Archive
December 20, 2009 -- Update
In December we have updated 3 Attractions with 15 onstage photos, 1 backstage photos. We have added 15 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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November 22, 2009 -- Update
In November we have updated 12 Attractions with 4 onstage photos, 4 backstage photos, 7 videos. We have updated 2 Restaurants. We have added 19 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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November 25, 2009 -- NEW
To all of our U.S. members: Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving…
November 19, 2009 -- NEW
We have added a new attraction video of Construction of Progress City model: Video clip of
Progress City. This is a 1 and half minute video. Progress City was a model you could view from the People Mover or upstairs from Carousel Of Progress.
November 15, 2009 -- NEW
We have added a new attraction video of Disneyland's newest show: Video clip of
Tiana's Showboat Jubilee Show. This is a 2 minute video.
November 14, 2009 -- NEW
We have added 2 new attraction videos from 1968: Video clip of
Motor Boat Cruise. This is a 11 second video showing driving a boat. Video clip of
Fantasyland Autopia. This is a 10 second video showing following another car.
November 14, 2009 -- NEW
We have added 2 new attraction videos: Video clip of
Indian Village (Frontierland). This is a 11 second video showing Indian Dance Circle. Video clip of
King Arthur Carrousel. This is a 19 second video showing the original multi-colored horses.
November 07, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The November 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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November 07, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Robert Baca. He worked at Disneyland from 1995 until 2003. He will be writing about some behind the scenes of Rivers Of America. His fifth article:
Timber is available HERE
October 31, 2009 -- Update
In October we have updated 7 Attractions with 11 onstage photos, 2 backstage photos, 2 videos. We have updated 1 Restaurants. We have added 1 Parade Video. We have added 29 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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October 19, 2009 -- NEW
This year Disneyland introduces Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy. An overlay for Space Mountain. We have created a page for
Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy.We have located the best video so far. It is very difficult to film inside. Enjoy…
Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy Video
October 15, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete video of Blast To The Past Parade . This video was taken in 1988. This video is the complete parade.
Blast To The Past Video This is a 7 minute video
October 12, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a wonderful aerial shot of Disneyland from 1976. We have added it our
Disneyland Ads Map Page
October 12, 2009 -- NEW
We have added original artwork for Disney's California Adventure. You can see an attraction that was planned and never built. We have added the photo to our
Disney California Adventure Construction Page
October 07, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Dlander In Time. He worked first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. He will be giving us some peeks at Imagineering. His fourth article:
When The Mouse Roared Back Part 3
October 07, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The October 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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October 02, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a scan of Walt Disney's Passport issued on August 19,1965. We have added it to
Disney Family Page
September 29, 2009 -- Update
In September we have updated 13 Attractions with 16 onstage photos, 25 backstage photos, 5 videos and 2 audio clips. We have updated 3 Restaurants.. We have added 24 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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September 22, 2009 -- Update
We have located the full show audio for
America Sings. America Sings was performed in the Carousel theater from 1974 until 1988. It is a 21 minute audio clip.
September 22, 2009 -- Update
We have located one of the best photos I have seen of the final construction of Cosmic Waves. We have added it to the backstage photos. We have also added 2 great photos of guests having fun in Cosmic Waves to our
Cosmic Waves Page
September 21, 2009 -- NEW
We have located the full theme song for
Videopolis. Videopolis was an outdoor dance area in Fantasyland from 1985 until 1989 when it became Fantasyland theater. The audio is the theme song which played at Videopolis. It is a 3 minute audio clip from 1983.
September 19, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a sneak peek at Star Wars II which is due to open in 2011. Star Wars II will be 3D.
Star Wars II Video. We have also created a Star Wars II page to be updated as information becomes available
Star Wars II
September 08, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The September 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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September 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 2 complete attraction videos: .
Country Bear Vacation Hoedown This is a 15 minute video and
Mission To Mars Video This is a 15 minute video. We have also added a video of probably the least reliable and most boring attraction
Observatron The video actually shows one the few times it worked correctly. The video is 1 and half minutes long.
