Are Disneyland and Walt Disney World complex artifacts from the 1950s? University of Minnesota art history professor Karal Ann Marling that they reflect America's post-war culture. For instance the them parks targeted baby boom child-centered mobile families and used buildings that are uniform in color and design like a typical suburban subdivision. She likens them to a series of movies in which the ...

Disneyland's newest attraction, Fantasmic, will combine magic, music, 51 live performers, a variety of giant props and special effects, including pyrotechnics, lasers, fog and fiber optics. The giant nighttime stage show is slated to open in April. "Fantasmic is the biggest and most exciting attraction ever produced at a Disney theme park," Scott Swan claimed boldly. But then he's the marketing ...

A Disneyland spokesman Monday said the amusement park reacted swiftly to help about 30 people who suffered breathing difficulties, nausea and skin irritation near the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride Saturday night. Some people who became ill said Monday that they are still experiencing health problems from the incident at the park. "In some ways I'm worse," said Sandra Skabelund, 24, of Mesa ...

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 to cut hours from time spent ...

Walt Disney Co. plans to target minority-owned business for up to $450 million in labor and materials for its proposed $3-billion expansion project near Disneyland - expected to be one of the Southland's largest construction projects in the 1990s. The entertainment conglomerate has set what it calls an "aggressive" target of awarding 15% of the contracts for a 470-acre expansion of its original Anaheim ...

Thomas R. Elrod, the key figure behind the "I'm going to Disney World" celebrity advertising, has moved up to the new post of president-marketing and entertainment at Walt Disney attractions. He previously was senior VP- marketing at the unit, Walt Disney Co.'s theme park operation. Mr. Elrod, 44, adds responsibility for all Disney theme park entertainment offerings other than the park attractions, ...

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 other shows." Disney Imagineering ...

A proposed $3-billion Disney expansion project in Anaheim would snarl traffic during construction, add thousands of cars to local freeways, worsen air quality and require massive spending on public works, according to a city report released Thursday. But despite at least seven major problems identified in a 500-page draft environmental impact report, Walt Disney Co. officials said none are severe enough ...

Forget Frontierland, Fantasyland and Adventureland, and be prepared for Disneyland's newest venture. Mickey's Toontown - the California park's first new "land" to open in 20 years - is coming Jan. 26. Disney legend has it that Toontown, the "exclusive hideaway" of such Disney stars as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy et al., has existed since the 1930s. Now non-Toons too can visit the "living, ...

June 6,1992:--A 5 year old boy fell into the waters of Jungle Cruise. The boy was boarding the boat when an attendant allegedly became distracted while helping him on board. August 17,1994:--A jury awards $21,120 to a boy who fell into the waters of Jungle ...