Subject: Disneyland Resort

• Disneyland Tourist Crime Alert

  Don't be the amusement for a crook: As a public service to Disneyland's out-of-town visitors, we've compiled a summary of serious crimes committed in the city housing the "Happiest Place on Earth" for the period of July 3 to 9. Here are the reported crimes for the week: Stolen vehicles ..................................................... 27 Grand thefts ......................................................... 20 Drunk-driving arrests .......................................... 39 Identity t

  July 13, 2007

• Cheap Disney Trick

  August 15, 2007

• Disneyland Loves the Dodgers (Ingrates Edition)

  Remember when Disney owned your Anaheim Angels? Yeah, we've erased that from our memory as well (though not that sweet, sweet 2002 World Series win, por supuesto). But the fact remains that Disney is still very much an Orange County institution, especially Disneyland. That's why it shocked us last night, as we were slipping into the food coma caused by the Los Angeles Dodgers' $35 all-you-can-eat right-field pavilion special, to see that Disneyland is not only a major advertiser for the Dodgers,

  August 17, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Fishy Rohrabacher

  Fishy Rohrabacher? The Huntington Beach Independent features a visit by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Skipped Vietnam Combat Duty) to Coatings Resource Corp., a local company owned by Edward Laird. Michael Alexander's story says that the Chinese had nabbed Laird's paint contract with Mattel Toys. The lead scandal prompts Laird to call the Chinese cheaters. Laird's not mad because he says his company is hoping to work with the Chinese to certify the paint they use for Mattel toys. All good to

  September 20, 2007

• To Do Today - 10/06

  GAY DAYS AT DISNEYLAND, 8am Come out and show your support for the 10th annual “Gay Days” at Disneyland. Numerous events will be held all day throughout the park. Remember to wear red. Disneyland, 1313 S Harbor Blvd., Anaheim www.gaydaysanaheim.com KIDSFAIRE, 10am This is one to take the whole family to. With interactive exhibits and stage shows, the kids are bound to be entertained. If you can’t make it today, the fair is also held Sunday. Orange County Fair & Exposition Center, 88 Fair

  October 6, 2007

• A Look at Disneyland's Newest Ride, Toy Story Midway Mania

  Enduring a heat wave, and wave of overweight mid-westerners, I embarked on a journey to Disney’s California Adventure for the sneak preview of their “Toy Story Midway Mania" ride. Let me preface this by saying, I hate Disneyland. I hate the high prices, I hate the happy music, and I hate the abundance of tourists who don’t watch their children. But I will quiet my rants of enforcing the morning after pill for the time being. The only way I usually engage in a Disney activity

  June 7, 2008

• What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XXIV

  The big news of the weekend was the OC Weekly's two wins at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards in Philadelphia. Gustavo Arellano took home the award for Best Column with "Ask A Mexican" while R. Scott Moxley bagged second place in the prestigious public service category for his coverage of the indictment of Sheriff Mike Carona. The Ink and Iron Festival in Long Beach called out to Andrew Youssef who reviewed the Black Angel's performance and chatted up some of the tatted up ladi

  June 9, 2008

• The Happiest Memorial to a Police Shooting Victim on Earth

  The following is a report by the Weekly's new news fellow, Spencer Kornhaber, who is so new he does not yet have a sign-in for this blog, thus Coker's name shows:Disneyland's Main Street USA is an orgy of good-ole'-days Americana -- penny arcades, horse-drawn carriages, unbelievably enormous piles of ice cream -- so maybe this new proposal from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the parents of a slain Anaheim resident isn't so crazy. They want Disney to install a statue memorializi

  January 5, 2009

• The Mouse House Takes a Hit

  A four percent drop in revenues from theme parks and lower occupancy at company-owned hotels ringing Anaheim's Disneyland and its resorts elsewhere, combined with declines in other company sectors, contributed to falling first quarter earnings for the Walt Disney Co. The Mouse House earned 41 cents a share in its first quarter ended Dec. 27, 2008, down from 63 cents the previous year. According to the company press release:Parks and Resorts revenues for the quarter decreased 4% to $2.7 billion

