Disneyland is everything you have read about, and more. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to visit Disneyland. Isn't that every kid's dream? That dream became a reality just before Christmas last year. My mum, brother and I

Guests traveling on the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad are not only treated to a circular tour of "the happiest place on earth," they are also taken on an incredible journey back through time to a world that existed some 300 million years ago.

To: Walt Disney From: Mickey Mouse Re: What's a kingdom without magic? Walt, I've resisted writing you all those years when things looked bleak at your Walt Disney Co. But now there's no one left to turn to. I know you're in no

BEYOND THE RIDES: If you were to ask a hundred regular Disneyland Resort visitors about their favorite part of the parks, you'd probably get a few dozen attraction-based answers, at least twenty responses involving food, and then one

Marilyn Manson is one weird dude - but if you didn't already know that, well, you haven't been paying attention. "Do these glasses make my butt look fat?" he joked last weekend as he made a rare appearance at, of all places, Disneyland. "I

This column wasn't supposed to happen. The subject was supposed to be out of the way, and out of my life, last Sunday. That was before readers started calling: A few even stopped me on the street. "So how was ... " The

Even though she was in the middle of Disneyland on a sunny summer afternoon, 8-year-old Erica Fieldman was not happy. She didn't want to go on the rides that her cousin and brother wanted to try. She didn't want to wait for them while they

When it first opened in 1987, the Star Tours attraction was an amazing experience at Disneyland and crowds lined up to experience the innovative amusement park ride. Star Tours combined a large-screen video with a motion-based ride that created the

The Idea, Walt Disney once said, was conceived on a park bench and nurtured by peanuts. "Saturday was always 'Daddy's Day' and I would take my two daughters to the merry-go-round and sit on a bench while they rode," he recalled "And sitting alone,

There is no denying that Utahns love all things Disney, including the company's theme parks, television and radio stations, movies and iconic cartoon characters. For many of us, a trip to Disneyland was an essential rite of growing up. I first went

On a recent visit to Disneyland with my kids I passed a fruit stand on Main Street. It seemed out of place. From my visits to the park as a kid, I only recalled noshing on corn dogs and churros--certainly not watermelon. I was actually annoyed

News that Disney will revamp the Star Wars-themed rides at Disneyland and Disney World comes as a bittersweet announcement. Yeah, the original "shaking movie box" ride got outdated as soon as Back to the Future: The Ride hit Universal Studios. But I

In the world of children. he is the rich uncle-the casual, ordinary-looking man with the graying mustache and the baggy eyes who shows up from time to time, does funny tricks and gives wonderful presents, and then goes away until the next time. He

After a momentous 2006, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is poised to unveil a full slate of exciting new attractions and entertainment in the coming year, highlighted by the continued rollout around the world of its groundbreaking Where Dreams Come

Some years ago, we took our two young boys to Disneyworld in Florida. They are grown up and my wife and I are going to California next year. Should we visit Disneyland, or is it a squib after the Florida park? It's true that the Disneyland

The pair went in a group to Disneyland in 2007, and a romance broke out. Now, James and Beth Silverman, recently married, are moving their relationship across the esplanade to join the staff launching the updated Disney California

It is a sunny September morning in Disneyland. Bands are playing; people are walking with their children and pushing empty strollers; couples are taking pictures. There is a good proportion of people, buildings, and trees. The Chinese writers,

In announcing a renovation of Disneyland's Tomorrowland, Walt Disney Co. imagineers acknowledged that men on the moon, home computers and time had caught up to the land, one of the five original areas in the 42-year-old-park. When Disneyland

A former Mouseketeer suffered what her attorney described as a ''flashback'' and appeared to hyperventilate as she testified Tuesday about being robbed at gunpoint in a Disneyland parking lot two years ago. Billie Jean Matay's composure

Margaret "Mank" Johnstone awoke Sunday after 107 years of living, slipped into a red blazer, applied some red lipstick, put on her Mickey Mouse earrings and headed to Disneyland. "God was good to me," she said, when asked why she thinks she

The Matterhorn at Disneyland reopened Tuesday after a woman who rode the bobsled ride was hospitalized. The woman said Monday night that she felt sick after the ride. The 62-year-old woman remained hospitalized Tuesday night in critical

A Redlands, Calif., woman sought since July 15, when her 8-year-old son was found wandering alone in Downtown Disney, was arrested Monday on suspicion of child endangerment, police said. Robyn Freeman, 38, and her 11-year-old daughter,

Frances Taylor was to ride aboard the Titanic with her parents on its 1912 voyage. But the crossing was over-booked and they got bumped. Today, Friday the 13th, the now-100-year-old from Lake Forest tried to get aboard another boat, this one on

A woman accused of abandoning her 8-year-old son at Disneyland pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a single felony count of child abuse. Robyn Freeman, 38, went missing July 15 after spending the day at the amusement park with her two children. A

Mary Lechlitner and her daughter were among the first to ever ride the Disneyland train on the park's opening day on July 17, 1955. On Tuesday, the mother and daughter returned to sit in the train station to watch a ceremony commemorating

While critics have worked themselves into a lather denouncing Disneyland's cleanup of lusty swashbucklers on its Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, it appears that a park insider has pulled off the ultimate in politically incorrect pranks. More

There is nothing quite like experiencing Disneyland through a four year-old – or soon to be four-year old I should say! The entire family got to share in grandson Samuel's amazing birthday celebration at the happiest place on earth. From

Hello fellow Disney Chums, I just got back from my last trip to the Disneyland, when I say last, I mean last ( for a long while) .Yes, I am not renewing my preferred pass to the park for at least a couple of years. I know I might go through some

One of the best nights in the week when I was a boy in the 1960's was Sunday Night. Now you might be thinking, why Sunday? School is the next day right? Yes school was the next day, and yes it's true that it was a dreaded thought. However what made

A worker fell while cleaning the Space Mountain ride at Disneyland Wednesday, breaking a leg and several other bones. The 37-year-old subcontractor, working for HSG Inc., was cleaning the roof in a bosun chair when it came loose shortly

The Anaheim Fire Department responded to Tomorrowland in Disneyland at 7:21 a.m. after reports that a worker fell from a ladder onto a roof. Officials said the worker fell while working on the roof of a gift shop near the Space Mountain

Marty Sklar, the former head of Walt Disney Imagineering, tells a great story about Francis Xavier Atencio the man known to everyone in Disney circles as simply X and how Walt Disney unexpectedly tapped X do write the script for a new ride being