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Video: Inside Walt's Disneyland Apartment with Daughter Diane Disney Miller
From the Disney Parks YouTube Channel...
It's a source of history and lore here at Disneyland park - a place many people have heard about but few have seen. But your chance is here to take a peek inside Walt Disney's famous apartment - above the Fire Dept. on Main Street, U.S.A. - with his daughter, Diane Disney Miller! Here's a special sneak peek of the interview. See the whole thing in the "Lady and the Tramp" Diamond Edition - now available on Blu-ray and DVD!
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Posted: Tue 2/7/2012 5:29p • permalink • Discuss It
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A Look Back at Disneyland's Afternoon Avenue
Jim Hill takes a look back at the early 90s Afternoon Avenue and Afternoon Avenue - Live! at Disneyland including lots of fun photos.
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Posted: Tue 11/15/2011 8:41a • permalink • Discuss It
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Mary Blair: Why She Was 'Walt Disney's favorite artist'
The Christian Science Monitor looks back at the career of Disney artist Mary Blair who would've turned 100 years old last week.
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Posted: Mon 10/24/2011 6:53p • permalink • Discuss It
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A Tribute to Betty Taylor & Wally Boag at Disneyland Park
The Official Disney Parks blog reports on a last week's celebration at Disneyland saluting two legends from the Golden Horseshoe Revue - Wally Boag and Betty Taylor.
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Posted: Wed 8/24/2011 8:15p • permalink • Discuss It
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When The Yippies Invaded Disneyland
Jim Hill presents a three-part series on the Huffington Post chronicling the day the Yippies invaded Disneyland on August 6, 1970.
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Posted: Mon 8/8/2011 9:34p • permalink • Discuss It
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First Kid Through Sleeping Beauty Castle Now Guards the Resort
The Official Disney Parks Blog talks to Robb Fischle, one of the first kids to run through Sleeping Beauty Castle in the famous opening day photo. Fischle now works in security at Disneyland Resort.
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Posted: Wed 7/20/2011 1:21p • permalink • Discuss It
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Royalty at Disneyland Through the Years
William and Kate my have chosen to skip Disneyland, but many other royals from the King of Morocco in 1957 to Sarah, Duchess of York in 1995, have dropped by Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom and the Disney Parks Blog has a pictorial.
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Posted: Tue 7/12/2011 8:50p • permalink • Discuss It
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Video: The Mystery of the Haunted Mansion Hatbox Ghost - Solved!
DisneyHistoryInstitute.com presents the first know video of the Haunted Mansion's Hatbox Ghost - a very short-lived resident of the Disneyland attraction back in 1969. The video is below and be sure to view the Full Story as well. (HT to dlanddug for posting this on our Discussion Boards)
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Posted: Mon 7/11/2011 7:41p • permalink • Discuss It
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Disney's Jack Lindquist: Master of Fun
SILive.com talks to former Disneyland president Jack Lindquist about his early Disney career and his book, In Service to The Mouse.
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Posted: Fri 6/24/2011 9:31a • permalink • Discuss It
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The Disney Parks Blog Remembers Betty Taylor
Only one day after her longtime co-star Wally Boag passed away, Betty Taylor of the Golden Horseshoe Revue died. Via the Official Disney Parks Blog Disneyland Resort President George Kalogridis remembers Betty Taylor.
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Posted: Mon 6/6/2011 7:40p • permalink • Discuss It
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The Disney Parks Blog Remembers Wally Boag with a Tribute from Steve Martin
The Official Disney Parks Blog remembers Disney Legend Wally Boag, the Clown Prince of Disneyland who starred in the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland. The article includes a tribute from actor Steve Martin who knew Wally when he worked at Disneyland. Boag passed away on Friday.
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Posted: Mon 6/6/2011 10:26a • permalink • Discuss It
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Jim Hill Remembers Wally Boag and Betty Taylor
Jim writes about Wally Boag and Betty Taylor who both passed away this past weekend. He also looks back on their classic show at Disneyland, The Golden Horseshoe Revue.
