VOL. IV - No. 5 September  12, 2008 Online Since 1997

Welcome to our September 2008 Newsletter.  

With the rumors of the Star Tours getting a new film: One of our members sent us a copy of the original 1986 Star Tours Final Film For Production and Programming. We have added it to our Star Tours Page. The video is 6 minutes long. The video was produced by Industrial Light and Magic .

We have added 5 new video clips from the early days of Disneyland including: Matterhorn original single sled Bobsleds splash down, Pirates Of The Caribbean showing the original entrance and a pretty good ride through, opening of the Flying Saucers and the Haunted Mansion with an excellent ride through. Also a short video of the new Mark VII Monorail passing over the Submarine Lagoon.
 New Video Clips

We have added over 10 backstage photos including: 6 photos of inside Fantasmic Control Tower, the new Mark VII Monorail Cockpit, a 1959 aerial photo of the construction of the Submarine Lagoon, Sleeping Beauty Castle with scaffolding for the 1958 refurbishment project. And More!! 
New Backstage Photos

In August we have added 29 new articles. We now have over 750 Disneyland Articles!

Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a new column that will point out a little known area of DLDHistory that may interest you.
This month we present:
 Standard Operating Procedure Manuals

In the over 50 years that Disneyland has been open and with over 500 million people through the gates only only 2 deaths were not attributed to the guests actions. We have created a video presenting the facts for each of  these cases.
Death At Disneyland

We have added over 60 old and new onstage photos including: photos of Indiana Jones And The Secrets Of The Stone Tiger, the original entrance to Pirates Of The Caribbean. Early Dumbo, Peter Pan and Casey Jr. Circus Train.  And More!! 
New Onstage Photos

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I hope you enjoy our latest newsletter and I want to say a big THANK YOU to all that have made a donation, you are the ones that allow DLDHistory to continue growing

--Richard

 
DLDHistory Adds Star Tours Production & Programming Video
 

Star Tours 1986


 
Star Tours

With the rumors of the Star Tours getting a new film: One of our members sent us a copy of the original 1986 Star Tours Final Film For Production and Programming. We have added it to our Star Tours Videos Page. The video is 6 minutes long. The video was used to program the Star Tours Flight Simulator. It is interesting to see the video without "Rex". The video was produced by Industrial Light and Magic .

*Videos Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*

New Backstage Photos 5 New Video Clips

Backstage Photos

We have added over 10 backstage photos including: 6 photos of inside Fantasmic Control Tower, the new Mark VII Monorail Cockpit, a 1959 aerial photo of the construction of the Submarine Lagoon, Sleeping Beauty Castle with scaffolding for the 1958 refurbishment project. And More!! 

Click on the photos above to take you directly to larger images.

*Backstage Photos are available to our Deluxe, Premium, Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*


Matterhorn
 Pirates Of The Caribbean

Disneyland Monorail

Flying Saucers
Haunted Mansion

We have added 5 new video clips from the early days of Disneyland including: Matterhorn original single sled Bobsleds splash down, Pirates Of The Caribbean showing the original entrance and a pretty good ride through, opening of the Flying Saucers and the Haunted Mansion with an excellent ride through. Also a short video of the new Mark VII Monorail passing over the Submarine Lagoon.

Click on the film strips above to take you directly to video.

*Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*

29 New Disneyland Articles
 

New Tourist Thrill No Lines At California Theme Parks
We scooted quickly to the front of Indiana Jones Adventure, Disneyland’s herky-jerky thrill ride designed, I’m sure, by a chiropractor looking for business. We hopped right on Knott’s Berry Farm’s Sierra Sidewinder, a newfangled roller coaster...

Disney Will Close Mcdonalds Restaurants In Anaheim
A spokeswoman says the move is unrelated to the theme park company's push for healthier children's food. McDonald's Corp. is apparently no longer "lovin' it" at the "Happiest Place on Earth." The three McDonald's restaurants at the...

