Looking Back The Year In Tomorrow
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Was a time when Tomorrow was big. Back in the '60s and '70s, despite-or perhaps because of-Vietnam and nuclear missiles, Tomorrow was a good place to be. They even gave it a name: Tomorrowland. Unlike the rest of Disneyland's fluff, Tomorrowland had the feel of an exhibit, a place where we learned that the future would burst with helpful robots, time-saving products, efficient mass transit and commonplace ...
Disney Readies Ride To Reopen
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The Big Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland is expected to reopen in March, six months after an accident on the train killed a man and injured 10 others.
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is scheduled to inspect the Big Thunder Mountain ride March 8 and 9, state officials said. If Disney has completed all the mandated changes and DOSH recertifies the attraction, it could reopen in ...
Disneyland Purists Decry Tame Teacups In Fantasyland
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The teacup ride has turned tame and longtime fans of the Fantasyland attraction are not happy.
The Mad Tea Party ride with 18 giant spinning teacups was recently modified in the name of safety to make it harder for people to spin.
The move has prompted fans of the ride to march to City Hall on Disneyland's Main Street in protest and post hundreds of messages on Internet discussion boards under ...
Security Gates Going Up At Disneyland
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Reality is coming to Disneyland's fantasy world, in the form of permanent security gates. Bowing to terrorism fears, the Walt Disney Co. plans to build the gates at the Disneyland Resort next fall. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland and the California Adventure theme park next door, believing the sense of fantasy would be spoiled.
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Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens
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Disneyland on Wednesday reopened its Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which crashed last September, killing one man.
The coaster, which looks like a train, partially derailed when the locomotive broke free from cars in tow. An investigation by state safety regulators later blamed the derailment on faulty maintenance.
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Disney To Install Permanent Security Gates
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Anaheim, California Bowing to fears of terrorism, Walt Disney plans to build permanent security gates at the Disneyland Resort next year. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland and its California Adventure theme park next door, saying that the sense of fantasy would be spoiled. Disney already screens purses, backpacks and coolers, but the bag-check tables have been moved away from the ...
Coaster Victim's Parents Question Reopening of Ride
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Two days after Disneyland reopened a roller coaster on which a man was killed last fall, his parents complained that the park has not done enough to show the ride is safe.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened Wednesday after state inspectors gave it final clearance. State officials concluded after a three-month investigation that faulty maintenance caused the Sept. 5 collision that killed ...
Family Concerned About Reopening Of Disney Ride After Fatal Accident
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The parents of a 22-year-old man killed in a Disneyland roller coaster accident last year say they're unsure the ride is safe despite assurances from Disney officials.
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened earlier this week. But the parents of Marcelo Torres say more time is needed to study flaws that caused the September Fifth collision that killed their son and injured ten others.
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Lifelong Fan Finds The Magic's Still Alive In Disneyland
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The Disney empire has struggled recently with attacks on CEO Michael Eisner, an unsolicited takeover bid, sour ratings at ABC and complaints that the theme parks are falling into disrepair. But none of that matters to my children or to me when we step into the Magic Kingdom. Indeed, all reality is suspended during those few days we visit Anaheim's Disneyland Resort each summer.
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Disneyland Prices Going Up
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Starting Sunday, it'll cost $49.75 for an adult to get into Disneyland or California Adventure, and parents will have to plunk down $39.75 for their children's admission.
That's a price hike of $2.75, which reflects investment on new stage shows and rides, such as "Snow White -- An Enchanting New Musical," and the "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror," which opens May 5, the resort's Duncan Wardle said.
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Snow Show
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Tiny as they are, Snow White's heels aren't easy to fill. Creators of the new Disneyland show, "Snow White -- An Enchanting Musical," traveled to six cities in eight weeks to find a princess, queen, prince, huntsman, and dwarfs with musical-theater pedigrees. The show, which features live singing, intricate choreography, and colorful sets, opened at Fantasyland Theatre on February 23.
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Disneyland Endures As A Rite Of Passage For Enraptured Lifelong Fans
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I came, I saw, I was conquered as a child. I came back as a parent, following the impulse of many eager-beaver new parents to anoint my offspring in the reflected glory of Disneyland's glow.
The pilgrimage to the Magic Kingdom is a California rite of passage, whether the children are ready or not -- and they usually aren't. But really, how many of you couldn't wait to take your tots and tykes to ...
Human Error Cited In Ride Crash At California's Disneyland
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State regulators said Tuesday that two Disneyland workers were responsible for a weekend collision on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, less than a month after the ride reopened following an investigation into a fatal crash.
This accident was different from the one last September in several ways. The two trains that collided late Saturday were empty, and the computer system that prevents such ...
Disneyland Trip With Grandma: Everyone's Flush With Enthusiasm
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I saw an old friend with new eyes last week. I went to Disneyland with three grandchildren, ages 7, 6, and 20 months. Understand that I first began going to the Magic Kingdom last century, when I was a teenager and a newcomer to Southern California. Disneyland became the big-date experience. It was fitting, considering that many of my classmates had been "Mickey Mouse Club" fans, that our all-night ...
