Disney's Sky Spectacular
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The folks in Anaheim, Calif., were positively buoyant. Their "million balloon salute" to honor Disneyland's 30th anniversary had gone off without a puncture. Billed as Skyfest, the launch took place on December 5, which would have been Walt Disney's 84th birthday (he died in 1966) and was attended by local VIPs Mickey and Minnie and at least 15,000 others. In all, 1,121,448 helium-filled balloons-that's ...
If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Disney
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Squeal of joy, the kind that parents can pay for but not buy. "Oh, Daddy!" the five-year-old said, staring out at the magic monorail, "thank you so much for brining me here!" The boy's father must have wondered what he or Walt Disney Co. could do for an encore. The families vacationland adventure had just begun: in fact, they were still at Orlando International Airport, in transit from the arrivals lounge ...
Heroes For Hard Times
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Andrew Exler never wanted to just dance, even if he spent more than three years fighting for the right to do so. What Exler wanted was to dance at Disneyland--with a boyfriend. And America's favorite fantasy park prohibited dancing by couples of the same sex.
In September 1980, when he was 19, Exler went to Disneyland's "Date Night" with a male friend. There, on the dance floor of Tomorrowland ...
When Disneyland Debuted His 3-D Movie Marvel
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George Lucas was there because he is the producer. Francis Coppola was there because he is the director. But the star wasn't there because, after all, he's Michael Jackson. Although the premier of Jackson's sci-fi short, Captain EO, lured a slew of stars to an afternoon at Disneyland, the main attraction himself was mysteriously but predictably absent. After photographs of Jackson sleeping in a hyperbaric ...