  February 3, 2009

• Nixon and Disneyland: 2 OC Institutions Together at Last, er, Again

  Artist, marketing man and blogger extraordinaire Dave Decaro posts on the Disneyland Art Blog, the Jungle Cruise Blog, the Haunted Mansion Blog, the Pirates of the Caribbean Blog and 2719 Hyperion (for the Hollywood address of Walt Disney Studios). "Yes, I spend way too much time at Disneyland," Decaro notes his mini-profile. Currently, his Daveland Blog features posts based on Richard Nixon's many brushes with the Anaheim theme park, which the Stubbly One and his family visited frequently in th

  February 24, 2009

• Smack Talk Against Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Begins Early

  I thought the worst thing I'd read so far about Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was that the A's are gaining on them, but then came this: "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will always be Disneyland's team and should expect nothing but another fairy-tale in the AL West this season." Disneyland's team? That was soooooo 2002. You know, the, gulp, last and only time the Halos won the World Series. Where was this going again? Oh, yes: the fairy tale connection courtesy of Melissa Segura at SI.com

  February 25, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 14: Weekend and Monday B.S.

  Orange County Register: Octo-Mom took spawn from her oldest litters to Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday and Disneyland the day before, and all she got were crummy t-shirts reading: "More kids have passed through my log fume than Knott's" and "Your Kaiser co-pays helped pay for the 8-pack I just dropped, so what am I doing now? I'm going to Disneyland!" TMZ's got pics of the getaway, which allowed volunteer contractors to finish getting her La Habra home

  March 16, 2009

• Does Promotion Draw 'Questionable' People to Disneyland?

  As part of its What Will You Celebrate? promotion, Disney Resort in Anaheim allows free admission to one of their theme parks on your birthday. Simply sign up. But this, ahem, guest-pool expansion has "backfired," a poster claims today on a MousePlanet.com discussion board. "As a Law Enforcement Officer in the State of California, I have noticed the 'What Will You Celebrate' campaign has backfired for Disney," writes "Mr. 230." "My family and I go to Disne

  March 16, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 21

  Orange County Register: It's not the happiest place on Earth today, as Disneyland begins laying off back-office employees and telling employees of a Paradise Pier Hotel restaurant it will close. . . . Motivational speaker Gary Shawkey was booked into Orange County Jail on murder charges after spinning wild tales about criss-crossing the country in search of his business partner, who is believed to be the victim. . . . Firefighters battling a blaze at a Santa Ana commercial storage building

  March 27, 2009

• Welcome to the Poor Haunted Mansion

  If you go to Disneyland this spring or summer, you'll find great deals on Park Hopper tickets. The question is whether there will be anyone there to sell you your tickets, take your tickets and grope you. Disney is eliminating 1,900 jobs at its domestic theme parks, most in Orlando (1,400), the least in Burbank (200) and the rest at the Anaheim resort (300). This worries pop culturista Lisa Derrick, who writes and edits La Figa at Firedoglake.com. It's going to be weird

  April 7, 2009

• Imagine Amusement Parks Before Knott's and Disneyland

  Carousel News & Trader--A Sun Valley-based trade mag for the mighty carousel industry--previews a book about Orange County amusement parks that pre-date Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. Early Amusement Parks of Orange County trades on author and former Disney/Knott's ride operator Richard Harris' lifelong fascination with theme parks and attractions and contains photographs culled from museums, private collections and the Orange County Archives. Harris does devote plenty of ink to Disney

  April 13, 2009

• A Spoonful of Sugar

  Forward into the past at Disneylands Storybook Memories exhibit

  June 28, 2007

• Who's Got Crystal Balls?

