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VOL. V - No. 10

October 8, 2009

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ThrillMountain Software Staff
Welcome to our October 2009 Newsletter.

This month I would like to pull back the curtain and introduce everyone to the people that help me keep DLDHistory.com up and running our core ThrillMountain Software Staff. Jazmine is located in Sydney Australia, Raquel is located in Olongapo City Philippines and I am of course located in California although I am flying around the world a lot for business purposes.. You may see some of our emails signed by one of these two wonderful ladies instead of me. The site is growing and we are looking at new features to continue to make DLDHistory.com The Most Unique Disneyland History Site!

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Top Story: The Top Story this month is a ride though of Haunted Mansion 2009. Featururing all your favorite characters from Nightmare Before Christmas. This video is 6 minutes long. Top Story Video.

Robert Baca: Robert Baca is taking a break this month but will be back next month with an exclusive article about his time at Disneyland

DLander In Time: We have a new article from guest columnist: DLander In Time is back with an inside look at the largest refurbishment ever made to Pirates Of The Caribbean. He first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. His third installment is his story about the "When The Mouse Roared Back Part 3" DLander In Time Column

Would you like to be a Guest Columnist for DLDHistory.com use our contact us page and let us know. We are always looking for writers with an unique viewpoint on Disneyland.

New Videos: We have added 5 new videos. Including a sneak peak at Star Tours II which will be open in 2011. A 15 minute video of Mission To Mars. Country Bear Vacation Hoedown which was presented in the Country Bear Playhouse from 1986 until 2001. This video is 13 minutes long. We have also added a video of probably the least reliable and most boring attraction Observatron. The video actually shows one the few times it worked correctly. The video is 1:30 minutes long..... and Much Much More!! New Videos

Disneyland In The News: In September we added 24 new articles. We now have over 900 Disneyland Articles! Disneyland In The News

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. This month we present: Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln Audio Spotlight On DLDHistory

Backstage Photos: We have added 25 new backstage photos. Including 24 Construction Photos of Splash Mountain. 1 great photo of the construction of the short lived Cosmic Waves located from 1998 until 2002 in Tomorrowland. . .. and Much Much More!! New Backstage Photos

Onstage Photos: We have added 17 new onstage photos: including Conestoga Wagons, Mule Pack, Disneyland Stage Coach,11 photos of Fantasmic with close up photos of the new Dragon and Eel! 2 great photos of kids having fun in the old Cosmic Waves ...and lots more!! New Onstage Photos

Disneyland History DVD: We are working on creating a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD will be a 5-6 hour video covering the full history of Disneyland. Including all attraction openings, parades, deaths, injuries, trivia, backstage photos and lots more. To my knowledge no DVD has ever been created with this type of content. We are now offering previews as we put together the DVD. Disneyland History DVD

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--Richard
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DLDHistory Adds Haunted Mansion Holiday 2009 Ride Through Video
Haunted Mansion Holiday Haunted Mansion Holiday A ride though of Haunted Mansion 2009. Featuring all your favorite characters from Nightmare Before Christmas. This video is 6 minutes long. Haunted Mansion Holiday Video *Attraction Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and Gold Members.*

DLDHistory Adds Haunted Mansion Holiday 2009 Ride Through Video

Haunted Mansion Holiday

A ride though of Haunted Mansion 2009. Featuring all your favorite characters from Nightmare Before Christmas. This video is 6 minutes long.
Haunted Mansion Holiday Video

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

DLDHistory Exclusive Articles
When The Mouse Roared Back Part 3 GUEST COLUMNIST "DLander In Time"
So while things were heating up at Disneyland, what was going on over at a relatively secret location in Glendale where all the shows and rides found at Disneyland were created? The newly christened Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) was rapidly expanding staff to handle the massive project load that was building courtesy of the new management structure. WDI is unique in many ways, but one facet of the company different from most, was that it was completely project oriented. As long as there were funded projects, staffing levels accommodated accordingly. Over the decades of the 1960’s through present time, these levels have had the appearance of a roller coaster. During the peak years when Disney was building EPCOT Center , there were over 4,000 employees. After EPCOT opened, there were no other projects on the drafting board, so massive layoffs took place, leaving only a skeleton crew of less than 200 just to keep the lights on in Glendale . What is an interesting sidebar to this is that many of those laid off former Imagineers started up their own firms that to this day provide design and engineering solutions for Disney and Universal. In fact, Universal’s Islands of Adventure is the best Universal theme park, designed and built largely by former Imagineers (including yours truly). ... Click Here To Read Complete Article Other Articles By DLander In Time: When The Mouse Roared Back Part 2 When The Mouse Roared Back! Remembering Disneyland At 30 "DLander In Time" first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. . "DLander In Time" can be contacted at:
*DLDHistory Exclusive Articles are available to all of our Members.*

