“All the birds sing words and the flowers croon in the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room,” but did you know these 5 facts about Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room?1. This attraction was the first to use Audio-Animatronics. While the Mine Train Through Nature’s...
Dear Me on August 20, 1993: That’s me after passing my spiel test – my first day in plaid onAugust 20, 1993. At that time, tour guides had to weartheir own clothes to work each day while answering theDisneyland information line until they memorized...
In a previous Fun Fact Friday post, I wrote about the entrance to Disneyland, from the turnstiles to the end of Main Street U.S.A. as the opening to a movie. There are more connections between Disneyland and the movies than that, though. Of course,...
If you’ve been to Disneyland, you’ve surely seen the Disneyland Railroad–originally named the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad. You may have even noticed the names painted on the sides of the locomotives. But have you ever wondered who the people were that the engines...
(c) Disney “You can learn a lot of things from the flowers, “For especially in the month of June, “There’s a wealth of happiness and romance, “All in the golden afternoon.” ~ All in the Golden Afternoon Disneyland has so much that’s unique about...
Right in the middle of the holiday season, here are some fun facts about Disneyland at Christmastime. There are 2,365 ornaments on the Christmas tree on Main Street, U.S.A. and 79,000 ornaments all throughout Main Street. Carolers first appeared at Disneyland during its very first Christmas,...
As we enter this season of gift-giving, I thought it might be fun today to look at a very unique gift that has a home inside Disneyland Park.If you’ve walked through Frontierland on your way to New Orleans Square, you’ve passed the oldest thing...
This week, we’ve been featuring lots of information about the new holiday decor at Disneyland. The new decorations are incredibly exciting and beautiful…and were two years in the making. On Tuesday, we posted a video tour of the Buena Vista Street decorations with Disneyland’s...
Whether you loved the original Submarine Voyage or can’t wait to find Nemo in the current version, here are 5 things you may not know about this classic attraction. 1. When the Submarine Voyage debuted in the summer of 1959, it was one of...