A Guy A Girl And 366 Straight Days At Disneyland
Dateline: September 14, 2012
If, like Jeff Reitz and Tonya Mickesh, you go to Disneyland oftenvery oftenyou know that asking for a roast beef melt made without horseradish, as opposed to a roast beef melt with horseradish removed after the fact, will require a ten-minute wait

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Tour Visits Walt Disney Apartment
Dateline: September 10, 2012
Disneyland Park has revamped its "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour with new attractions and a new price. The new tour is called "Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps" and it began on Sunday, according to park employees. The Disney Parks

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12 Unique And Magical Memories To Be Made At Disneyland
Dateline: August 08, 2012
When visiting Disney, many families head straight for the E-ticket rides, from Space Mountain to the Matterhorn to Dumbo. But in doing so they not only spend a whole lot of time in long lines, but they miss out on so many magical moments and

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9 Disney Venues Temporarily Close
Dateline: April 30, 2012
Nine Disney park venues, including attractions and restaurants, will be closed for at least part of this month for routine maintenance projects. The closures include six attractions in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Three

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California vs. Paris: Adventureland
Dateline: March 29, 2012
This month, I shall be comparing the Adventurelands found in the two Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris). Standing in front of the castle, with your back to Main Street, U.S.A./World Bazaar, the first land you

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Disneyland Pays Tribute To Small World Composer Robert Sherman
Dateline: March 06, 2012
Disneyland Resort honored one of its best-known composers, Robert B. Sherman, who died Monday in London, placing a simple wreath of white flowers outside his window on Main Street U.S.A. Robert B. Sherman and his brother, Richard, were

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7 Tips For Tackling Disneyland In A Day
Dateline: February 28, 2012
I've been to Disneyland hundreds of times over the last two decades and have been writing the Funland theme park blog for about four years now. As a result, people are always asking me how to do everything at Disneyland in a single day.

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Walt Disney King Of Fantasy
Dateline: July 01, 1965
Walt Disney and friends. Walt Disney, whose Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck brought laughter to the world and whose Disneyland is a playground for the world's people, calls his home at Smoke Tree Ranch, "my laughing place." Whimsical, as

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Disneyland Enchanted Tiki Room, Walt Disney World Polynesian Luau Are Distant Cousins
Dateline: December 09, 2011
The Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show at the Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World has been entertaining guests since the 1970s. It's a lively night set in the open-air Luau Cove Theater, with ample servings of Polynesian food coupled with

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Wonderful Weekend Trip To The Magic Kingdom
Dateline: September 30, 2011
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

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Disneyland It All Started With A Mouse
Dateline: October 03, 2011
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,

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Disneyland Resort Offers Plenty Of New Attractions
Dateline: October 02, 2011
The self-proclaimed "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a whole lot happier. When Disneyland Resort's new 12-acre Cars Land opens in time for next summer's tourist blitz, it will represent the latest achievement in the world of

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A Disneyland Summer Vacation
Dateline: August 01, 2011
My family just came home from a wonderful week-long vacation at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. We are big Disney fans, and have a blast every time we go, but this trip we saw some new stuff, and actually learned a cool secret that I'm willing to share

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Disneyland Tour Follows Walt Disney's Journey
Dateline: July 25, 2011
A tour of Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney ends with the guide quoting a newspaper article describing Disney's success as a "product of luck." The 180-minute tour, titled "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps," shows that Disney's

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Disneyland Rolls Out New Audio Guide For Blind Visitors
Dateline: July 06, 2011
Main Street is busy and noisy. It's packed with people, strolling by the classic old-time storefronts. Horse-drawn trolleys and old jalopies carry camera-clad visitors. If you're blind, it's hard to tell what's going on. That's why the Disneyland

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Survival In Mauschwitz
Dateline: June 29, 2011
Not for nothing did a grizzled lifer at Disneyland refer to his worksite as "Mauschwitz." In this case, "lifer" means "one condemned to wear a Donald Duck suit, day in and day out, even when it's 110 degrees in the shade, even when he can't see well

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No Trip To Disneyland Is Complete Without Ralphing
Dateline: January 05, 2011
She just couldn't stand it anymore. Not with talking birds, harmonizing plants and drum-beating tikis overhead, all flooding her senses. My 2-year-old, whom we call Lucy because that's her name, jumped off her seat and began dancing in the

