VOL. V - No. 9 September 8, 2009 Online Since 1997

 


ThrillMountain Software Staff
Welcome to our September 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!

DLDHistory 2K9: This column will point out some new features at DLDHistory.com.  This month we talk about: W3c Compliancy,  Attraction Comments, Webmaster Tools. Each month we will have special offers to save you money on account upgrades. This month we have a special offer: Enter newsletter for the promo-code and get 10% off all account upgrades. Also we are reducing our Silver and Bronze account prices by as much as 75%   Click Here For More Information 


Account Selection: Are you not sure which DLDHistory.com account fits your needs? Try our NEW Account Selection Wizard

Top Story: The Top Story this month is a complete show video of Country Bear Vacation.  Country Bear Vacation Hoedown which was presented in the Country Bear Playhouse from 1986 until 2001 when the theater became the Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh. This video is 13 minutes long.  Country Bear Vacation Hoedown Video.

Guest Columnists: Robert Baca and DLander In Time are taking a break this month. They will be back next month with all new exclusive articles.  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 4 new videos. These videos are time lapse videos from 1954-1955 of the construction of the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Jungle Cruise and the rarest piece construction of Flight To The Moon.... and Much Much More!!  New Videos 

Disneyland In The News: In August we added 10 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: Space Mountain TV   Space Mountain TV Video

Backstage Photos: We have added 3 new backstage photos. Construction Photos of the Dream Suite located in the old Disney Gallery above the Pirates Of The Caribbean.  . .. and Much Much More!!     New Backstage Photos

Onstage Photos: We have added 29 new onstage photos: 4 photos of Gadgets Go Coaster. 22 photos of Pixie Hollow the latest attraction at Disneyland. Including a great photo of Tinkerbell and her house. A photo of the Starcade and Frontierland Shooting Exposition and the Disney Radio Booth the was located in Tomorrowland. ...and lots more!! New Onstage Photos

Parade Photos: We have added 1 3 new parade photos. Great photos of the Mulan Parade that began in 1998 .. and Much Much More!!  New Parade Photos

Death At Disneyland Videos: In the almost 55 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

Disneyland History DVD: We are working on creating a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD will be a 3-4 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

Previous Newsletters: Have you missed one of our Newsletters? In this newsletter we have included links to our Previous Newsletters.

 Follow Us:  You can now follow us on Twitter, facebook and myspace. This gives you more ways to find out the exciting things happening at DLDHistory.com. Find Us On The Web

Thank you everyone for helping us make DLDHistory.com The Most Unique Disneyland History Site.

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
See ya next month...

 

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Country Bear Vacation Hoedown Show Video

Country Bear Vacation Hoedown Show


 Country Bear Vacation Howdown
Country Bear Vacation Hoedown

Country Bear Vacation Hoedown which was presented in the Country Bear Playhouse from 1986 until 2001 when the theater became the Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh. This video is 13 minutes long.  
Country Bear Vacation Hoedown Video 

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

 

