Category: Disneyland
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Video: New Disney Princess-Inspired Bridal Gowns
Do you have your heart set on getting married at Walt Disney World? Possibly in the Fairy Tale Wedding Pavilion with a view of Cinderella’s Castle peeking through the window? In order to make your wedding dreams complete, Disney just announced a new line of bridal gowns reflecting the Disney Princesses themselves. Take a look…
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D23’s Destination D: Disneyland ’55 – Day 1
This weekend D23 held its first Destination D focusing on 55 years of Disneyland. Destination D will alternate each year with the hugely successful D23 Expo and will focus on a new topic each time. Plans are already in the works for an East Coast Destination D event focusing on 40 years of Walt Disney World to be held next spring in Orlando. …
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Keeping Pace – 5th Anniversary of the Disneyland Half Marathon
See all of those runners in the photo below? There are 14,000 of them, if you want to be precise – and that is a 4-lane road they are on. They all gathered at 4AM on September 5, 2010 to run in the 5th Anniversary of the Disneyland Half Marathon at the Disneyland Resort in…
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Steven Clark talks D23
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Steven Clark, the Head of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club. He discussed the origins of D23, gave me some insight about this month’s events and talked about the future of D23. Read on for some highlights from the interview or scroll to the bottom for audio of the…
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Unique Way to See Backstage – The Disneyland 5K!
STOP! Before you decide to skip over this because you have absolutely no interest in another article on Disney-sponsored running events, take a minute and give me a chance. I am not a runner; I never pretend to have any kind of athletic prowess. I’m just a short, overweight mom, who decided with her dear…
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Disney Lowering the Boom on Maliboomer
On Monday, September 6, 2010 the Maliboomer launched its last rider up into the skies above Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort. On September 7 the Maliboomer closed as part of the re-theming of the Paradise Pier section of the park. Why is Disney demolishing this perfectly good ride?
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The Clash Between the “Disney Look” and Religious Customs
There has been considerable consternation and confusion about the Disneyland employee who charges that Disney discriminated against her because of her religion. It may seem to be a simple issue but federal discrimination laws on when an employer must accommodate a religious custom are exceedingly complex. Imane Boudlal, the employee, works at the Grand Californian Hotel’s…