DLDHistory Exclusive Articles

When The Mouse Roared Back Part 3
GUEST COLUMNIST "DLander In Time"

So while things were heating up at Disneyland, what was going on over at a relatively secret location in Glendale where all the shows and rides found at Disneyland were created? The newly christened Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) was rapidly expanding staff to handle the massive project load that was building courtesy of the new management structure. WDI is unique in many ways, but one facet of the company different from most, was that it was completely project oriented. As long as there were funded projects, staffing levels accommodated accordingly. Over the decades of the 1960’s through present time, these levels have had the appearance of a roller coaster. During the peak years when Disney was building EPCOT Center , there were over 4,000 employees. After EPCOT opened, there were no other projects on the drafting board, so massive layoffs took place, leaving only a skeleton crew of less than 200 just to keep the lights on in Glendale . What is an interesting sidebar to this is that many of those laid off former Imagineers started up their own firms that to this day provide design and engineering solutions for Disney and Universal. In fact, Universal’s Islands of Adventure is the best Universal theme park, designed and built largely by former Imagineers (including yours truly). ...

Click Here To Read Complete Article

Other Articles By DLander In Time:

When The Mouse Roared Back Part 2

When The Mouse Roared Back!

Remembering Disneyland At 30

"DLander In Time" first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. .

"DLander In Time" can be contacted at:

