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Diamonds appear on Sleeping Beauty Castle as Smokejumpers land in Disney...

Spring break is here as Disneyland is busy gearing up for its huge 60th Anniversary summer. At Disneyland, Sleeping Beauty Castle is starting...

Celebrate Marion Knott Montapert

Marion Knott Montapert April 22, 1922 – November 13, 2014 Marion Genevieve Knott was literally born into the amusement park business. As youngest daughter of Walter...

River Country Closed by Brain-Eating Amoeba, Part 2

If you use Google to search for the reason that Disney’s River Country closed, you’ll find the same story over and over. The wording...

Yesterland Goes to D23 Expo

Werner Weiss shares his experience, impressions, and opinions from the 2015 D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center.   Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland Goes...

Samland: Disneyland Parking

Parking. It seems that parking has always been an issue at Disneyland and having an adequate supply has been critical to the success of...

Christmas Town at Busch Gardens Tampa is Merrily Delightful

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is home to many things: world-class coasters, an assortment of amazing animals— and during the holiday season, Christmas Town makes...

Uh-Oa and Aloha at Trader Sam’s First Mahaloween

A week ago, I attended Trader Sam's Mahaloween Luau. I was pretty delighted to see the announcement pop up on the Disney Parks Blog a...

Yesterland: Rocket Rods

“Wait time: 75 minutes.” Are you sure you want to get into this line? Well, it looks like fun, so you might as well....

Winchester Mystery House by Candlelight

From the beginning of this column I've been aware that the parks here by the Bay would not have the never ending stream of...

Star Wars: The Film That Changed My Life

UPDATE: Wow, these last two weeks have been action packed. Disneyland’s Birthday week was full of excitement and surprises.  It started on Tuesday when I enjoyed...

Yesterland: The Original Mad Tea Party

Mad Tea Party is still a popular attraction at Disneyland, but the original version is in Yesterland. This opening day 1955 attraction was inspired...

Yesterland: Angels-Disneyland Double Header

Five dollars buys a reserved seat for an Angels baseball game, followed by a five-hour private party at Disneyland. You won’t even need those...

Disney Treasures from the Vault: Babes in Toyland Toy Soldiers Just...

Any Disney collector with a love of vintage-style merchandise should make a beeline for Amazon to purchase their own set of Babes in Toyland...

Food & Entertainment Guide: Busch Gardens Tampa Food and Wine Festival...

Theme park food festivals are all the rage, and Busch Gardens Tampa is one of the leaders of the pack with their annual Food...

David Koenig: LogisticsLand

It won't open until next year, but Star Wars Land is already having a profound effect on everything that’s happening in every corner of...

Dateline Disney World – Epcot’s Festival of the Arts

Hello, and welcome to Dateline Disney World! This week, we're checking out Epcot news, including the Festival of the Arts over at #ArtfulEpcot! Let's...

Disney Cast Blast: Holiday Snow Around the World

Welcome to a very Merry Christmas edition of the Disney Cast Blast. 'Holiday Snow Around the World' spotlights a few Christmas stories from Walt...

Disneyland Paris Managers Reveal Official Name of New Ratatouille Ride

Thanks to Alain Littaye of the Disney and more blog, we have some announcements from Disneyland Paris. Park management revealed plans for the Halloween...

Disneyland Resort Photo Update: Problems in Paradise

Happy Tuesday! We took Monday off to recover from an amazing celebration of Dusty's big birthday (it's a shocking number, but who's counting). Brian Pinsky...

Yesterland: The Wizard of Bras at Disneyland in 1955

Hollywood-Maxwell’s Intimate Apparel Shop on Main Street, U.S.A. is not just about the Victorian past. In fact, half the store is devoted to the...