2004

Looking Back The Year In Tomorrow **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	January 02, 2004
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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

Disney Readies Ride To Reopen **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	February 21, 2004
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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

Disneyland Purists Decry Tame Teacups In Fantasyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	February 29, 2004
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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

Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 10, 2004
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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

Coaster Victim's Parents Question Reopening of Ride **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 13, 2004
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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

Disney To Install Permanent Security Gates **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 13, 2004
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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.

Family Concerned About Reopening Of Disney Ride After Fatal Accident **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 14, 2004
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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

Lifelong Fan Finds The Magic's Still Alive In Disneyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 24, 2004
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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

Disneyland Prices Going Up **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	March 26, 2004
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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

Snow Show **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	April 01, 2004
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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,

Disneyland Endures As A Rite Of Passage For Enraptured Lifelong Fans **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	April 04, 2004
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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

Human Error Cited In Ride Crash At California's Disneyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	April 07, 2004
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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

Disneyland Trip With Grandma: Everyone's Flush With Enthusiasm **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	April 20, 2004
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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

Real, Live Moo-Vie Star Tulare County Cow Doubles For Cartoon Character At Disneyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	May 14, 2004
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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

Trash Or Treasure **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	May 22, 2004
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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

Think You've Grown Up? See How You Handle Rides, Wonder, And Snot At The Happiest Place On Earth **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	June 04, 2004
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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

Still Magic In The Kingdom **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	June 06, 2004
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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

California Closes Disneyland Ride After Accident **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	July 09, 2004
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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

Say 'Cheese!' Disneyland Resort Invites The World To Be A Part Of 'The Happiest Faces On Earth A Disney Family Album' **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	July 17, 2004
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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

Disney Allowed To Reopen Ride That Injured Five **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	August 28, 2004
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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,

Mouse House Boss All Ears **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	September 10, 2004
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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

For Ghostly Fun, Disneyland Resort Celebrates The Fall Season With Two Spirited Attractions **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	September 11, 2004
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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

Disneyland Turning 50 **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	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

The Henry Ford to Create Traveling Exhibit Celebrating 50 Years of Disneyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	September 27, 2004
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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 Sued Over Death On Train Ride **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	October 06, 2004
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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

Disney Sued For Death On Train Ride **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	October 06, 2004
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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.

Disneyland Sued Over Fatal Accident On Ride **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	October 06, 2004
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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

3 Suits Filed in Disney Crash **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	October 06, 2004
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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

Jungle Cruise Visitors Get Another Shot At Fun **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	October 08, 2004
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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

4 Hurt At Disneyland **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	December 27, 2004
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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

4 Injured At Disneyland Parade **RESTRICTED CONTENT** Click Here to gain access
Date Line:	December 28, 2004
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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

A Little Patch Of Heaven (Big Thunder Ranch) ( Opened)

Snow White An Enchanting Musical ( Opened)

Christmas Fantasy Parade ( Opened)

Mickey Mouse's Birthday Parade ( Opened / Closed)

Mickey's Shining Star Cavalcade ( Opened)

Parade Of The Stars ( Closed)

Enchanted Cottage, Sweets And Treats ( Opened)

La Petite Patisserie ( Closed)

Crockett And Russel Hat Co. ( Opened)

Villains Lair ( Closed)

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