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Proponents and opponents of a $3 billion, 550-acre expansion of Disneyland disagreed on its environmental impact in public comments filed Jan., 19. Foes say it would swamp streets with traffic and put pressure on sewers and other public services. Those in favor say it would create more jobs for Orange County.
The Walt Disney Co. and Anaheim have 90 days to respond before submitting the environmental ...
Disneyland Ends Political Freebies
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It used to be that elected officials at all levels of California government could count on at least one common perk: free tickets to Disneyland. Not anymore. Politicians are being asked to pay their own way into the Magic Kingdom - thanks to two Anaheim council members who last year were temporarily bared from voting on issues related to Disneyland's $3-billion expansion. The state Fair Political Practices ...
Mouse Trap
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It's "TOONAUGURAL" day at Mickey's ToonTown, the first new "land" built in Disneyland in two decades, and company chairman Michael Eisner is all smiles. Euro Disney woes be damned, goes the zeitgeist on this bright California winter morning: ToonTown already look to be a lucrative hit. And to make sure that message comes across, hundreds of perky Disney staffers are on hand, burbling upbeat remarks for the ...
80 At Disneyland Irritated After Pepper Spray Dispute
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A man used pepper spray during an argument near Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, causing dozens of people to complain of eye and throat irritation, officials said. The dispute occurred Saturday evening when someone apparently cut in line in front of the man, a Disneyland spokesman said. Marcello Krakoff, who was at the park with his family, told KCBS-TV he used the pepper spray in self-defense. The ...
It's A Small, Unnatural World
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I am here because of a promise to a child. It seemed so safe, 3000 miles from California, to be playing Lady Bountiful, perched on the side of my 9-year-old godchild's bed, saying munificently, "One Day, Auntie will take you to Disneyland."
But now here he is, thumbs plugging away at a Game Boy while our bus edges through the Los Angeles traffic, onto the freeway, onto another freeway. He looks up and ...
Disney Faces $400,000 Fine For Illegal Workers
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Disneyland and federal immigration officials met Thursday to discuss a recommendation that the famed amusement park pay a fine of nearly $400,000, the largest in California history, for violating immigrant hiring laws.
Immigration and Naturalization Service agents recommended the huge fine late last month because of 1,156 violations that were found when investigators attempted to examine the files of ...
An Important Piece Of Paper
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The Immigration and Naturalization Service is recommending a fine of nearly $400,000 against Disneyland for allegedly violating laws on hiring immigrants. That would be the largest INS penalty in California history. It demonstrates both the continuing problem with violations of immigration laws and brings to mind one possible solution.
Disneyland, with its 80-acre theme park and 1,131-room hotel, is a ...
Disneyland Promises To Reduce Noise
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In an effort to appease neighbors who are opposed to a new Disney resort and theme park, Walt Disney Co. officials said Wednesday that they will spend $500,000 to tone down noise already coming from Disneyland.
The announcement came during a City council hearing on the proposed $3-billion Westcot project.
One of the obstacles to approval has been the potential for noise. Although the Planning ...
Disneyland Project Wins Key Vote
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In a unanimous vote, City Council members Tuesday erased the most significant regulatory obstacle to the planned $3-billion Disneyland Resort, setting the stage for the biggest expansion of Disneyland since the theme park opened 38 years ago.
With little discussion, city leaders gave their approval to a report that asses the environmental impact that a second theme park and resort next to Disneyland ...
Designing A New Disneyland
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If Walt Disney Co.'s new Disneyland Resort is completed near the turn of the century, it will cover 490 acres and cost $3 billion. Moving sidewalks, monorails and a 45-minute boat ride will transport visitors through the resort featuring several deluxe hotels, shops and restaurants. The crowning attraction will be a new theme park that offers visitors a glimpse of the future and journey to the four corners ...
Disney Expansion: Who Will Pay
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Now that they know what they want to see built, Anaheim and the Walt Disney Co. have to decide who will pay for it.
Disney plans to spend $2.2 billion creating the most elaborate resort in California, a labyrinth of wonders displayed in a lake-laced international-theme park dotted with fancy hotels.
But the environmental blueprint endorsed Tuesday by the City Council also calls for surrounding the ...
Disney Anaheim Await Possible Suits
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During the next 30 days, city and Walt Disney Co. officials will be checking frequently with the Orange County Courthouse.
That's how long opponents of the proposed $3-billion Disneyland Resort have to file lawsuits challenging the environmental documents approved Tuesday by the City Council.
Disney officials say they are alert for potential litigation, which they warn could kill the project.
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4 Injured Slightly In Quelling Small Fire At Disneyland
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A fire broke out on a Disneyland attraction Friday, causing minor injuries to four people and forcing the closure of the Tomorrowland section for about 90 minutes.
About 15 firefighters from Anaheim and several Disneyland employees quickly extinguished the fire, which occurred about 9 a.m. in an empty car of the People Mover attraction, authorities said.
Four Disneyland employees suffered smoke ...
For The Young And The Star-Struck
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According to Disneyland's corporate marketing parable, Mickey's Toontown isn't new; it's been there since the 1930's, but we couldn't see the secret hideaway until January of this year. That was when the cartoon community decided to go public and allow us non-toons-real-life human beings-not only to visit but also to take tours of Minnie and Mickey Mouse's houses.
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A Deal To Help Jump-Start The Region
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Gov. Pete Wilson was right to want to do the Disney deal in Orange County this week. We need the "up" - not to mention the jobs.
Already, what often seem to be a daily deluge of bad economic news for the state has been countered by the steady progress of Disneyland's plans for a $3-billion expansion of its theme park.
Recognizing the project's importance to California, Wilson went to Anaheim ...
Suits Challenge Expansion By Disneyland
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One day after the Disneyland Resort expansion received the endorsement of Gov. Pete Wilson and the pledge of $60 million in support from the state, several property and hotel owners Thursday sued the city of Anaheim and the Walt Disney Co. over the project's environmental analysis.
But proponents of the massive resort plan received good news as well when several local school districts, which had ...
The Tackiest Place On Earth
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Outside Disneyland, beyond the blooming oleanders that hide the barbed-wire fence that delineates the Happiest Place on Earth, you can find what might be called, in Disney-ese, Realityland. It is a land of neon and kitsch, a cottage industry of knock-off entrepreneurs that Walt Disney in a sense created and that Walt Disney, it's said, loathed.
Outside is where you find motels like the Ivanhoe and Rip ...
The Master Of The Magic Kingdom Reminisces About 38-Year Disney Career
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Last week, Disneyland President Jack Lindquist confirmed that he would step down Nov. 18, Mickey Mouse's 65th birthday. Lindquist, 66, began his Disney career in 1955, the year the park opened. Starting as the park's first advertising manager, the jovial Lindquist rose in 1990 to become its first and only president.
"I don't think California realizes the debt of gratitude we owe him," said John ...
Disneyland Gears Up For New Toontown Ride
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Toontown, Disneyland's first new "land" in 20 years, will unveil its latest attraction--Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin--on Toontown's first birthday, Jan. 26.
Car Toon Spin is a gas.
Those at the Disney-sponsored second annual Disneyana Convention in mid-September were treated to a gala evening party after the park had closed.
The party was in Toontown, and it gave Disney's "imagineers" -- the ...
Disney University Teaches The Art Of Making Customer Magic
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Disney University teaches employees the principles of making memorable experiences.
If Disney University had an inscription carved in marble somewhere, that phrase would be it.
From how to stand when speaking to a visitor to the genesis of the company's practices, Disney University is the entertainment giant's training unit, graduating thousands of workers every year-every public-contact employee ...
