Matterhorn

Ronnie Washburn Guitarist/Singer for Tourist

Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves

Okay, now roll them down. Now back up again. . . . Now: down, quick!

Penn State More Psyched Than USC By Disneyland Visit

One perk for Penn State University players, coaches and fans who have already arrived in Southern California for the New Year's Day Rose Bowl is the traditional Disneyland visit, which is Friday. After all, who wouldn't want to escape the weather in University Park, PA (current temperature: 23 degre ... More >>

Kingdom Come

Holidays at Disneyland

The Spector Watch

Holidays at Disneyland

Imagining Orange County

Its not the O.C., not Disneyland, not Newport. Eight writers imagine the real place you call home

The Closet and the Cross

Three decades ago, Michael Bussee helped found the mammoth ex-gay ministry Exodus International. Now, he’s one of the movement's biggest critics

Diary of a Mad County

Jan. 10-Jan. 16

Taken for a Ride

Movies! Rides! Movies! Rides!

Commie Girl

Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

A Clockwork Orange

Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

Diary of a Mad County

Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

!Ask a Mexican!

Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

Best of OC 2004: Part 3

Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

Feedback

Are You Too Late for the Trend?
28 Local Greats

Clubbed!

Are You Too Late for the Trend?
28 Local Greats

Going Down

Queens in the Kingdom is just too damn gay

Disneyland Primeval

A pre-Eisner photo history of Walts unreal world

I'll Tumble for You

Anthony Micheal Hall! Candy Apples! Sandra Ramos! The loney drunk guy 15 years past his frat-boy prime!

OOOOMPAH!

Re-creating the Old World

In the Shadow of the Mouse

Re-creating the Old World

And Out the Door You Went

Re-creating the Old World

Tourists Trapped

Re-creating the Old World

45 rides. 16 hours. One man. Disneyland in a day!

Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
---Dante

Disney's Inferno

To hell and back

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 ... More >>

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 f ... More >>

Dishney: Five Ghostly Disneyland Urban Legends

Flickr user Joe Penniston​You know, being a ghost stuck at Disneyland doesn't sound all that bad. It's better than haunting some family in Texas, right? Like any place with a rich history, Disneyland's got its fair share of urban legends and myths surrounding it--take the cryogenically frozen head ... More >>

Spotted: The Spiffy Campaign Poster for Dustin Apodaca of Dusty Rhodes & the River Band

​Dusty Rhodes & the River Band gave what likely is one of their final performances at Saturday's OC Foodie Fest, and they brought the right amount of Skynyrd-inspired rocking to show why they'll be sorely missed. But don't despair too much: Out of the band's demise comes a sweet campaign poste ... More >>

Disney Holds Geek-Raver Party ElecTRONica

[Mental Notes] Raising the roof at California Adventure, Dustin Apodaca's campaign poster and Steve Aoki's OC festival

Disney's Hotel-Workers' Union Is Still Trying to Bring Down the Mouse

After some two-and-a-half years of stalled negotiations and street theater, a new labor deal still seems like Fantasyland

A Matterhorn of a Man

Get past the name controversy of California Repertory's 'The Night of the Tribades'

A Sweet Tradition: Candy Cane Making At Disneyland

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Just before 8 a.m., the gates to the park open and the mad rush begins. A stampede dashes down Disneyland's Main Street U.S.A., past the cinema, the penny arcade and the cart selling overpriced cotton candy. Run. These ambitious guests aren't racing to be the fi ... More >>

No. 64: Macaroon at Disneyland

Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to numéro soixante-quatre, the latest entry.

OC's Top Five Most Dangerous Theme Park Rides

​Accidents happen, especially at America's theme parks, and Orange County's theme park triumvirate--Disneyland, California Adventure and Knott's Berry Farm--are no exceptions to the rule.Recently, the state completed investigations into 27 medical problems sustained by passengers riding OC theme p ... More >>

PHOTOS: A Four-Year-Old's First Time at Disneyland

​If you remember this post from last week, you'll recall that I was set to go on a full-day Disneyland adventure with a four-year-old boy named Anthony (and his family), who would be experiencing the park for his very first time.I'm proud to report that Anthony went, and Anthony conquered. Boy, di ... More >>

Five Things Disneyland Has Over Disney World

​When Walt Disney World opened its gates in Florida in 1971, Disneyland started taking the proverbial backseat to its younger (and much larger) sibling.Disneyland was just a theme park. Disney World was a destination.Of course, since then Disneyland has made great strides in making its resort a va ... More >>

Disneyland to Stay Open for 24 Hours Straight

​Ever wish you could ride Space Mountain at 3:30 in the morning?You now have your chance! Learn more after the jump.

Disney to Release Matterhorn Movie

Disneyland's Matterhorn Bobsleds is about to get the same silver screen treatment that Disney has given to Pirates of the Caribbean, Country Bear Jamboree, and Haunted Mansion.That's right: They're turning another ride it into a feature-length movie (with the hopes of it becoming a franchise, of cou ... More >>