20 Loudest Rides And 20 Noisiest Shows With Decibel Readings
Dateline: October 3, 2023
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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
Opening Day Attractions You Can Still Enjoy At Disney
Dateline: September 1, 2023
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Opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland Park changed the world.
Over the past few decades since then, it has undergone multiple changes, including the addition of adjacent hotels, Downtown Disney, and Disney California Adventure Park. But let 's explore the attractions that were there from the very beginning.
The Mad Tea Party
Lone Ranger In Disneyland The Untold Story Of The Films Scrapped Big Thunder Mountain Overlay
Dateline: July 8, 2023
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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
Yes Disney Parks Produce A Lot Of Waste But Here Is A Peek At How They Manage It
Dateline: May 22, 2023
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Anyone who 's seen “Peter Pan” or has heard of Tinker Bell knows about pixie dust, the mystical fairy powder that gives characters the power to fly in films. But it 's a real thing at Disney parks.
It often refers to seemingly random bits of Disney magic designed to surprise and delight guests, like an unexpected free upgrade in accommodations or small
New Toontown Channels The Parks Lost Land
Dateline: March 19, 2023
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In Disneyland 's newest ride, Mickey and Minnie are headed out to the country to go on a “perfect picnic” - that is, until Goofy gets involved and everything goes wrong.
Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway, a trackless dark ride that 's the first Disney attraction to star the world 's most famous mice, opened in January 2023. It 's the centerpiece of the
Drone Crashes After Hovering Over Visitors Heads
Dateline: February 28, 2023
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An aerial drone that hovered a few feet above the heads of Disneyland visitors before crashing in Frontierland near the Mark Twain Riverboat dock has been turned over to police who are looking for the pilot.
The drone landed without incident on Sunday afternoon and did not impact theme park operations, according to Disneyland officials.
Visiting Without The Kids Here Are Some Attractions To Ride
Dateline: January 1, 2023
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Adult-only Disney days are something I regularly look forward to! There 's nothing better than strolling through with my favorite person, coffee in hand enjoying the sights and sounds of the Parks. If you are planning an adult-only Disney day, here are the best rides at Disneyland without the kids.
1. Buzz Astro
Challenge your partner to see
Princess Nite A New Party To Twirl In Early 2023
Dateline: December 9, 2022
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The Walt Disney Company is entering its centennial year, a celebratory stretch that will include a bouquet of enchanted happenings at The Happiest Place on Earth.
Fans are already anticipating the recently announced Disney 100 Years of Wonder events, which include new nighttime spectaculars and attraction openings, but fresh revelations seem to be arriving
Something Nostalgic Something New Disneyland Blends Both With A Touch Of Pixie Dust
Dateline: October 22, 2022
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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
It Will Never Work 5 Nowhilarious Things Walts Competitors Said About Disneyland And Lessons Todays Executives Should Learn
Dateline: October 1, 2022
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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
7 Tips For Watching The Return Of Fantasmic
Dateline: June 3, 2022
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“Fantasmic” has returned to Disneyland after a two-year pandemic pause and an extensive reconfiguration of the waterfront viewing area that will require first-time and longtime visitors alike to adjust their strategies for watching the venerable nighttime spectacular.
Disneyland presented the return of “Fantasmic” along the Rivers of America on Thursday,
Disneyland Digs Into The Roots Of Walt Disneys Imagination With His Dreaming Tree
Dateline: December 8, 2021
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A new Disneyland landmark inspired by the hometown tree that Walt Disney daydreamed under as a boy will pay tribute to the vivid imagination of the Anaheim theme park 's founder while also serving as a whimsical children 's playground.
The new Dreaming Tree coming to Mickey 's Toontown at Disneyland will be inspired by a Cottonwood in Walt Disney 's hometown
Waterfront Dining Across From The Haunted Mansion
Dateline: November 19, 2021
Status: Current
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Disneyland has opened a multi-level waterfront dining area themed as a dock where rivercraft load and unload supplies across from the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square with a view of the boats traveling along the Rivers of America.
The new Pelican 's Landing dining area opens Friday, Nov. 19 next to the Harbour Galley quick-service restaurant, according
Walt Disney Is Your Tour Guide In This New Book
Dateline: November 16, 2021
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Author Marcy Carriker Smothers had a continuing internal dialogue with the late Walt Disney as she wrote her new book about taking a walking tour of Disneyland from the park founder 's distinct and well-informed point of view.
“I can 't write about Walt or read about Walt without his voice in my head,” Carriker Smothers said during an online video interview.
Canoe Down The Rivers Of America
Dateline: October 10, 2021
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Insiders, did you know you could canoe down the Rivers of America at Disneyland Resort? If not, or if you did and have yet to experience it, you are in for a treat! Davy Crockett 's Explorer Canoes gives you the chance to paddle down the most famous river at Disneyland on a grand oar-venture all the way around Pirate 's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island. This attraction is a
When Will Disneyland Bring Back Fantasmic And World Of Color
Dateline: September 22, 2021
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The famed “kiss goodnight” that the “Fantasmic” and “World of Color” nighttime spectaculars reliably delivered on a nightly basis at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure continue to remain dark and are not expected to return until 2022.
“Fantasmic” and “World of Color” went into hibernation during the 13-month coronavirus closures of the Anaheim theme
11 Attractions From Opening Day
Dateline: July 11, 2021
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When Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955, it wasn 't an immediate success. The park experienced numerous setbacks, including counterfeit tickets, concession shortages, and malfunctioning rides. But it also featured many rides and attractions that are considered classic parts of the Wonderful World of Disney today. Here are 11 attractions guests got
Disneys Imagination Soars Again
Dateline: April 25, 2021
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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
We Are Going To Liberate Minnie Mouse The Day Yippies Invaded And Shut Down The Park
Dateline: January 15, 2021
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Before the pandemic shuttered Disneyland in March, there had only been a few days that the park had unplanned closures: the day after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, and after 9/11. But there was another day, in 1970, when Disneyland was overtaken by protesters, whose number and fury - about Minnie Mouse and miniskirts -
How 50 Attractions Could Change When The Parks Reopen
Dateline: August 1, 2020
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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
Black Sunday Remembering Disneylands Disastrous Opening Day On Its 65th Anniversary
Dateline: July 17, 2020
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Source: SFGate
Disneyland's opening day started off very inauspiciously for Walt Disney.
Exhausted by last-minute preparations, he'd gone up to his private apartment above the firehouse on Main Street to get a little sleep before festivities began on the morning of July 17, 1955. When he awoke, he realized he'd somehow locked himself inside the room. So Walt Disney
8 Of The Weirdest Things Reported To Have Happened At Disneyland
Dateline: January 3, 2020
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Everyone knows that Disney is dubbed The Happiest Place On Earth. But did you know it's also one of the strangest places in California too? Thanks to some guests, there are some pretty wild tales out on the internet about vacations gone wrong, the Matterhorn falling apart during a ride, epic fights that broke out in Disneyland - and even cannibalism. Yes, you read that
Diver Finds Lost Wedding Rings Tossed Turkey Legs And Mysterious Sunken Head Under The Sea
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Dateline: December 19, 2019
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Disneyland diver Thomas Self has discovered a lot of strange things in the waters of the Anaheim theme park, but he 'll never forget what he found one night in the Jungle Cruise river.
Self and his fellow divers were called out to investigate a mysterious banging sound after Jungle Cruise skippers repeatedly heard something thumping on the bottom of their
9 Amazing Secrets To Look For During Your Next Visit
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Dateline: November 28, 2019
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As Disney lovers, we 're always looking for ways to visit the parks and TBH, we 've already binged well over half of our favorite childhood classics on Disney Plus. For those of you planning out your dream Disneyland visit, we 've got some news you 'll love to hear. You can go on a magical adventure to find Disneyland secrets. The park is full of them. All you have to do
Disneyland Bringing Frontierland Dueling Piano Show To Golden Horseshoe Saloon This Fall
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Dateline: September 18, 2019
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A new dueling piano show will replace the long-running “Laughing Stock Co.” at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in Frontierland this fall as Disneyland begins adding new entertainment to replace retiring shows.
The dueling piano show will be joined by a strolling magician who will entertain visitors in Frontierland as part of a new slate of live entertainment,
10 Great Places To Eat At Disneyland Ranked
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Dateline: August 24, 2019
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Disneyland is pretty fantastic, isn't it? Save for the $4,586 price of admission, the parks have just about anything you could ever want. Fun characters to meet, amazing rides to enjoy, great attractions and shows, but there's one thing that we can't forget. The food. The dining experience at Disneyland and California Adventure is a thing of dreams. Today,
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
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
Russi Taylor Voice Of Minnie Mouse For Over 30 Years Dies At 75
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Dateline: July 28, 2019
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Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse for more than 30 years, has died.
Taylor, 75, died on Thursday at her home in Glendale, California, Disney announced.
In 1986, Taylor beat out hundreds of other hopefuls to become the voice of Minnie in dozens of movies, TV shows and theme park experiences.
Among a legion of credits, Taylor
Walt Disneys Black Sunday
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Dateline: July 3, 2019
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July 17, 1955, was intended as an invite-only, media-oriented day to celebrate the long-awaited opening of Disneyland. Technically it was called the “international press preview,” but Disney employees-and even Walt Disney himself-would afterwards come to label it “Black Sunday.”
During the 1930s and 1940s, Disney had visited several amusement parks with his wife
Disneyland Summons A Spirited 50Th For The Haunted Mansion
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Dateline: May 21, 2019
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Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of, what's the word we're searching for...
Foreboding.
Of course, those aren't just words heard over and over again inside a beyond-iconic attraction in Anaheim; they're currently true, for many Disney devotees.
For perhaps you have a profound sense that something is on the wind, a
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,
Pro-Trump Flag Gets Man Banned
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Dateline: February 13, 2019
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One Disneyland visitor will not be returning to "the happiest place on earth" after he was kicked out of the park Wednesday afternoon following an unfurling of a large pro-Trump flag on the side of the Mark Twain riverboat.