Disneyland In The News

Secret Disney: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Goat Trick
Sometimes when you hear secrets about Disney and Disneyland, one wonders could this be true? Then a decision is made that one needs to try it themselves to see if it is real or just talk. Which brings us to the Big Thunder Mountain Goat Trick....
Haunted Mansion Fans Materialize For Ghoulish Fete
Disneyland attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary. "We have nine hundred and ninety-nine happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?" That familiar phrase greeted aficionados and casual fans alike on...
The Princess And The Frog Riverboat Show Coming To Disneyland, Disney World
Disneyland and Walt Disney World plan to add a Mardi Gras-style musical cavalcade called Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee for the 2009 holiday season, according to theme park officials. The jazz-infused “riverboat extravaganza” will debut at Disney World...
Sisters Win Sleepover At Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion
Two sisters from Santa Clarita are set to spend the night in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion in what is believed to be the first time that guests have slept there. Mark and Brian of 95.5 KLOS announced today that Jessica, 12, and Stephanie Sutton,...
Disneyland Hikes Prices Starting Sunday
Single-day visitors to Disneyland Resort theme parks will pay $3 more starting Sunday. The theme parks are hiking their prices as they have done at least once a year for the past five years. The new cost for a single-day pass will increase to...
Disneyland Allows Guests To Sleep In Haunted Mansion
Four brave souls are scheduled to spend the night in Disneyland’s chamber with no windows and no doors. Disneyland is permitting guests to sleep in the Haunted Mansion for what is believed to be the first time as part of the ride’s 40th...
Disneyland Still A Blast, For All Ages
A spectacular fireworks show still lights up the sky over the Fantasyland castle every night at Disneyland in California. THE DISNEY "cast members" (known more commonly as park employees) were directing one-way pedestrian traffic around the...
A Trip Down Memory Lane At Disneyland
Ignore those office emails, forget all about the economy and for an afternoon focus instead on what's really important, especially on vacation — making memories with the kids. Judging by the crowds on a recent sunny day at Disneyland and it's...
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DLDHistory 2K9

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We have completed our new site design 2K9DLDHistory. 

New features: 

Attraction comments: Please help us by leaving comments about your experiences on the different attractions at Disneyland. This will help the people that have never been to Disneyland . If you have never been take a look at the reviews to help you decide which attractions are best for your family.

W3C Compliancy: We are now 100% W3c Compliant! Thank you for your patience. 

New Pricing: We have reduced the price of our Silver and Bronze Accounts. Silver Accounts were $1.67 per month they are now 83 cents per month (for 24 months) That is 50% off!. Our Bronze Accounts have been reduced from $2.50 per month to 83 cents per month (for 36 months). That is a savings of 75%!!! UPGRADE TODAY! Our Deluxe, Premium and GOLD accounts are great values and they remain the same price as before.

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We hope you enjoy the new features and look. This is the result of over 6 months of hard work. Feel free to let us know what you think: Contact Us


 


We have added 4 new videos. These videos are time lapse videos from 1954-1955 of the construction of the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad (3:24), Sleeping Beauty's Castle (2:00), Jungle Cruise (9:52) and the rarest piece construction of Flight To The Moon (2:14).

Click the TV below to take you to the video.

Disneyland &SantaFe Railroad
Flight To The Moon
Jungle Cruise
Sleeping Beauty Castle

 

 

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

 

 

 

29 New Onstage Photos

 

3 New Backstage Photos

Onstage Photos

Click the image above to take you to thumbnail index.

We have added 29 new onstage photos: 4 photos of Gadgets Go Coaster. 22 photos of Pixie Hollow the latest attraction at Disneyland. Including a great photo of Tinkerbell and her house. A photo of the Starcade and Frontierland Shooting Exposition and the Disney Radio Booth the was located in Tomorrowland. ...and lots more!!

*Onstage Photos are available to ALL our Members.*

 

We have added 3 new backstage photos. Construction Photos of the Dream Suite located in the old Disney Gallery above the Pirates Of The Caribbean.  . .. 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.*

 

 

Death At Disneyland VideosDisneyland History DVD
In the almost 55 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...This video has received over 4 million views on YouTube


Death At Disneyland

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

 

More Information about the Big Thunder Mountain Accident:

 

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

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

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

 

 

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 3-4 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

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.*

13 New Parade Photos

Mulan Parade 
Mulan Parade

We have added 13 new parade photos. Great photos of the Mulan Parade that began in 1998 and ran until 1999 .. and Much Much More!! 

Click the image above to take you to thumbnail index.

*Parade Photos are available to ALL 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.

Space Mountain TV Video

Remember the old Space Mountain Queue? There were TV's in the queue with Space Mountain TV playing with funny commercials about space travel. We have a complete video of Space Mountain TV! This is a 16 minute video. Watch and relive the nostalgia of the original Space Mountain Queue!


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


Space Mountain TV

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

 

 

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