Wrather Corporation (owner of Disneyland Hotel) acquired by Disney

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March 25--Disneyland stages the Super Hooper Duper. This gathering of 1,527 engertic hula-hoopers in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle smashes the world's record for the most persons hula-hooping at one time in one location.

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Behind The Magic Kingdom
Dateline: 1/1/1988
This past summer, as in previous summers, millions of people streamed into Disneyland, the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth." Not a single one of them, it's safe to assume, wondered how every retail shop and fast food stand kept their

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Disneyland: The Way We Were
Dateline: 2/1/1988
Part of the magic of the Magic Kingdom, of course, is that despite the slings and arrows peppering the outside world, it somehow remains as seemingly immutable as one of Aristotle's First Causes, or Walt's immortal mouse, whose 60th birthday the

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Do You Believe In Magic?
Dateline: 4/25/1988
Once upon a time in a popular tourist destination called the Magic Kingdom, there lived some very prosperous characters. They were happy all the time (except for Grumpy, but it was his job to be that way). They produced souvenirs, cartoons and

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Time's Stephen Koepp's Cover Story On Disneyland
Dateline: 4/25/1988
Associate Editor Stephen Koepp still likes Pirates of the Caribbean best. "As a kid growing up in Wisconsin, whenever I went to Disneyland, I was always yearning to get out of the boat and join the pirates." As writer of the main story in this

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Disneyland: Everyone Agrees, It's A Great Place To Visit
Dateline: 5/1/1988
Walt Disney's vision of a vacation kingdom that everyone in the family-children, parents, and grandparents alike-could enjoy forever changed the family vacation experience. "Like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass, to step through the portals

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America Sings ( Closed )