Here's what's new for Disneyland's 50th anniversary, an event being celebrated at Disney parks around the world starting this weekend. All attractions are at Disneyland, unless otherwise noted. 50 Magical Years: Exhibit and film about how

The final fantastic touches are being put on Disneyland. The $16,500,000 amusement park created by Walt Disney, the film producer, is scheduled to open July 18. It covers sixty acres and is calculated to draw about 5,000,000 visitors a year.

Fans can register for the chance to ride Star Tours before the upgraded ride officially opens in Disneyland. Disneyland announced Friday (today) that the park will allow a about 2,400 fans to get on the ride May 20 during a preview event,

The 50th anniversary bash will last 18 months - long enough to give every Disney fan on the planet a chance to attend the party. Most of these changes will premiere Thursday (that's 05/05/05, a date Disneyland chose for numerical emphasis):

Millions of Disneyland visitors lined up a half-century ago to catch a glimpse of the future: a home teeming with mind-blowing gadgets such as hands-free phones, wall-sized televisions, plastic chairs, and electric razors and toothbrushes. The

Disneyland Guided Tour – a personally conducted visit to all the realms within the Magic Kingdom – starts its second season, beginning September 14. When it was introduced last Fall, the Tour enthusiastically received by thousands of

Stormtroopers, Duffy the Bear and Phineas and Ferb are set to crash Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland. Mickey's Halloween Party is a series of after-hours parties that include an exclusive fireworks show, trick-or-treating, a

The pumpkin people have arrived at Disneyland! Disneyland Halloween Time just opened the doors and guests are experiencing the delight of a not so scary Halloween Holiday, including the Pumpkin People. Found at Big Thunder Ranch, just

They took away the wench-chasing pirates. Now, they've stopped shooting the hippos. Disneyland officials, who say they're only keeping up with today's sensibilities, have quietly disarmed the skippers of the Jungle Cruise, raising eyebrows

Next July 17 will mark the 25th anniversary of a national institution that emerged from one man's dream-Disneyland. The Disney folks jumped the gun last month with a private celebration for the park's friends-12,000 of them. The Friday night

Disneyland, the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth," has ignited a strong response from many people angry about the latest price increase on all ticket options. With the new price hike, which took effect on Sunday, it now costs $87

Single-day visitors to Disneyland Resort theme parks will pay $3 more starting Sunday. The theme parks are hiking their prices as they have done at least once a year for the past five years. The new cost for a single-day pass will increase to

The week between Christmas and New Year's Day traditionally is the busiest of the year for Disneyland. And this week is no different. At least three times this week, Disneyland had to stop letting new visitors in because too many people were

Halloween is over and the Holiday season has arrived to Southern California .The decorations have been brought out, great meals are planned and with family and friends arriving to celebrate, there is so much left to do! Favorites are coming back and

It's no secret Utahns love Disneyland! Let me preface the posting by saying this plan has been tried and tested by hundreds of loyal viewers in addition to yours truly. It's a great way to tackle the very best Disneyland has to offer in a time

The Henry Ford is collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering, to create an unprecedented exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland -- Disney's original theme park. Titled "Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland," the exhibit brings

The First Hint that my mission will be daunting: I tell the cast member in Guest Relations the title of the article I'm researching, and she starts to giggle. Disneyland in a day? Who am I kidding? "It might be a little hard," she says, handing me

Disneyland in the fall...should you or shouldn't you? Is it too crowded, is it too hot? The answer...I loved it! The kids and I made our big trek last week and this time my four year old is finally 42 inches. (That's the magical

Disneyland visitors will pay $2 to $5 more to go to the park's popular after-hours Halloween parties this year. Disney is already getting ready for its big fall promotion, Halloween Time. The company this week announced the dates and

The happiest place on Earth (Disneyland, not Las Vegas during CES) just got a little happier this week, thanks to a new exhibit called the Muppet Mobile Laboratory that roams the park and delights visitors with inane banter and sprays of water.

Disneyland's "Small World" will soon be getting a little more crowded. The Anaheim amusement park is planning to add iconic Disney characters to the anonymous international cast of the beloved 'round-the-globe boat ride. The idea has sparked

My first trip to Disneyland was 55 years ago. I remember it pretty well. It was within a few weeks of the opening of the park, and I was with my parents and my two older sisters. My dad used to carry an 8mm movie camera and a tripod, and

Disney is notoriously reticent to hand the media any kind of numbers involved in the business of magic making - they tend to confine earnings and park attendance information they release to only the numbers the Securities and Exchange Commission

Disneyland issues up to 10 VIP FastPasses on an average day to "extremely high-profile guests" enabling Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and state and federal politicians to skip long lines at some of the Anaheim theme park's most

Who wants sugar in their tea? The Mad Hatter asked. Everyone cheered. It is at this moment when I realised the greatest thing for the 'little traveller' was the parks unique way to bring treasured favourites to life, such as a favoured classic,

Disneyland is making it easier to hop aboard the Jungle Cruise – a week from now. The popular attraction is closing for a week to undergo a project that will shrink the over-the-water gap between the dock and the boats where visitors

The animals in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise may not be real. But the jungle is. Since the ride opened in 1955, the land around the ride's river has transformed into its own ecosystem. Disney workers have switched the plant makeup

Disneyland visitors can take a submarine journey through an Australian reef to search for Nemo, the famous clownfish, on a new underwater ride. Walt Disney Co today launched the Finding Nemo ride with underwater animation at its Disneyland

At Disneyland, this is the season of Hollywood synergy as the park's grand old Adventureland district takes on the khaki-colored charm of Indiana Jones, who (in case you hadn't noticed) is back in the theaters in a big way. That means a new

Disneyland is launching a series of New Orleans-style parties this weekend. Over five weeks in February and March, Disneyland is holding New Orleans Bayou Bash events in New Orleans Square, mostly on weekends. The events will include

Disney listed Tuesday the themes of the new Family Fun Weekends, which run through March 6, on the Disney Parks blog. The features are an alternative activity while Disneyland's parade is on a break. A Christmas Fantasy parade ended Jan.

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