Destination D23 has wrapped at Walt Disney World, and it’s been announced that D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event will be happening in Anaheim next year August 9-11, 2024. The Details Disney says next year’s event will be a one-of-a-kind experience with spectacular shows, new… Read More »D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event Will Be Coming to Anaheim Aug. 9-11, 2024
The original Magic Kingdom, Disneyland U.S.A. and it’s sister park Disney California Adventure, have announced a return from an extended closure due to the global health emergency. The parks have announced April 30, 2021 as the big day. The initial reopening will be phased according… Read More »It’s happening! Disneyland Resort to reopen theme parks on April 30
It was just a few days ago, when we reported on how there were efforts aimed at the highest levels of government to allow major theme parks to reopen earlier. That combined with swiftly improving numbers related to the pandemic, meant things were looking up… Read More »Disneyland gets some good news, can reopen as soon as April 1
In addition to creating “The Happiest Place on Earth”, Disneyland was innovative in many other ways. In the 50’s, believe it or not, waiting lines at banks or airports were traditionally a straight line. Sometimes a movie theater would bend them around a corner; the Department of Motor Vehicles would simply open the front door and run the line out onto the sidewalk.
Think what it would look like if security checkpoint lines at airports were linear instead of the sinewy system in use today! I had never seen a waiting line that snaked back and forth like the lines for attractions at Disneyland, where they created a holding pen that economized space. Such was the system introduced by Walt Disney’s Imagineers.
They also thought of a way to use existing technology to create the Disneyland Monorail System. In 1959, it was the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere. Though the park was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in the off-season, visitors could board at the Disneyland Hotel and still see the Park (though quiet on those days) from a bird’s-eye view. Now, monorails are common at places like metro airports, transporting passengers swiftly from terminal to terminal.