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A 6-Year-Old's First Visit To Disneyland Hits Some Attractions, Misses Others
Dateline: November 14, 2010
You can't do it all, and truth be told, a child doesn't miss what she doesn't know about. A look back at what we saw and did -- and didn't do -- in one day. Don't miss the Toontown roller coaster, somebody said. Don't bother with Toontown,

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Disney Will Go Polynesian With New Ahmet Zappa Film
Dateline: November 08, 2010
"Pirates of the Caribbean" is one of the most successful franchises in the history of Disney. But when it comes to classic action-adventure, the company that Walt built isn't stopping with Jack Sparrow. The studio is developing an

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Disney To Make Movie Loosely Based On Your 35th Favorite Disneyland Attraction
Dateline: November 09, 2010
As someone who works in an ostensibly creative profession, I understand that coming up with ideas is hard, but I think if Disney hasn't hit the bottom of the conceptual barrel with a movie sort-of-not-really adapted from the Enchanted Tiki Room, the

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Disneyland At 55 Still A Marvel In Southern California
Dateline: September 25, 2010
Disneyland, which celebrated its 55th birthday in July, drew more than 1,300 rabid devotees to a two-day, sometimes irreverant, sometimes reverential convention starting Friday at the Disneyland Hotel. Being a Disney fan, I was there,

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Family Fun At Disneyland
Dateline: August 18, 2010
With the recent launch of a new direct flight between Toronto's Pearson International Airport and the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA, Air Canada teamed up with the folks at Disneyland and the tourism boards of Orange County, Anaheim, Newport

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I Was A Disneyland Grad Night Chaperone
Dateline: June 29, 2010
Disneyland. Like many another native of Los Angeles, I have a vexed relationship with The Happiest Place on Earth.¹ A childhood spent in pure enchantment during every trip to Disneyland gave way to an adulthood plagued with guilty doubts about that

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Disneyland 55 And Still A Major Force
Dateline: June 09, 2010
Disneyland The Happiest Place on Earth turns 55 this summer. Clearly, Walt Disney's dream of creating a family park where parents and children could have fun together is here to stay. But that's not to say Disneyland hasn't seen its

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Cool Clear Water Water
Dateline: June 05, 2010
My how time fly's, seems like yesterday I was asking about when the Rivers of America would be filled again. I never like to visit the park when any of the water is not working. It even bummed me out during the renovation of It's a Small World when

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After Dark The Dirty Work At Disneyland Begins
Dateline: May 02, 2010
A crew of 600 custodians, painters, gardeners and decorators works 365 nights a year to ensure that the 85-acre park meets Walt Disney's squeaky-clean ideals. When the last Jungle Cruise boat docks for the night and lights fade to black on

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Its A Small World Ignites Big Brouhaha
Dateline: March 24, 2010
The exterior of It's a Small World in Disneyland.For a ride intended to generate nothing but good will, the acrimony triggered by changes to It's a Small World in Disneyland has gotten a tad out of hand. Last year, Disney decided to tweak

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Disneyland Resort Presents a Window on Main Street, U.S.A. to Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Dateline: March 11, 2010
They've written some of the most memorable songs in Disney theme park – and motion picture – history, and on March 11, 2010, the Academy Award-winning composers of the music from "It's a Small World" and The Enchanted Tiki Room, as well as "Mary

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Hubby Has His Big Day At Disneyland
Dateline: December 02, 2009
When my kids hit their teens I really thought roller coasters and theme parks were behind me - at least until I had grandchildren. Then Disneyland came out with this year's "get in free on your birthday" promotion and my bargain-hunting husband,

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Disney Parks Offer Devices For Visually Impaired Visitors
Dateline: November 03, 2009
After becoming legally blind at age 30, Brenda Woodrum missed seeing the details of one of her favorite Disneyland rides, Pirates of the Caribbean. So, Woodrum teared up when she heard a description of cannons shooting from pirate ships on the

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Disneyland Still Tops
Dateline: September 20, 2009
Nobody does fun better than Walt and his successors. She lost her stuffed puppy somewhere between the Enchanted Tiki Room and Tomorrowland. Too much ground to cover and thousands of people meant the search was futile -- we retraced