*DLDHistory Exclusive Articles are available to all of our Members.*

Disneyland In The News

More Articles Available Here
Why The New Star Tours Will Honor Your Childhood News that Disney will revamp the Star Wars-themed rides at Disneyland and Disney World comes as a bittersweet announcement. Yeah, the original "shaking movie box" ride got outdated as soon as Back to the Future: The Ride hit Universal Studios. But I...	Disneyland’s New Mr. Lincoln Mixes Technology With Emotion After a long hiatus, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is set to return to its home on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland. Imagineers plan to bring back the attraction with the same charm and nostalgia, but with new technology and more emotion,..
Get Your Turkey Legs At New Food Kiosk There’s not a whole lot of extra space at Disneyland, so it’s always surprising when a new building pops up at the 54-year-old Anaheim theme park. A new food kiosk, wedged next to the Matterhorn roller coaster and the Monorail track, has been...	Disney Announces Upgrades In Anaheim And Major Expansion In Orlando Disney World in Florida will double the size of its Fantasyland, California Adventure will get new attractions, and the Star Tours ride in both states will be upgraded, the company says. Disney unveiled plans today for the largest expansion in...
Disneyland’s Star Tours Ride Set To Turn 3D Disney plans to turn the Star Tours thrill ride into a 3-D adventure at Disneyland, a company official announced today. Jay Rasulo, Walt Disney Parks and Resort chairman, gave the announcement today during a presentation at the D23 Expo, a	Disney Drama In ‘85, my parents took my brother and I for a much anticipated trip to the United States. Being kids, the highlight was naturally the trip to Disneyland in Anaheim. When we arrived there, we saw that the queues to all the rides were...
Christmas In September At Disneyland Labor Day had barely passed, but workers were already setting up holiday decorations at Disneyland. At least temporarily. On Tuesday night, employees put ornaments on a Christmas tree and set up other decorations near the entrance to...	Fantasmic Dragon Set To Debut Tonight At Disneyland — Finally After months of false starts and frustrating anticipation, the Fantasmic dragon will finally take the stage at Disneyland tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009) at 8:15 p.m., according to park officials. Despite top billing, the oft-delayed dragon...
Disneyland Dragon Makes First Public Appearance The Disneyland dragon has finally joined the Fantasmic! show. Tonight, the problematic dragon came out in public for the first time during a water-and-light show on the Rivers of America. Disney officials announced this afternoon that...	Captain's EO's Michael Jackson Singer, Actor Film Has Sprung Back To Life! After Michael Jackson's death, memorials, funeral and wake, his past musical and acting projects are beginning to resurface and take on a life of their very own. One such is that of the short film Captain EO. Captain EO (1986) is a 3-D film...
A Tribute To The Man, Beyond Just The Mouse At first glance the Walt Disney Family Museum, which opens on Oct. 1, would seem a serious, even scholarly endeavor. Financed by the Walt Disney Family Foundation and run by Richard Benefield, the former deputy director of the Harvard University Art...	Dishney: Top 5 Most Avoidable Disneyland Deaths Alright, fine: So it's a little morbid, but since the park's grand opening in 1955, a few hiccups have happened during Disneyland's reign as the Happiest Place on Earth–nine of them, to be exact. Which, statistically speaking, isn't all that bad. We...
Memorable Meeting With Man Behind The Mouse For a kid growing up in the ’50s, “The Mickey Mouse Club” was required TV viewing. Even as an adult, whenever anyone sings “M-I-C-K-E-Y” it’s hard for me to resist finishing the chorus. Come on, you know you want to. I grew up in a small town...	Disneyland’s Main Street Magic Shop Loses Its Magic This time last year, Disneyland guests could stroll into the Main Street Magic Shop and immerse themselves in a mesmerizing world of magic tricks and gag gifts. An enthusiastic cast member would sit at the counter of the intimate yet bustling shop,..
Disneyland Attraction Space Mountain Closing on September 8! Attention Disney Space Mountain attraction riders, you need to get to Disneyland immediately to get your fix. Unless you want to wait a month to ride the attraction as it is about to be closed According to the Disneyland website, the Space...	Disneyland And Twitter: RU Having Gr8 Time On Disney Attractions? Twitter can be seen at Disneyland prominently. Just look around the Disneyland Resort once you enter the gates and at any attraction to see how the technology age has brought Disneyland to a different level. Kids and adults are on their hand held...
Disney Magic, West Coast Style We were halfway through the six-hour flight from Newark to the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA when I began to question our decision to haul our two kids, ages 8 and 16 months, clear across country to visit Disneyland. True, it’s a shorter...	Chilling Halloween Changes At Space Mountain, Spooky New Fireworks Plus Favorite Halloween Traditions Halloween Time Returns Sept. 25 as Mickey and Pals and Disney Villains Transform Parks for the Season Spooky new fireworks and ghoulish screams at Space Mountain add to the fun when Halloween Time returns to Disneyland Resort Sept. 25-Nov. 1...
6 Not To Miss Disneyland Treats: Your Tastebuds Will Thank You Disneyland is one of those exciting places where they test all your sensorys so you get the full experience. You can look, hear, feel and even taste the best that Disney has to offer. It doesn't matter what day you choose to enjoy the...	5 Tips For A Perfect Day At Disneyland If you are planing to go to Disneyland this week, you need these tips. The Disneyland Resort is busy, but not packed. That's right, you won't see 2 hour line at any attraction. In fact, I waited ONLY 20 minutes getting into the submarine ride -- and...
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We have added 5 new videos. Including a sneak peak at Star Tours II which will be open in 2011. A 15 minute video of Mission To Mars. Country Bear Vacation Hoedown which was presented in the Country Bear Playhouse from 1986 until 2001. This video is 13 minutes long. We have also added a video of probably the least reliable and most boring attraction Observatron. The video actually shows one the few times it worked correctly. The video is 1:30 minutes long.

Click the TV below to take you to the video.

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

17 New Onstage Photos	25 New Backstage Photos
Onstage Photos Click the image above to take you to thumbnail index. We have added 17 new onstage photos: including Conestoga Wagons, Mule Pack, Disneyland Stage Coach,11 photos of Fantasmic with close up photos of the new Dragon and Eel! 2 great photos of kids having fun in the old Cosmic Waves . ...and lots more!! *Onstage Photos are available to ALL our Members.*	We have added 25 new backstage photos. Including 24 Construction Photos of Splash Mountain. 1 great photo of the construction of the short lived Cosmic Waves located from 1998 until 2002 in Tomorrowland.. . .. and Much Much More!! Click the image below to take you to thumbnail index. Backstage Photos Backstage Photos are available to our Deluxe, Premium, Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.**

17 New Onstage Photos

25 New Backstage Photos

Onstage Photos

Click the image above to take you to thumbnail index.