  The Weekly wants your '07 predictions

  December 21, 2006

• How to Spend Disney Bucks? Let Mickey Count the Ways

  Everybody has cash to spare these days, so the big question is how to blow it to get the most bang for your buck. This is especially true, of course, of Mouseketeers. I mean, should those with valid Orange County addresses spend $99 for a three-day pass to visit Disneyland and/or California Adventure this summer? Or $269 for a Disneyland Deluxe Annual Pass that gets you 315 days of either park for a year (and comes with a $50 Disney Gift Card for each pass you buy at a Southern California Costco

  May 6, 2009

• A Visit to Napa Rose Guarantees Impressed Chicks

  It was supposed to be the perfect Cinco de Mayo: dinner with my chica and some of our pals at the muy muy Napa Rose at Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel followed by moshing at the Mouse of Blues with O.C.'s O.G. punk-mock veteranos, Manic Hispanic. I should've known better: the two don't mix.Napa Rose, for those who don't know, is Disneyland's attempt at food more serious than their legendary corn dogs. On that level, it's succeeded for years, with an embrace of California cuisine focusing on

  May 14, 2009

• Mickey Mouse Justice for Mom Who Wanted to Bring Kids to Disneyland

  An Australian mother of four daughters who planned to bring her brood to Disneyland to celebrate her release from detention in Thailand for stealing a bar mat was denied a U.S. visa so the trip has been scrubbed, reports today's Herald Sun. Annice Smoel, 36, of Melbourne, hoped a visit to the Magic Kingdom would help make up for her family's Thai nightmare, but the U.S. embassy denied her application for a non-immigrant visa because of the conviction for stealing a bar mat in Phuket. "They are g

  June 12, 2009

• Indie Fest USA in Anaheim Seeks to Break Film Festival Mold

  Indie Fest USA 2009, which is scheduled to open with red carpet arrivals at the Disneyland Hotel Aug. 22 and continue seven days thereafter in Anaheim, vows to "break the mold in film festivals," according to Ray L. Gibb, vice president of events with Indie Fest USA Entertainment Group.  "At other film festivals, high ticket and pass prices mean less can afford to attend," Gibb explains in an email. "Limiting selections to films that have won awards limits the screening availability to the

  June 26, 2009

• Did Disneyland Try Viral Video Promotion of Summer Nightastic?

  The YouTube video above supposedly captures a young man proposing marriage to his girlfriend in the middle of Disneyland's Main Street USA. But as MousePlanet points out, the whole thing reeks of a stunt to promote the new Summer Nightastic spectacular by hoping the "amateur" video goes viral. There are several clues the proposal was staged:-The would-be groom is obviously a professional performer.-The area the crowd is giving up is too perfectly shaped.-No crowd is that polite, not even at the

  June 25, 2009

• Campaign to Bring Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" Back to Disneyland Has 2 Problems

  As someone commenting on this previous post revealed, an online petition drive has been launched to urge Disneyland to bring back the Captain EO attraction in light of Michael Jackson's death. But there are two problems with this: 1) The site being used to pull this off, PetitionSpot.com, has no single, unified petition but at least four different efforts. Save Captain EO, which has 223 supporters toward a goal of getting 10,000, calls for either the attraction's return

  July 1, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets from the Park

  Flickr user Donabel and EwenWhoa there.It's Disneyland's 54th birthday today--and none more appropriate of a day for our weekly roundup of some of the best--and the worst--tweets from the park that's only sometimes the happiest place on earth. There's plenty of the usual complain-y too-crowded, too-pricey tweets but the one from Twitter user totemototem takes the cake with his link to the above photo of the Little Mermaid outgrowing her little shell bra at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con. Awkward.

