Disneyland"s five-decade tradition of hosting private Grad Nite parties for high school seniors is set to move next door to Disney California Adventure. Starting in 2013, Disney will host the overnight events exclusively at Disney

You may be distracted by the holiday lights and decorations at Disneyland this time of year, but if you look closely, lots of weird secrets are waiting to be discovered all over the iconic amusement park. Strodder told AOL News that one of his

If Imagineers David Mumford and Bruce Gordon have gained fame among Disney fans, it may be because they haven't forgotten their roots. Gordon spent his childhood building Disneyland models in his garage and went on to become a show producer on the

It has been said children grow up way too quickly these days, but every generation must have their own version of this story. At the same time it is also said that youth is wasted on the young. Thanks to the Disney Corporation, we now have

Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals' day out. That's exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach

Disneyland last drained its Rivers of America seven years ago, so workers found a lot of accumulated stuff when it emptied the green-dyed waterway in January. But the most unusual item by far was a computer tower, said Dan Chambers, a

A person stuffed inside a giant mouse costume, sweating and probably grumpy, an animatronic talking Mickey Mouse head resting on his shoulders, twitching in a conniption fit of Disney enthusiasm. Meet the new Disneyland Mickey Mouse. Gone

Holiday "overlays," as Disney calls them are nothing new to Disneyland, which I visited on a recent vacation. An "overlay" is when a ride gets re-decorated for the holidays, and there are two great examples right now at Disneyland. Here's one

From pumpkins and fall colors to spooky fun, I kinda wish it were Halloween Time all the time. Especially at the Happiest Place on Earth. This past weekend, the monster and I had the privilege of attending a mom blogger event at

Disneyland donned its best Halloween costume to celebrate the season. Smiling jack-o-lanterns peered out of windows on Main Street while candy corn littered Disney's California Adventure park. The ghouls of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before

The Disneyland Resort is starting its Halloween season earlier than it ever has before, part of a nationwide trend of extending the growing holiday attractions' business. Halloween Time in the Disneyland Resort, which includes special

On the fifth anniversary of its Halloween celebration, Disneyland in Anaheim reported an overall increase in attendance of at least 40% since the park began to redecorate for the holiday in 2005. During a news briefing Friday, Disney

Disneyland has just decorated Main Street USA for the guests. 300 Pumpkins, all dressed up in faces, are found the street of Main Street USA. Full of fun and a few frightful, the idea behind this new edition of Halloween Time at Disneyland is

For decades, Disneyland has upheld its legendary motto as the "Happiest Place on Earth - and as a profitable worldwide travel destination for all ages - but in the daunting month of October, can it be transformed into the "Scariest Place on

My spring break was way better than all of yours. I feel like I can confidently say this because I went to the happiest place on earth. No, not Vegas. Disneyland! Probably the only place in the world where you can eat foods shaped like mice and not

A while ago, I went on a vacation to Disneyland for a small-scale family reunion. Now I have to tell you, I am not a stranger to Disneyland. I love the "happiest place on earth." It's a genetic thing, I guess, because my whole family loves it,

Dust off those running shoes -- Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, Disneyland Resort President Matt Ouimet and Mickey Mouse announced today plans for the inaugural Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend scheduled for September 15-17, 2006. Nearly 10,000 runners

On Friday, Disney will hold an internal party to celebrate Martinez's tenure – the longest in Disneyland's history. In his signature, tall white chef's hat, Oscar Martinez holds out a hand out as he greets just about every breakfast guest

This year Disneyland-the California original-will be thirty years old, and the Magic Kingdom plans to celebrate the event all year long. Daily parades, nonstop special events and plenty of celebrity entertainment are just the start of the giant

Today is the great and imaginative Walt Disney's birthday. The innovator died on Dec. 16, 1966, days after he turned 65. Because of Walt Disney, children young and old get to experience and know such characters as Mikey Mouse, Donald

"To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." Walt Disney It was 56 years ago today July 17, 1955

Disneyland was Walt Disney's baby, a dream he nurtured for years which eventually turned into a flat-out obsession ... an obsession that had as many skeptics as it had bank creditors demanding that Disney make good on all the loans he needed to make

You'd think Jack Skellington would have learned his lesson. After having nearly made a disaster of the winter holidays in The Nightmare Before Christmas, you'd think he'd be happy to stick with his regular beat, Halloween. Guess again. Somehow, the

Tivoli, that Bosky enclave of pleasure in the center of Copenhagen whose name has become a generic term for amusement parks, is 124 years old, more than ten times the age of Disneyland, which will mark its 12th anniversary this summer. In these

Harriet Burns, the first female artist at Walt Disney Imagineering and a designer of several famous Disneyland rides, has died. She was 79. Burns died Friday at USC University Hospital of complications from heart surgery, Frank Reifsnyder, a

This past Sunday, November 6, marked the fifth unofficial Harry Potter Day at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. According to the organizer's website: "Our event draws Potter fans from all over the Southland and far beyond for a day of mirth,

If you've visited Disneyland's Haunted Mansion and wanted some of those flickering candles in your home, you're in luck. Candella LLC in Newport Beach has bought the worldwide rights from Disney to develop and sell those rechargeable,

Disneyland attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary. "We have nine hundred and ninety-nine happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?" That familiar phrase greeted aficionados and casual fans alike on

Disneyland"s Haunted Mansion is expected to "soft open" on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, with the now-traditional Halloween/Christmas holiday overlay. The official reopening of the refurbished Mansion - on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 - coincides with the

Growing up in Los Angeles, we used to go to Disneyland at least a few times a year, and, as such, its assorted attractions often ceased to thrill at a certain point. But the Haunted Mansion was one of the few things that, even twenty years later,

Disneyland's Halloween party brings the merry scares. Disneyland The first out of the gate -- and we're talking about the tall, creaky gates around a certain mansion in New Orleans Square -- with the SoCal scare-tivies for the 2010

Disneyland used to be a "one and done" visit a one-day rush through Disneyland with a pit stop at California Adventure for a couple of favorite rides and then home. That's almost impossible to do now as the new-and-improved California Adventure