September 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have located the full audio from the
Magic Journeys 3D Show. This is a 12 minute complete show audio clip. Sit back close your eyes and listen..Enjoy…
August 26, 2009 -- Update
In August we have updated 10 Attractions with 29 onstage photos, 3 backstage photos, 4 videos.. We have updated 7 Restaurants. 1 Parades with 13 photos . We have added 10 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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August 12, 2009 -- NEW
We are now 100% W3c Compliant! Thank you for your patience. To help say thank you to our members, we have reduced the price of our Silver and Bronze Accounts. Silver Accounts were $1.67 per month they are now 83 cents per month (for 24 months) That is 50% off!. Our Bronze Accounts have been reduced from $2.50 per month to 83 cents per month (for 36 months). That is a savings of 75%!!!
UPGRADE TODAY! Our Deluxe, Premium and GOLD Accounts are great values and they remain the same price as before.
August 06, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The August 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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August 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Dlander In Time. He worked first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. He will be giving us some peeks at Imagineering. His third article:
When The Mouse Roared Back Part 2
July 31, 2009 -- Update
In July we have updated 28 Attractions with 53 onstage photos, 22 backstage photos, 6 videos.. We have updated 28 Restaurants. 6 Parades with 48 photos . We have added 22 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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July 21, 2009 -- NEW
Thanks to Roy H. Wagner ASC we have added 2 new photos to
America The Beautiful Attraction Page. The backstage photos show the camera and crew used to film the Circle-Vision film.
July 18, 2009 -- NEW
I hope everyone enjoyed our free content. We will do it again on July 17, 2010…
July 11, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 2 complete ride through videos: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage .
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Video This is a 18 minute video and Peter Pan's Flight
Peter Pan's Flight Video This is a 2 minute video
July 11, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show audio of Honey I Shrunk The Audience. This show has been performing in Tomorrowland since 1998.
Honey I Shrunk The Audience Video. This video clip is 13 minutes long.
July 10, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 1974 Standard Operating Procedure Manual for America Sings we have added it to our SOP Photos on our
America Sings Page.
July 09, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 5 Print Advertisements from 1969. They have been added to our
Disneyland Print Advertisement Page
July 07, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The July 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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July 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Dlander In Time. He worked first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. He will be giving us some peeks at Imagineering. His second article:
Remembering Disneyland At 30 is available HERE
July 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Robert Baca. He worked at Disneyland from 1995 until 2003. He will be writing about some behind the scenes of Rivers Of America. His fourth article:
Magic In Stealth Mode is available HERE
July 04, 2009 -- NEW
We are making a few changes to the site to make DLDHistory.com W3c Compliant. Doing this will make DLDHistory.com render properly in Internet Explorer 8. Please be patient..Some pages may have different navigation until we are done.
June 29, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show audio of Fantasmic!. The stage show has been performing on the shores of Rivers Of America since 1992.
Fantasmic. This audio clip is 26 minutes long.
June 29, 2009 -- Update
In June we have updated 13 Attractions with 18 onstage photos, 12 backstage photos, 1 videos.. We have updated 3 Restaurants . We have added 22 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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June 25, 2009 -- NEW
With the death of Michael Jackson (06/25/09)..We do have a complete video of Captain EO that he stared in and was presented at Disneyland from 1986 to 1997 in Tomorrowland.
Captain EO Video Here
June 15, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show video of Hunchback Of Notre Dame. The stage show was performed in the Festival Of Fools arena from 1996 until 1998.
Hunchback Of Notre Dame. This video is 26 minutes long.
June 15, 2009 -- Update
We found an error in 4 of our videos that prevented it from playing the entire clip. We have fixed the problem. Here are the videos that have been fixed:
Calling All space Scouts ,
Laughing Stock Company,
One Mans Dream and
Davy Crocket Explorer Canoes
June 15, 2009 -- NEW
We have added a new Gold Member Feature: Gold Card Member. A very cool card specially designed for you. If you are a Gold Member go to you’re My Page and take a look at your card. If you are not a Gold Card Member
Click Here to see a sample. Membership has its privileges!
June 07, 2009 -- Update
We have added the characters from the Pixar movie Up to our available Disney Character Email names. Get your favorite before someone else does.
Click Here to upgrade your account
June 06, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The June 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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May 29, 2009 -- Update
In May we have updated 28 Attractions with 21 onstage photos, 11 backstage photos, 6 videos.. We have updated 12 Restaurants, 1 Parade . We have added 19 new articles. To see which attractions, parades, restaurants and articles have been updated
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May 21, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show video of One Mans Dream. The stage show was performed in the Videopolis from 1989 until 1990.
