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2006 Disneyland
May 2--The happiest place on earth was extra special today for the 2-billionth visitor.
Emmalee Mason of Colorado was surprised by all the excitement as she arrived at Disneyland Park with her family. She got the golden key to the Magic Kingdom and a lifetime pass to all eleven Disney Parks.
She served as the Grand Marshal in Disneyland's 50th Anniversay Parade.
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Disney Fights Common Carrier Regulations In California
Dateline: 4/8/2005
Dateline: 4/8/2005
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Walt Disney Co. continues to fight against a contention that operators of amusement rides be considered common carriers and as such be held to the utmost standard of care when deciding liability for injuries suffered by riders.
In a
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Family Sues Disneyland After Roller Coaster Accident
Dateline: 1/9/2006
Dateline: 1/9/2006
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Four members of a family involved in a 2004 roller coaster accident sued Disneyland, alleging the theme park failed to follow proper safety procedures on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride.
The lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior
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Disney Paid Eisner $10.1 Million In 2005
Dateline: 1/11/2006
Dateline: 1/11/2006
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Michael Eisner, former chief executive of The Walt Disney Co., received $10.1 million in compensation last year, including a $9.1 million cash bonus, according to the company's annual proxy statement filed Wednesday.Eisner left the company on Oct. 1
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Going To Disneyland? Tips To Keep You Sane
Dateline: 1/13/2006
Dateline: 1/13/2006
Status: Archive
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It's been a little more than a week since we've returned from our family trip to Disneyland. I'm almost scared to admit this, but I'd happily return with my four-year-old son, Nolan and his eight-month-old brother, Quin. Now that we've experienced
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Disney In talks To Buy Pixar
Dateline: 1/19/2006
Dateline: 1/19/2006
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting (Bloomberg, too) today that Disney is in serious talks with Pixar about acquiring the animation studio in a stock deal worth nearly US$7 billion.
Most people have probably heard about the well publicized
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Disney Deal For Pixar Sealed
Dateline: 1/25/2006
Dateline: 1/25/2006
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The Walt Disney Co. will pay $7.4 billion in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios, the companies said Tuesday.
The deal has Steve Jobs, the new-media maverick who is CEO of Pixar and Apple Computer, becoming the 14th member of Disney's
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Disneyland From A to Z
Dateline: 1/31/2006
Dateline: 1/31/2006
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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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Fifty Years And Five Days Of Disneyland
Dateline: 1/31/2006
Dateline: 1/31/2006
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It's hard to say when it was decided to schedule a vacation at Disneyland. A year of pictures dominated by apes, lions and burning flesh-and those were just the kids' movies-probably had something to do with it. In any case, it was time to celebrate
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50 Years Of Disneyland
Dateline: 1/31/2006
Dateline: 1/31/2006
Status: Archive
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Disneyland spokesman Tim O'Day, hired as a parade performer in 1976 and knowledgeable about virtually every Disneyland detail, is practically the grand marshal of the theme park's rich history, including its integration to motion pictures. The
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Captain Jack Sparrow To Join The Pirates At Disneyland
Dateline: 2/3/2006
Dateline: 2/3/2006
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Funny thing, synergy.
It seemed like Disney would have a lot more to work with in constructing a film version of its beloved Haunted Mansion ride than its similarly revered Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Both elaborate "ride-thrus" strewn
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The New Magic Man
Dateline: 2/6/2006
Dateline: 2/6/2006
Status: Archive
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When Walt Disney died in 1966, the big rumor was that he'd been cryogenically frozen, waiting to be revived for that great big beautiful tomorrow promised in the theme song of his "Carousel of Progress" attraction. It was just an urban legend. But
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Country Bears
Dateline: 2/10/2006
Dateline: 2/10/2006
Status: Archive
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You know Disney's suggestion Jar must have come up empty when they start adapting the theme park attractions for films – but that' exactly what they've done with "the Country Bears", conspired a feature length film based around the hoary, slightly
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Official Disneyland Resort Podcast Debuts First Episode Of 2006
Dateline: 2/14/2006
Dateline: 2/14/2006
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The first 2006 episode of the popular "Official Disneyland Resort Podcast" series is now available on computers worldwide. This free monthly Internet-based show is accessible to a global audience. Listeners can also subscribe through the iTunes
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Disney's Longtime Imagineering Chief To Step Down
Dateline: 2/17/2006
Dateline: 2/17/2006
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Martin Sklar, the creative force behind most of Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks, will step down as head of the company's famed Imagineering division, Disney said on Friday.