The man identified himself as Dion Cini as he streamed live on Facebook moments before the unfurling. The video shows Cini and another male
20 Best Places To Rest With Kids
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Dateline: January 27, 2019
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Disneyland is a magical place filled with excitement and a ton of things to do. After walking around all day, your feet and your kids' feet will most likely start to hurt, and everyone is going to need a little break from the warm California weather. But where to go? There are plenty of places across Disneyland and Disney California Adventure for a break-places like
25 Things Walt Disney Never Wanted Visitors To Know
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Dateline: January 27, 2019
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Walt Disney himself lived a legendary and highly mysterious life. A man of many secrets, he worked hard to incorporate hidden features through all of his work. Up to this day, there are dozens of special Easter eggs hidden throughout the park. The Imagineer's that designed Disneyland in California have thought through every detail to make the parks as magical as
24 Surprising Things About Disneyland We Did Not Know But Should
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Dateline: December 2, 2018
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Disneyland is said to be the "Happiest Place on Earth." For one day (or several depending on your trip schedule) people of all ages from toddlers to seniors can have fun, let loose and become a kid again. It's a place filled with magic, music, your favourite characters and rides to fit whatever you're in the mood for.
It opened its doors on July 17, 1955, and was the
Disney Afternoon Avenue Is Coming Back
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Dateline: November 21, 2018
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The Disney Afternoon Avenue' is coming back to Disneyland
Grow up in the '90s? Did you visit Disneyland then? If so, you might remember "The Disney Afternoon Avenue," the walkway between Fantasyland and Toontown that Disney themed to its line-up of late-afternoon cartoons, including DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and TaleSpin.
Ya miss it? Because it'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
Gay Days Are Coming Back In October
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Dateline: August 3, 2018
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Disneyland's annual unofficial Gay Days celebration is scheduled this year to run Friday, Oct. 5, to Sunday, Oct. 7, in and around the Anaheim resort.
This is the 21st year of the event, during which organizer Eddie Shapiro said people attend the theme parks from around the world, wearing red T-shirts to show their solidarity.
Disneyland does not encourage or
Walt Disney First Love Lives On At This Historic California Ranch
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Dateline: May 24, 2018
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The steam-powered train rounds the bend, passing a rolling meadow dusted with wildflowers and dotted by oak and sycamore trees.
The vintage locomotive is pulling two passenger cars around a two-mile loop at Santa Margarita Ranch in San Luis Obispo County, a roughly 15,000-acre property settled by Franciscan missionaries in 1774.
But these carriages once had a
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
It Is A Real Mickey Mouse Operation
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Dateline: March 18, 2018
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I had a chance to get away for a few days earlier this month and I ended up in Disneyland of all places. You know, the one in California, as opposed to Disney World, the one in Florida.
I have to confess, I have been to both of them a few times.
Growing up in San Diego, California, it was an annual event for my family. Disneyland opened up when I was six-years
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
12 Fun Things You May Not Know About Disneyland
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Dateline: December 26, 2017
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Test your Disney trivia mojo here. How many of these items do you already know?
1. King Arthur Carousel. The lead horse on the iconic Fantasyland carousel is named Jingles. Walt Disney wanted all horses on the carousel, and he wanted them all to be leaping, so when a classic carousel was purchased, it was supplemented with other horses and those that had straight
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
My Dad Helped Design Disneyland Here Is What the Park Was Like Before It Opened
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Dateline: September 21, 2017
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When Walt Disney's theme park opened 62 years ago,
it was named Disneyland and christened "The Happiest Place on Earth."
It was a thrill to behold all the rides and exhibits making Disney's movies, cartoons,
and characters come to life.
My sister, Diane, and I were treated to an even more special event. Our preview of the park occurred a year earlier than the
Disneyland Return Railroad And River Attractions
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Dateline: July 30, 2017
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The building of a space port in a galaxy that happens to be located far, far away doesn't normally prevent an earthbound train from traveling the route it has run along for decades. The port is somewhere deep in the cosmos, light years from this planet, while the train tracks? They've been placed on terra firma, and the engine that toot-toots along them will never be
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
Disneyland Brings Back Attractions That Were Closed For Star Wars Land Construction
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Dateline: July 21, 2017
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A year and a half after they were closed to make way for construction of a new Star Wars land, four Disneyland attractions along the Rivers of America are set to reopen.
The Mark Twain Riverboat, Sailing Ship Columbia, Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes and the Disneyland Railroad will relaunch July 29, featuring new waterfalls and elevated trestles.
Construction
After More Than A Year Away Disneyland Debuts Updated Fantasmic River Show
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Dateline: July 18, 2017
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Mickey Mouse made a triumphant return to the Rivers of America as "Fantasmic!" came back to Disneyland after a more than a one-year absence.
The show, which originally debuted in 1992, went dark in early 2016 as the waterway it is staged on was closed to boat traffic for construction of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. The new 14-acre land, which will open in 2019, gobbled
Disneyland Got Off To A Nightmare Start In 1955 But Walts Folly Quickly Won Over Fans
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Dateline: July 17, 2017
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Disneyland's opening day, July 17, 1955, was a nightmare.
ides broke down. Restaurants ran out of food and drink, and a plumbers' strike meant drinking fountains were in short supply. Long lines formed at bathrooms. Bunting hid unfinished attractions. Women's high-heeled shoes sank into the fresh asphalt.
All in front of a national audience of 90 million, then
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 13
Dateline: July 14, 2017
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Disneyland, the idea, came from the mind of Walt Disney, but Disneyland, the theme park, was a collaborative effort. It took a great many men and women to create it. Since all men are created equal, everyone who contributed should be credited. I've known about C.V. Wood for many years, and although he was not an Imagineer, he was a land developer who made significant
Disney Parks Want Us To Escape Reality But Real-World Conflicts Are Sometimes Unavoidable
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Dateline: July 13, 2017
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On June 29, Disney announced that as part of its ongoing renovation of old attractions, it would be removing the "wench auction" scene from its popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Many people online have expressed outrage. "Never have any of these wonderful scenes ever made me think of negative things!" wrote one fan on the Disney Parks Blog. Another posted, "I
Fantasmic Dining Reservations Open
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Dateline: July 7, 2017
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Perhaps you've visited a certain theme park located at 1313 Disneyland Drive in Anaheim over the last few months with a specific, sparkly-eyed goal in mind: Be dazzled, once again, by the Main Street Electrical Parade.
The limited-time experience, which has wended its way through Disneyland Park since January 2017, at least on this particular go-around, came with
Disneyland In The Beginning A Look Back
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Dateline: July 1, 2017
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The youngest grandchildren made their first trip to Disney World over the Christmas holidays. They loved it. My fairest daughter, who hadn't been there since she was small, came back raving about the quality of the entertainers in Magic Kingdom, impressed at how they managed to be so consistently nice to children day after day. She took the occasion to tell the kids that
Pirates Lair On Tom Sawyer Island Reopens
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Dateline: June 16, 2017
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Rafts were making the journey with visitors again from the mainland at Disneyland to Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island.
The island was closed in early 2016 as the park worked on shortening the route for the Rivers of America in Frontierland to make room for the 14-acre "Star Wars" land project.
In May of 2017, the river was refilled with water, and final
Disneyland Railroad And Fantasmic Return Dates
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Dateline: June 15, 2017
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Much of the Disneyverse is craftily constructed around clocks and the nature of time, and a fan only need dip into a song, or story, to find references to the meaning, and passage, of hours and minutes.
From the stroke of midnight in "Cinderella" to Cogsworth the clock of "Beauty and the Beast" to "Step in Time" from "Mary Poppins" to the beloved doll clock at It's a
Big Thunder Trail Reopens With New Features
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Dateline: June 8, 2017
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It is now easier to get from Frontierland to Fantasyland at Disneyland, or vice-versa.
The theme park on Thursday, June 8, reopened its Big Thunder Trail that connects the two lands to the public, after being closed since early 2016. The trail was shut down so it could be revised, with new rock work, and themed decorations related to Disneyland's construction of the
Water Flows Back Into Rivers Of America At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 7, 2017
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Disneyland workers opened the valves and started filling the northern portion of the Rivers of America in Frontierland with water Friday.
That portion of the waterway was dammed off and drained early in 2016 as part of the "Star Wars" land project. The route for the river was also changed to allow more room for the new land, which opens in 2019.
Disneyland
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Dateline: March 12, 2017
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The Storm before the Storm
It was becoming increasingly clear that the year-long struggle to get the park opened was wearing on everyone involved. No one was more affected than Disney himself. Many around him had noticed a change in his behavior. He seemed uneasy and unsure of himself. His wife Lillian was worried that with previous warnings from his doctor about
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
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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Dateline: November 19, 2016
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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
Beignets Pirates And Ghosts Oh My
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Dateline: October 15, 2016
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When New Orleans Square opened in July of 1966, the mayor of New Orleans, Victor Schiro, participated in the dedication. Schiro announced that Disney was an honorary citizen of the real city and joked that adding the Square cost as much as the original Louisiana Purchase. The dedication was Walt's last public appearance before his death that December.
There are two
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 9
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Dateline: October 15, 2016
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The birth of space exploration in the middle of the 1950s affected both sides of the globe, but before the Space Race there was the Cold War. There was a fair share of unilateral fear from several previous wars. As a result, it pitted the United States against Russia in a "race" for strategic military superiority. Although the Cold War came first, the Space Race wasn't
Rivers Of Fun
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Dateline: September 17, 2016
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The Rivers of America is as old as Disneyland, with the Mark Twain Riverboat as its only attraction (with the dry docks for refurbishments), though Mike Fink Keel Boats would open in December that same year. The Rivers and all green waters in the park are interconnected underground, allowing the water to naturally filter and de-stagnate the way a lake would. They act as a
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 8
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Dateline: August 16, 2016
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Picture this
You're an artistic designer;
You're scheduled to attend a design meeting for a project you drew the design that "greenlighted" the project you're currently working on;
Deadlines are rapidly approaching;
And in walks your boss
He looks concerned -- something between worried and extremely serious;
He opens the meeting and begins
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
Disneyland Attractions Closed To Build Star Wars Land Will Reopen In 2017
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Dateline: July 28, 2016
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Disney has offered no timeline for its new "Star Wars" land, but Thursday park fans learned attractions closed temporarily for its construction will reopen in 2017.