Real, Live Moo-Vie Star Tulare County Cow Doubles For Cartoon Character At Disneyland
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The jersey cow in the animated Disney film "Home on the Range" is anatomically incorrect, sporting a pink nose when everybody -- OK, everybody who's ever lived on a dairy -- knows they only come in black.
But that was only the first hurdle when Disneyland officials, seeking a living stand-in for bovine star "Maggie," turned to Tulare County for help last month. The second?
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Trash Or Treasure
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Dear Dr. J: My family recently took a trip to Disneyland and noticed the park is about to commemorate "50 years of Magic." We really went down memory lane when we set sail on the Jungle Cruise and dropped in on the birds in the Tiki Room. When we got home we found some old postcards and tickets. I imagine they are collector's items now. What do you think? -- Arlene Smith, Ontario
Dear Arlene: July 17, ...
Think You've Grown Up? See How You Handle Rides, Wonder, And Snot At The Happiest Place On Earth
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In the movies, people usually come of age in the great outdoors. You know, the coming-of-age stories that involve summer camp or baseball or a week on your crotchety-but-ultimately-lovable uncle's farm. Movies with trailers that begin like, "When Billy left to spend the summer shelling crawfish on his stepfather's boat, the last thing he expected to learn about was himself." Cue song by Toad the Wet ...
Still Magic In The Kingdom
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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 the Pooh attraction are given in ...
Disney Debuts New Safer, Quieter and More Environmentally Friendly Fireworks Technology
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After years of research and testing, Walt Disney Imagineering has perfected a new innovation in fireworks launch technology, marking the pyrotechnic industry's first major breakthrough in decades.
The new technology uses compressed air to lift fireworks, virtually eliminating the need for smoke-producing black powder and other materials at launch, significantly reducing ground-level smoke and noise ...
Disneyland Night Crew Enjoys Sprucing Up After Hours
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Some call themselves vampires. They say good morning at midnight, when others say goodnight. They arrive at Disneyland as the last guests leave and stay until the magic begins again the next day.
Among the 1,200 nocturnal engineers, bakers, plumbers, hotel crews and other workers is a woman security guard who works nights because the sun aggravates her skin cancer. There is a janitor who likes the ...
California Closes Disneyland Ride After Accident
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California safety inspectors on Friday said they have closed Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride for at least two weeks to investigate a Thursday evening accident, the roller coaster's third in less than a year.
Three passengers were injured and sent to the hospital after two trains on the Western train-style ride collided in the loading area Thursday evening, said Dean Fryer, a spokesman for ...
Say 'Cheese!' Disneyland Resort Invites The World To Be A Part Of 'The Happiest Faces On Earth A Disney Family Album'
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In a visually spectacular kick- off ceremony this morning in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in Southern California, Disneyland Resort President Matt Ouimet joined over 1,000 Disneyland Cast Members, plus their friends and families, in formally launching an exciting new program that will be a major part of the global celebration of the 50th anniversary of Disneyland next year.
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Woman Who Abandoned Son At Disneyland Arrested
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A Redlands, Calif., woman sought since July 15, when her 8-year-old son was found wandering alone in Downtown Disney, was arrested Monday on suspicion of child endangerment, police said.
Robyn Freeman, 38, and her 11-year-old daughter, Shannon, were spotted on Harbor Boulevard about 11:45 a.m. by someone who had seen a photo of the two on TV and notified authorities, said Anaheim police Sgt. Rick ...
Woman Whose Child Found In Disneyland Pleads Not Guilty To Child Abuse
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A woman accused of abandoning her 8-year-old son at Disneyland pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a single felony count of child abuse.
Robyn Freeman, 38, went missing July 15 after spending the day at the amusement park with her two children. A security guard found her 8-year-old son, Aaron, alone.
Freeman was arrested Monday after she and her 11-year-old daughter, Shannon, were spotted by someone ...
Disney Allowed To Reopen Ride That Injured Five
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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was cleared to reopen Friday by state investigators who released a report showing that a rookie employee and a computer malfunction were to blame for a July accident.
The July 9 closure was prompted after two trains collided in the loading station, causing minor injuries to five people. It was the third accident in less than a year for Big Thunder, which ...
Taking a Ride on Disney's Dark Side
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Here's a question: Is Walt Disney Co. a marvelous Southern California economic engine or the Spawn of Satan? I spent a week in August grappling with just this question, on vacation with my wife, my three boys and my brother and his family at Disneyland.
Even the biggest fan of the Happiest Place on Earth has to admit that there is something slightly unnatural about the "Disney Experience." For me, it ...
Mouse House Boss All Ears
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It's a late summer morning at Disneyland, and Matt Ouimet makes one of his frequent strolls down Main Street.
