that ol' Mike Fink used a while back when he took on Davy Crockett for the wildest keel boat race this river has ever seen ... well, we ain't goin' to be doin' no racin ' today, so ya'11 sit back, relax, kick off yer shoes and we'll get a first-hand look
Disneyland In One Day
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Dateline: March 1, 2000
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Source: Disney Magazine
The First Hint that my mission will be daunting: I tell the cast member in Guest Relations the title of the article I'm researching, and she starts to giggle. Disneyland in a day? Who am I kidding? "It might be a little hard," she says, handing me my tickets, "to do it all in a day."
Disneyland has its own special feel, and nostalgia is only part of it. Yes, it's
Fatal Attraction
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Dateline: September 13, 1999
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Source: U.S. News & World Report
It was one of the most calamitous weeks in the history of America's amusement parks. On August 22, a 12-year-old boy was killed after plummeting some 200 feet from the Drop Zone Stunt Tower at Paramount's Great American park in Santa Clara, Calif. The next day, a 20-year-old man partially removed himself from an overhead harness at the end of a 50-mph Shockwave
The Inner Child Gets His Kicks All Alone And Feeling Childish:
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Dateline: May 18, 1997
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Source: Seattle Times
But I wanted more of Disney's new Indiana Jones Adventure ride.
So I climbed aboard again. And again. And again.
And again. And again. And again.
And again.
Eight times altogether.
And why not?
At age 48, I was in Disneyland. Alone. I was vacationing for the first time without my wife, without kids, without anyone else. My time was my own. The choices
With The Future Set In 1986, Tomorrowland Had To Change
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Dateline: March 22, 1996
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Source: Orange County Register
In announcing a renovation of Disneyland's Tomorrowland, Walt Disney Co. imagineers acknowledged that men on the moon, home computers and time had caught up to the land, one of the five original areas in the 42-year-old-park.
When Disneyland opened, "1986 sounded very futuristic," said Tony Baxter, senior vice president-creative development for Disney's imagineering
Your Best Day Ever At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 1, 1992
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Source: Sunset
Enjoy a Mickey Mouse flapjack for breakfast, then hit Splash Mountain early. Eat lunch at the Big Thunder Ranch. Top off your day at Disneyland by watching fireworks from a little know vantage point. Those are some of the tips we picked up after visiting Disneyland five times last season. We learned how to tackle the park during its busiest time-summer. We discovered how
Man Found Injured At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 1, 1991
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Source: Los Angeles Times
A 40-year-old Romanian man was hospitalized after he was found lying injured alongside the tracks of Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster ride. Paramedics said Grigore Grigorean may have tried to exit the twisting, curving train that speeds through the mountain. But a Disney spokesman said no witnesses were able to say they actually saw him on the ride, or
Disneyland Through The Years
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Dateline: January 1, 1990
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Source: Disney Channel Magazine
1954-Summer Construction gets under way and Disneyland begins to emerge from the surrounding bean fields and orange groves of Anaheim.
1955-July 17 The opening day ceremonies are beamed coast-to-coast in a TV special. One of the hosts: actor Ronald Wilson Reagan.
1956-October Attendance hits the five million mark; the Skyway, Tom Sawyer Island, Storybook Land
Disneyland: A Parents' Survival Guide
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Dateline: June 1, 1989
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Source: California
Disneyland, a monument to childhood, is also a test of how well you've grown up. Your first visit is guaranteed to be interesting, just as the first time you drive a car, have sex or spend a night by yourself is filled with wonder. But by the tenth or hundredth time you do it, amazement will elude you unless you apply an adult imagination to the experience.