Park officials, on their Disney Parks blog, announced the attractions on the Rivers of America that went offline earlier this year as crews prepared for the construction of the 14-acre "Star Wars" land,
Frozen Stage Show New Rides
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Dateline: July 27, 2016
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Being a frequent Disneyland visitor, I never figured a day would come that the highlight of a Disney resort visit would be a live-action performance of a cartoon beloved by 8-year-olds everywhere.
But, yes, perhaps hell has "Frozen" over.
Of course, my main motivation in going to Disneyland and California Adventure this year was to see all the "Star Wars"
This Day In History Disneyland Opened 61 Years Ago Today
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Dateline: July 17, 2016
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Disneyland, the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, opened on Sunday, July 17, 1955. Construction lasted for exactly one year, and cost only $17 million to complete.
The opening was only intended for about 11,000 invited guests and press, though a total of 28,000 attended due to a rush of counterfeit tickets. The event was
This Is How Disneyland Looked In 1955
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Dateline: July 11, 2016
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When Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, there were sections of it that were not done. A reporter noticed all the construction still ongoing and asked Walt Disney if Disneyland would ever be finished. Disney replied in what has become an oft quoted quote: "Disneyland will never be completed, as long as there is imagination left in the world."
Disney was true to his
Disneyland Begins Draining Rivers Of America As Prep For Star Wars Land Continues
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Dateline: March 9, 2016
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The water was lower by about four feet in the northern half of the Rivers of America at Disneyland Wednesday afternoon, as the park started to drain it so it could start work on re-routing the river and more.
The water is being recycled, according to Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
"All the resort's water is sent to the Orange County Water District
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
Disneyland Ride Review Sailing Ship Columbia & Maritime Museum
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Dateline: February 4, 2016
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Ahoy, mateys! Welcome aboard Disneyland's Sailing Ship Columbia, an authentic replica of the first United States ship to sail around the world.
Only this version sails around the Rivers of America in Frontierland, out into the wilderness and back.
You see, Walt Disney wanted another ship to sail on his river here at Disneyland besides the Mark Twain Riverboat -
Disneyland Has Stopped Offering 13 Minutes Of Tranquility
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Dateline: January 22, 2016
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People going to amusement parks in the post World War II boom times of the early 1950s were looking for fast, not slow; they wanted to be thrilled, not dropped into a peaceful and pastoral setting. But that's just what Walt Disney gave them in The Rivers of America. From the moment Walt Disney began to think about what would eventually become "Disneyland," he conceived of
Disneyland To Close Multiple Attractions In January To Build Star Wars Land
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Dateline: December 27, 2015
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Disneyland is set to close multiple attractions and eateries next month to make room for the new "Star Wars"-themed land in the Orange County theme park.
The 14-acre project would be Disney's largest single themed land expansion, CEO Bob Iger said when he announced the project in August at the D23 Expo.
Groundbreaking is scheduled to take place in 2016 at
Disneyland To Close Some Attractions To Build Star Wars Land
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Dateline: December 26, 2015
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To make way for "Star Wars," Disneyland is about to launch its largest expansion ever, which means shutting down a significant chunk of the Anaheim theme park.
In January, 10 attractions and eateries will close - some temporarily, some permanently - only a few months after the resort hiked the price of annual passes as much as 31%. This spring, Disneyland's biggest
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 4
Dateline: November 15, 2015
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Last time we left off, we were meeting some of the Imagineers who were responsible for the initial creation of Disneyland. We began to see the park take physical shape and learn about the origins of Main Street USA and Sleeping Beauty's Castle. There were roughly 6 months until the opening. The orange and walnut groves that once existed all to themselves were being
58 Ways Star Wars Land Is Changing Disneyland
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Dateline: November 5, 2015
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The Walt Disney Company recently announced that an entirely new land based on the Star Wars universe would be coming to Disneyland, likely in 2019. The 14-acre mini universe will feature two major new rides and other attractions including a restaurant based on the Mos Eisley cantina in the films. I'm not a big Star Wars aficionado, but I hear that the designers working on
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,
Disneyland Ride Review Full Steam Ahead On The Mark Twain
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Dateline: October 16, 2015
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Engine room, full speed ahead. The bell clangs and the steam whistle blows as you embark on a journey aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat, one of Disneyland's opening day attractions still around. It will take you on a journey on the Rivers of America in Frontierland, nearly identical to the one visitors to the park encountered in 1955.
As the steam-powered paddle
8 More Unanswered Questions About Star Wars Land
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Dateline: October 1, 2015
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Disney raised even more questions with the recent announcement of plans to temporarily close the Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island and the Disneyland Railroad to allow for construction of Star Wars Land.
Here's what we know so far: The new 14-acre land will feature two attractions set in a remote frontier town on the outer rim of the "Star Wars" galaxy. While no
Local Veteran Recalls Meeting Walt Disney
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Dateline: September 26, 2015
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Longtime Victor Valley resident Bob Campbell Jr. said meeting Walt Disney, watching the birth of Disneyland and riding horses in the High Desert over 50 years ago is only a small part of his "long and wonderful life."
Campbell, a 74-year old Air Force veteran, said he still remembers the early 1950s when he and his Sunday school teacher, Willis John, met Disney at
What It Takes To Run Mark Twain Riverboat
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Dateline: September 24, 2015
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A few years ago, The Orange County Register was allowed to spend some time with the crew on board the Mark Twain Riverboat.
Many of the attractions at Disneyland are operated with the push of a button, but the Mark Twain Riverboat is not one of them.
Just like the locomotives of the Disneyland Railroad, the Mark Twain needs steam to power its paddlewheel and a
In Defense Of Disneyland Why Its Worth Revisiting As A Jaded Adult
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Dateline: August 30, 2015
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I went to Disneyland for the first time when I was 10-years old. My parents, aunt, and grandma loaded my sisters, two cousins, and me into two Oldsmobile Cutlass wagons and we caravanned from Portland (OR) to Anaheim (CA) in a sprawling, Vacation-esque road trip.
We visited the Redwoods, Universal Studios, and San Diego. Wonderful places, all. And yet I only have
Disney Voice Over Actors Bring Theme Park Rides To Life
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Dateline: July 28, 2015
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Voice-over actors are the hidden artists who provide the audio atmosphere and essential back stories that bring theme parks to life..
From the parking lot tram spiel to park-wide announcements to ride narrations, the best work of voice-over actors often goes unnoticed simply because it blends so seamlessly into the overall theme park experience.
During the
Disneyland 60 Things You Might Not Know About The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: July 17, 2015
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TV show named "Gunsmoke" made its debut, and another named "Make Room for Daddy" won two Emmys. Elvis Presley and Pat Boone had young hearts all shook up, and for the first time, they could listen to those crooners and others on a new gadget called a pocket transistor radio. A new car cost $1,900, gasoline was 23 cents a gallon and rents averaged $87 a month..
It was
Happy Birthday Disneyland Happiest Place On Earth Turns 60
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Dateline: July 16, 2015
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Like the animator and entrepreneur, Disneyland was ambitious and imaginative - a real-life play land for children and adults alike. Thomas, a longtime Hollywood reporter for AP and author of a Walt Disney biography who died in 2014, wrote that Disneyland cost $17 million to build, and that no detail was spared. He also noted that a day trip was doable but "you'd no doubt
Growing Up In Disneyland
Dateline: July 12, 2015
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Don DeFore's Silver Banjo Barbecue Restaurant in Frontierland
Disneyland fans who have enjoyed the park numerous times might say they too "grew up in Disneyland." But my family's story is a bit different. Our Mom loved to quote us kids saying, "gee, do we have to go to Disneyland again? Such was the case in the early years of the Park when Dad owned a restaurant in
Reflecting On Changes At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 7, 2015
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What could be more exciting for a 10-year-old?
It was June 1955. My family had just driven across the country to our new home in Lakewood. Not only were we returning to our California roots, but the kids' paradise of Disneyland was just about to open for the first time.
My sisters and I used to watch the weekly TV show "Disneyland" in our suburban Washington
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
EPA Honors Disneyland For Reducing Waste
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Dateline: April 28, 2015
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Walking around Disneyland's Circle D Corral ranch, Jared Blumenfeld was in awe.
A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Blumenfeld went inside the behind-the-scenes barn where Disney houses animals including horses, bent down to inspect a container, and with his right hand fished out clumps of stringy hair.
A Disney employee told the
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
Disneyland Diamond Days Sweepstakes Will Give Away Diamonds
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Dateline: April 14, 2015
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Imagine winning a Disney Diamond or a Cinderella glass slipper, or enjoying a private excursion and dinner in Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park. Those are a few of the exciting prizes that will be awarded to some lucky guests during the Disneyland Diamond Days sweepstakes, part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration that begins May 22, 2015.
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,
Fair Or Foul Disneyland's Fantasmic Moving To Fastpass System Means No More Saving Spots
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Dateline: December 10, 2014
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A manhole cover between New Orleans Square and the Rivers of America marks the spot.
Once or twice a week around 6 p.m., Janey Ellis and her husband, Patrick Arlt, both 26 of Orange, set down a "Nightmare Before Christmas" blanket near this manhole along the banks of the Rivers of America at Disneyland.
They grab to-go dinners from a nearby restaurant, sit
Disneyland And Imagineering Part 2
Dateline: December 6, 2014
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Source: MickeyMousePark.com
Did you know Walt Disney declared bankruptcy?
It's true.
