DCA Grand Opening Coverage

Disney's Electrical Parade

Disney's Electrical Parade - The Parade Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (7/3/2001)
More than 100 pictures and 15 videos from the first Disney's Electrical Parade at Disney's California Adventure.

Disney's Electrical Parade - The Opening Ceremony Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (7/3/2001)
Coverage of the opening ceremonies including a complete transcript, a complete video and pictures.

Forever Magical Rebekah Moseley (7/3/2001)
In "Confessions of an MSEP Fan" Rebekah shares her feelings after seeing the first Disney's Electrical Parade at Disney's California Adventure

More Views of Disney's Electrical Parade Doobie Moseley (7/6/2001)
Includes pictures at Sunshine Court and Paradise Pier.

Pictorials and Reviews

DCA's Grizzly Peak Recreation Area Doobie Moseley (5/10/2001)
An upclose look at DCA's Grizzly Peak Recretional Area including interviews with two of the Imagineers that worked on it.

Grand Californian Update - January 11, 2001 Doobie and Rebekah Moseley (1/11/2001)
More pictures from inside Disney's Grand Californian Hotel including in-room pictures, exterior pictures and pictures of the concierge.

Review: Disney's Grand Californian Hotel John Frost (1/4/2001)
John Frost reviews the new hotel at the Disneyland Resort. This review discusses the decor and amenities of the hotel available to all Disneyland Resort visitors.

Guest Review of Disney's California Adventure Daniel Kaplan (1/30/2001)
LaughingPlace.com staff member Daniel Kaplan gives his opinion on the attractions of Disney's California Adventure.

Forever Magical Rebekah Moseley (1/24/2001)
Rebekah shares her favorite memories from her first trip to Disney's California Adventure.

Editor's Report Doobie Moseley (1/22/2001)
More of Doobie's impressions of Disney's California Adventure.

Editor's Report Doobie Moseley (1/9/2001)
Doobie's first impressions of Disney's California Adventure.

California Adventure Update - January 26, 2001 Doobie Moseley (1/26/2001)
Another pictorial update from Disney's California Adventure, this time featuring Paradise Pier.

California Adventure Update - January 29, 2001 Doobie Moseley (1/29/2001)
Another pictorial update from Disney's California Adventure, this time featuring the Entrance Plaza, the Hollywood Pictures Backlot District and some Merchandise

California Adventure Update - January 31, 2001 Doobie Moseley (1/31/2001)
Another pictorial update from Disney's California Adventure, this time featuring all of ther Golden State districts.

The West Side of the Kingdom Rick West (2/21/2001)
This month Rick looks at what's right and (mostly) wrong with Disney's California Adventure.

Interviews

An Interview With Steven Davison - Part 2 Doobie Moseley (6/12/2001)
Part two of our interview with Steven Davison, creator of Eureka! A California Adventure Parade and "Believe...There's Magic in the Stars".

An Interview With Steven Davison - Part 1 Doobie Moseley (6/5/2001)
Part one of our interview with Steven Davison, creator of Eureka! A California Adventure Parade and "Believe...There's Magic in the Stars".

An Interview with Imagineer Tim Delaney Doobie Moseley (3/13/2001)
Tim Delaney designed the Entrance Plaza and Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure.

An Interview with Imagineer Neil Engel Doobie Moseley (3/16/2001)
Neil Engel was the show producer for Superstar Limo and the ABC Soap Opera Bistro and he talked with us about those and the rest of the Hollywood Pictures Backlot District at Disney's California Adventure.

Condor Flats Imagineer Interviews Doobie Moseley (3/20/2001)
Condor Flats and Soarin' Over California are in the spotlight in this article featuring interviews with Imagineer Alec Scribner - Condor Flats and Soarin' Over California show producer and Imagineer Mark Sumner - Mechanical Director for Soarin' Over California.

Grand Opening Reports

DCA's Opening Day Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/8/2001)
Coverage of all the opening day festivities at Disney's California Adventure including complete video of the opening ceremony, more than 80 pictures and three interviews.

ABC Soap Opera Bistro Grand Opening Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/16/2001)
Coverage of the Grand Opening of ABC Soap Opera Bistro featuring the stars of ABC's daytime soaps.

Soarin' Over Californian Grand Opening Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/16/2001)
Coverage of the Grand Opening of Soarin' Over California.

Golden Dreams Grand Opening Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/14/2001)
Coverage of the Grand Opening of Golden Dreams including complete video, Whoopi Goldberg and a live version of the Just One Dream.

Muppet*Vision 3D Grand Opening Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/15/2001)
Coverage of the Grand Opening of Muppet*Vision 3D including Kermit the Frog!

The Grand Californian Grand Opening Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/13/2001)
Coverage of the Grand Opening of Disney's Grand California Hotel including a complete video of the opening, interviews and many pictures from around the hotel including the Presidential Suite.

DCA's Grand Opening Red Carpet Rebekah and Doobie Moseley (2/9/2001)
On the eve of DCA's opening dozens of stars made their way into a private party in Paradise Pier, and we've got dozens of photos of their red carpet entry.

The DCA Grand Opening Sleepover John Frost (2/12/2001)
John reports on the sleepover in the parking structure and inside Disneyland the night before DCA's Grand Opening.

 

 

Laughing Place Podcast
On this week's show the LPP crew discuss their rides on Toy Story Mania, Disney's financial results, an outing to Arabian Nights and the Disney Channel Games Concert plus the Captain's Challenge and a 50 word or less review of Iron Man.


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