Real House Of The Future Is No Disney Dream
A "House of the Future," a concept of what tomorrow holds for cutting-edge living, usually tells us more about the dreamers than the dream. In the mid-1950s, Disneyland, with the help of Monsanto, cooked up its "House of the Future," nearly...

Disney Raising Theme Park Ticket Prices
As if rising gas and food prices weren't enough, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom will soon cost a few bucks more. Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it would raise one-day ticket prices at its domestic parks starting Sunday. One-day...
Disneyland Prepares To Open Sleeping Beauty Castle
The interior of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland will open in time for the December holiday season, offering guests a “reawakened” version of its classic walkthrough presentation kissed with vibrant scenes of Aurora, her charming prince, the...		 Harriet Burns Who Help Create Disney Rides Dies
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...
Whats Closed Delayed After Quake
Disneyland Rides at Disneyland and California Adventure were temporarily shut down after the tremors. Under the park's normal safety procedures, a spokesman said, after a "moderate earthquake," each individual ride is shut down and tested...		 Interpreter Allows Disney Attractions To Be Fully Enjoyed
Recently, my family returned to California to attend a wedding and take a much-needed vacation. For months my wife and four kids were bubbling with excitement to go to Disneyland. As a native Californian, I went to Disneyland about once or twice a...
New Book Covers Disneyland From A To Z
'The Disneyland Encyclopedia' features entries on popular attractions, trivia and insider secrets. Like most of us, Chris Strodder vividly remembers his first trip to Disneyland, a journey to the Magical Kingdom from Northern California in the...		 One Ringie Dingie Two Ringie Dingies
Yes, I have finally purchased my first cell phone. No, I am not going to tell you the number. I really don't want anyone calling me (more on that later). I didn't buy the danged thing so folks could call me. Well, actually I did. Sort of....
The Future Knocks Again
To get to the front door of the Elias family, the inhabitants of the new Dream Home at Disneyland, you must step onto a revolving walkway and glide past Tom Morrow, a Nathan Lane-voiced robot with a face like a machine-age Arcimboldo and a brush cut...		 Disney New Monorail, Its Transportation Of The Future Still Is
Although the new craft has made appearances, riders will have to wait a little longer. Those yearning to ride Disneyland's long-awaited new monorail found they had to hang on a little longer Saturday. The Mark VII, which had appeared off and on
...
Worker Rescued From Roof At Disneyland
The Anaheim Fire Department responded to Tomorrowland in Disneyland at 7:21 a.m. after reports that a worker fell from a ladder onto a roof. Officials said the worker fell while working on the roof of a gift shop near the Space Mountain...
 New Red Disneyland Monorail Takes First Public Guests Around The Park
At about 5 p.m. today the first members of the public boarded the new Mark VII Monorail at Disneyland’s Tomorrowland station. While some people who went on the first red monorail trip seemed to think it was just another monorail, some guests...
Goth Day To Take Over Disneyland In November
Close to 5,000 ghoulish Goths will descend on Disneyland in November for the 10th Annual Bats Day — a macabre counter-culture celebration that turns the Anaheim theme park into the blackest place on Earth. Bats Day in the Fun Park (popularly...
 Disneyland Artist Pulls Man From Wrecked Semi
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...
Falling Tree Branch Hits People At Disneyland
A tree branch broke and fell onto a pathway last night near the French Market restaurant in the New Orleans Square area of Disneyland. A Disney spokeswoman said it was one branch and that it did not fall directly on anybody. She said that no...		 Disneyland To Celebrate 45th Anniversary Of The Enchanted Tiki Room
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...
Disneyland New Monorail Remains Sidetracked
Every once in a while, visitors to the Magic Kingdom might catch sight of the new, candy-red colored monorail cars gliding overhead. But don't try and get on board. Several months after they were to go into service, the custom-made Mark VII monorail...		 Its Back To The Future At Disneyland
Theme Park Opens $15 Million High-Tech Dream Home, 41 Years After Tearing Down The First Disney has its vision for the future, and in case you're wondering, there are no flying cars or sweet-faced robots anywhere to be found. But...
The Worst Disneyland Ride Of All Time
Our best Disneyland ride post got a nice response, along with a gratuitous dissertation-quality analysis of guys with moustaches who wear white tank tops and jeans shorts. Have to say, that was a nice little detour ... Today, let's talk about...		 Im Going to Disneyland
My wife and I went to Disneyland. Since becoming an adult, this was the first time I was ever there without kids or a joint. No strollers, no giant diaper bags, no getting home and realizing we had left somebody. Also, we had never seen the adjacent...
Step Into House Of The Future At Disneyland Exhibit
But many gadgets in Microsoft-centric Innoventions Dream Home are available now Welcome to 360 Tomorrowland Way, the residence of the Elias family. If you like technology, you'll feel right at home here. Step into the foyer...
 Lifeware Connects Current And Future Technology At Innoventions Dream Home
Lifeware simplifies life for the fictional Elias family and educates visitors about the potential and possibilities for their own digital homes. Lifeware™ is excited to announce its participation in the new Innoventions Dream Home at the...
Disparity Of Passions Unveiled At Disneyland
There are things I can't tell my family. Things they wouldn't understand. They don't know, for example, that elbow-length satin gloves make me warm and tingly inside. They've never noticed how my eyes go swirly-girly at the mention of glass...		 This Dream Home Comes With A Mouse
Jonathan Cluts is the type of guy who once rewired his dorm room to control all the lights from a central switchbox. And as a kid, he thought it would be great to be an "Imagineer," one of the creative minds behind the Disney theme parks. He...
Disneyland Opening Innoventions Dream Home With Help From Microsoft
Disneyland opening new Innoventions Dream Home, with high-tech help from Microsoft, plus its new Toy Story Mania, a 3-D ride based on the popular films Disneyland has seen the future, and the future is now-ish. For its "Innoventions...		 The Best Disneyland Ride Of All Time
After our E Ticket discussion from last week, I thought picking the best Disneyland rides would be fun. I might follow up with a worst rides post, although I'm not sure if I want to relive this again. As I've been riding the local roller...
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*Articles are available to all of our Members.*
Spotlight On DLDHistory.com
 

Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of 
DLDHistory that may interest you.

Standard Operating Procedure Manuals 

We have located two rare Standard Operating Manuals:


Disneyland Monorail Standard Operating Manual

A 31 page Standard Operating Procedure Manual for the Disneyland Monorail. It is dated June 1966. We have scanned all pages. 
Click the above image to view the manual.

 


Pirates Of The Caribbean Standard Operating Manual
A 46 page Standard Operating Procedure Manual for the Pirates Of The Caribbean. It is dated July 1975. We have scanned all pages. Click the above image to view the manual.

*Backstage Photos are available to our Deluxe, Premium, Silver, Bronze and Gold Members.*

Death At Disneyland Videos New Onstage Photos
In the over 50 years that Disneyland has been open and with over 500 million people through the gates only only 2 deaths were not attributed to the guests actions. We have created a video presenting the facts for each of  these cases. 

The first case is from Christmas Eve 1998. Guests were waiting for their first ride of the day on the Sailing Ship Columbia...


Christmas Eve Death At Disneyland

Click the above image to watch the video.
NOTE: DLDHistory.com would like to give special thanks to Ashley Bodine for her assistance in creating the video. 

The second case occurred in 2003 on the thirteenth trip for Big Thunder Train I. M. Brave...


 Death At Disneyland

Click the above image to watch the video.
The voice-over is mine.

Disneyland has the best record of any amusement park. But accidents do happen....

*These videos are available to all of our Members.*


We have added over 60 onstage photos including: photos of Submarine Voyage, Rainbow Mountain Stage Coach, Alice In Wonderland, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Indian Village in Frontierland, Casey Jr. Circus Train and Disneyland Stage Coach. A very rare photo of Keller's Jungle Killers!  And More!! 

Click on the photos below to take you directly to larger images.


Onstage Photos

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