Pre-Disney: The Roadside Attraction
As I was putting together the material for this article in the series, I wanted to touch on a part of Americana that has significance. I enjoy reading and finding archival film to see how the amusement industry came into being, which was roughly 75 years prior to the
What Was Disneyland Like In 1968
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Dateline: October 22, 2014
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While Disneyland is technically and geographically not even in Los Angeles County, it has been a big part of the L.A. lifestyle dating back to the 1950s. A fine pictorial map created by Sam McKim in 1968 shows the Magic Kingdom during a year when the park as most vintage Angelenos know it was in place and making indelible memories.
Baby Boomers can mark stages of
Disneyland In 1955 Rides Now Long Gone Weird Glitches On Opening Day
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Dateline: July 18, 2014
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Disneyland was dedicated during a special preview opening day on July 17, 1955. The public opening was July 18. The dedication aired on ABC at 4:30 p.m. July 17. Some details of the opening:
Park attendance: 6,000 guests were invited for the special preview opening, but an additional 22,000 showed up with counterfeit tickets, making for a total of 28,000 guests that
How To Eat Your Way Through Disneyland Like You're A Kid Again
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Dateline: July 18, 2014
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We may be older than your average kid, but we still love Disneyland. Kids of all ages do. Even more so now that we get to visit and see the park through the eyes of our 4-year-old daughter, Simone.
There are so many reasons why people come back to the Disney resorts time and time again: the rides, the characters, the amazing parades, the fireworks show. When we were
How Counterfeiters Nearly Ruined Opening Day At Disneyland
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Dateline: May 11, 2014
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When ABC television host Art Linkletter greeted viewers from Disneyland on July 17, 1955, he marveled that 15,000 happy visitors were in attendance. Beaming and resplendent in his suit, Linkletter was unaware of the seven-mile gridlock backing up the Santa Ana Freeway, that children who had been trapped in cars for hours were relieving their overtaxed bladders in the
7 Disneyland Secrets That Will Transform Your Trip
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Dateline: January 13, 2014
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Whether you're young, or just young-at-heart, the magic of Disneyland appeals to the child in all of us. But each of us gets something different from the experience -- some have an adventurous side that longs for the thrill of the scariest ride, some have a girly side that wants nothing more than to meet the dazzling princesses of the park, some have an indulgent side
Make The Most Of Disneyland Anaheim California
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Dateline: July 28, 2013
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It's known as the Happiest Place on Earth. And judging by the wide-eyed look on my daughters' faces as we walked through the front gates of Anaheim's Disneyland Park, the statement is spot on.
Wandering up Main Street USA, the central thoroughfare at the world-famous theme park, one of the first things we see is Sleeping Beauty's castle. It looms before us like a
Captain Takes You Inside The Wheelhouse Of The Mark Twain Riverboat At Disneyland
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Dateline: July 28, 2013
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Ever wonder what it's like to steer the Mark Twain Riverboat through the Rivers of America at Disneyland? Or how the Radiator Springs Raceway cars get their power?
"Every Role a Starring Role" is one of my favorite Disneyland blogs that takes you behind the scenes with various cast members who describe their jobs.
Jen Holst, a Mark Twain Riverboat captain,
Disneyland For Dads
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Dateline: April 29, 2013
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In the land of Disney, princess always reigned supreme. However, though Sleeping Beauty's Castle, the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and those ever-popular princesses may get a lot of the attention, Disneyland and California Adventure offer a pixie dust-less world for the guys in your life too - all in time for Father's Day in June.
Cars Land
Route 66 comes to life
Disney Couple Seal The Deal With Pirates Gold
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Dateline: February 13, 2013
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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
California vs. Paris: Rivers of America
Dateline: February 9, 2013
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I learned something today.
My comparison article for January 2013 was always going to be about the Rivers of America in Anaheim's Disneyland Park, and its counterpart in Disneyland Paris.
However, until perhaps five minutes ago, I had assumed that the Paris equivalent was also called Rivers of America. Turns out, it's the Rivers of the Far West.
Whilst it
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
A Guy A Girl And 366 Straight Days At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 14, 2012
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If, like Jeff Reitz and Tonya Mickesh, you go to Disneyland oftenvery oftenyou know that asking for a roast beef melt made without horseradish, as opposed to a roast beef melt with horseradish removed after the fact, will require a ten-minute wait at the Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe. You know that, if conditions are right, you may ride in the wheelhouse of the Mark Twain
10 Disney Attractions Closing For Rehab
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Dateline: August 30, 2012
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Indiana Jones Adventure and two Fantasyland rides will close for most of the fall to undergo renovations as summer crowds dissipate at Disneyland.
That park and neighboring Disney California Adventure will shut down 10 venues in September for refurbishment, after the record-breaking summer season wraps up with Labor Day.
The longest closures, which begin
12 Unique And Magical Memories To Be Made At Disneyland
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Dateline: August 8, 2012
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When visiting Disney, many families head straight for the E-ticket rides, from Space Mountain to the Matterhorn to Dumbo. But in doing so they not only spend a whole lot of time in long lines, but they miss out on so many magical moments and memories that can be made at the "happiest place on earth.' Though these attractions are less popular, they are just as special and
Insiders Guide To Disneyland
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Dateline: August 3, 2012
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If I could live anywhere, I would live in The Haunted Mansion, like all year long," director Guillermo del Toro said last year at Comic-Con while discussing his upcoming film featuring Disneyland's iconic haunted house. And he's not alone.
Hollywood is full of filmmakers and talent who are addicted to Disneyland, which opened in 1955 and now averages 40,000 visitors
Disney Adventure Without The Kids
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Dateline: July 19, 2012
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When I told a New York friend I was heading to Disneyland to explore its appeal for adults, his immediate retort was that it would be a very brief visit. And when our group, not a person under 35, walked through the gates of Disneyland on a warm Saturday and contemplated the crush of elbow-high humanity before us, I wondered if perhaps he was right.
Yet seven hours
5 Disney Rides Temporarily Close Fantasmic! Show Returns
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Dateline: March 5, 2012
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Five rides in Disneyland Resort parks will be closed for at least part of March as the park prepares for spring-break crowds.
Four of the rides are set to re-open within the week after undergoing routine maintenance projects: Grizzly River Run in Disney California Adventure and the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Disneyland Monorail and the King Arthur Carrousel in
Disney Temporarily Closes 8 Attractions, 1 Show
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Dateline: February 2, 2012
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Eight Disney parks attractions, one show and some hotel pools will be temporarily closed for at least part of February mostly because of maintenance projects.
Disney traditionally conducts most of their big renovation projects in the winter months following the busy holidays when tourism slows down.
On Friday (today), Disney is reopening two of those
Disneyland It All Started With A Mouse
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Dateline: October 3, 2011
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Who wants sugar in their tea? The Mad Hatter asked. Everyone cheered. It is at this moment when I realised the greatest thing for the 'little traveller' was the parks unique way to bring treasured favourites to life, such as a favoured classic, Alice in wonderland.
Many years on from its opening on 17 July 1955, Walt Disney's theme park has sparked the imagination
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
Disneyland Tour Follows Walt Disney's Journey
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Dateline: July 25, 2011
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A tour of Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney ends with the guide quoting a newspaper article describing Disney's success as a "product of luck."
The 180-minute tour, titled "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps," shows that Disney's rise from a struggling animator to Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator of the most famous theme park in the world had little
As Disneyland Turns 56, Walt Disney's Daughter Reminisces
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Dateline: July 14, 2011
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Imagine growing up in a family surrounded by cartoon characters, a miniature steam train, Academy Awards and theme parks.
Diane Disney Miller did. Her dad was Walt Disney.
"He was always fun to be with him to walk around with him was fun," Miller said.
While their father was a workaholic, one day a week was her and sister Sharon's day.
"He would
How To Actually Be Happy At The Happiest Place On Earth
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Dateline: June 13, 2011
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School is out, the kids are full of energy and expectations and parents across Utah are making summer plans. Gasoline prices have driven many Utahns to choose Disneyland as their summer destination. Here are five tips and little-known secrets for making your Magic Kingdom visit more memorable.
1. Know when to go
The crowds at Disneyland are often a concern for
14 Venues, Show Temporarily Close In Disney Parks
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Dateline: May 2, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland Resort parks have 14 venues and one show that are temporarily closed during May, mostly for major makeovers or special events.
Many of the projects are ending this month as the two parks -- Disneyland and Disney California Adventure -- prepare for the summer season.
Along Disneyland's Rivers of America, four attractions and the Fantasmic! Show are
Disneyland Closes Attractions For Pirates Premiere
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Dateline: April 28, 2011
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland this week temporarily closed five attractions as the park prepares for next week's celebrity-studded premiere of the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" movie.
Crews are building a screen and seating along Rivers of America for the outdoor viewing May 7 of "Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides" for celebrities, invited guests and ticket holders.
Date Line Disney 74
Dateline: February 1, 2011
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Hello friends, I'm back for another personal look at Disneyland from my distorted perspective, Dateline 1974. Yes the days of bell bottom jeans, bun hugger pants and tight 501's. Tight? (You mean you guys wore your pants tight back then?) Yes son "tight" not loose and down not to our knees like you guys do today. Wow, totally gross Dad. Without argument, I just chalk it
Disneyland Ride Closures Schedule For Early 2011
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Dateline: December 15, 2010
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Source: Examiner
Here are the dates of ride and attraction rehab closures at Disneyland from now (mid December) thru the end of January 2011:
Star Tours CLOSED through to May 2011
Actually technically Star Tours is closed permanently-- at least as it was once known. The ride is getting a complete makeover (hence the length of the closure) to reopen in the Spring as "Star Tours
Disneyland Frites With Treats
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Dateline: June 13, 2010
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While I was at Disneyland for the premiere of World of Color, I stopped by Cafe Orleans. What a fabulous place to catch a meal. The nearby Blue Bayou is often filled to capacity, and same-day reservations can be tricky. I was able to get immediate seating at Cafe Orleans, however. The Cajun-Creole menu is similar to Blue Bayou, including the famous Monte Cristo, but at
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
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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Disneyland Postpones Riverboats Return
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Dateline: May 12, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
The Mark Twain Riverboat is tentatively set to return to Disneyland's main waterway on May 22 a day later than previously planned.
