Pirates Of The Caribbean Reopens This Summer
Author: Natasha Szostak
Dateline: May 20, 2022
Posted: May 24, 2022
Status: Current
Pass the rum! After a lengthy refurbishment, Pirates of the Caribbean reopens at Disneyland this summer.
The swashbuckling adventure has been closed since March 14. So guests have been curious about when the attraction would set sail once again.
Well, it 's time to raise the Jolly Roger. Keep reading to find out when the Pirates of the Caribbean reopens.
When Will Pirates Of The Caribbean Reopen?
Dead men tell no
10 Most Expensive Items In Auction Featuring 1500 Theme Park Collectibles
Author: Brady Macdonald
Dateline: May 18, 2022
Posted: May 24, 2022
Status: Current
An upcoming auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland items expected to fetch as much as $600,000 apiece will give Disneyana enthusiasts a chance to add a bit of the Anaheim theme park 's history to their personal memorabilia collections.
Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills will hold the Disneyland Signature Auction: The Rummell Collection on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22.
Scott and Terry Rummell of Dana Point are beginning to sell off
Tomorrowland Skyline Lounge Reopens May 20
Author: Michelle Snow
Dateline: May 17, 2022
Posted: May 24, 2022
Status: Current
If you 're looking for a special dining experience at Disneyland, for your upcoming summer travel, the Tomorrowland Skyline Lounge will reopen on May 20, 2022.
Admission will be via the Tomorrowland Skyline Lounge Experience Dinner Package. The package price starts at $60 per person (plus gratuity). Children 2 and younger are free.
Choose to stay for the entire evening or come and go as you please. Each person 3 and older in your party must
Why Does Disneyland Feel So Crowded If Attendance Is Limited
Author: Robert Niles
Dateline: May 17, 2022
Posted: May 24, 2022
Status: Current
Is Disneyland limiting its attendance these days or not?
California ditched its pandemic capacity restrictions nearly a year ago. Disneyland now is free to cram as many fans into its parks as local fire officials will allow, just like its competitors at Universal, Knott 's and Six Flags can. But unlike most other local theme parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure continue to require visitors to make reservations to use their tickets or Magic
Nighttime Shows Return In Time For Summer
Dateline: May 15, 2022
Posted: May 22, 2022
Status: Current
California 's Resort reopened just over a year ago after a 13-month closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resort now marks that anniversary with the return of its “nighttime spectaculars,” including theme park classics like the Main Street Electrical Parade.
“We are thrilled to welcome back our beloved nighttime spectaculars and introduce all-new offerings that underscore our incredible momentum and set the stage for much more to come in the
Native American Man Calls Out Disney For Teepee Theme Park Display
Dateline: May 14, 2022
Posted: May 22, 2022
Status: Current
The portrayal of Native American people and culture by Disney has again been called into question after a TikTok user asked why “my people” were featured in a ride display.
John Barbachano, the TikTok user and a Native American man, filmed the Davy Crockett 's Explorer Canoes ride at Disneyland California on Monday.
His video showed teepees and models of Native Americans as scenery on the water-based ride, which riders experience from a
Fantasmic Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary Days Before Its Return
Author: Ed Aguila
Dateline: May 13, 2022
Posted: May 22, 2022
Status: Current
Fantasmic!, Disney 's longest-running nighttime spectacular, made its debut at Disneyland on May 13th, 1992. Today, Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) shared a tweet celebrating the 30th anniversary of this beloved show, which will make its way back into Disneyland 's Rivers of America on May 28th to delight the young and young at heart.
Disney Parks Blog describes this nighttime spectacular as follows:
“Fantasmic!” is an emotional extravaganza of
Historical Decoration Makes Its Way Back Into The Park
Author: Ed Aguila
Dateline: May 12, 2022
Posted: May 22, 2022
Status: Current
Guests have recently gone through a real rollercoaster after a piece of Disneyland History was allegedly stolen from the firehouse on Main Street, U.S.A.