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Posted: Mon 6/6/2011 9:46a • permalink • Discuss It
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The Golden Horseshoe's Wally Boag and Betty Taylor Pass Away
The legendary pair that made the Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland famous passed away within one day of each other as Wally Boag died at the age of 90 on Friday and his co-star Betty Taylor passed away Saturday at 91. D23 remembers them both.
D23 Remembers Wally Boag
D23 Remembers Betty Taylor
Posted: Mon 6/6/2011 3:38a • permalink • Discuss It
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Video: Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald Recalls How Star Tours Began
The Official Disney Parks blog has a flashback to the 80s as Walt Disney Imagineering's Tom Fitzgerald recalls how the original Star Tours began.
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Posted: Mon 5/23/2011 5:53p • permalink • Discuss It
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Conversation and Dinner with Disney Legend Marty Sklar
Chuck Schmidt at SILive.com reports on a recent "conversation and dinner" event in Orlando with Disney Legend Imagineer Marty Sklar. Among the tidbits he learned were how close Disney came to getting Harry Potter and an interesting story regarding pitching Space Mountain to RCA.
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Posted: Wed 5/18/2011 3:52p • permalink • Discuss It
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Five Vintage Disneyland Commercial Blasts from the Past
AOL Travel has culled the depths of YouTube to come up with 5 great Disneyland commercials going all the way back to the 60s (actually a Pepsi commercial but it's completely set in Disneyland). Also included are a 1977 commercial for Space Mountain, 1979 for Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain in the 80s and California Sun - also in the 80s. Here's my favorite of the five:
It may look peacful and fun. But the only way up .... is a long way down!
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Posted: Tue 5/17/2011 6:49p • permalink • Discuss It
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Jack Lindquist Book Signing at Disneyland Park May 1st
The Official Disney Parks Blog reports former Disneyland President and Disney Legend Jack Lindquist will be signing his book "In Service to the Mouse: My Unexpected Journey to Becoming Disneyland's First President" on Sunday, May 1st at the Disney Gallery.
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Posted: Wed 4/13/2011 5:29p • permalink • Discuss It
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Vintage Disneyland Photos Photostream on flickr
The following was posted on our Discussion Boards by Dr Hans Reinhardt...
I found an exceptional phtostream of old Disneyland photos on Flickr today that show rare views of the park in its early years. Be sure to check out the pic of the Mickey Mouse Club Circus and the Viewliner brid
The photos go all the way back to the 50s and really are awesome. They show how some things haven't changed hardly at all and somethings are completely unrecognizable. Below is one of my favorites. It was taken sometime in the 50s but the same picture could be taken today and not be all that different.
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Posted: Tue 4/5/2011 8:47a • permalink • Discuss It
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Long-Shuttered Disneyland Railroad Lives on in Miniature
The Orange County Register's Around Disney blog tells the store of Sam Towler who has construcuted a model of the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland - an attraction that closed well before his birth. The article includes a video of the model in action.
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Posted: Mon 4/4/2011 4:26p • permalink • Discuss It
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Paul F. Anderson's Dixieland at Disneyland Essay
Noted Disney Historian Paul F. Anderson presents another peice of the puzzle in his Dixieland at Disneyland essays, a 1960 newspaper clipping advertising the first ever jazz music extravaganza at Disneyland.
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Posted: Mon 4/4/2011 7:31a • permalink • Discuss It
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Five Lost Disneyland Rides - What Would You Like to Bring Back? (POLL)
AOL Travel takes a look at five Disneyland rides of Yesterland and presents a YouTube video of each to trigger those memories. If it were up to you, which of the five would you like to see returned to Disneyland?
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Posted: Wed 3/16/2011 6:19p • permalink • Discuss It
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Aunt Jemima's Pancake Races at Disneyland
On the occassion of National Pancake Day today at IHOP Jim Hill looks back on one of Disneyland's stranger promotions in its history - Aunt Jemima's Pancake Races.