Sklar, 72, takes on a new role as a recruiter and ambassador for the
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Disney Legend Marty Sklar Leaves His Post At Imagineering
Dateline: 2/19/2006
Dateline: 2/19/2006
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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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No Slowing Down For Dis Imagineer Sklar
Dateline: 2/22/2006
Dateline: 2/22/2006
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If he'd done nothing else in his career, Marty Sklar would rank as a Walt Disney Co. legend because of his exhaustive track record of impressing the heck out of the boss during the years when Walt Disney was achieving his ultimate dream, the launch
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Virtual Magic Kingdom Hits Million Player Mark
Dateline: 2/27/2006
Dateline: 2/27/2006
Status: Archive
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Barely more than seven months after its official launch, Virtual Magic Kingdom, a free multiplayer gaming community inspired by Disney's famous theme parks, has acquired the one-millionth character in its virtual community, Walt Disney Parks and
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Disney Must Supersize Costumes
Dateline: 3/8/2006
Dateline: 3/8/2006
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It's not such a small world after all. As Disneyland celebrates its 50th birthday, the park is grappling with a harsh reality of middle age: Mickey Mouse's entourage has put on a few pounds.
To accommodate the ballooning bodies of American
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Disneywhirl: How Adults Can Maximize The Magic At The Two Parks
Dateline: 3/26/2006
Dateline: 3/26/2006
Status: Archive
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If you experienced a Disney theme park as a child, you might remember the joy of meeting Mickey Mouse, fear at the sight of ghosts in The Haunted Mansion or inevitable end-of-day exhaustion as fireworks burst overhead and Tinkerbell zipped through
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Disney For Adults
Dateline: 4/15/2006
Dateline: 4/15/2006
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Disneyland is a magical place. Fifty years after it opened its doors, it continues to excite and thrill children – and children at heart – the world over.
It's a place where you can truly escape from the world and where you can act like a kid
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Thanks For The Magic Memories
Dateline: 4/30/2006
Dateline: 4/30/2006
Status: Archive
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Some people preserve family memories in scrapbooks and dresser drawers, filling them with vintage photographs of mom and dad, mementos of wartime service, souvenirs of that first trip to Disneyland.
Diane Disney Miller has all that, too -- and
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Readers Recall Visiting Happiest (Or Scariest, Or Friendliest) Place On Earth
Dateline: 4/30/2006
Dateline: 4/30/2006
Status: Archive
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When we asked readers to share their favorite Disneyland moments, we expected to hear about "Snow White's Scary Adventure" and shaking hands with Mickey Mouse.
What we didn't expect were the more poignant moments -- the Vietnam vet overcome by
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Oakland Museum's Disneyland Exhibition
Dateline: 5/4/2006
Dateline: 5/4/2006
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Walter Disney's daughter and a longtime collaborator were in Oakland Wednesday to launch the Oakland Museum of California's new exhibition "Behind the Magic -- 50 Years of Disneyland.''
Diane Disney Miller and Martin (Marty) Sklar, vice
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Disney Parks For Grown-Ups: An Insider's Guide
Dateline: 6/1/2006
Dateline: 6/1/2006
Status: Archive
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Because of my lifelong passion for Disney theme parks, I've become something of a counselor to friends and co-workers considering a visit to Disneyland or Walt Disney World. They'll stop by my office before a vacation to tell me their fears or ask
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Disneyland Autopia Cars Race For Charity At The Indy 500
Dateline: 6/1/2006
Dateline: 6/1/2006
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Checkered flags waved, crowds cheered and engines roared as two American traditions teamed up to celebrate special milestones.