As we initially reported, the story was shared by Jose, Baileigh, and Amber from TikTok, saying that the bell at the Main Street firehouse had gone missing. Many feared that a Guest had stolen this historical item, but no official information was released.
Disneyland officials quickly
Millions Of Gallons Of Water Fill Ride Despite State Wide Drought
Author: Luke Dammann
Dateline: May 12, 2022
Posted: May 22, 2022
Status: Current
One closed Disneyland attraction may not be closed for much longer.
The Disney Parks have all been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and still continue to operate in an altered manner. Capacity has been limited and we have seen entire attractions close down due to social distancing rules and regulations. One iconic attraction in the Disneyland Resort has yet to open but as of today, it looks like it is slowly making its way back.
Opening Date For Lion King Show
Author: Brady Macdonald
Dateline: May 09, 2022
Posted: May 13, 2022
Status: Current
A “Lion King” musical stage show with singers, dancers and drummers coming this summer to Disneyland will offer a new adaptation of the ancestral story of how a young lion cub becomes king of the jungle.
The “Tale of the Lion King” show will open May 28 at Disneyland 's Fantasyland Theatre.
Concept art shows the new “Lion King” stage in the Fantasyland Theatre with drummers on multi-level platforms, dancers and singers amid the audience and
George Lucas Impersonator Tricks Guests
Author: Ed Aguila
Dateline: May 05, 2022
Posted: May 13, 2022
Status: Current
May the 4th is a celebration many fans of the Star Wars franchise look forward to each year, even more so now that Disney Parks are open and more events and celebrations are making their way back to the Parks once again.
Guests often take the chance to celebrate Star Wars Day in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at both Disney 's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort.
The land - set between Star Wars:
The Force Is With Space Mountain
Dateline: May 04, 2022
Posted: May 13, 2022
Status: Current
SPYING A TIE FIGHTER? You might be just departing an asteroid field, or exploring a new planet, or piloting your ship over a moon's horizon when you suddenly spy the fast and fearsome Imperial vessel. But there is a cosmic conveyance that can famously outmaneuver these fighters, if you know when and where to board. The "where" part is a cinch, as it happens to be based on Planet Earth: It's Space Mountain, which is located inside Tomorrowland, which can be found
Disneyland Brings Back Royal Theatre Live Shows
Author: Brady Macdonald
Dateline: April 29, 2022
Posted: May 06, 2022
Status: Current
Witty and fast-paced versions of Disney princess tales are headed back to Disneyland 's Royal Theater as live stage shows continue to make a comeback as part of the phased reopening of the Anaheim theme park resort.
Live theatrical performances return to the Royal Theatre in Fantasy Faire at Disneyland on Friday, April 29 after a two-year pandemic pause.
The Storytelling at the Royal Theatre shows feature the thespian duo of Mr. Smythe
Tomorrowlands Yesterday Disneyland Autopia Mark VII First Drive
Author: Scott Evans
Dateline: April 29, 2022
Posted: May 06, 2022
Status: Current
When Disneyland first opened its doors in 1955, its namesake provided a simple mission: "Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." Perhaps no original attraction better encapsulated that ideal than Tomorrowland's Autopia, which offered adult parkgoers a childlike feeling of discovery while providing many young "drivers" their first taste of driving themselves. Two decades after its opening, a
Disney Antique Collectors Find U.S. And Canadian Items
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 07, 2022
Status: Archive
A bronze plaque accompanying an anchor on exhibit in Frontierland contains the following Inscription: "LaFitte's Anchor. Said to be from a pirate ship commanded by Jean LaFitte in the Battle of New Orleans, Jan. 8. 1815.
"It is also said that LaFitte's pirateering ships left a wake of blood from the mainland to Barataria Bay but don't believe everything you read."
Whatever wisdom exists In the foregoing statement, the fact that this
Disneyland Hotel First Units Readied For August Opening On Site Adjacent To Park
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 07, 2022
Status: Archive
Reservations and requests for information about the Disneyland Hotel, located opposite the main exit of Disneyland Park, are pouring in to Jack Wrather, operator of the modern new establishment.
