Pirates of the Caribbean opened on March 18, 1967 – just a few months after Walt Disney passed away. Lyrics by X Atencio | Music by George Bruns Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage…
Category: Disneyland
A Google idea for Disney
Everyone has used Google Maps in some form or another. Most people have switched between map view and earth view to get their bearings on a location. Being that Disney is one of the biggest marketing juggernauts in history, here’s an idea for them… Just looking at Disneyland in Google earth view, shows the number…
Disneyland Dedication
“To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here, age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will…
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
On June 23, 1963 Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room opened – which is the only attraction at the park that contains Walt’s name. The location was originally planned as a restaurant but that never came to be… the kitchen entrance is immediately to the left as soon as you enter the building.
Club 33 “facts” and comments
Many sites publish ‘little known facts’ about Club 33, Royal Street. Here are some comments and responses to some of those lists. (These are opinions, just as the articles I’m referencing are opinions, and this is not intended to be a debate about “who’s more correct” or not – this just just for fun.) Club…
The Matterhorn Mountain basketball hoop
by Pepper Santos-Bozung Many of you may already know about the basket ball hoop that resides inside Matterhorn Mountain, but as far as I can tell, very few know how it got there… The current hoop was introduced back in 1985 by a young gentleman named Keith Wing. He was a free spirited guy who…
Cicely Rigdon
Cicely began at Disneyland in 1957 as a ticket seller. In 1959, she joined the Tour Guide Department and was responsible for initiating its growth. It was a quality that Walt Disney had, and obviously Cicely Rigdon had it, too: persistence. “When they first opened the Park,” Cicely admits, “I made five attempts to get…