In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary and the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500, "The Happiest Place on Earth"
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Who's Watching The Theme parks?
Dateline: 6/4/2006
Dateline: 6/4/2006
Status: Archive
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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
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Tot Conflict At Disneyland
Dateline: 6/5/2006
Dateline: 6/5/2006
Status: Archive
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There's just something about Disneyland that seems to bring out the worst in people.
I flew down to California for a wedding a couple weeks ago. As the old adage says, "When in Anaheim, go to Disneyland and spend all your money."
It
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During Year Of A Million Dreams Celebration Disney Cast Members To Award A Million Magical Dreams
Dateline: 6/7/2006
Dateline: 6/7/2006
Status: Archive
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From an overnight stay inside Cinderella Castle to a Golden FASTPASS, dreams big and small will come true at Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts during Disney's "Year of a Million Dreams," a first-of-its-kind celebration of the individual
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Disney Has More In Store For Visitors
Dateline: 6/9/2006
Dateline: 6/9/2006
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As Disneyland puts away the 50th anniversary party hats from its 18-month celebration, Walt Disney Co. executives are faced with their next challenge: how to avoid a midlife crisis at the company's theme parks.
Banking on the momentum of their
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Disney's Pirates Ride Gets Controversial Cross-Promotional Makeover
Dateline: 6/19/2006
Dateline: 6/19/2006
Status: Archive
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Back in 1997, Disney angered some of its fans by making the outlaw buccaneers in its popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride less rapey, altering it so that its horny bandits were chasing a meal instead of terrified wench tail. Today's LAT reports
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MSN and Disneyland Resort to Webcast the 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' Red Carpet World Premiere
Dateline: 6/22/2006
Dateline: 6/22/2006
Status: Archive
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MSN® Video will broadcast live the world premiere of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" on Saturday, June 24, from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. PT to a worldwide audience on MSN Video. Pirates of the Caribbean, the popular Disney theme
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Disney Adds More Depp
Dateline: 6/23/2006
Dateline: 6/23/2006
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Hey, isn't that Johnny Depp chasing the serving wench?
When the Pirates of the Caribbean ride reopens June 26 at Disneyland after being shuttered since March, visitors will be treated to bigger cannon explosions, more gold doubloons and an
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Pirates to make splash at park Sequel's actors celebrate premiere at Disneyland.
Dateline: 6/23/2006
Dateline: 6/23/2006
Status: Archive
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Yo ho! Yo ho! It's a pirate's life for O.C.
The stars of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, will take over Disneyland's Main Street on Saturday with a red-carpet stroll to the
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Pirates' Sets Sail At Disneyland
Dateline: 6/25/2006
Dateline: 6/25/2006
Status: Archive
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By 5:30 a.m., Shelley Thompson and Caitlin Bruffey were already on a mission at Disneyland - to see Johnny Depp.
The 17-year-old Orange girls, sporting yellow T-shirts stating: "Captain Jack is Back," camped out all day on a blanket along the
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1955: Disney's Tomorrowland Features Circarama
Dateline: 6/27/2006
Dateline: 6/27/2006
Status: Archive
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June 27, 1955: In preparation for the opening of Disneyland, Walt Disney studios unveiled Circarama, a film projection technique to be used in the park's Tomorrowland.
"Eleven projectors utilizing 16-millimeter film were called into service to
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McDisney's Happy Ending
Dateline: 6/28/2006
Dateline: 6/28/2006
Status: Archive
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McDonald's Corp. and Walt Disney Co. have been promoting each other's offerings for nearly 20 years. And that makes breaking up hard to do.