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6 Not To Miss Disneyland Treats: Your Tastebuds Will Thank You
Dateline: August 29, 2009
Disneyland is one of those exciting places where they test all your sensorys so you get the full experience. You can look, hear, feel and even taste the best that Disney has to offer. It doesn't matter what day you choose to enjoy the

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Disneyland For Haters
Dateline: June 25, 2009
Think you're too cynical, sophisticated, debauched or underfunded to visit the Happiest Place on Earth? This one's for you. I am of Disneyland. My love for Walt Disney's 54-year-old theme park can move (space!) mountains. In fact, my love for

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Disneyland On A Date: Perfect For A Couple
Dateline: June 15, 2009
If you live within an hour of the Disneyland Resort, you might want to have your next date at the Park. I mean if you think about it, Disneyland is made for fun and what could be more fun than getting a chance to know someone while playing a little

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Club 33 The Best Place To Enjoy A Mint Julep At Disneyland
Dateline: May 24, 2009
One of Disneyland's worst-kept secrets is the existence of a private club located in the heart of New Orleans Square. Named Club 33, this exclusive restaurant is located behind a small door adjacent to the Blue Bayou Restaurant, not far from the

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Halloween At The Happiest Place On Earth
Dateline: December 05, 2008
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

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Disneyland California - Always Something New
Dateline: November 10, 2008
It's been over 30 years since I took my six year old son to Disneyland in Anaheim, California and over 20 years since my last visit. So, when I began thinking about how fun it would be to take my granddaughter there, I had some catching up to do.

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Harriet Burns Who Help Create Disney Rides Dies
Dateline: July 29, 2008
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

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Disneyland Artist Pulls Man From Wrecked Semi
Dateline: July 07, 2008
Graveyard shift backdrop painter still reported for work, soaked in diesel fuel. Robert Olvera left for work early Tuesday, heading for a graveyard shift as a backdrop painter at Disneyland. It didn't occur to him he'd be pulling a

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Disneyland To Celebrate 45th Anniversary Of The Enchanted Tiki Room
Dateline: June 20, 2008
Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the Enchanted Tiki Room. On June 22, 1963, people first entered the attraction "where the birds sing words, and the flowers croon, in the tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki room." Here are some facts

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Do Disneyland
Dateline: February 24, 2008
Many of us have to do the obligatory family-touristy thing when we travel. But don't despair: There's even star power at Disneyland if you know where to look. First, Walt Disney slept there -- setting Disneyland apart from any other

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Its A Scholl World
Dateline: January 28, 2008
After all, storyboard artist Larry Scholl has transformed his childhood home into a mini-park reminiscent of Disneyland. It might be expected in Hollywood Hills, but not so much in the hills of Fair Oaks, where Larry Scholl has a pint-size

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Day For Night The Annual Goth Gathering At Disneyland
Dateline: August 22, 2007
A sweaty and irritable 6-year-old girl, in line for Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, asks, "Mommy, why is everybody wearing black?" Mommy shakes her head, befuddled, as riders on the Thunder train scream and the line of gloomies swathed

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Fulton Burley, 84: Popular Performer and Jovial Singing Host of Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue
Dateline: May 11, 2007
Popular performer entertained millions of Disneyland guests over span of 25 years with legendary Golden Horseshoe Revue. Fulton Burley, the wisecracking Irish tenor who entertained millions of Disneyland guests for 25 years as the popular star

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Disneyland Intros Roving Animatronic Muppets; Mickey And Friends Fear Pink Slips
Dateline: March 02, 2007
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.

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Disney Legend Marty Sklar Leaves His Post At Imagineering
Dateline: February 19, 2006
Signaling the end of an era at Walt Disney Co., Marty Sklar is stepping down as the principal creative executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, the company's theme park design and development arm. Sklar, 72, is one of the last remaining

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Disneyland From A to Z
Dateline: January 31, 2006
A recent four-night stay at Disneyland proves that this rich, glorious theme park, celebrating its 50th anniversary from now until 2007, is best enjoyed as a planned excursion, not as a whim. Begin with Birnbaum's, an indispensable annual

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Doing Disneyland Right
Dateline: December 25, 2005
An overstatement, certainly. But the truth is that every aspect of Disneyland -- from its Fastpass ride system, to its months-in-advance reservations for popular "character meals," to its early-entry admission perks -- rewards organization and

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