  July 17, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park, Sex Edition

  In a world where people are losing jobs over blog posts, websites, and MySpace and Facebook photos, we're just left wondering how long until we all start learning of career-death by tweet. Then again: Some people still don't care. Eh. Here's our weekly roundup of some of the best--and worst--tweets from the park that's only sometimes the happiest place on earth. SEX EDITION. We know the 12-year-old in you is totally excited. Our favorite this week goes to the dude who shared with the Intern

  July 27, 2009

• Dishney: Flash Mob at Disneyland Plaza This Thursday

  Paul Hiffmeyer/DisneylandFreeze frame!​In continued protest of the Iran Election, Twitter user @GreenThumbNails has organized a flash mob event for a two-minute freeze at Disneyland Plaza on Thurs., July 30 at 6:30 p.m. If you're not familiar with the flash mob phenomenon, it was recently popularized with a group called Improv Everywhere, a New York-based comedic performance group founded in 2001 by Charlie Todd. The aim of Improv Everywhere is fairly simple, but the effect is definitely anyt

  July 29, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr User SurfDaddy"Don't Drink and Disney"​You're excited, we know it, we can feel it from here! This week's round-up of tweets from Disneyland bring us gems like a gal rehashing high school hatred for "some one-armed girl" and, everyone's favorite, getting high at the park (we highly recommend the Winnie the Pooh ride). Follow us at @OCWeekly!sazmi: @shezzalicious i doubt its as bad as the time me and my friends went to disneyland..the guys got ill, & the hotel room was covered in puke

  July 31, 2009

• Dishney: An Update on the Captain EO Non-Update

  ​Earlier, we discussed the possibility of the return of Michael Jackson's 3D alien thriller Captain EO to Disneyland's Tomorrowland--bumping off Honey, We Shrunk the Audience for its original home at the Magic Eye Theater. Amongst the various issues on resurrecting the film, there's the logistical, time costly stuff like the matter of re-mastering the original film for today's audience and today's technology, and re-fitting the theater with new special effects. Despite all that, all-things-Dis

  August 4, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park, "Did I Want to Know That?" Edition

  Flickr user briberryAnybody else freaked out by the texture of Mad Hatter's nose?​Twitter really does have everything. Type in any pairing of words and you'll get someone talking about something--usually totally inappropriate to publicly broadcast--right there for everyone to read. We love it. This week's Tweets From the Park weekly round-up celebrates this new form of digital exhibitionism. We salute you, guy who had sex in a Disneyland gift shop bathroom! And you, too, guy taking a shit with

  August 14, 2009

• Dishney: Top 5 Most Avoidable Disneyland Deaths

  ​Alright, fine: So it's a little morbid, but since the park's grand opening in 1955, a few hiccups have happened during Disneyland's reign as the Happiest Place on Earth--nine of them, to be exact. Which, statistically speaking, isn't all that bad. We guess. All but one of the fatalities to take place within Disneyland property lines can be attributed to guest negligence--unbuckling this, standing up during that--the only accident that can be determined as insufficient ride maintenan

  August 17, 2009

• Dishney: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

  Scott Brinegar/Disneyland Studio Disney 365With the recent announcement of the July 2009 Downtown Disney arrival of overpriced-boutique-to-the-stars (and their privileged offspring) Kitson Kids, it seems to us that Disney's starting to cater to--and cultivate--a whole new sect of Paris Hilton-obsessed youth. Located in the Sleeping Beauty Castle Courtyard inside the Disneyland park, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique opened its doors to the public in mid-April. The store offers "aspiring young princesses

  July 8, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park, Count to Ten Edition

  Flickr user dohrmanoriginals​This week's round-up of our favorite Tweets From the Park: You know when you have one of those days where everything--everrrything--pisses you off? Well, these people had them, too, apparently. And while at Disneyland. It's Friday, everything will be okay again in about eight hours. Count to ten, you'll be fine. Our choice tweet this week goes to user TVsMatt--because hating on Ed Hardy (clothing) is one of our favorite pastimes. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!lidd