The adults
Disneyland: The Way We Were
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Dateline: February 1, 1988
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Source: Los Angeles Magazine
Part of the magic of the Magic Kingdom, of course, is that despite the slings and arrows peppering the outside world, it somehow remains as seemingly immutable as one of Aristotle's First Causes, or Walt's immortal mouse, whose 60th birthday the park-itself pushing a healthy 33-is celebrating this year from March 19 through September 8 with a new Mickey at the Movies
Anaheim-Buena Park: Theme Park Wonderland
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Dateline: June 1, 1984
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Source: Better Homes & Gardens
A trip to Disneyland ranks first in most families' plans. But don't necessarily go there first. Visit on Thursday and Friday, usually the lightest days, when you can take in more rides and shows.
Arrive at about 8:30 a.m. so you're parked and ready when the gates open at 9 a.m. Pinpoint four or five priority attractions and head for the one that tops the your list.
California Dreaming
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Dateline: May 1, 1981
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Source: Travel-Holiday
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Disneyland
It's not surprising that the 1955 breakthrough occurred in Los Angeles. It grew out of the resident movie industry's capabilities and the special kind of ingenuity that for years had gone into inventing convincing effects for the camera. The park's chief innovator, Walt Disney, was a
California's Disneyland
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Dateline: February 1, 1980
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Disneyland, the country's first truly big-time theme park, is located 27 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Anaheim. When the park opened in 1955, Walt Disney promised it would get bigger and better. Well, Disneyland is celebrating its 25th birthday this year, with a spectacle of special happenings. In fact, you may want to check into what's on tap when and schedule your
Designed by Tony Baxter based on scenery at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
The petrified wood sculpture in Adventureland is the same shape as the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad look at it from the angle where you could see the sculpture and the ride.
Some of the machinery in the line of Big Thunder was used in The Apple Dumpling Gang.
The mountain is 104 feet tall. The upper buttes weigh up to 28 tons
The Sheriff's name on the Rainbow Ridge window is Walt's father in law
Names of the trains: U.R. Daring, I.M. Brave (replaced by I.M. Loco), I.M. Fearless, I.B. Hearty, U.B. Bold, U.R. Courageous
Sounds recorded from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad were used in the Indiana Jones Movie
Voices:
Prospector - Dallas McKennon
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction was manufactured by Walt Disney World Co. in September, 1979. The attraction is a roller coaster style ride with a height requirement of 40 inches and a track length of 2,671 feet. The track is of a tri-rail design, with two load rails, a third rail or "backbone", and three chain lifts. The track is divided into six zones, and each zone is sealed and air pressurized. Pneumatically activated and spring-released fin brakes slow or stop the trains, and linear induction motors use a brake fin to accelerate or decelerate the train.
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has six trains, which can operate with up to five trains at any given time. One train consists of one locomotive (9 feet 9 inches) and five railroad-style cars or passenger-carrying devices, each of which can carry up to 9 passengers, connected together at a length of 66 feet by a tow bar and two cables. Each car has 3 bench seats with a lap bar at each seat. Each car running gear consists of front and rear axle assemblies, each of which contains two bogie assemblies. The running gear for the locomotive consists of a front axle, guide, and upstop assembly, a floating axle assembly, and a rear axle assembly. The floating axle is non-weight bearing and contributes to the theme appearance of the locomotive. Each of the floating axle's upstop/guide wheels are retained by two bolts with safety wire backup. Trains can be dispatched at a minimum interval of 42 seconds, with a ride speed of 41 feet per second and a ride duration of 3 minutes, 15 seconds.