From all over the country letters of inquiry have been received asking for information about the accommodations, opening date and other facilities, according to Wrather.
A $10,000,000 enterprise which, will contain 650 hotel and motor-hotel rooms,
Restaurant Facilities Offer Variety Wide Menu Range
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 07, 2022
Status: Archive
Restaurants and refreshment stands capable of serving nearly 8000 people per hour offer high quality food at moderate prices in all the realms of Disneyland.
A wide and varied choice of restaurant facilities is provided on the Park's 60 acres, including different dining places in every area, each in keeping with the theme of the particular part of Disneyland in which it is situated.
Near the Plaza at the end of Main Street, the visitor
Rocket Trip To Moon Blasts Off For Realistic Space Ride
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 07, 2022
Status: Archive
A blast of mighty rocket engines, the whine of rushing air, then the utter quiet of hurtling through space at supersonic speed . . .
These are realistic sensations of passengers taking off on a TWA Rocket To The Moon, one of the major features of Tomorrowland.
After speeding by a space station to the half-way point in its simulated flight, the ship turns end over end to reverse itself and travel tail first toward the moon, using its engines
Santa Fe Disney Line Is Railroaders Delight
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 07, 2022
Status: Archive
Model train enthusiasts dream about a complete terminal and railroad track of their own, but Walt Disney, who enjoys model railroading as a hobby, has carried his dream into reality with the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad which travels around the perimeter of the Park.
Built to five-eighths normal size for the enjoyment of children and adults alike, the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad includes two trains, both of which carry visitors on a journey
Celebrities Officials Join Walt Disney To Dedicate New Era In Entertainment
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
More than 50,000 visitors were attracted to Disneyland on Monday, July 18, when the Park officially opened its gates to the general public. Reactions were mixed but highly enthusiastic, ranging from exclamations of "fantastic" to "unbelievable" and "too terrific for words to describe. Governor Goodwin J.. Knight of the State of California assisted Walt Disney and some 25,000 invited guests at the official dedication ceremonies of Disneyland on the preceding Sunday, July
Complete American Small Town Of 1900 Era Reproduced Here
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
Main Street, U.S.A., houses a complete American small town where visitors will find every type of shop, store and other business establishment which existed In a turn of the century city of its type.
At Town Square, the Bank of America offers full banking service which will be available seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bekins Van and Storage has a horse-drawn moving van of the Gay Nineties period to represent its company in this same
Disney Welcomes Young At Heart To Disneyland
Author: Walt Disney
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
"To all who come to this happy place: welcome. Disney-land is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past ... and here youth may savour the challenge and promise of the future.
"Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America ... with the hope. that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."
These words from the dedication plaque in Town Square in Disneyland aptly
Disneyland A 20 Year Dream
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
For over 20 years- almost from the time Mickey Mouse's voice was first heard all over the world - Walt Disney envisioned a park that would appeal to young and old alike with every conceivable type of entertainment included, and an his cartoon fatally grew, so did the dream. This dream of the creator of characters which have brought enjoyment to people all over the world has finally become a reality at Disneyland, a Park for the youth of all ages which brings together
Main Street Is Historic Replica
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
Nowhere else in the world but Disneyland can you turn back the clock to the turn of the century and project yourself onto a Main Street U.S.A. as a typical American small town actually existed in the period 1900-1910.
Walking under a trestle over which the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad tracks run, the visitor to Disneyland, in the center of Town Square, where the Park's dedication ceremonies are held around the flag pole on July 17.
Noted Rocket Moon Authorities Contribute Skills To Space Ride
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 02, 2022
Status: Archive
Some of the world's leading rocket experts and scientists contributed their extensive knowledge of the field of space exploration as Tomorrowland creators sought to produce authentic settings for the world of 1986.
