Author: Nancy Johnson
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The Annual Taping of the Disneyland Christmas Day Parade
Who doesn’t want to be part of the glamour of the television world – the lights, the cameras, the celebrity buzz around the set, the heat of the lights, the screams of “CUT” and “RESET”, watching everyone go back to the beginning for the 17th time, moving on to the next angle shot – two…
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Happy Haunts Definitely Come to Disneyland’s Halloween Time!
Blah blah blah, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, the best Halloween Disney has to offer, yada yada yada….. Enough I say! It’s about time the Halloween festivities at Disneyland get some equal press in the Trick or Treating community! If you want some slightly spooky fun for the haunted holidays that the WHOLE family…
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Disneyland’s Fantasmic Dragon Comes Alive!
The much anticipated and highly debated event of the summer happened on Tuesday night. She finally agreed to take the stage to greet her adoring public, after months of standing them up and keeping them waiting and arguing about her return to the stage. Just who is this rising diva who thought she could keep the…
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Walt’s Barn – A Train Lover’s Dream in Griffith Park
The clack of the tracks, the sound of the steam whistle blowing its call, the smell of the oil and fuel. That is what runs through the veins and soul of a train man – and a train man is what Walt Disney was, through and through. Our family had heard the call of the…
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A Train, Christmas in Summer, Charles Dickens, and DISNEY?
Can you think of anything more American, that brings more old fashioned excitement, than a train pulling into your town, bringing the latest and greatest of everything? Well that excitement is what the folks at Disney are banking on with the development of the Christmas Carol Train Tour. It is making 40 stops at cities around…
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Adventure on the Remote Jungle Boats at the Disneyland Hotel
We found ourselves with an absolutely beautiful spring day – 80 degrees and a slight breeze – and Disneyland was really crowded. We had just checked into the Disneyland Hotel for a long weekend and weren’t quite ready for the parks – and there it was – across the empty lawn, taunting us with its…
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Farewell Yamabuki – We’re sad we never truly knew you…
“Yamabuki, huh?” That was a question most people had when you told them about their fine dining options at Disneyland. I always knew it existed – even wanted to try it, but just never had the chance to go. It was something on my Disneyland To-Do List. After all, it wasn’t right in front of…