Another milestone anniversary has just been celebrated at Disneyland. The self-proclaimed “World’s Most Exciting Hotel” has just turned 55. When it opened the Disneyland Hotel was the first major hotel in Orange County. Things have changed a bit since then. Taken in 1961, the photo… Read More »Disneyland Hotel turns 55
Sad news this morning that Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85. Disney fans will remember his movie “40 Pounds of Trouble” from 1962, which featured a great chase scene filmed inside Disneyland. I like to watch it for the continuity errors. Here… Read More »Tony Curtis RIP
Here’s an interesting video of Disneyland in 1958. Looks like it was grabbed off the old Disney Channel: Join Tinkerbell and the “voice of Disneyland”, Dick Wessel, on a black and white trip from the Disney Studios in Burbank to the Happiest Place on Earth,… Read More »An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom (1958)
Friends of ours were visiting Sarasota, FL this week and the Frost family took off a few days to head down to the beach and help entertain them. The beaches of Longboat Key, Lido Key, and Siesta Key (all adjacent to Sarasota) are some of… Read More »Finding Tiny Kline
Okay, so you consider yourself a fan of the Haunted Mansion, perhaps even a super fan. I guarantee you, there is stuff on the “Long Forgotten” blog that you don’t know. Take for instance, this piece about how the Haunted Mansion can draw some direct… Read More »Super Haunted Mansion blog dives deep into attractions origins
Allearsnet blogger Jack Spence has a great post up today listing three themed hotels that were considered for Walt Disney World, but were never built. I knew about the Venetian Hotel that would have stood on the hotel pad that still exists between the Contemporary… Read More »Disney World Hotels that never were
Disney fans have a lot of fun saying this person is or is not the next Walt Disney. Pixar’s John Lasseter is the current holder of that title and Disney fans hope he can live up to it. However, Walt Disney got his start creating… Read More »Is Digital Culture capable of creating the next Mickey Mouse?
Congratulations to Ruthie Thompson on her 100th Birthday today. Ruthie was recently profiled in the Vanity Fair piece on the Ink and Paint Girls. Ruthie grew up on the street where Walt Disney lived in Hollywood. She was asked to be an extra in a… Read More »Ruthie Thompson – Happy 100th Birthday