Candy Shoppe at Sunshine Plaza
Here at Sunshine Plaza, the shop names tend to involve puns. There’s Baker’s Field Bakery, Engine-Ears Toys, and Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream. You might...
The Vacation Kingdom of the World
A major milestone in the history of Walt Disney Productions (WDP) occured on April 30, 1969, when the company announced details for “The Vacation...
Four Generations, Four Parks, One Walt Disney World
A few weeks after my college graduation, I took my multigenerational family to Disney World. What was I thinking? How on earth would we...
Vacationeering: Theme Park Necessities
When you plan a day (or several days) at your favorite Disney theme park, there are a few simple, bare necessities that you have...
The Original Corn Dog Castle
Disneyland in California has Sleeping Beauty Castle. The Magic Kingdom in Florida has Cinderella Castle. Yester California Adventure has a castle too—the original Corn...
Design Those Were The Times #4: 1951 Ward Kimball’s Fire Engine,...
The Wheel of Years has been sent spinning and when the clicking stops, the red arrow will point to a year - that's where...
Retro Space Mountain
Space Mountain lets you travel through space inside a structure that futurists H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Leonardo da Vinci might have imagined. This...
Walt’s City of Tomorrow, Palm Beach Disneyland
It's a Samland double feature today. First up is the story of how Palm Beach almost became home to Disneyland East. Then we find...
In The Parks: Yellow Sky Tower Ride at Disneyland, Fantasy Faire,...
There's a ray of light at the Disneyland Resort as the Blue Sky Preview Center in Disney California Adventure opens a new exhibit featuring...
Homage to the Moonliner
Two icons of Disneyland’s early Tomorrowland endure, even though the originals were destroyed in the 1960s. One is the House of the Future. The...
DESIGN: Those Were The Times No. 3 – The Red Car...
The Wheel of Years will be sent spinning and when the clicking stops, the red arrow will point to a year - that's where...
Stars Celebrate Peter Pan 60th Anniversary Celebration at El Capitan Theatre
The stars came out to the El Capitan Theatre to mark the 60th anniversary of Disney’s beloved animated film, Peter Pan. Kathryn Beaumont (Wendy),...
Disneyland Big Thunder Under a Crane, Mansion reopened, Grizzly Down
Quite a bit is happening at the Disneyland Resort this week. Today marks the return of the classic version of The Haunted Mansion since...
Blue Ribbon Bakery
When it’s morning at Yesterland and you want coffee and a buttery pastry or melt-in-your-mouth muffin, just head halfway up Yester Main Street, U.S.A....
Sam Examines the Small Print Behind the My Disney Experience Program
As the battles between Disney and the other theme park operators is notched up another level with the introduction of the My Disney Experience...
MiceChat Podcast #5: Disney’s Orwellian Adventure?
Al Lutz, Doug Barnes and Dusty Sage discuss the latest from the Disney and Universal theme parks. It's a big start to the new...
In The Parks: Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Revue Returns
The new year has begun and changes are a'plenty at the Disneyland Resort. Yesterday saw the return of a beloved show to Frontierland in...
TWA and the Moonliner: Rocket to 1986—from 1955
One original 1955 Tomorrowland attraction gave guests the kind of experience that Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland dedication promised—Rocket to the Moon, presented by a...
Samland Grab Bag – Disneylanders, Retlaw, Dart and More
Sam returns with a wonderful grab bag of Disney delights. Some fun and perhaps even surprising facts about Disneyland are shared below.
DISNEYLANDERS
In 1958, the...
Introducing Bob Gurr’s DESIGN: Those Were The Times
EDITORS NOTE: We are delighted to introduce you to a new MiceChat column from a name that almost all of you know, Bob Gurr....