Willy Ley and Werner von Braun, two of the foremost rocket authorities and historians, aided Disney builders in the creation of the TWA Rocket to the Moon, a simulated round trip from earth to the moon which carries passengers on a
Conestogas Once Tops
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
America's most popular means of transportation today may be the automobile, but between 1780 and 1850 Americans were well satisfied with their own most used vehicle the Conestoga wagon.
Two of the wide, long and deep wooden structures, surrounded by canvas covered hoop tops, have been preserved in Frontierland and are available for visitors to journey in over dusty roads of the Painted Desert.
A distinctively American mode of
Goff Takes Up New Hobbies
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
"I've given up all my own hobbies now--and taken over Walt's!"
Harper Goff was the man talking. Three years ago, the creative designer had been called by Walt Disney and told that Disney intended to build a park to commemorate Early Americana, adjacent to the Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Thus began the story of the actual designing of Disneyland. Goff became one of the first men to start the creative aspect of what has now
Mark Twain River Steamer Docks Again
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
Have you over had the desire to hear the fabled Mississippi riverboat cries of "by the mark, twain." or "steamboat round the bend?"
These and other exclamations like them, first shouted on the riverboats which plied the muddy waters of the Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Louis, can be heard on the "rivers of America" in Frontierland, where a replica of those steamboats cruises a half-mile water way.
Historic Replies
Stanleys Exploits In Search For Livingston Brought To Life By Adventureland Boat Trip
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
The only boat trip of its kind in the world, satisfying the adventurer's urge to explore wild and uncharted tropical lands, is highlight of the Adventureland section of Disneyland.
Seven boats, christened "Congo Queen," "Swanee Lady," "Amazon- Belle." "Ganges Gal," "Nile Princess," Mekong Maiden," and lrrawaddi Women" carry adventure seekers along an authentic tropical river, where foliage from far off lands of Africa, Australia, Central and South
Steeds Prance To Caliope Tunes
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
Old and colorful looking Dentzel mounts, whose design combines the austere tones of the 6th century with the heavy barouge common to the 12th and 13th, whirl horse-mounted riders around the gay carrousel in the courtyard of Fantasyland's medieval castle.
Seventy-two steeds of this King Arthur Carrousel prance to callope tunes which act as a call to prospective young knights, enticing them to Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Decorated with
Tomorrowland Exhibits Show World Of Future
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
Man's activities in 1986, the world of the future, are being presented in various exhibits In Tomorrowland by some of the major corporations in the United States.
The earth's history, dating back three billion years, is portrayed through an animated display by Richfield, while the "Story of Oil," in Cinemascope, is also present. The Autopia, gasoline powered car which travels the freeway in Tomorrowland is a Richfield enterprise.
Visitors To See Historic West
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 04, 2022
Status: Archive
Glimpses of the old and historic Western movement of American history are provided to visitors of Disneyland in Frontierland.
The period of Frontierland is approximately from 1810 to 1860, but flags flying over Frontierland encompass the period from the establishment of our union of states under the Constitution through the post-Civil War era.
The 13-star entrance flag represents the year 1790; the Stagecoach area banner, 24 stars, flow
Areas Of Disneyland Provide Visitors Wide Entertainment Choice
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 05, 2022
Status: Archive
Adventure, fantasy, the future, the past, the modern the old and the outdated-all are present in quality and quantity at the Disneyland world of entertainment, enchantment and variety.
Starting with their entrance into the Park leading onto Main Street; U.S.A., visitors can project themselves into any one of four worlds which await them during their 1 1/4-mile walk through Disneyland's kingdom.
From the Plaza in the center of the
Story Book Adventures Live Again In Fantasyland
Dateline: July 18, 1955
Posted: May 05, 2022
Status: Archive
Story-book adventures have long fascinated and excited the imagination of young and old alike. The stories of the escapades of Snow White, Peter Pan, Mr. Toad and a whole host of other unforgettable tales have been read through the years, and passed on from generation to generation.
Recognizing this and desiring that the youth of all ages have the opportunity to take part in the same experiences these storied adventures went through, Walt Disney has
