January 8--Disneyland admited their 500 millionth guest: Bill Trow and family from Wentworthville, Australia They received a lifetime of free entry pass also were treated to lunch and dinner and gained VIP access to amusements.

Chuck Boyajian first man to be in charge of establishing and maintaining Disneyland's spotless clean reputation.

John Hench the man with the most influence excluding Walt Disney on designing Disnelyand and a 60 year career at Disney dies at age 95

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July 9--Disney park artist Sam McKim dies

Sam McKim, an artist who drew the first souvenir maps of Disneyland in 1954 and the preliminary sketches for many Disney theme park rides, has died. He was 79. McKim was one of the first park designers who became known as "Imagineers." He died of heart failure, The Walt Disney Co. said. McKim joined Disney in 1954 and his sketches inspired the designers of attractions, shops and restaurants for the original Disneyland. He produced sketches of all four attractions Disney built for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. His artwork contributed to the story development of several pavilions at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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Looking Back The Year In Tomorrow
Dateline: 1/2/2004
Was a time when Tomorrow was big. Back in the '60s and '70s, despite-or perhaps because of-Vietnam and nuclear missiles, Tomorrow was a good place to be. They even gave it a name: Tomorrowland. Unlike the rest of Disneyland's fluff, Tomorrowland had

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Disney Readies Ride To Reopen
Dateline: 2/21/2004
The Big Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland is expected to reopen in March, six months after an accident on the train killed a man and injured 10 others. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is scheduled to inspect the Big

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Disneyland Purists Decry Tame Teacups In Fantasyland
Dateline: 2/29/2004
The teacup ride has turned tame and longtime fans of the Fantasyland attraction are not happy. The Mad Tea Party ride with 18 giant spinning teacups was recently modified in the name of safety to make it harder for people to spin.

The

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Security Gates Going Up At Disneyland
Dateline: 3/10/2004
Reality is coming to Disneyland's fantasy world, in the form of permanent security gates. Bowing to terrorism fears, the Walt Disney Co. plans to build the gates at the Disneyland Resort next fall. The company had resisted security gates around

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Disneyland Thunder Mountain Roller Coaster Reopens
Dateline: 3/10/2004
Disneyland on Wednesday reopened its Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster, which crashed last September, killing one man. The coaster, which looks like a train, partially derailed when the locomotive broke free from cars in tow. An

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A Little Patch Of Heaven (Big Thunder Ranch) ( Opened )

Snow White An Enchanting Musical ( Opened )

Two Trains Collide In The Station 3 Injured
Injury
Date: July 08, 2004
Three injured passengers, who complained of neck and back pains, were a family of Canadians, including a 44-year-old woman, a 42-year-old man and a 10-year old boy, when two trains collide in the station. They were »

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Mayra Perez Knocked Unconscious
Injury
Date: December 27, 2004
Mayra Perez, 34 – was knocked unconscious and taken to Western Medical Center in Anaheim. Three other people were treated at the scene after they were struck by a Disneyland parade "Genie" float. "A Christmas »

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