  August 21, 2009

• Dishney: Top Five Favorite Snacks at Disneyland

  ​Forget the long wait for Space Mountain--what about the long wait for a pineapple-flavored Dole Whip? Eating your way through Disneyland is allllll part of the experience: Whether it's the smell of fresh waffle cones wafting out from the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street or walking around with a giant turkey leg the size of your calf, everyone has their must-eats. It pains us that we had to omit a few longtime staples--the salty/sweet Monte Cristo sammie at the Blue Bayou, the virgi

  August 27, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr User expressmonorail​Here's our weekly round-up of our favorite tweets this week from Disneyland Resort. Some vulgar, some gross, some mean, but all definitely funny. The best tweet o' the week goes to the gal complaining about "fat chicks" and their cleavage. Suh-weet. We were at the park on Wednesday. The good news? The crowds have thinned out now that most of the kidlets are back in school. The bad news? The line for a Dole Whip was just as long as the lines for most of the rides. Al

  August 28, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

  Flickr user Miehana​Wow, it's Friday already? When's the next holiday again? Here's this week's Tweets From the Park, where we round-up our favorite tweets involving the park that's only sometimes the happiest place on earth. Our pick o' the week goes to the guy celebrating his first new job in over a year... and is putting on his three keyboard cat moon shirt and going to Disneyland. Yep. Follow us on Twitter at @OCWeekly!  lesliexxx: fuck, I love disneyland. never disappoint..except whe

  September 11, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park, No Filter Edition

  Flickr user BriBerry​It's Friday and that means it's time for our weekly round-up of the best and worst tweets from Disneyland park--this time, it's the "No Filter" Edition. Inspired by the very first account we heard just this week of someone getting fired over something not-so-smart that they tweeted. Ah, technology. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! heyyymandii: hah im going to disneyland to fuck mickey.. wait i mean minnie=) ... alovething: I JUST STARTED MY FUCKING PERIOD THE FUCKIN

  October 2, 2009

• Drink of the Week: Mint Julep at Disneyland's Blue Bayou Restaurant

  ​Unless you're an ex-Mouseketeer, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or the offspring of one or the other, you're probably not going to make it into Club 33 (Disneyland's hardly secret VIP lounge) for an afternoon highball with Mickey. So then what do you do if your throat's left a little parched from screaming your way through a seventh go on Matterhorn? Well, if riding down Splash Mountain with your mouth open doesn't sound like an option, the next best thing would be to head over to New Orle

  October 2, 2009

• Tweets From the Park: Homophobe Edition

  Flickr user ParanoidMonk​Aw, fuckshitgoddammit, people. There was nothing more depressing that scrolling through the Disneyland tweets from last week and seeing all the awful things being tweeted about people just trying to have a good time. Look at that. You made Mickey sad. From the tweets about "shielding" kids from the coooontagious gays to the general ewwwwws, thanks for the most depressing round-up of Tweets From the Park yet! Try to enjoy this extra long edition of super special tweets.

  October 9, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

  Flickr user Andrew Huff!​Hellooo and welcome to another edition of Tweets from the Park, where we round-up the funniest and the most irreverent tweets from Disneyland Resort all for you in one convenient space. Gather 'round and witness the questioning of the hygiene (and odor) of Disneyland visitors and kids getting caught drunk at the park. Faaaantastic. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!MrMKing: @OXTRAVAGANZA. When I went to disneyland all I saw was fucking china men walking around talking in

  October 16, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr user QueenOfNancyLand​Friday! Time for our weekly round-up of our favorite irreverent, strange tweets from Disneyland Park. Gold star this week goes to the dude who said being drunk at Disneyland makes it thaaaat much more magical of an experience. Suhweeet. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! seanfabulous: Fat America's body odor is making my Disneyland experience less magical. mikecarano: Dear Disneyland, I appreciate your new crowd management ideas Pre-fireworks show. Too bad it sucks.

