Take a look at what happened this week in Disney history:
Nov. 24, 1955: Mickey Mouse Club Circus, starring Jimmie Dodd and many of the original Mouseketeers, premieres in Fantasyland (it will become one of the shortest lived attractions at the Park, closing January 8, 1956).
Nov. 24, 1955: “Christmas Show Parade” kicks off its first holiday season at the Park on Thanksgiving Day and runs daily until Jan 2, 1956.
Nov. 25, 1996: After more than 3,500 performances, the Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade is officially retired. Over a nearly 25-year run, the “Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade” featured over 2,600 performers and entertained more than 75 million Disneyland guests.
Nov. 26, 2008: President Bush pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House. The two turkeys, named Pumpkin and Pecan, are then sent to Disneyland to live at Frontierland’s Big Thunder Ranch in what has become a yearly tradition.
Nov. 26, 2008: The Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough reopens after being closed since 2001. The attraction lets guests into a dark castle with narrow hallways, where they can relive the fairy tale via a series of dioramas that portray passages from the story. The passages themselves can be read on storybook pages painted by special artists who duplicated the style of Eyvind Earle, who created the medieval look of the 1959 “Sleeping Beauty” movie.
Nov. 27, 1997: it’s a small world holiday premieres. The all-new winter holiday-theme overlay to the classic Disneyland attraction it’s a small world proves so popular with park guests that it is extended beyond its planned January 4 closing. The temporarily revised attraction highlights winter holiday festivities around the world and intertwined “Deck the Halls” and “Jingle Bells” with the attractions famous theme song.
Photos by Sally French, The Orange County Register.
Post from: Around Disney
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