The other boats on Rivers of America are now back in operation after the waterway was closed for four months, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman.
The Rivers of America were drained starting in January for a
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,
Disneyland Begins Refilling Rivers Monday
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Dateline: May 3, 2010
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Disneyland started refilling the Rivers of America Monday that has been empty for four months by using a unique water-recycling process.
Crews turned on the water shortly after 9 a.m., said Betsy Sanchez, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman.
Disney emptied the waterway surrounding Tom Sawyer Island starting Jan. 4 for a rehabilitation and upgrade project. The
Guess What's At Bottom Of Disneyland River
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Dateline: April 30, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
Disneyland last drained its Rivers of America seven years ago, so workers found a lot of accumulated stuff when it emptied the green-dyed waterway in January.
But the most unusual item by far was a computer tower, said Dan Chambers, a project manager at Disneyland. Workers are unsure how the plastic box for plugs and discs got in the water path around Tom Sawyer
New Disneyland Secrets Gold! Notescast App For iPhone Released
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Dateline: April 23, 2010
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TimeStream Software today is pleased to announce the release of the new "Disneyland Secrets Gold!" Notescast app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Over 110 secrets about Disneyland are revealed in a fun self-guided tour. Complete with more than 100 photos, guests can now tour with their iPhones in-hand throughout Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans
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
8 Great Tips For Enjoying Disneyland, Despite The Crowds
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Dateline: April 5, 2010
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For Southern Californians and thousands of lucky Southwest Riverside residents Disneyland is a conveniently close source of fun and fantasy. But, with well over 14 million guests visiting the park each year, the masses have a way of overwhelming even the most die-hard Disney fans.
So, you're going to Disneyland. For millions across the world, it is the happiest
Disney Drains River Changes Shows This Week
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Dateline: January 4, 2010
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Source: Orange County Register
With the holiday season ending Sunday, the Disneyland Resort is closing attractions and switching shows for the slower season starting this week.
Today, Disneyland plans to begin draining the Rivers of America for the first time since 2003 for refurbishment.
All river attractions will be closed until May: Mark Twain Riverboat, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island,
Disneyland's River Set To Be Drained
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Dateline: December 9, 2009
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Source: Orange County Register
Right after the holiday season, visitors to Disneyland will find a dry Rivers of America.
That's right, dry.
The river is scheduled to be drained beginning Jan. 4 and won't be filled up again until May, according to officials with the theme park.
While the river is drained, many Disney fans would like to see something done to add some new life to the Rivers
Disney's Newest Princess Will Make Disneyland Debut On Friday
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Dateline: November 6, 2009
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Disney's newest princess, Princess Tiana, will make her Disneyland debut on Friday as part of a new show, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee!" featuring characters from the upcoming animated film "The Princess and the Frog."
Billed as a rousing, colorful procession with a jazz-filled Mardi Gras theme, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee!" begins with festively dressed, bead- tossing
Tiana's Showboat Jubilee Opens At Disneyland For A Limited Run
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Dateline: November 5, 2009
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I got a sneak peek at "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" last night, and I have to say I really enjoyed the latest Disneyland show.
The limited-engagement show, tied to the upcoming "Princess and the Frog" animated movie from Disney, begins its daily run at the Anaheim theme park starting Friday (Nov. 6). The 20-minute production - presented four times a day - continues
Memorable Meeting With Man Behind The Mouse
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Dateline: August 17, 2009
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For a kid growing up in the '50s, "The Mickey Mouse Club" was required TV viewing. Even as an adult, whenever anyone sings "M-I-C-K-E-Y" it's hard for me to resist finishing the chorus. Come on, you know you want to.
I grew up in a small town near Sonora in the Mother Lode country, and every Christmas vacation we traveled to Los Angeles to stay with relatives.
The Princess And The Frog Riverboat Show Coming To Disneyland, Disney World
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Dateline: August 6, 2009
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Disneyland and Walt Disney World plan to add a Mardi Gras-style musical cavalcade called Tiana's Showboat Jubilee for the 2009 holiday season, according to theme park officials.
The jazz-infused "riverboat extravaganza" will debut at Disney World on Oct. 26 and Disneyland on Nov. 6. Both shows will run through Jan. 3.
Tied to the upcoming "The Princess and the Frog"
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
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
Disneyland Trains Running On Oil From Chicken And Fries
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Dateline: January 28, 2009
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Source: Orange County Register
Guests downing chicken nuggets and french fries at Disneyland's Tomorrowland Terrace are no longer just fueling themselves for a day of walking the park and riding the Matterhorn. These days, they're also helping fuel the Disney trains.
On Wednesday, the five Disneyland Railroad trains that circle a one-mile perimeter of the park began running on cleaner burning
No One Asked Me But
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Dateline: March 5, 2008
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Source: Moapa Valley Progress
No one asked me but We have a young new track coach. Shane Hickman is one of us. He graduate from Moapa Valley High School and will be remembered for leading MVHS to state football and track championships. He was one of the "Cardiac Kids" who went down 20-0 at halftime against Truckee only to comeback and win the state championship 21-20.
Shane was that quick big
The DL On Disneyland
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Dateline: March 4, 2008
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After visiting Disney's California Adventure the previous day, head into the park when it opens at eight for shorter lines at those rides you are dying to get on. Sure, the newest ride in the park the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is interesting, but check out some less appreciated aspects of the park. After you have braved the two-hour line (at least) at Nemo, remember
My First Long-Awaited Much Anticipated Wonderful Trip To Disneyland
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Dateline: March 2, 2008
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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
Only Pinocchio Nose For Sure
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Dateline: May 10, 2007
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Source: The Independent
We weren't even in the park yet when the perjury began.
Giddy with the excitement that only a day at the Magic Kingdom can conjure, my friend told Disneyland's parking attendant that she had given him a $50 bill rather than a $20 - just to watch him squirm.
I apologized to the unfortunately dressed, overweight gentleman and told my friend that she simply
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
Provo Man Has Fond Memories Of Job At Disneyland
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Dateline: October 29, 2005
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Now it can be told. Terry O'Brien sank the ship at Disneyland.
If you read accounts about the opening of the park 50 years ago, you might read about how the Mark Twain paddlewheel boat sank on one of its maiden voyages, but no details or the reason are ever given, because O'Brien didn't talk until now.
``Now, I figure, what can they do to me? They can't fire
Disneyland Turns 50 Magic Kingdom's Opening In 1955 Was Treat For All
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Dateline: June 19, 2005
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The summer of 1955 was magical for two children living in Southern California. Like thousands of others, they visited Disneyland.
But, unlike their peers, the visit by cousins Bill Krauch and Sybil Stanton was part of a revealing peak at the Magic Kingdom weeks before the park opened to the public. Walt Disney personally served as their host and tour guide.
1st Disney Park Goes Golden
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Dateline: May 17, 2005
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After half a century, those mad teacups are still spinning, the baby elephants are still flying, the hippos' ears are still wiggling and the cash registers are still jingling.
Disneyland, a place both timeless and frozen in time, hits a milestone this summer when it turns 50 in Anaheim, Calif.
But not everybody sees the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth as
A Considerable Town
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Dateline: May 13, 2005
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Pam Wells has been to Disneyland, she estimates, 50 times in her 43 years. In fact, she's going again this weekend, for her 44th birthday. She can still remember being too excited to sleep the night before a Disneyland outing. And she can list all the places you used to be able to make out and/or smoke pot (Monsanto, the Sky Buckets) back in her teenage days. She talks of
Dear Walt, Thanks For The Memories
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Dateline: May 10, 2005
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Source: Seattle Times
From smooching in the tunnels to wide-eyed kids and sobbing adults, our readers have been through it all in Disneyland's 50 years.
We've chosen excerpts from our favorite stories and photos among scores of tales told by readers who've paid countless visits to "The Happiest Place on Earth."
Disney's celebration begins this week and runs for 18 months - some
Disneyland At 50: Readers Share Past Disneyland Delights
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Dateline: May 5, 2005
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Source: Arizona Republic
It was the summer before first grade, and John Quisling had learned a new word. He'd heard it on the radio and listened to his parents talk about it and wondered if it could be as magical as everyone said.
Disneyland did not disappoint.
The Santa Ana, Calif., boy and his family visited the innovative park just days after it opened 50 years ago this summer on
Ex-Reporter Goes Full Circle With Disneyland 50th
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Dateline: May 4, 2005
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Source: Orlando Sentinel
Fifty years ago, Charlie Ridgway was a reporter working for the Los Angeles Mirror-News.
On a scorching day in July, he set out to cover the opening of Disneyland -- never realizing that Mickey Mouse would become a central figure in his life.
Back then, a lot of people thought that Walt Disney, the animator, was -- as my Southern family would say -- a little
Disneyland Then And Now
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
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1955
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in summer; closed Mondays the rest of the year.
Size: 60 acres, plus 100 acres for parking.
Zones: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Main Street USA 18 attarctions
Admission: $1 (including tax) for adults. 50 cents for children. Ride tickets, sold separately, priced from 10 to 35
Magical Memories
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Dateline: April 30, 2005
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Disneyland was built on a dream. And it was Walt Disney's dream that has made millions of wishes come true during the past 50 years.
Hundreds of millions of wishes, really. And also special moments - first dates and honeymoons, birthdays and anniversaries, and fun days spent with kids and later with grandkids.
Several weeks ago, we asked readers to recall their
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
Disneyland Celebrates 50 Years
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Dateline: February 24, 2005
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Disneyland, an oasis of niceness in a cynical world wracked by terrorism, war and scandal, celebrates its 50th anniversary on May 5.
And what a birthday party it promises to be: 18 months of "the Happiest Homecoming on Earth", starring every Disney character you know, from Mickey Mouse to Mary Poppins.
Julie Andrews, who won the best-actress Oscar for her role
Disneyland Turning 50
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Dateline: September 26, 2004
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Here's the deal with Disneyland. The two women ahead of me in line were Elizabeth and Lexi, twins fromWinnetka, Ill. Elizabeth is a communications and political science major at the University of Southern California. Lexi is a philosophy major atYale.