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
As roller coasters go, this one is relatively tame. It's short on the kind of steep climbs and precipitous drops that put hearts in throats and make stomachs protest, but long on tight curves that provoke squeals of glee and delighted laughs. The big deal on this ride is not the speed, however, or the thrills, but the scenery along the way-a pitch-black bat cave, giant stalactites and stalagmites, phosphorescent pools, a waterfall, a canyon inhabited by coyotes, a natural-arch bridge that affords fine views over the Big Thunder landscape, mine walls ready to cave in, and a quaint mining town. The show is almost the equal of New Orleans Square's Pirates of the Caribbean, though you might think it's even better because it starts in the queue area. There, in the aforementioned community which boasts two hotels, a newspaper, and a dance hall, in addition to its saloon and general store-life goes on usually in full view. If you listen closely, you'll hear a local barmaid flirting with a miner to the accompaniment of such songs as "Red River Valley" and "Listen to the Mockingbird." As you proceed toward the loading area, the walls on either side are made of about a hundred tons of real gold ore from Rosamond, California- brownish-colored stone that sold for around $80 a ton when the attraction was built, and purplish rocks that cost $120 a ton. The Silver Queen Mine (in the same former mining center) also yielded a real, ten-foot-tall stamp mill designated BIG THUNDER MINE 1880-rare because most are about twice the size. At the time it was spotted by the Disney scouts, it was owned by four different partners, each of whom had to be contacted before the sale could go through. In the loading area, there's a single-bore compressor engine that really works, from Tonopah, Nevada. Elsewhere around the attraction, there's a scattering of corrugated tin, most of it found on the roofs of mining shacks in the South- west. The steam engine that sits just below the town was used in the 1978 Disney feature film, Hot Lead, Cold Feet, which starred Don Knotts, Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Darrin McGavin, and Jack Elam. The Pat Burke identified on one of the packing crates helped scour the swap meets, abandoned mines, and even museums in Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, and Wyoming, where the thousands of dollars of authentic mining equipment in the queue area (and the attraction itself) were located. In addition to the stamp mill and the com- pressor, there's also a 1,200-pound cogwheel once used to break down the ores; an ore car that once hauled gold in Nevada (seen here at the commencement of the earthquake scene); a 400- pound ore bucket; a drill press powered by hand; and a huge winch motor from Tonopah, Nevada (that's the machine that looks as if it's hauling the train up the second lift); not to mention a good many large cogs, gears, hand tools, pulleys, blocks, an alarm bell once used as a means of communication between miners, and a dredge shovel.As for the mountain itself, it was entirely Disney- made, of steel and cement by the ton and of paint by the thousands of gallons-3,000 to 4,000 gallons, to be more exact-with the labor of a whole crew of diversely skilled rock makers, who layered cement and paint, threw stones on the product, kicked dirt at it, and banged on it with sticks and picks to realize the designs of art director Tony Baxter, the former Tomorrowland-attractions host who is also responsible for much of Fantasyland's new look. Inspired by Utah's Bryce Canyon, and named in reference to an old Indian legend about a certain sacred mountain in Wyoming that would thunder whenever white men took out its gold, it took seven years to plan, including two years to build, and cost some $16 million-almost as much as all of Disneyland in 1955. The painting of the 92 acres of rock surface was done under the supervision of Bob Jolly, whose other credits include sets for the films The King and I, South Pacific, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Greatest Story Ever Told. Incidentally, while the ride itself is similar in many respects to the one offered at Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, there are several small differences both inside and out. In Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, for instance, you won't find the wonderfully scenic queue area that prefaces the ride here. But the Florida mountain is much larger, rising to a height of 197 feet, in keeping with the larger scale of that park. Also, instead of the handsome little mining town that greets passengers at the end of Disneyland's trip, WDW's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad riders have a flooded mining town full of real-looking chickens, donkeys, a rainmaker, and a sinking saloon, midway through the trip. There's no warning sign, but pregnant women and guests who suffer from a heart condition, motion sickness, weak backs, and other physical limitations are not permitted to ride the attraction. Children must be at least three years old and at least 39 inches tall to board the trains, and those under seven must be accompanied by an adult.About your timing: Since this is a very popular ride, try to visit first thing in the morning, during a parade, or just before park closing, when the lines are generally shorter. For the best of both worlds, ride twice-once by day, when you can see the scenery much better, and again after dark, when there's the added pleasure of hurtling through the cool night.
Steven Spielberg recorded the rumbles and clanking of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for the mine-car chase scene in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."
November 2012 ABC announced plans to create a TV show based on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