  September 25, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr user ralichte​Ah, yes, it's Friday and that means it's time for our round-up of the funniest and most irreverent tweets from Disneyland of the week. Our fave? We can't decide: Either the guy still pissed off that Erik Estrada wouldn't say hello to him two years ago at Disneyland or the other guy who overheard someone refer to Princess Jasmine from Aladdin as a terrorist. Huuuhm. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! BerlingKenneth: Fuck Erik Estrada, every time I see that erik estrada glasses

  September 18, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr user PhoenixFlameAmy​The new Fantasmic! dragon--his name's Murphy, seriously--might have premiered this week, but we're still more interested with you people out there broadcasting hilarious(ly inappropriate) shit all over Twitter. Our favorite this week goes to the dude stoked over the Disney/Marvel union announced Monday--"X-MEN RIDE WITH FUCKING LASERS AND SHIT!" Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! touj0urspur: fuck you fireworks @ disneyland. stop exploding through my apartment with you

  September 4, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets from the Park

  Paul Hiffmeyer/DisneylandOur weekly roundup of some of the best--and the worst--tweets from the park that's only sometimes the happiest place on earth. Our favorite goes to user ZombieHorde. Warms our hearts. Follow us @OCWeekly!worship_girl: Texted my daughter 2x to see if she made it to disneyland ok. She finally texted me back and told me to "chill". Hey, it's nice to know!kennykeil: Hidden beneath the Country Bear Jamboree is the ultra exclusive Club 67, the only place at Disneyland that ser

  July 9, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland​ Ah, Friday: It signifies not only the coming of the weekend but our totally awesome weekly feature Tweets From the Park, where we gather up the best of the worst of irreverent/weird/hilarious tweets from Disneyland Park. Fave this week? The dude that refers to children as "crotch fruit." Ew? Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!  ALIASman09: I saw a mother with all four of herkidson leashes at disneyland. Fucking ridiculous -PuDgE- Gabe___: Theres a whole bunch of

  October 23, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Flickr user Malingering"Someone ran a stroller right into it. And I laughed."​Welcome to this week's Tweet's from the Park, our Friday feature where we gather the best and most interesting (and grossest. And weirdest. And most racist. And...) tweets from Disneyland Park for your reading pleasure. Our fave this week? The dude willing to exchange sex for Disneyland tickets--and he'll even sing "It's a Small World" during the act. Ew? Follow on on Twitter @OCWeekly!Andy_Mackenzie: At Disneyland f

  October 30, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park

  Everyone survive the week? Flickr user NewYork808​Don't worry, it's almost over... which also means it's time for our weekly feature, Tweets From the Park, where we round up the funniest, best and most irreverent tweets from Disneyland. Gold star this week to all the gals who chose to wear slutty costumes to the Happiest Place on Earth Halloween weekend. Follow us on Twitter at @OCWeekly!joshmattvander: Disneyland won't let my niece in because her costume looks too much like Alice in wonderlan

  November 6, 2009

• Rock Around the Park

  November 12, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

  Flickr user Understated​Ah, yes, it's Tweets From the Park, our weekly Friday feature where we round-up the funniest, weirdest, grossest, and usually, yes, most insulting, tweets from Disneyland Resort! Our favorite this week? The gal who wants to punch a little girl's face for wearing a Twilight shirt. Aw! Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! Dark_Faerie89: Disneyland is awesome, France sucks ass! edleenmarie: LOONNNGGG ASS WALK TO THE CAR FROM DISNEYLAND, FML. tradevoorhees: Finally home

  November 13, 2009

• Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

  It's Friday! Which can only mean one thing: Time for Tweets From the Park, where we gather all the worst, best, funniest, most disgusting and most confusing tweets from Disneyland Resort all in one convenient place for your reading pleasure. Our fave this week is most definitely the gal who said a certain Disney princess got thrown out of Disneyland... for sitting on Pinocchio's face. Sad. Face. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! Flickr user PocketEdwardOkay, so this whole Twilight thing might be g

  November 20, 2009