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Posted: Tue 3/1/2011 8:21p • permalink • Discuss It
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DisneyHistory: What's Walt Pointing At in the Partners Statue?
Disney historian Jim Korkis talks answers the question "What's Walt pointing at?" by talking to the sculptor of he partners statue Blaine Gibson.
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Posted: Thu 1/20/2011 3:45p • permalink • Discuss It
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JHM: Jack Lingquist's Book is an Unvarnished View of Disneyland History
Jim Hill reviews "In Service to the Mouse", a new book by former Disneyland President Jack Lindquist which Jim says gives you "Disneyland's real history".
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Posted: Wed 1/12/2011 4:56a • permalink • Discuss It
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Video: One of Walt's Last Visits to Disneyland
Recently posted on the Disney Parks You Tube channel...
The footage you are about to see is bittersweet. It shows one of the last times Walt was on film enjoying his park. The day was 44 years ago, July 24, 1966 (Walt died later that year). Walt and New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro officially opened New Orleans Square. It was the first time since opening day in 1955 that a new land had opened. It was also the only area at the park named after a real city. Guests enjoyed shopping, dining and music, and Pirates of the Caribbean opened the following year.
Posted: Wed 7/28/2010 6:12p • permalink • Discuss It
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1313 Club Event: Marvelous Mechanized Magic to be Held September 18th
This September 18th 2010, Ape Pen Publishing and the 1313 Club will host an evening celebrating the incredible mechanical history of theme park animatronics and other mechanical magic. The event will spotlight attractions, characters and memorable devices created by WED Imagineering and later used at theme parks around the world. Using rare images, video, authentic props and animatronics, we’ll journey through the story of this fascinating technology that changed the world of themed entertainment.
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Article on Past 1313 Club Events
Posted: Wed 7/28/2010 5:46a • permalink • Discuss It
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As Disneyland Celebrates 55, a look back at 50 and 45
Disneyland celebrates its 55th birthday Saturday, July 17th. Here's a look back at some of our coverage of Disneyland's last 2 milestones birthdays:
- 05-05-05 50th Kickoff
- July 17, 2005 50th Birthday
- 45th Birthday Kickoff
- July 17, 2000 45th Birthday
- Magical Memories - Disney personalities and LP Readers share their favorite Disneyland memories.
Posted: Sat 7/17/2010 5:12a • permalink • Discuss It
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1964 World's Fair documentary in progress posts video interviews with legendary Imagineers
Filmmaker Ryan Ritchey is working on a on a documentary on the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York City. As many Disney fans know, Disney played a large role in the fair, so they've been getting some great stories from imagineers for the movie. Luckily for us they've started posting some excerpts on their website. The first two are from legendary imagineers Rolly Crump and Bob Gurr (of course LP readers know Bob Gurr from his Designer Times columns on our site). Expect more soon from these and future interviews.
www.WorldsFairMovie.com
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Posted: Tue 6/29/2010 5:52p • permalink • Discuss It
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Favorite Disneyland Memory - 2001-2005
The Official Disney Parks Blog continues their countdown to Disneyland's 55th anniversary with their weekly look at their favorite memories for each half decade in Disneyland's history. The most recent posting covers 2001 through 2005 and their highlight is Disneyland's 50th birthday on July 17, 2005.
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Posted: Tue 5/18/2010 10:27a • permalink • Discuss It
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Counting Down the Days to Disneyland's 55th Anniversary
The official Disney Parks blog has begun a series counting down to Disneyland's 55th anniversary. Each week they'll highlight a particularly memorable event from each 5 year period in Disneyland's history. Up first are the years 2010 to 2006 and they've picked the huge world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest held in the park. Check it out for some fun photos.
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Posted: Fri 5/7/2010 3:19p • permalink • Discuss It
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The Staten Island Advance offers the first part of a Marty Sklar interview about his career at Disney with a special focus on Disney's participation in the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.
