Disneyland Handcrafted is a new documentary about the construction of Disneyland from July 16, 1954 to its opening date on July 17, 1955. The fact that this groundbreaking park was built in one year is mind-boggling. Today, it can take five years to construct one Disney theme park ride! When Walt Disney and Walt Disney Studios embarked on the project, they had to cobble together funding, including a major investment from ABC, to which Disney provided

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The Anaheim Transportation Network, which serves millions of riders each year in the city 's resort area, will stop operating after March 31, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 29. ATN 's governing board, made up largely of hoteliers and other resort interests, voted unanimously to “conduct an orderly wind-down,” Fred Whitaker, the board 's legal counsel, said in announcing the decision made in a closed session meeting on Wednesday. ATN moves

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We can address Disney California Adventure later (Stage 17…I 'm looking at you), but they may be working to address some of those issues. So, let 's start with the original…Disneyland Park. The Golden Horseshoe This venue used to host live shows several times a day, including the classic Golden Horseshoe Revue. Now the building is relegated to being a quick-service location that features many of the same items that are available right

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A new documentary film about how Disneyland almost never happened sat on the shelf collecting dust for years and nearly never made it off the cutting room floor, according to the filmmaker. A 70-minute rough cut of “Disneyland Handcrafted” sat on the shelf in 2020 as Disney put the project on hold indefinitely, according to documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks. “I was thinking this would never see the light of day,” Iwerks told the Los

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Ah, the Disneyland of old, when people really dressed the part. Men wore suits and hats in the theme park. Women wore dresses, stockings and high heels. If you know the exhaustion of a park day in athleisure wear and sneakers, imagine what it was like in 3-inch heels. And while those ornately outfitted women were running around chasing their kids in the scorching Anaheim heat, the men were … enjoying the spa? It might seem unbelievable now, but there

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