David Koenig
Over the last 30 years, David Koenig has interviewed close to 1,000 Disney cast members, and woven their stories and secrets into hundreds of articles and six books, including the best-selling Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World, and his latest, The 55ers: The Pioneers Who Settled Disneyland.
We recently filled you in on tense negotiations between Disney and its security officers, which looked like it could possibly end in a strike....
As Disneyland admissions become increasingly digital, the ways hoodlums sneak into the park—or scam others looking for a deal—have gone high-tech too.
In the 1950s,...
No matter how hard Disney works to prevent people from getting hurt at its parks, accidents will happen… and you can bet the victims’...
For the first time in years, I returned to the Orange County Superior Courthouse to check up on the latest legal accusations against the...
Of all the cast member misadventures I’ve shared over the years in books like Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, the most eye-opening...
More than 29 months after going dark, Disneyland has reopened its beloved Silhouette Studio on Main Street.
The offerings are the same (at $11.99 per...
David Koenig explains the April 30th reopening date for Disneyland and the need for patience in reopening the Disneyland Resort — and for precautions following...
Remember me? The last time you heard from your weary correspondent was back in early June, to share news that cast members had begun...
Disneyland should be weeks—if not days—away from a long-awaited announcement!
All signs point to a mid-July reopening of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, predicted by...
It’s been two years since I last visited the Orange County Courthouse to see who’s prosecuting the Mouse at the Halls of Justice. As...
Last week, I sat on a Career Panel for Chapman University’s Club 55 Disney club, along with an Imagineer just back from a month...
Four years ago, for its 60th anniversary, Disneyland honored 10 members of the prestigious “Club 55” during a flurry of special activities. The festivities...
Happy Anniversaries! That’s Number 64 to Disneyland, and Number 25 to my first book, Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, published July 17,...
One of the defining characteristics of a culture is its language. The newly inducted citizens of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge have been given a...
It will come as no surprise to our readers that the force rising at the back of Disneyland will change many things. And how...
I've got something old and something new for you today. First up, a piece of Disneyland's earliest history has been unlocked. Then, we'll take...
From one end of Disneyland's history to the other. I have two new items for you today which span the earliest days of the...
When they arrive for work, Disneyland Resort cast members may soon be having their bags and purses checked by an X-ray machine and walking...
In researching the early history of Disneyland, I recently spent a day at UCLA poring through the personal papers of Ruth Patricia Shellhorn. Ms....
David Koenig checks in with a few little Disneyland rumor mill items for you today. Time for the Star Wars shuffle. . .
Changes in...