They knew the words to ''We Can Fly,'' a song from Walt Disney's ''PeterPan.'' It's the song the chorus sings when
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
Disney's Rivers Of America All Dried Up
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Dateline: January 22, 2003
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Source: Orange County Register
Many guests are disappointed to find access to Tom Sawyer Island temporarily cut off.
Hard to say what the toaster was doing at the bottom of Disneyland's Rivers of America.
Sure, the cameras, beepers and video recorders make sense. But not the toaster. Or the full bottle of rum. The Rivers of America, which wrap around Tom Sawyer Island and hide underwater
King Arthur Carrousel
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Dateline: March 1, 2001
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On July 17, 1955, an excited crowd of Disneyland visitors ... the first ever ... waited at the Park's central hub for the signal to rush across the drawbridge and enter Walt Disney's magical Fantasyland realm. As the television cameras rolled, a heroic mounted "knight in armor" advanced towards the crowd from along the castle wall, signalled with his lance, then turned
Steam Freaks
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Dateline: November 8, 2000
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When Roger Broggie set me to work on the Autopia Mk I, he gave me a drafting board in a room with some interesting "olde tyme" characters from America's railroad past......steam freaks, I called them. We seemed worlds apart; they were mostly in their 50's to 70's while I was a green kid of 22. Steam railroads were their passion, sports cars and airplanes were my big
Frontierlands Keel Boat Ride
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Dateline: March 1, 2000
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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's Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship Resturant
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Dateline: March 1, 2000
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Walt Disney's first Fantasyland was designed to give the impression that Sleeping Beauty Castle (with its rockwork turrets and extended walls of stone) was the single permanent structure in the area. Fantasyland's rides and concessions were arranged in the castle courtyard as if part of a traveling fair or medieval tournament. Peter Pan and the other dark rides (housed
Police Took 4 1/2 Hours To Reach Scene
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Dateline: January 8, 1999
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Anaheim police investigators took 4 1/2 hours--much longer than first believed--to reach the scene of a fatal injury at a Disneyland ride Christmas Eve, according to police reports released Thursday.
The reports reveal a new timeline and details of the police investigation into an accident that killed a Washington man and injured his wife and a Disneyland employee.
Fathers Treehouse
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Dateline: September 1, 1997
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Source: House Beautiful
I believe this: When we begin to lose those closest to us, we receive an aura, like the forewarning of an illness, just before it happens. One day my father started building a treehouse -- an elaborate Disney-inspired fantasy -- in our backyard. That was the day I knew our family would eventually shatter like a hot marble dropped in ice water.
A third-generation
After 40 Years, Disneyland Begins Unisex Assignments For Ride Operators
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Dateline: July 13, 1995
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Source: Orange County Register
For 40 years, the theme park chose ride operators based on gender-with frilly-frocked females working Storybook Land and macho men in pith helmets wisecracking through the Jungle Cruise.
But last month, the first woman took up oars to help guests paddle canoes around Tom Sawyer Island, and the first man in 38 years piloted a Storybook Land Canal Boat through the
Disneyland -- Accessibility Update
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Dateline: July 1, 1995
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Source: Accent on Living
If you want to have fun, and you enjoy Mickey and Minnie Mouse as well as the rest of Disney's wonderful creations like my wife and I do, then you certainly should visit Disneyland when in the Los Angeles area.
The rides are more accessible in Disney World, which is in Florida, but allowing that Disneyland was built 40 years ago, these folks have done a great job of
Walt's World
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Dateline: March 1, 1994
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Source: Utne Reader
The Walt Disney Company's announcement last November of its plans to open what will amount to a flume ride through American history in Manassas, Virginia, confirmed it: Americans are living in a theme park world. From an ersatz Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts to Epcot Center's small world to nautically themed shopping malls and historically preserved neighborhoods,
Disney's Fantasy Island
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Dateline: October 1, 1992
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Source: TCI
When Disneyland recently opened its new night spectacular, Fantasmic, the park created a multi-million dollar venue for the future, Bob McTyre, vice president of entertainment explains, "We were inspired by the Illuminations lagoon show at Disney World. Our 'river' surrounding Tom Sawyer Island is smaller than the Florida lagoon, and Fantasmic is different from Disney's
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
Disney Coast To Coast
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Dateline: February 1, 1987
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Source: American Heritage
When I was ten years old, my parents entrusted me to TWA for a rumbling eternity in a prop-driven plane that pulled me across the continent to California. I was going to visit my aunt and uncle, but they were merely the agents of my real goal: Disneyland. The park had opened two years before, in 1955, and its effect on me was every bit as magical as the publicists had
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
Why Ex-President Truman Would Not Ride Dumbo
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Dateline: March 10, 1980
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Source: People Weekly
The Idea, Walt Disney once said, was conceived on a park bench and nurtured by peanuts. "Saturday was always 'Daddy's Day' and I would take my two daughters to the merry-go-round and sit on a bench while they rode," he recalled "And sitting alone, eating peanuts, I felt there should be something built, some kind of a family park where parents and children could have fun
Mississippi Majesty
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Dateline: June 1, 1973
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Source: Vacationland
Not so very long ago, the mighty Mississippi was covered with rafts, keel boats, barges, and a variety of floating paraphernalia. These crafts adorned the river everyday, but the only vessels that made the muddy waters shine were the "Queens of the River," the majestic steamboats with pearly decks that were crowned with two ebony smokestacks
Critics said that
Mark Twain Voyage Reminiscent Of Early America
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Dateline: October 1, 1968
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Source: Disney News
The era of Samuel Clemens' America has been reborn in Disneyland's sternwheel steamboat the Mark Twain.
Because of its massive size, the Mark Twain (108 feet long, 150 tons, designed to carry 350 passengers) was much too large to move through the doors of the giant sound stage of the Disney studio.
The triple-deck paddlewheeler was built
Transportation Is Large Part Of Show
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Dateline: December 1, 1967
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Source: Disney News
One would never think that Disneyland, the most fabulous entertainment center in the world, would feature an interwoven complex of nearly every kind of transportation conceived. Transportation systems of the past, vehicles of the present and transporters of the future are a big part of the Disneyland show.
The first vehicles a Disneyland visitor encounters
World Of Disneyland Is A World Of Transportation
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Dateline: September 1, 1967
Status: Archive
Source: Vacationland
One would never think that Disneyland, the most fabulous entertainment center in the world, would feature an interwoven complex of nearly every kind of transportation conceived. There are transportation systems of the past, vehicles of the present day and transporters of the future.
The first vehicles Disneyland visitors come in contact with are the Main
New Orleans Square Dedicated In Disneylands Growing Union
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Dateline: July 25, 1966
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Source: Pasadena Independent
United States acquired New Orleans "and environs" for $15 million in the Louisiana Purchase. Sunday another $15 million New Orleans joined the Union with the dedication of New Orleans Square in Disneyland.
Walt Disney himself came down the river on, the paddle-wheeler Mark Twain for the ceremonies. He told newsmen this new section of the Magic Kingdom is but a part
Walt Disney Reveals Just How Disneyland Was Created In Rare Interview
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Dateline: April 1, 1966
Status: Archive
Source: Readers Digest
“Twenty years ago,” Walt said as we drove toward Disneyland, some 25 miles southeast of central Los Angeles, “I was always trying to think of a place to take my two small daughters on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon-a place where I could have fun, too.
“At an amusement park, the only fun provided for a father, besides having his bottom dropped out from under
Machine Tooled Happyland
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Dateline: October 1, 1965
Status: Archive
Source: Holiday
The wondrous devices of Disneyland take on startling importance in the mind of a science fiction seer
Two thousand years back, people entering Grecian temples dropped coins into machinery that then clanked forth holy water.
It is a long way from that first slot machine to the "miracles of rare device" created by Walt Disney for his kingdom, Disneyland. When
Tinker Bell, Mary Poppins, Cold Cash
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Dateline: July 12, 1965
Status: Archive
Source: Newsweek
It is a place of improbable dreams, a 65-acre world drifted over with pixie dust. It is a place where Tinker Bell and Mary Poppins soar matter-of-factly through the evening sky, where Tom Sawyer plies his raft on the muddy Mississippi and the Lost Continent of Atlantis is cheek by jowl with the moon.
It is, of course, Disneyland-Walt Disney's incredible pearl in the
Walt Disney King Of Fantasy
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Dateline: July 1, 1965
Status: Archive
Source: Palm Springs Life
Walt Disney and friends.
Walt Disney, whose Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck brought laughter to the world and whose Disneyland is a playground for the world's people, calls his home at Smoke Tree Ranch, "my laughing place."
Whimsical, as always, he refers to the Uncle Remus story where Brer Rabbit oh-so-casually mentions his "laughing place" and makes it sound so
A Fantasy That Paid Off
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Dateline: June 27, 1964
Status: Archive
Source: New York Times Magazine
The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into Disneyland. Guards at the main gate closely scrutinize all who enter. Not even an unseemly teenager will get past them, much
Onward And Upward With The Arts
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Dateline: September 7, 1963
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Source: New Yorker
One day last year in Los Angeles, as I was about to step aboard a helicopter that would take me to Disneyland with my teen-aged son and daughter, these two, smiling wanly, nodded toward a tourist poster that gave equal billing to our destination and to Forest Lawn cemetery. Their gesture reminded me that in earlier years they had wasted hundreds of child-hours vainly
Magic Worlds Of Walt Disney
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Dateline: August 1, 1963
Status: Archive
Source: National Geographic
Disneyland really started more than 20 years ago, when Walt got the idea for an amusement park that grownups as well as children would enjoy.
"I had all my drawing things laid out at home, and I'd work on plans for the park, as a hobby, at night."