Part One
Posted: Wed 4/7/2010 7:18p • permalink • Discuss It
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A Visit to New England Circle-Vision Scenes
The Disneyland Nomenclature blog takes an interesting trip to the New England states and sees some of the locations featured in Disneyland's Circle-Vision film America the Beautiful.
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Posted: Wed 3/24/2010 2:17p • permalink • Discuss It
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JHM: The Tron attractions that Disneyland almost got
As only he can, Jim Hill takes a look back at never-done Disney attractions based on Tron.
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Posted: Wed 3/10/2010 3:34p • permalink • Discuss It
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JHM: Blaine Gibson remembers Harriet Burns, the First Lady of Imagineering
Todd James Pierce talks with Disney Legend Blaine Gibson about Harriet Burns, his longtime WED co-worker and her numerous contributions to theme park attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Enchanted Tiki Room as well as the Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough.
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Posted: Tue 1/12/2010 4:13p • permalink • Discuss It
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The Disney's California Adventure that never was
The Disney and more blog takes a look back some of the original press materials for Disney's California Adventure (I remember this press kit) to see some of the plans that never came to be.
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Posted: Thu 12/24/2009 5:59a • permalink • Discuss It
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A video look back at Disneyland Christmas Parades
The Official Disney Parks Blog has posted a fun video looking back at Disneyland Christmas Parades of the past year-by-year. Quoted from the site...
The first parade at Disneyland debuted in 1958 and it was called “Christmas in Many Lands Parade.” The name changed in 1961 to “Parade of Toys and Parade of all Nations,” but then switched back to “Christmas in Many Lands Parade” until 1964. The following year it became “Fantasy on Parade” and that was a name that finally stuck for several years. In the 1980’s the park debuted a new paraded called “A Very Merry Christmas Parade” and finally in the mid 1990’s “A Christmas Fantasy Parade” made its way down Main Street U.S.A. Take look at this historical video and enjoy a look back.
Original Post on Disney Parks Blog
Posted: Wed 12/23/2009 7:22p • permalink • Discuss It
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Westcot: Part 2 from Yesterland
Yesterland concludes its two part series on the history of Westcot - the Disneyland Resort expansion that was planned but never came to be. Guest writer Sam Gennaway wrote the articles.
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Posted: Tue 12/22/2009 5:29a • permalink • Discuss It
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Yesterday has posted the first of a two part series on the history of WESTCOT, the Disneyland Resort expansion of the 90s that never came to be.
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Posted: Mon 12/14/2009 10:54a • permalink • Discuss It
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Happy Birthday 1959 New Tomorrowland Classics
Three classic Disneyland attractions celebrated their 50th anniversary this past Sunday, The Matterhorn, The Monorail and The Submarine Voyage. Go behind-the-scenes of all three with the Disney Legend who helped design them with these classic Bob Gurr's Desiger Time's articles from the LP Archives: 1959 Tomorrowland, The Matterhorn, Monorail Stories, Disneyland's MkIII Monorail and the MkIII and MkIV Case History.
Posted: Mon 6/15/2009 6:20p • permalink • Discuss It
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Indiana Jones construction pictures
Bear-yTales.com has brought back memories by posting construction pictures from Disneyland's Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye way back in the early 90s. Click here to view them all.
Posted: Tue 5/5/2009 4:49p • permalink • Discuss It
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Aerial views of classic Disneyland
The 2719Hyperion blog has posted some classic aerial pictures of Disneyland from 1961 to 1983. Click here to view them.
Posted: Mon 3/16/2009 5:14a • permalink • Discuss It
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More Golden Horseshoe Celebration event photos
Ape Pen Publishing, the company that put on the recent Golden Horseshoe Celebration featuring Wally Boag and other Golden Horseshoe perfomers, has posted dozens of pictures from the event on Flickr. Click here to see them.
Posted: Fri 4/4/2008 5:06a • permalink • Discuss It
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