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Disneyland Timeline Year
1998 Disneyland
May 21--The new Tomorrowland opens. 40 past and present U.S. Astronauts attend.
Marvin Davis worked closest to Walt Disney on Disneyland's layout and design , dies in Santa Monica at age 97
| Articles: | 11 |
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| Attractions Opened: | 9 |
| Attractions Closed: | 3 |
| Restaurants Opened: | 1 |
| Restaurants Closed: | 2 |
| Deaths: | 1 |
| Injuries: | 3 |
Events
| Events:1 | ||
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May
May 21--The new Tomorrowland opens. 40 past and present U.S. Astronauts attend.
Marvin Davis worked closest to Walt Disney on Disneyland's layout and design , dies in Santa Monica at age 97
Advertising
| Advertising:2 | ||
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Map
Light Magic Viewing Locations
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Articles
| Articles:11 | See All Articles | |
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Theme Park Shoot Out
Dateline: 4/6/1998
Dateline: 4/6/1998
Status: Archive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
The sign out front says it's "The Happiest Place on Earth." These days, Disneyland, Walt Disney Co.'s Anaheim (Calif.) flagship, is also one of the most construction-happy places on earth. Workers in bulldozers crisscross the 100 acres that used to
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All Our Yesterdays
Dateline: 5/25/1998
Dateline: 5/25/1998
Status: Archive
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The future isn't what it used to be. Take Tomorrowland. When it opened in 1955 as one of the five original sections of Disneyland, Walt Disney himself
appeared on the live opening-day telecast and promised "a step into the future with constructive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
Disneyland Opens Expanded, Refurbished Tomorrowland
Dateline: 5/29/1998
Dateline: 5/29/1998
Status: Archive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
Disneyland of Southern California's refurbished Tomorrowland opened on May 22, 1998. Many of the area's classic attractions have been updated, and new attractions have been added. The new attractions include a simulated rocket ride, an interactive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
Disney Reinvents The Future
Dateline: 6/15/1998
Dateline: 6/15/1998
Status: Archive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
For the third time in its history, Disneyland has opened a revamped Tomorrowland. Gone are the impersonal chrome and steel of the old structures,
along with the Mission to Mars ride, the PeopleMover and the Circle-Vision
theater. In their place,
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
How Disney Makes It's Employees Feel Warm And Fuzy
Dateline: 7/20/1998
Dateline: 7/20/1998
Status: Archive
(Requires DLDHistory Deluxe or higher membership)
Over the past few weeks, parade workers at Disneyland Paris have been protesting that their pay is inadequate to their labors, thereby combining an American tradition--dressing up in silly costumes--with a French one: going on strike. Senior
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Attraction Openings And Closings
| Attractions: Opened: 9 Closed: 3 | See All Openings and Closings | |
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American Space Experience
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Opened
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Animazement
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Opened
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Ariel's Grotto
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Opened
)
Astro Orbitor
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Opened
)
Chip 'N Dale Acorn Ball Crawl
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Closed
)
Chip 'N Dale Tree House
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Opened
)
Cosmic Waves
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Opened
)
Hunchback Of Notre Dame Festival of Fools
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Closed
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Innoventions
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Opened
)
Deaths And Injuries
| Deaths: 1 Injuries: 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
Luan Phi Dawson Hit By Ship Cleat
Death
Date: December 24, 1998
Two Disneyland visitors suffered critical injuries when a metal cleat broke loose from the Columbia Sailing Ship in Frontierland, snapping like a rubber band into a crowd of visitors. Luan Phi Dawson, 48, and Lieu »
Death
Date: December 24, 1998
Two Disneyland visitors suffered critical injuries when a metal cleat broke loose from the Columbia Sailing Ship in Frontierland, snapping like a rubber band into a crowd of visitors. Luan Phi Dawson, 48, and Lieu »
4-Year-Old Boy Injured Falling From Ride
Injury
Date: December 24, 1998
A 4-year-old boy from the Palos Verdes Peninsula was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange after he fell off the carousel. He suffered from a »
Injury
Date: December 24, 1998
A 4-year-old boy from the Palos Verdes Peninsula was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange after he fell off the carousel. He suffered from a »
Deborah Bynum Suffers A Brain Hemorrhage
Injury
Date: November 28, 1998
Deborah Bynum of San Diego alleges a brain hemorrhage was caused by the Indiana Jones ride June 21, 2001--Deborah Bynum settled a lawsuit out of »
Injury
Date: November 28, 1998
Deborah Bynum of San Diego alleges a brain hemorrhage was caused by the Indiana Jones ride June 21, 2001--Deborah Bynum settled a lawsuit out of »
David Fackler Foot Crushed
Injury
Date: March 10, 1998
David Fackler, 5, suffered a serious foot injury at the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. His toes are later »
Injury
Date: March 10, 1998
David Fackler, 5, suffered a serious foot injury at the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. His toes are later »
Parade Openings And Closings
| Parades: Opened: 1 Closed: 3 | ||
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Photo Gallery Onstage
| Onstage Photos:16 | See All Onstage Photos | |
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Treehouse
Honey, I Shrunk The Audience Entrance
Space Mountain
Space Mountain
Photo Gallery Backstage
| Backstage Photos:18 | See All Backstage Photos | |
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Guests Being Evacuated
Control Cables
Scaffolding For Construction
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Video Gallery
| Videos:2 | ||
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Includes behind the scenes interview
(22:00 1998)
Full show from center stage
(25:00 1998)
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