At the time, amusement parks were dying all over the country, "I talked Disneyland but no one could see it," Walt
Dazzled In Disneyland
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Dateline: July 1, 1963
Status: Archive
Source: Holiday
In the third decade of this century America produced a young man of genius. He drew pictures with pen and ink and wash. Like other geniuses, such as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Bernini, he had a mechanical turn of mind; and, by means of all sorts of devices, he made his drawings into motion pictures which were works of art. He drew animals to perfection. With care and his
Disneyland Adds More Dance Areas
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Dateline: July 19, 1962
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Source: Pasadena Independent
Running to a big success every night of the week, "Disneyland After Dark" today announced the addition of three more dancing areas with top bands on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer.
A total of seven dancing areas include three new locations for Friday and Saturday nights: the Mall in Tomorrowland; the Pirate's Cove in Fantasyland, and dancing on the
Password Safari
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Dateline: June 10, 1962
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
If you're tired of freeways, or looking for something really different to do, Walt Disney has come up with the solution: a "trip far from civilization."
The password is"Safari," and summertime visitors at Disneyland will be validating their passports, stepping aboard steamers and sailing off on a grand new tropical adventure that may set jungle exploration back to
Here Come Dem Jazz Fireballs
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Dateline: September 24, 1961
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Half a hundred -of the world's great Dixieland jazzmen will come "floatin' down the river" at Disneyland next Saturday night, trumpets blowing and banjos strumming when the second annual "Dixieland at Disneyland" show rocks.thc Magic Kingdom with New Orleans music and fun.
Louis Armstrong, the Yankee Doodle Grandee of jazz (born July 4, 1900, in New Orleans), heads
Shake Hands With A Character
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Dateline: June 4, 1961
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Disneyland is the place. of course. From Walt Disney's parade of cartoons and motion pictures started 38 years ago, 33 of his most famous characters will come dancing out of fantasy and out of the silver screen to cavort with patrons as the seventh summer season gets under way at the famous park.
Each year since Disneyland opened in 1955, new attractions and
Goodman At Disneyland May 27 To 29
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Dateline: May 21, 1961
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Benny Goodman, rated the most gifted clarinetist in show business, will be featured Memorial Day weekend at Disneyland.
Appearing with Goodman will be the Young Men from New Orleans, Dixieland artists, and the Elliott Brothers Swing Band.
Goodman and his 10 jazz performers will appear in Tomorrowland on a specially built bandstand for dancing from 8 p.m. until
Whats All This Jazz At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 18, 1960
Status: Archive
Source: Independent Press Telegram
The "saints" are all ready to come marching in-at Disneyland, and when they arrive Saturday, Oct. 1, the most unique combination of Walt Disney pageantry and Dixieland jazz ever presented west of New Orleans will take over the Magic Kingdom.
Called "Dixieland and at Disneyland," the spectacular will mark the first time in the Southland that a show has ever been
Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: April 1, 1960
Status: Archive
Source: Readers Digest
Twenty years ago," Walt said as we drove toward Disneyland, some 25 miles southeast of central Los Angeles, "I was always trying to think of a place to take my two small daughters on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon - a place where I could have fun, too.
"At an amusement park the only fun provided for a father, besides having his bottom dropped out from under him on the
Disneyland Guided Tour
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Dateline: October 1, 1959
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Source: Vacationland
Disneyland Guided Tour - a personally conducted visit to all the realms within the Magic Kingdom - starts its second season, beginning September 14.
When it was introduced last Fall, the Tour enthusiastically received by thousands of Disneyland visitors. Their comments ranged from "wonderful" to "thoroughly enjoyable" And almost unanimously, those interviewed in
Queen Of The River Mark Twain
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Dateline: October 1, 1959
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Source: Vacationland
"Queen of the River" that's what they called the paddle-wheel steamboats that plied the muddy waters of the Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Louis a half-century ago.
Ornate and sometimes gaudy, the Mississippi sternwheeler nevertheless was a proud ship of the great inland waterways, casting its own shadow of dignity at every port of call.
All that
Zorro Lays Siege To Disneyland
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Dateline: November 23, 1958
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Zorro, the daredevil hero of Walt Disney's television series, will bring his flashing sword and dashing adventures to Disneyland this week.
Top personalities from the popular "Zorro" program, headed by Guy Williams as the black-masked champion or justice in early-day Spanish California, will be seen in specially created Disneyland shows four times each day Thursday
River Boat Ride Tops At Disneyland
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Dateline: September 16, 1958
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Source: Pasadena Independent
The jungle boat trip through the "Rivers of the World" in adventureland has been the most popular attraction this year at Disneyland, originator Walt Disney disclosed today.
As attendance at the $23,600,000 playground passed the 13,000,000 mark in its third year of operation, visitors gave their second largest patronage to the frontierland ships "Mark Twain" and
Intrepid Kids Of Disneyland
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Dateline: June 28, 1958
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Source: Saturday Evening Post
It was a normal Sunday afternoon at Disneyland. The Gay Nineties show had just broken at the Golden Horseshoe, a make-believe salon located in the Frontierland area. The tourist-packed Mark Twain, a scaled-down reproduction of a nineteenth-century Mississippi river boat, was sailing around Tom Sawyer's Island. Stagecoach passengers were jolting through the Painted Desert,
Disneyland And Las Vegas
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Dateline: June 7, 1958
Status: Archive
Source: Nation
This is written in Mexico, my home in recent years. I've just returned from a visit to the United States, and am now once more enjoying the taste of unfrozen orange juice and fresh fish, conversations lasting four or five hours in which all sorts of cabbages and kings are discussed, meetings with friends where no one asks if I watched TV last night to see Mickey Rooney
Electronics At Disneyland
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Dateline: June 1, 1958
Status: Archive
Source: Radio & TV News
More than 11 million people who have already visited Disneyland in Anaheim, California may never be aware of it, but their enjoyment is greatly enhanced by more than 500 varied pieces of tape, amplifier, microphone, speaker, and projector equipment.
Throughout the park's 60 acres, the electronics equipment is utilized for a variety of special effects and as a
Truman Visits Disneyland
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Dateline: November 3, 1957
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Harry and Bess Truman were just another couple of out-of-season tourist here Saturday.
The former president winked cupped his hands and shouted to his wife over the brassy din of a band playing. "I'm Just Wild About Harry":
"Boy, is this plate a rubberneck's paradise."
Then he set off on a 2 1/2 -hour tour of the park at a pace so brisk that his official
He Spent 21 Million Dollars Just For Fun
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Dateline: October 27, 1957
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Last week the 9,474,254th visitor walked through the gates of Disneyland since they were opened July 18, 1955.
And just for fun-that these visitors might have the time of their lives - $21 millions have been spent on the fabulous playground at Anaheim by its creator, Walt Disney.
That's not all. Says Disney:
"Disneyland never will be completed. . . . It
If You Plan To Visit Disneyland
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Dateline: August 1, 1957
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Source: Sunset
The wonderful world of make-believe called Disneyland is now two years old, and it continues to delight Westerners by the thousands-small children, teen-agers, adults alike. What's more, it doesn't lose it's luster in a day's visit, nor in two or three. Possibly it never will for a good many visitors.
We won't try to describe in detail this imaginative combination of
How To Make A Buck
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Dateline: July 29, 1957
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Source: Time
Once upon a time, in the magic realm of California, there was a grown-up heady boy named Walt Disney who set out to create the happiest place on earth. So he went into his counting houses and to his moneylenders, and he collected millions of dollars. Then he ordered his royal artists and carpenters to build a whimsical wonderland of spaceships to the moon and Mark Twain
Variety Keynotes A Day At The Magic Kingdom
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Dateline: June 1, 1957
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Source: Disneyland Holiday
Hop aboard the horse-drawn trolley (or if you prefer a surrey, a double-decked bus, a "horseless carriage" or fire wagon) and let's begin a tour through Disneyland with a jaunt down 1900 Main Street.
To our right as we leave Town Square is the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad Station, where passenger and freight trains depart for a trip around Disneyland.
What Is Disneyland
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Dateline: June 1, 1957
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Source: Disneyland Holiday
An entirely new concept in family entertainment awaits visitors at Disneyland.
From the moment you enter its nostalgic Main Street of early America, you are transported out of the world of today into a realm where time seems to stand still, where memories of the past and dreams of the future combine to ensure a day in your life that will never be forgotten.
Steamboat 'round The Bend
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Dateline: November 8, 1956
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Source: Scholastic
A summer vacation with pay. . . traveling down the rivers of America into the past . . . the exotic and the whimsical . . . this was my summer travel adventure.
Dozens of school teachers and college students shared this unusual tour, yet none of us traveled more than 50 miles. All of us met thousands of people from nearly every corner of the earth. We were part of
Jungle Trips Draw Crowds
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Dateline: August 24, 1956
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Source: Long Beach Independent
Disneyland officials report that 2,084,189 persons enjoyed Adventureland's jungle river cruise during the first year of operation. Runners-up were the Mark Twain with 1,318,926 passengers; the Santa Fe and Disneyland Passenger Train with 1,143,959; and Snow White Ride with 1,021,976 adventurers.
It was pointed out, however, that the popularity of individual
Land That Does Away With Time
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Dateline: February 1, 1956
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Source: Better Homes & Gardens
Parents entering Disneyland with their children are due for the same surprise they got from other Walt Disney creations. What is planned as a dutiful pilgrimage for the sake of the children turns out to be an eye-opening day of adult entertainment and education. Children who never saw a horse-drawn car of fire wagon are delighted. But adults are literally transported by
Daddy Nixon Given Disneyland Works
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Dateline: August 12, 1955
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Two little girls tugged at the hands of the nation"s vice president Thursday pulling him this way and that through the milling throngs and the wonders of an amusement park called Disneyland.