But the end of their exclusive 10-year relationship has arrived. And while launching the last official
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A Ride On Disneyland's Reimagined Attraction
Dateline: 6/29/2006
Dateline: 6/29/2006
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A ride on Disneyland's reimagined attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, leaves one singing the Yo Ho song as never before. The overlay is, in a word, terrific.
Timed to promote this summer's sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,
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Mouse Ears Get New Looks
Dateline: 6/29/2006
Dateline: 6/29/2006
Status: Archive
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For more than 50 years, Disney barely touched the design of the classic and iconic black mouse ears that have been among its top-selling souvenirs.
"How much do you change a popular (product)?" said Marianne Sharpe, vice president of
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Revamped Pirates Ride Sets Sail
Dateline: 6/29/2006
Dateline: 6/29/2006
Status: Archive
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They're doing more than just swabbing the decks in the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Disneyland's venerable attraction - the last one built under the creative supervision of Walt Disney - now has a special-effects makeover, new wrinkles in the story
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Who Needs Special Effects When You Can Hire A Magician?
Dateline: 6/30/2006
Dateline: 6/30/2006
Status: Archive
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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
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23-year-old Disneyland Die-Hard Still Feels Magic
Dateline: 7/6/2006
Dateline: 7/6/2006
Status: Archive
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Sometimes he makes the two- to three-hour drive just for dinner. Lorenzo Salazar, 23, of Bakersfield goes to Disneyland at least two times a month, but in the last week, he has gone four times.
"For as long as I can remember, I've loved
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Yo-ho, Yo-ho, No Pirate's Life For Me
Dateline: 7/6/2006
Dateline: 7/6/2006
Status: Archive
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Say what you will about the Mouse, but Disneyland knows how to throw a party. Their ability to pander to the media is rivaled only by a handful of seasoned pimps in Southeast Asia, and even they struggle to keep up. For every whim and request
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Classic Disney Ride Adds A New Pirate
Dateline: 7/7/2006
Dateline: 7/7/2006
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Call it the "Pirates of the Caribbean featuring Capt. Jack Sparrow."
The anticipated reworking of Walt Disney World's classic ride Pirates of the Caribbean is complete and ready for a grand reopening today - the same day Pirates of the
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Disneyland Resort Debuts First-Ever Video Podcast; Introduces Newest Episode of Its Popular Audio Podcast
Dateline: 7/11/2006
Dateline: 7/11/2006
Status: Archive
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Following the groundbreaking precedent of its popular monthly audio podcasts the Disneyland Resort in Southern California today introduces a new monthly series of video podcasts that will bring all the magic and fun of "The Happiest Place on Earth"
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A Magic Day
Dateline: 7/13/2006
Dateline: 7/13/2006
Status: Archive
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A magician can pull a rabbit out of a hat, he can cut a woman in half, and he can even make a grown man disappear-I've seen it. But I can't say I really believe in magic. That is, I didn't believe in magic until my wife and I recently took our son
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Ever Wonder
Dateline: 7/18/2006
Dateline: 7/18/2006
Status: Archive
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Q: Ever wonder who or what Captain EO is?
A: Captain EO was a 3-D film that debuted at Disneyland in 1986. It starred Michael Jackson as Captain EO and Anjelica Huston as The Supreme Leader.
The film, which lasted about 17 minutes,
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Noaa National Weather Service Declares Disneyland Resort Stormready
Dateline: 7/26/2006
Dateline: 7/26/2006
Status: Archive
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Officials from the NOAA National Weather Service have declared Disneyland Resort in California as a StormReady community. Along with the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the Disneyland Resort joins more than 1,070 StormReady communities
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The Mice That Roared
Dateline: 7/31/2006
Dateline: 7/31/2006
Status: Archive
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They weren't exactly Hollywood's idea of a power couple: Disney CEO Robert Iger, once derided as a "suit," and studio chief Richard Cook, who got his start as a monorail operator at Disneyland. But last week Iger and Cook dropped a bomb bigger than
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