Photo credit: Loren Javier / Foter.com / CC BY-ND The Hook and Ladder Company carries on a Disneyland tradition that dates back to Opening Day, July 17, 1955.Yes there is the tradition of live music in the parks, but the Dapper Dans, the Jambalaya...
I’ve shared with you briefly in a previous Fun Fact Friday about the Sherman Brothers writing the theme song for it’s a small world. (By the way, the answer to the “For you to discover” question in that post is that the title song...
Many would consider the Disneyland Railroad to be the one that most represents Walt Disney. (Personally, I think Storybook Land Canal Boats fits that bill, but there’s room for a variety of opinions.) Still, the railroad was very important to Walt, so it seems...
Even as a child, Walt Disney admired President Abraham Lincoln, often dressing up in a homemade stovepipe hat and his father’s frock coat to deliver the Gettysburg address to schoolmates. From that lifelong admiration we eventually got Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. But did...
There are many unique architectural styles in Disneyland, but perhaps one that stands out the most is the building housing Innoventions. After all, how many other places can you find a building that rotates? You may have visited Innoventions to learn about technology, play...
Photo © The Walt Disney Company With the opening of Disneyland’s Fantasy Faire this week, today seems like the perfect time to look back at the history of Fantasyland.This is a huge topic, so if you want to hear more, let me know in...
“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...
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...