The vacationing Richard Nixon, putting aside the cares of office, became a smiling full-time daddy for the day. He tried manfully to keep up with the cries of, "Daddy, let's go
Kids' Dream World Comes True
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Dateline: August 1, 1955
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Source: Popular Science
Disneyland--a steel-and-concrete Never-Never Land for youngsters--has come to life at Anaheim, Calif. It's Walt Disney's fantastic kingdom dropped out of a cloud onto 160 acres. There your child can drive the car of the future, ride in a Mississippi stern-wheeler or romp through a medieval castle. If he wants a glimpse of Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Frontierland or Main
Disneyland Gates Open Celebrity Throng At Premier
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Dateline: July 18, 1955
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
Disneyland, a $17,000,000 fairyland dedicated to the pleasure of children, opened Sunday in a special preview of 35,000 invited guests whose enthusiasm indicated that Walt Disney's dream had lived up to expectations.
The spectacular park will be opened officially to the public at 10 a. m. today and upward of 50,000 persons are expected for the event.
Sunday the
Disneyland A 20 Year Dream
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Dateline: July 18, 1955
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Source: Disneyland News
For over 20 years- almost from the time Mickey Mouse's voice was first heard all over the world - Walt Disney envisioned a park that would appeal to young and old alike with every conceivable type of entertainment included, and an his cartoon fatally grew, so did the dream. This dream of the creator of characters which have brought enjoyment to people all over the
Mark Twain River Steamer Docks Again
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Dateline: July 18, 1955
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Source: Disneyland News
Have you over had the desire to hear the fabled Mississippi riverboat cries of "by the mark, twain." or "steamboat round the bend?"
These and other exclamations like them, first shouted on the riverboats which plied the muddy waters of the Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Louis, can be heard on the "rivers of America" in Frontierland, where a
Areas Of Disneyland Provide Visitors Wide Entertainment Choice
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Dateline: July 18, 1955
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Source: Disneyland News
Adventure, fantasy, the future, the past, the modern the old and the outdated-all are present in quality and quantity at the Disneyland world of entertainment, enchantment and variety.
Starting with their entrance into the Park leading onto Main Street; U.S.A., visitors can project themselves into any one of four worlds which await them during their 1
Trip To Disneyland Will Be Literally Out Of This World
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Dateline: July 17, 1955
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Source: Valley News
For vacationers, week end travelers or plain Sunday drivers a tour through Disneyland Park in Anaheim which opens tomorrow will be a trip that is almost literally out of this world playground officials said today.
Because, behind the high embankment that shuts in the heart-shaped park and shuts long present day cares, there are "new worlds" of enchantment serving up
Disneyland Opened To Public
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Dateline: July 17, 1955
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Source: Valley News
Walt Disney's $17,000,000 Disneyland was formally opened to the public yesterday at 10 a.m.
The 60-acre wonderland at 1313 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim was previewed for the press civic officials and entertainment industry Sunday.
Disneyland was formally dedicated by Disney "to the people of the world young and old with a dream in their hearts." Gov. Goodwin J Knight
Walt Disney Takes Two Children Through Disneyland
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Dateline: July 10, 1955
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Source: Independent Press Telegram
No figure in the world today is closer to the hearts of children than at 54-year-old boy named Walt Disney.
Despite his ever-growing fame and current financial solidly (thanks particularly to his Disneyland series and the Davy Crockett boom it touched off), the king of the animated cartoon has never lost contact with the dreams youngsters dream. Latest proof is what
Mouse That Turned To Gold
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Dateline: July 9, 1955
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Source: Business Week
In real life, fame rarely leads to fortune--particularly if you are a mouse. But in Hollywood, almost anything can have a fairy tale ending. After more than a quarter-century of paw-to-mouth existence, Mickey Mouse finally is piloting his creator, Walt Disney, to the pot of cheese at the foot of the rainbow.
In some ways, the $17-million Disneyland amusement park that
Disneyland Gets Its Last Touches
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Dateline: July 9, 1955
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Source: New York Times
The final fantastic touches are being put on Disneyland. The $16,500,000 amusement park created by Walt Disney, the film producer, is scheduled to open July 18.
It covers sixty acres and is calculated to draw about 5,000,000 visitors a year.
Disneyland is situated in this citrus-ranching suburb twenty-two miles from Los Angeles. For it the appellation
All Aboard For Disneyland
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Dateline: July 1, 1955
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Source: Westways
Byways, streets and rail lines of yesteryear, rivers of today, super freeways and sky-trails of the future, paths and celestial seas in the ageless realm of make-believe are ready for travel-and all can be traversed in a single day at Disneyland.
Tours into four centuries in horse-drawn streetcars, stagecoaches. Mississippi stern-wheelers, old-time trains,
Disneyland A New Wonder Of The Amusement World Nears Completion
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Dateline: May 29, 1955
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Source: Sunday News Journal
A wonderland of delights such as the World may never have seen before is rising out of the orange groves in this sunny suburb of Los Angeles.
It is Disneyland, a 17 million dollar paradise for children. When the gates are opened on July 19, customers will see an amusement built on the scale of a World's Fair. The fantastic world of Disney films will be transformed
A Wonderful World
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Dateline: April 18, 1955
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Source: Newsweek
The saga of the aging cinema star is a part of American folklore-the heady upward trajectory, the few brief seasons on the summit, and the swift descent to "B" pictures, guest appearances, and, of late, odd jobs on television. Next October the saga will be re-enacted again, but with one big difference. The old friend taking a job as TV master of ceremonies will have all
Fairyland Of Yesterday And Tomorrow
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Dateline: December 1, 1954
Status: Archive
Source: Popular Mechanics
Forty passengers at a time will get a realistic impression of space travel in a huge moon rocket being built near Los Angeles as part of Walt Disney's $9,000,000 Disneyland recreation park.
Strapped to their seats, the passengers will thrill at the vibration and roar of the simulated take-off, listen to the staccato commands of the rocket captain over the intercom,
Here's Your First View Of Disneyland
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Dateline: November 2, 1954
Status: Archive
Source: Look
Walt Disney's imagination is running wild again. At Anaheim, Calif., 25 miles from Los Angeles, bulldozers are piling up miniature mountains for a new product of Walt Disney's fertile imagination - a fabulous playground called Disneyland. At present, Disneyland exists mainly in drawings, models and the color map on these pages. But already its four major areas (see map)
Disneyland Publicity department claimed that this was the first paddle wheeler built in the United States in 50 years.
The 105-foot-long hull was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California. The superstructure was constructed in a soundstage at the Disney Studio in Burbank.
The boat weighs 150 tons and designed to carry 390 passengers. Overall length 105 ft.; Height (keel to pilot house 28 ft; Draft 2 ft 3 inches; Beam 26 ft., 6 inches
Morgan Evans designed the landscape for this attraction
Irene Dunne christened the Mark Twain
Required a "C" ticket in 1955
Required a "D" ticket in 1956-1957
In 1956 the phone extension for the Mark Twain landing was 397
Required a "E" ticket in 1959
Required a "D" ticket in 1964-1965
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Is the atmospheric paddlewheel steamboat that is patterned after the "Queens of the River," which once plied the Mississippi A triple decker, complete with plush captain's quarters, wheel-house and lounges, it is powered by steam. Authentic Dixieland music is played on her decks during moonlight cruises around Tom Sawyer Island on the Rivers of America. During the summer months, guests can enjoy sternwheeler Mint Juleps.
Required a "D" ticket in 1970's
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
One of the original Disneyland attractions and the first paddle wheeler built in the United States in half a century, this 150- ton, 105-foot-long, 5/8-scale vessel with its 9-ton paddle wheel circumnavigates Tom Sawyer Island. It passes by River Belle Terrace, the Royal Street Veranda, the docks for the Mike Fink Keel Boats and the Tom Sawyer Island Rafts, piney Bear Country, and takes in a waterfall and an abandoned railroad track (which old Disneyland hands will remember as part of the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland attraction lately superseded by Big Thunder Mountain), plus moose, elk, Indians, the burning cabin of a slain settler, and lovely dense woods full of the alders, cottonwoods, maples, and willows that might have been found along the Missouri frontier more than a century ago. Wild European iris and Southern rose mallows, some with blooms eight inches across, line the shores, and ducks can be seen preening themselves and chasing each other through the water along the way. All in all, the ride is more pleasant than thrilling- but it does provide a respite from the crowds on a busy day-especially when the Jazz Minors are aboard to liven things up with their peppy brand of Dixieland jazz. And if you manage to get one of the few chairs in the bow, the Mark Twain also offers a golden opportunity to put your feet up.
The ducks are real; the other animals come to Disneyland thanks in part to the efforts of Bob Mattey, who also helped design the creatures that haunt the jungle river in Adventureland. The flag that flies atop the stern of the Mark Twain has 34 stars and 13 stripes-a design that dates from the mid-19th century. The hull of the paddle wheeler was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, the superstructure at Walt Disney Studios. Constructed in sections and then dismantled, it was shipped over the Southern California freeways in pieces and then reassembled at Disneyland. Flags on the Mark Twain dock: It's always fun to pick out the eight flags that fly above this Frontierland landing. The John Cabot Flag, the first flown over the American mainland as the Constant brought settlers to Jamestown in 1607 and the Mayflower transported the Pilgrims to Plymouth 13 years later, bears the red cross of St. George (an X) on a white field. The King's Colors Flag, the one that flew over the Colonies for over a century, superimposes England's red cross of St. George on Scotland's white cross of St. Andrew (a plus sign) on a blue background. The Continental Flag, carried at the Battle of Bunker Hill, is red with a green pine tree on a white field in the upper corner. The Pine Tree Flag, carried by the American navy when it amounted to a mere six ships, bears a green pine tree and the words AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN in black on a white field. The Grand Union Flag, which General Washington raised at Cambridge in 1776, has 13 stripes and, in the upper corner, the red cross of St. George and the white cross of St. Andrew on a blue field. The Betsy Ross Flag, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777, has the same 13 red and white stripes, but in the upper corner, representing the new constellation of states rising in the sky, a circle of 13 stars shines on a blue field. The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that suggested the words of the national anthem to Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry in 1814, has 15 stars and 15 stripes. And, finally, there's Old Glory with its 13 red and white stripes and 24 stars. Adopted in 1818, it was named in 1831 by a young Salem, Massachusetts, sea captain. Labels identifying the flags can be found on the flagpoles.
