by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? August 15, 1999 – The Disney Wonder, Disney’s newest cruise ship, makes its maiden voyage. The Disney Cruise Line ships are painted to resemble Mickey Mouse: black, white, yellow and red The Disney Cruise Line was the first cruise line to have yellow lifeboats, instead of [...]
by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? August 7, 1969 – the new attraction, Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, opens to cast members only. The Haunted Mansion is the only attraction in four different lands in four different Disney Parks. The singing busts, designed by Rick Baker, were modeled after Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Marc [...]
by Josh Taylor When Joe Rohde, executive designer and vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, was put in charge of Walt Disney World’s newest theme park in the 1990s, he decided the Animal Kingdom needed to stand out immediately for park guests. That is why a number of different concepts were tossed around for the [...]
by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? July 29, 1999 – Rock ‘n’ Roller coaster starring Aerosmith opens in Walt Disney World’s MGM Studios as a private, invitation-only party with the guests of honor, Aerosmith. In the first loop, guests are pulling 4-5G’s Each of the 5 ‘limos’ (a/k/a cars) have a different [...]
by Josh Taylor During a big announcement in January of 1990, Michael Eisner proclaimed the 1990s to be the Disney Decade. Large expansions of both Disneyland and Walt Disney World were announced with several inclusions in the parks we already knew and loved. A brash announcement by Eisner and what he will most likely be [...]
by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? June 12, 1975 – the attraction Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln returns to Disneyland after being replaced 2 years prior by The Walt Disney Story. The original attraction opened at the New York World’s Fair on April 22, 1964. The first Disneyland version of Great Moments with [...]
Please welcome to the blog Ron Thompson. Also known as DisneyDragons, Ron is a passionate Disney fan. He is a D23 Charter Member and a DVC member since 1998. He has enjoyed 35 vacations to Walt Disney World, 26 to Disneyland, once to Tokyo Disneyland! Welcome, Ron! On March 14, 2012 The Disney “official” [...]
by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? June 8, 2005 – The Walt Disney Company donates several objects from Disneyland’s opening year to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. A couple of the items are ride vehicles from “Dumbo the Flying Elephant” and “The Mad Tea Party” Other Notable [...]
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