One Mans Dream Video. This video was filmed in 1989 and is 28 minutes long and is taken from center stage.
May 16, 2009 -- NEW
We have added a Then And Now Photo of Main Street looking west from 1965 and 1975 to our
Then And Now Main Street U.S.A. Page
May 06, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The May 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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May 03, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Dlander In Time. He worked first worked as a Disneyland Operations Supervisor, and then became head of the Imagineering Show/Ride team at Disneyland. He was involved with all of the park planning that took place from the mid 80's to mid 90's. He will be giving us some peeks at Imagineering. His first article:
When The Mouse Roared Back is available HERE
May 03, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Robert Baca. He worked at Disneyland from 1995 until 2003. He will be writing about some behind the scenes of Rivers Of America. His third article:
Great Balls Of Fire is available HERE
May 01, 2009 -- NEW
Welcome to the all new DLDHistory.com. We hope you enjoy the new features and look. This is the result of over 6 months of hard work. Feel free to let us know what you think:
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May 01, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show video of Animazement. The stage show was performed in the Fantasyland Theater from 1995 until 2001.
Animazement Video. This video was filmed in 1998 and is 25 minutes long and is taken from center stage.
April 25, 2009 -- Update
In April we have updated 28 Attractions with 20 onstage photos, 6 backstage photos, 14 videos to our
Attractions Pages. We have added 14 new articles. To see which attractions and articles have been updated
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April 18, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show video of Mickeys Detective School. The stage show was performed in the Fantasyland Theater from 2002 until 2003.
Mickeys Detective School Video. This video was filmed in 2002 and is 23 minutes long.
April 13, 2009 -- Update
We found a small bug in the Article Databases we have rebuilt them. All articles should now be available..
April 13, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 3 old articles: A rare article from 1956 about Mineral Hall:
Ultra-Violet Sees Unseen In New Mineral Hall Exhibit , An article from 1956 announcing new bus service from Los Angeles to Disneyland:
Metro Operates Special Bus Line To Disneyland and a great article written in July 1955 before Disneyland opened. The article talks about things that were not even built. Very interesting reading:
All Aboard For Disneyland . These article are stored in our Archive Article Database.
April 06, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The April 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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April 03, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Robert Baca. He worked at Disneyland from 1995 until 2003. He will be writing about some behind the scenes of Rivers Of America. His second article:
Disneyland Mavericks is available HERE
April 01, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete show video of Beauty And The Beast. The stage show was performed in the Fantasyland Theater from 1992 until 1995.
Beauty And The Beast Video. This video was filmed in 1992 and is 22 minutes long.
March 31, 2009 -- Update
In March we have updated 20 Attractions with 3 onstage photos, 6 backstage photos, 15 videos to our
Attractions Pages. We have added 9 new articles. To see which attractions and articles have been updated
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March 13, 2009 -- NEW
We have located 4 great old Disneyland Print Advertisments from the 50's and 60's we have added them to our
Disneyland Print Advertisment Page
March 12, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a video of the Flying Saucers which were located in Tomorrowland from 1961 until 1966. This video is silent but has the best quality I have seen.
Flying Saucers Video This is a 40 second video
March 06, 2009 -- NewsLetter
The March 2009 DLDHistory News Letter is now available
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March 05, 2009 -- NEW
We have located a complete video of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of The Forbidden Eye. This video is a complete ride-through including the outdoor queue.
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of The Forbidden Eye Video This is a 4 and half minute video
March 03, 2009 -- NEW
We have a guest columnist: Robert Baca. He worked at Disneyland from 1995 until 2003. He will be writing about some behind the scenes of Rivers Of America. His first article:
Disaster Almost Avoided is available HERE
March 02, 2009 -- NEW
We have added 2 new attraction videos from 1959: Video clip of
Sailing Ship Columbia. This is a 17 second video,
Submarine Voyage. This is a 22 second on-ride video
March 02, 2009 -- NEW
We have added 3 new attraction videos from 1982: Video clip of
Dumbo The Flying Elephant. This is a 15 second video,
Matterhorn Bobsleds. This is a 41 second on-ride video,
Snow Whites Adventures. This is a 22 second video,
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