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Monday, August 25th, 2008Disney recently announced that the Disneyland Hotel will offer “character quarters” for kids.
These new quarters are standard, smaller guest rooms that have a connecting door adjacent to a standard guest room. By reserving these types of rooms, guests are guaranteed connecting room.
Each “Character Quarters” room has a themed TV and two twin beds with either […]
Blue Monorail out testing, Ariel’s Meet & Greet area closed for new Tinker Bell area
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008At Disneyland, the blue monorail with purple windows is one of three new Mark 7 Monorails coming to the park — the first of those, in the color red, opened a few weeks ago. No word has been given by Disney on when the blue or third, orange, monorails will open to the public.
Screamscape’s post […]
32 picketers arrested outside Disneyland
Friday, August 15th, 2008Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth. The arrest of the 32 protesters, many of whom wore costumes representing famous Disney characters, came […]
Disneyland to close another food joint
Friday, August 15th, 2008A week after disclosing plans to shutter three McDonald’s in its two Anaheim theme parks, Disneyland has now said it will shutter a fine dining eatery at California Adventure.The upscale The Vineyard Room at the Golden Vine Winery — which was once sponsored by Robert Mondavi — will close Aug. 31, Disneyland spokeswoman Betsy Sanchez […]
Three big changes planned for the Disneyland Resort
Saturday, August 9th, 2008The Sun Wheel in Disney’s California Adventure is expected to get a facelift, Tinkerbell will push out the Little Mermaid and the Orange Stinger will turn silly.
Plans for renovations and additions at Disney’s California Adventure will include re-theming the Sun Wheel as Mickey’s Fun Wheel and the Orange Stinger as a Silly Symphonies-based ride. Also, […]
Disneyland to McDonald’s: Get out
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Mickey Mouse is booting burger giant McDonald’s from his two Orange County theme parks.Officials at both Disneyland and McDonald’s have confirmed with the Orange County Register.
“As part of a planned refurbishment, three McDonald’s-branded quick service restaurants in Disneyland Resort — Burger Invasion, Conestoga Fries and Harbour Galley — will close on September 2,” Betsy Sanchez, […]
Disney Character Breakfasts for a Family of Four for FREE!
Thursday, August 7th, 2008During the month of August, United Vacations is including up to four free Disney Character Breakfasts with vacations booked to the Disneyland(R) Resort in Anaheim, California.
To receive this offer customers must enter promo code FREE at the time of purchase and include the following items in their vacation package upon checkout:
Earthquake shuts down rides at Disneyland Resort
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008An earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.4, means all attractions in Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure were shut down immediately.The quake was centered about five miles northeast of Yorba Linda, made buildings shudder in downtown Los Angeles, and was felt as far away as Las Vegas. All attractions were immediately shut down, and any […]
Disney announces Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough
Friday, July 18th, 2008Disney, celebrating its 53rd anniversary, unveiled plans to bring back the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough, which was closed in 2001.
At a press conference this morning in the Lincoln Theater on Main Street at Disneyland, Imagineers showed for the first time clips from the new, digitally restored “Sleeping Beauty” and described some of the features of […]
Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland could get “Crystal Skull” touches
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Crystal skulls may be added to the Indiana Jones Adventure attraction in Disneyland, but the “Summer of Hidden Mysteries” will end after this summer. Glenn Kelman, a Disney Entertainment Productions senior show producer, talked about the Indiana Jones touches added to Adventureland for the summer. First, he said that the “Summer of Hidden Mysteries” will […]
Disneyland #1 in park poll
Monday, July 7th, 2008Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., was voted the world’s best theme park, but its Florida counterpart Walt Disney World and rival Universal Orlando also were honored in results released late last week of an annual Internet-based poll.
ThemeParkInsider.com is a consumer guide to theme parks that claims more than 20,000 registered members. Its poll drew 75,000 Internet […]
New red Disneyland monorail takes first public guests around the park
Friday, July 4th, 2008At about 5 p.m. last night 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 were thrilled to be on the new train. Disney marked the arrival of the […]
Innoventions Dream Home opens to the public
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Innoventions Dream Home is open to the public starting today, according to Disney Spokesman John McClintock.On June 17 Disney pulled back the curtain on the new Innoventions Dream Home, but the attraction was only open for limited hours and only to annual passholders. McClintock said the home was open to regular guests for some […]
Tree branch falls near people at Disneyland
Friday, June 27th, 2008A 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 on anybody. She said that no more than five people were near the branch when it fell. […]
Union members dress up, protest at Disneyland
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Members of the union representing 2,300 workers at three Disneyland hotels dressed as cartoon characters and protested at the park Tuesday morning. The pickets are part of an ongoing effort by the union to influence contract talks that are underway between the union, Unite Here Local 681, and Disney management.”Talks have progressively gotten worse,” said […]
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