We have added 17 new onstage photos: including Conestoga Wagons, Mule Pack, Disneyland Stage Coach,11 photos of Fantasmic with close up photos of the new Dragon and Eel! 2 great photos of kids having fun in the old Cosmic Waves . ...and lots more!!

*Onstage Photos are available to ALL our Members.*

We have added 25 new backstage photos. Including 24 Construction Photos of Splash Mountain. 1 great photo of the construction of the short lived Cosmic Waves located from 1998 until 2002 in Tomorrowland.. . .. and Much Much More!!

Click the image below to take you to thumbnail index.

Backstage Photos

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

Disneyland History DVD
I was looking at DLDHistory one day and realizing the huge amount of content that we have that no other site has. The problem is trying to sort through all of it and put together a nice time line of the History of Disneyland. I also watched most of the Disneyland Historical DVD's available, official and unofficial. None of the DVD's seem to have the complete history of Disneyland including backstage photos and information about deaths and injuries rare video clips etc. We are working on creating a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD will be a 5-6 hour video covering the full history of Disneyland. Including all attraction openings, parades, deaths, injuries, trivia, backstage photos and lots more. To my knowledge no DVD has ever been created with this type of content. We are now offering previews as we put together the DVD. The previews are low resolution working copies. The voice over has not been added yet. We will add background music and a few more edits. We will add more chapters as they are completed. The table of contents of the DVD will be: Chapter I-Title Chapter II-Before Disneyland Includes rare video clips from Coney Island and Pacific Ocean Park Chapter III 1955-1959 Opening Day Frontierland Tomorrowland Adventureland Fantasyland Chapter IV 1960-1969 Chapter V 1970-1979 Chapter VI 1980-1989 Chapter VII 1990-1999 Chapter VIII 2000-2009 Chapter IX The Future Chapter X Credits Chapter XI Extras One very unique feature that will be available on our DVD is a quick way to access additional information on DLDHistory.com about an attraction. The final DVD will be a high definition video. We are predicting that the DVD should be complete early 2010. DVD Previews Can Be Seen HERE DVD Previews are available to our Bronze and GOLD Members.**

Disneyland History DVD

I was looking at DLDHistory one day and realizing the huge amount of content that we have that no other site has.

The problem is trying to sort through all of it and put together a nice time line of the History of Disneyland. I also watched most of the Disneyland Historical DVD's available, official and unofficial. None of the DVD's seem to have the complete history of Disneyland including backstage photos and information about deaths and injuries rare video clips etc.

We are working on creating a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD will be a 5-6 hour video covering the full history of Disneyland. Including all attraction openings, parades, deaths, injuries, trivia, backstage photos and lots more. To my knowledge no DVD has ever been created with this type of content.

We are now offering previews as we put together the DVD. The previews are low resolution working copies. The voice over has not been added yet. We will add background music and a few more edits. We will add more chapters as they are completed. The table of contents of the DVD will be:

Chapter I-Title
Chapter II-Before Disneyland
Includes rare video clips from Coney Island and Pacific Ocean Park
Chapter III 1955-1959
Opening Day
Frontierland
Tomorrowland
Adventureland
Fantasyland
Chapter IV 1960-1969
Chapter V 1970-1979
Chapter VI 1980-1989
Chapter VII 1990-1999
Chapter VIII 2000-2009
Chapter IX The Future
Chapter X Credits
Chapter XI Extras

One very unique feature that will be available on our DVD is a quick way to access additional information on DLDHistory.com about an attraction. The final DVD will be a high definition video. We are predicting that the DVD should be complete early 2010.

DVD Previews Can Be Seen HERE

*DVD Previews are available to our Bronze and GOLD 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.
Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln Audio We have located the full audio from the Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln. The audio is from 2004 and is a 30 minute clip. Sit back close your eyes and listen. Enjoy… Click on the images below to take you directly to audio. Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
*Audio Clips are available to our Premium, Silver, Bronze and GOLD 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.

Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln Audio

We have located the full audio from the Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln. The audio is from 2004 and is a 30 minute clip. Sit back close your eyes and listen. Enjoy…

Click on the images below to take you directly to audio.

Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln

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

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