Disneyland Presents Tales of Toontown (television)

Disneyland Presents Tales of Toontown (television) Syndicated television special (60 min.) on July 10, 1993. In searching for a mischievous culprit who is mysteriously causing everything to go wacky in Toontown, Goofy enlists his human friend Spence Dempsey to discover the cause of all the crazy goings-on. Directed by Bruce Stuart Greenberg.

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris First Disney resort in Europe, opening, with the original name of Euro Disney (the park itself was known as Euro Disneyland), on April 12, 1992. (The Disneyland Paris name became official on October 1, 1994.) Disney park planners had begun searching for a suitable European site for a park in the early 1980s. …

Disneyland Railroad

Disneyland Railroad Disneyland attraction that encircles the park; originally the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad (1955-1974), changed to the new name on October 1, 1974. The original two locomotives, the E. P. Ripley and the C. K. Holliday were constructed at the Disney Studio and are named for pioneers of the Santa Fe Railroad. Because …

Disneyland Pacific Hotel

Disneyland Pacific Hotel The Walt Disney Company purchased this 502-room hotel located next door to the Disneyland Hotel, built in 1984 and formerly known as the Emerald and the Pan Pacific, from a Japanese company in December 1995. Walkways and a park between the two hotels were finished on March 22, 1996, completing the integration …

Disneyland Is Your Land

Disneyland Is Your Land Show at Disneyland beginning March 23, 1985. Featured the Kids of the Kingdom. An earlier version of the stage show was performed during the 25th anniversary celebrations in 1980.

Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions

Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions Display on Main Street from 1973 until July 22, 1989. The location was the original Wurlitzer shop. It took the place of the Legacy of Walt Disney when many of the awards in that exhibit were moved into the Walt Disney Story. Models, artists’ renderings, and designs of …

Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel When Walt Disney built Disneyland in 1955, he did not have enough money to build a hotel too, but he reasoned that such a hotel would be very successful next to the park. So, he persuaded his friend Jack Wrather to build the hotel on Disney land just across West Street from the …

Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair (television)

Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair (television) Television show; aired on May 17, 1964. Directed by Hamilton S. Luske. A look at the history of world’s fairs, followed by a preview of Disney attractions at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Walt explains Audio-Animatronics, the new Disney process that helps bring inanimate objects to life.

Disneyland Dream (film)

Disneyland Dream (film) Home movies of the Connecticut family of Robbins and Meg Barstow, along with their children Mary, David, and Daniel, from 1956, detailing a trip they won to Disneyland and other nearby sites through a contest sponsored by 3M. The films were edited and narration was added in 1995. 30 min. The home …

Disneyland ‘59 (television)

Disneyland ‘59 (television) Live 90-minute television special sponsored by Kodak, introducing the Submarine Voyage, Matterhorn, Monorail, Motor Boat Cruise, and an enlarged Autopia. Aired on June 15, 1959.