Posted on Saturday, 17th July 2010 by Tom Bell

Happy 55th Birthday Disneyland!!  If you’re at Disneyland today, you might want to check out some of the festivities going on around the resort.   If you can’t make it, rest assured that The DIS Unplugged will be there and will bring you a full report.   Be sure to check out Disneyland Correspondent Nancy Johnson’s blog that takes a [...]

Tags: Carnation Cafe, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, Disneyland, Disneyland 55th anniversary, fantasmic, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, its a small world, main street USA, Matterhorn, Mickey Mouse, monorail, Peter Pan, skyway, Tinkerbell
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Posted on Friday, 12th March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

An interview with Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman
What evokes strong memories of your last visit to a Disney Theme Park?  A smell?  A food?  A character?  A sound?  Yes, for many of us sounds, particularly music, make up a large part of our theme park experience and memories.  Recently, I had the pleasure to speak [...]

Tags: Carousel of Progress, Dick Van Dyke, Disney Legend, its a small world, Julie Andrews, Main Street window, Mary Poppins, richard sherman, Robert Sherman, Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney
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Posted on Friday, 18th December 2009 by Dave Parfitt

When Marty Sklar retired on July 17, 2009, the 54th Anniversary of the Disneyland Park in California, his title was Executive Vice President and Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering.  After 53 years of working as a Disney Cast Member, Sklar received a tribute window on Main Street USA in Disneyland – the place where he [...]

Tags: Carousel of Progress, Disneyland, Epcot, Imagineering, its a small world, Marty Sklar, Walt Disney, World's Fair
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Posted on Monday, 2nd March 2009 by Pete Werner

The controversy continues over Disneyland’s new version of “It’s a Small World”.   The attraction, which reopened to the public on Feb 5th, was ‘enhanced’ by Disney Imagineers to include characters from several Disney films, including The Lion King, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and others.  Disney claims the changes were necessary to keep the attraction [...]

Tags: Disneyland, its a small world, video
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Posted on Monday, 9th February 2009 by Pete Werner

Sweet Mary mother of God will IT EVER STOP RAINING HERE?????
Whatever idiot wrote the song “It never rains in Southern California” should be taken out back and summarily executed for perpetrating a fraud.  We’ve been here five days and it’s rained FOUR OF THEM.  I’m glad for the folks in California – they REALLY need [...]

Tags: California Adventure, Disneyland, its a small world, main st usa, plaza inn, small world, steakhouse 55
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