Taft High senior Sara Jewell used her CPR skills to save the life of a one-year-old girl when Jewell was on a choir field trip in Disneyland March 9. The advanced chamber choir performed before a panel of judges in the morning and the

The Disneyland Magic Shop got a new operator late last year when Houdini's Magic Shop was picked to take over operations. The first thing Geno Munari, the founder of Houdini's, did was to bring in several certified magicians to entertain

In his and rhino hat, Disneyland guest coach Kevin Rogers plucks park visitors from the crowd and prepares them to participate in the daily 45 Years of Magic ... Parade of the Stars. We caught up with Rogers as he was being mobbed by folks hoping

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

In 1954, Bob Gurr was in the fast lane -- albeit a scaled-down version -- to success. The man who would go on to become a Disney Legend five decades later was hired by Walt Disney months before the opening of Disneyland to take part in

It's sweltering and Disneyland is packed, but 8-year-old Katie Grace Dhority and her 6-year-old sister, Laurel, are too excited to care that it's at least 90 degrees in the shade and there are lines everywhere, even at the water fountains.

Who cares if it's hot? Certainly a pint-sized princess doesn't when she's busy getting bejeweled and bedazzled. Despite the Southern California summer heat, 4-year-old McKenzie Reyes was all smiles, decked out in the sumptuous

A high-tech, talking Mickey Mouse character will begin making regular appearances at Disney California Adventure as part of a new show. This is the first time that the upgraded Mickey character, which has a moving mouth and blinking eyes,

A Disneyland landmark welcomes new tenants this July, when the 70-foot-tall tree that once housed the Swiss Family Treehouse reopens with a Tarzan theme. Visit the home of the Lord of the Jungle by scaling a staircase made of items salvaged from a

As a fat person who enjoys eating, and more importantly enjoys the camaraderie of eating with friends or family at the table. I have to admit one of the main thoughts of visiting Disneyland for a day is the thought of all the snacks to be had and

Bradenton-based home builder Taylor Morrison has agreed to build Disneyland 's "Innovations Dream Home" at the California theme park. The 5,000-square-foot house, to be built in Tomorrowland, will showcase current and future technological advances

As you and 39 companions strap into your bucket seats, your pilot, Rex the robot, casually informs you that this is also his first flight aboard the Starspeeder 3000 which helps explain the ensuing 4 1/2-minutes misadventure. Rex takes a wrong turn

A 17-year-old girl sustained minor injuries when a tree frond fell on the Jungle Cruise boat at Disneyland this afternoon. At about 12:30 p.m., winds gusting to 22 mph whipped the frond of a bird of paradise tree, which struck the boat, said

If you're still out of school and have a high tolerance for heat, this might be a good week to visit Disneyland. One of the longest lines of the weekend was at Splash Mountain, which had a 65-minute stand-by wait Sunday afternoon, a good

At the mention of the four simple words that follow, our minds dull with repetition, our jowls sag - weary from constant frowning, our eyes slam shut, our teeth clench, our entire bodies become rigid. Anti-anxiety pills streak past water as a prime

Some people preserve family memories in scrapbooks and dresser drawers, filling them with vintage photographs of mom and dad, mementos of wartime service, souvenirs of that first trip to Disneyland. Diane Disney Miller has all that, too -- and

The economy is rough, but at least I have more than Sports Chalet's price-per-share in my pocket I don't often go to the park on a Thursday morning, but I had some time to kill before I had to go back to work, so I decided why

Disneyland Park California is being readied for its June 11 premiere of its newest attraction Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. To preview the attraction The Nemo Dream Mobile will be coming out of the water and onto the road in the US beginning May 4

After our E Ticket discussion from last week, I thought picking the best Disneyland rides would be fun. I might follow up with a worst rides post, although I'm not sure if I want to relive this again. As I've been riding the local roller

From a roaming dinosaur to new rides to an online computer game, Disney will offer new attractions and spectacles at all of its parks this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The flagship park in Anaheim, Calif., opened in July

Craftsmen must use their hands, heads and hearts to create the rides and inventions that make the park distinctly Disney. Walt Disney dreamed the idea for Disneyland, but it took an army of innovators to build a place where people could step

I love visual incongruity. Life is more fun when you see the least expected. You know, like a rapping granny, a huge man walking a teeny tiny Pekingese, a super nerd with a smoking-hot girlfriend or the Happiest Place on Earth overrun with people

After visiting Disney's California Adventure the previous day, head into the park when it opens at eight for shorter lines at those rides you are dying to get on. Sure, the newest ride in the park the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is interesting,

Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park By Jeff Kurtti, Bruce Gordon (Illustrator) Growing up in Southern California, I've seen the rise and downsize of many amusement parks - Pacific Ocean Park

To get to the front door of the Elias family, the inhabitants of the new Dream Home at Disneyland, you must step onto a revolving walkway and glide past Tom Morrow, a Nathan Lane-voiced robot with a face like a machine-age Arcimboldo and a brush cut

After giving a talk in Northern California, I prepared for the long winter in Indiana by going on a trip with family to Disneyland–which advertises itself as the "Happiest Place in the World." You know what–it just well might be.

I'm going to go to Disneyland by myself. Maybe that doesn't strike anyone as odd, but at my age I think the only people who do that are the people who decorate their homes in a Mickey Mouse motif and wear Pluto sweatshirts. I am not one of those

Of course, I'm talking about Disneyland. Right now, my feet are still aching! It was a quick trip. We flew in Saturday and went straight to the park. On Sunday, we went to California Adventure. Then, we headed home! My son is almost two. I was

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

But I wanted more of Disney's new Indiana Jones Adventure ride. So I climbed aboard again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Eight times altogether. And why not? At age 48, I

To build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17 million construction bill. When the park

It was an unusual stockholders' meeting for a great far-flung enterprise. Many of the stockholders were children, and they whooped with glee at films in which Blackbeard's ghost played havoc with crooks, or Baloo the bear, from Kipling's Jungle