He greets employees, stoops to pick up stray pieces of trash and searches for any detail that will illuminate the weekly surveys of guest satisfaction that he uses as his gauge for the park's success.
Are visitors moving easily through the walkways? Is guest relations doing a good job ...
For Ghostly Fun, Disneyland Resort Celebrates The Fall Season With Two Spirited Attractions
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For those in search of happy haunting grounds this autumn, the Disneyland Resort becomes a spirited realm of other-worldly adventures guaranteed to put a chill down the most courageous spine. The frightfully fun "Haunted Mansion Holiday," a popular seasonal transformation of the classic "Haunted Mansion," returns to Disneyland on October 1, while the exhilarating thrill of "The Twilight Zone Tower of ...
Disneyland Turning 50
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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 Wendy, John and Michael,powered by ...
The Henry Ford to Create Traveling Exhibit Celebrating 50 Years of Disneyland
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The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, will research and develop a traveling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The exhibit will be created by The Henry Ford in association with Walt Disney Imagineering and The Walt Disney Company.
In an unprecedented agreement, Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative design organization behind Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, will loan The ...
C.R. Wood, Amusement Park Pioneer
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Charles R. Wood, known as "the grandfather of the American amusement park," died of cancer Thursday at his home near Glens Falls, N.Y. He was 90.
Wood, who told an industry magazine last year that he had had fun all his life, made a fortune providing thrills, chills and fun, in a controlled atmosphere, to people of all ages. Then he had fun giving millions away.
He got his start in the amusement ...
Gold Medalist Swimmer Michael Phelps Makes Historic Splash On Main Street, USA At Disneyland!
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This morning at Disneyland, America's three most celebrated swimmers including eight-time Olympic medalist (including six gold) Michael Phelps, gold medalist Ian Crocker and gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg experienced Disneyland like no one else ever has ever before -- by swimming down Main Street, USA! The three Athens medal-winners participated in a first-ever "swim meet" on Disneyland's Main
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Disney Sued Over Death On Train Ride
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The family of Disney ride-accident victim Marcelo Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that poor maintenance by Disneyland mechanics caused the accident that killed their 22-year-old son last year.
Torres was killed on Sept. 5, 2003, when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster derailed and crashed in a tunnel. State safety investigators found that Disney mechanics had ...
Disney Sued For Death On Train Ride
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Disney sued for death on train ride The family of a man who was killed when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride derailed at Disneyland in September 2003 has sued Walt Disney Co., Reuters reports.
Marcelo Torres' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday. It seeks unspecified general and punitive damages, the report states. Marcelo Torres, 22, was killed, and ...
Disneyland Sued Over Fatal Accident On Ride
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The Walt Disney Co. was sued on Tuesday by the family of a man who died on a Disneyland ride last year, and by four other passengers injured in the derailment of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride.
The three separate lawsuits, filed in Orange County Superior Court, seek unspecified general and punitive damages for the death of 22-year-old Marcelo Torres and injuries suffered by other passengers ...
3 Suits Filed in Disney Crash
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The parents of a 22-year-old Gardena man killed last year in a crash on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the amusement park's corporate parent.
The suit, filed in Orange County Superior Court by the parents of Marcelo Torres, charges that Disney Co. had made cutbacks in its maintenance department and "knew, or should have known, ...
Andrae Rivas And Rebecca Phelps Selected As 2005 Disneyland Resort Ambassadors
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Team of Two Ambassadors Has the Special Honor of Representing Cast Members During Disneyland's 50th Anniversary
Hundreds of cheering Guests and Cast Members gathered with Disneyland(R) Resort President Matt Ouimet and Mickey and Minnie Mouse on Main Street, U.S.A. today to congratulate Andrae Rivas and Rebecca Phelps as they were announced as the 2005 Disneyland(R) Resort Ambassadors. This year's ...
Jungle Cruise Visitors Get Another Shot At Fun
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Rounding another bend in the treacherous river, your skipper tells you to watch out for the hippos. They can be dangerous when they blow bubbles or wiggle their ears.
"Look out!" he cries, as the hippos instantly wiggle their ears. "I'm going to try and scare them off."
Bang!
That sound - absent for about four years - returned this week to the Jungle Cruise, one of Disneyland's most popular ...
4 Hurt At Disneyland
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A woman was taken to a hospital and three other people were treated at the scene after they were struck by a Disneyland parade float tonight.
"A Christmas Fantasy Parade" was near the end of its route, near the "It's a Small World" attraction, when it hit the four spectators at about 8:15 p.m., park spokesman Rob Doughty said.
Anaheim fire Capt. Jamie Hirsch said the people were hit by the ...
4 Injured At Disneyland Parade
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One person was hospitalized Monday night after being bumped by a small float during Disneyland's Christmas Fantasy parade, officials said.
Three other park visitors were treated at the scene for minor scrapes.
The accident involved a "Genie" float and occurred near the It's Small World attraction, said Disneyland spokesman Bob Tucker.
Events leading up to the incident were not immediately ...
