More Disneyland history: June 13, 2008: The Anaheim Gardenwalk opens. The Disney-area GardenWalk includes shops, dining venues, a multiplex cinema complex and the 300 Anaheim Bowling and Entertainment Center. June 15, 2008: The Disneyland Danskin 2008 Women’s Triathlon comes to Disney’s California Adventure. Racers swim in Paradise Bay at Disney’s California Adventure, cycle 11 miles [...]
Jack FM offers free admission to Knott’s
June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
As part of a new promotion, 93.1 Jack FM will hand out free Knott’s Berry Farm tickets to visitors willing to head to the park early on Saturday morning. Drivers of the first 300 cars to enter the Knott’s parking lot at 8 a.m. will receive two Knott’s tickets, a t-shirt and a popsicle. Mark [...]
Your Disney photos from Flickr, June 11
June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
We pick a few of the best photos about once a week from the Disneyland Resort that you readers post to the OCR Around Disney Flickr group, and we feature them on AroundDisney.com. Occasionally, we’ll print your photos — giving you credit, of course — in the Register. Want to share your photos with like-minded [...]
Disney fans line up early for show debut
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Thousands of Disney fans lined up as much as 14 hours early to secure spots to see the first general viewings of the new nighttime “World of Color” show Friday. (Story updated at 5:30 p.m.) Disney gave out at least 12,000 passes by 1:30 p.m. for three shows, which start at 9 p.m. Friday at [...]
DISNEYWIRE: Ex-Disneyland president gets new job
June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. San Francisco Business Times reports: Cynthia Harriss has been named CEO of Metropark. The former Gap brand president, who left the San Francisco retailer in 2007 after less than two years, has been named to Metropark’s board of directors. Harriss is a former Disneyland Resort president. Read [...]
‘Simpsons’ joke about Anaheim’s Comic-Con bid
May 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
Click on photo to see video. The debate over Comic-Con International’s future location has spread on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and newspapers. And now it’s reached “The Simpsons.” A character, Comic Book Guy, lamented the possibility of the major convention moving out of its longtime San Diego home to Anaheim with a quick joke on the [...]
International travel picks up at Disneyland
May 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Disneyland Resort drew more international tourists in recent months, but mostly from countries where currencies are more stable. Jay Rasulo, the Walt Disney Co.’s chief financial officer, said international travel didn’t have a major effect on theme-park attendance and performance between January and April. Rasulo answered a question about international tourism during a Web cast [...]
DISNEYWIRE: Euro Disney’s earnings drop
May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. BBC reports: Earnings at theme park operator Euro Disney have dropped sharply after the economic downturn hit visitor numbers. In the six months to March 31, 2010, the group’s net earnings fell by 32 percent to 95.2 million euros ($121m; £82m) from sales that were down by [...]
POLL: What have you lost at Disneyland?
May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Last week, we told you about some unusual lost items that were discovered at the bottom of the Rivers of America in Disneyland. The river was drained in January and refilling began Monday. See the story about what was found in the Disneyland rivers HERE. Disney found half of a canoe from Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoe [...]
Disney turns on the hose to re-fill Rivers of America
May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
With the help of what looks like a fire company’s hose, Disney began re-filling the Rivers of America on Monday. “Look, they’re refilling it,” said one mother to her daughter as they peeked through the temporary fence Disneyland set up in front of New Orleans Square around the famous waterway surrounding Tom Sawyer’s Island. The [...]
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