Comments on: 10 Cool Secrets About Disneyland

By: Theponylady

Theponylady — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:15:00 +0000

I remember the mine train rides. They were outside, and went through an area that looked like the desert, and the grand canyon. They were right next to the mule train rides(all of which is now the Big Thunder Mountain). I remember dancing with the indians where Bear Country now is. And being a little afraid of them lol Also, I do believe I met Daniel Boone there;)

I also remember some sort of hover craft type ride in tomorrowland. Round bumper car sort of things that lifted off I think from air jets coming out of the floor. I don’t think they were there for long! I do remember “real” mermaids in the 20000 leagues under the sea ride. I also remember some boat rides that were near the autopia.

I also remember stealing the apple from the witch in the snow white ride-it was a high schoolers pasttime. We got away with it several times. The last time, many years ago, the second someone stepped foot out of the car, a bright light came on and we were told by a great voice from the air to return to the car IMMEDIATELY, which was done. We didn’t get in trouble, nothing was said, but we got some hard looks from the operators when we exited… Last time I was there I believe it had finally been replaced with a hologram lol

We were in a canoe once that tipped over when someone decided to stand up in it. We ended up about hip deep in the water, it was pretty funny actually! We all got back in, and were given a handful of free E tickets as compensation for getting wet.

I also remember the “dead” bodies at the burning log cabin on Tom Sawyers island. I remember the cabin originally had a real (gas) fire, but then it changed to some flapping red colored tin foil or something like that.

I do remember they used to make someone walk the plank and jump into the river off the pirate ship. I haven’t seen the pirate ship active in years, does it still run?

I remember once they had horses in the stalls in the firehouse, but I only remember that once… The stalls are small, and have ever since been pristine clean.

My friend’s brother and a friend of his got caught smoking pot on tom sawyers island. They were escorted through a door in the fort, down stairs, and into a small holding area below the fort. They were then escorted via tunnels out of the park.

A former customer of mine was the first female glassblower at Disneyland park.

There used to be lots of antique cars and fire trucks and things that they used to give rides up and down main street when it was busy. Haven’t seen those in many years, wish they still used them.

I was one of the many kids priveledged to sing at the Christmas show at Disneyland park. Michael Landon was the person reading the story of Christmas, and there were probably 1000 kids who did the candlelit(battery operated candles) parade and then made up the huge choir that stood on stands in front of the main street train station. I remember when we were practicing backstage, the AMAZING sound that came out when 1000 kids started singing the hallaluja chorus, and all of us stopping, looking at each other, and thinking WOW, was that us? And then loads of us teenagers with tears streaming out of our eyes when we did that particular song in front of thousands of people in the park…it was an incredible experience. Oh, and we did get to go in the park free and ride the rides as compensation:)

The backstage area was more like a car park, with lots of warehouses and things. We were practicing outside under a large covered area. I remember when we were standing in the back getting ready for the parade, we were in a fairly large holding area by the Small World. We saw lots of cast characters come and go, all with their heads on (guess the Queen of Hearts hadn’t been around lately lol). Also saw all the floats lined up waiting their turn to go, and they also came back in that way, but through a passage way from behind the buildings.

I remember after we sang and had removed our choir robes, they walked us all the way from the backstage area near small world through passage ways between buildings, that had gates here and there they’d close so people didn’t see us passing. They walked us all the way through fantasy land, frontierland, all the way to main street through that passage before they let us through a gate somewhere near the fire station. That’s how they get vehicles and ambulances and so on around through the parks without being seen as well.

I remember when the parades used to have lots of carriages and were actually drawn by horses and ponies. There used to be the “Disney Pony Farm”, and they had lots of welsh ponies to pull snow white’s carriage, along with the main street horses and the mules living there. I guess once upon a time Frontierland used to have stagecoach rides, like Knotts Berry Farm, but they had lots of problems with runaways, and they didn’t last long. Those were before my time though. I do recall seeing some of the roads from them that were left over through the mine train ride-I think the train was built to replace the stagecoaches. I remember the mine train used to go past the “old faithful geyser”, or were they calling it old unfaithful? Don’t recall. I just remember the train slowing and stopping so we could see it erupt… I think the goat that is eating dynamite used to be on the mine train ride. I also remember there was a saloon with all kinds of singing and fighting noises coming out of it, also a dentists office with a guy screaming in pain…

I loved the shooting galleries that used real bb guns to hit the targets. Those were more fun than the current laser ones.

There is still the sound of a telegraph at the New Orleans train station stop. It’s about 8 years since I was last there, but I heard it that last time, as I have for years and years.

I remember the first time I went into Country Bear Jamboree, and being utterly fascinated by the talking animal heads on the wall above me. I can’t believe they took out the Jamboree and put in that horrid children’s ride…And bear country has gotten so boring, there really isn’t anything there once you walk past Splash Mountain anymore. I was surprised at Splash mountain, seeing it full of all the old America Sings animatronics. I sure do wish they’d re-release “Song of the South”, but they are too concerned with being PC these days…

The wishing well next to the castle used to echo…don’t think it does anymore. And the house of tomorrow used to sit where there is a garden now not far from the castle, by tomorrowland. I remember it being a Jetson type house.

I remember having a season pass, so that we could go dancing at Disneyopolis every weekend. I think that’s now used for stage shows.

I still like going upstairs above the pirates of the carribean, to what used to be apartments and private gardens for the Disneys. There are lots of old maps and designs for rides and things up there that are fascinating if you are into all things Disney.

I could go on and on. Lots of memories!

By: DizkneeNut

DizkneeNut — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:07:24 +0000

Cul info, awesome article! If anyone’s interested, the website oitc.com has a TON of disney secrets for every ride in their “Fun Facts” section.

Also, people HAVE died, as in, have stopped functioning/breathing in DL, they just aren’t declared dead until they arrive at the hospital. This way, Disney can “truthfully” say that noone’s ever died in Disneyland. Kinda sick.

By: haunted house utah

haunted house utah — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:40:58 +0000

Thanks for the great information about Disneyland. It is a place that I really aspire to. I work at a haunted house and we try every year to make it that much cooler, and that much better so that we can somehow be as good as Disneyland. Maybe someday we will be as good.

By: Janie

Janie — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:21:21 +0000

I moved to Cali in 74 from the midwest. My father always told me that someday he would take me, and sure enough, true to his word, he did. Even tho I was a teen, the magic it held was amazing.

I also went there on grad night; the one thing they didn’t sell there at that time was cigaretts. But all in all it was pretty cool to be there when not a lot of people were, and at night.

I saw the Electric Light Parade when I was 34 and it was cool.

It was enjoyable to hear all the stories and event though lots of secrets let out, it’s still magical for me to this day. Thanks Walt – You did a great job..

By: mckenzie

mckenzie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:47:58 +0000

I haven’t been to Disneyland, but I have been to Disneyworld and my friend was followed around by a trashcan.

By: Information Czar

Information Czar — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:05:03 +0000

A list of some cool things

1. The lady on the monsters inc. ride in California Adventures who talks like the old woman from monsters inc is actually a person talking with a voice changer. How do I know because my brother told the voice to shut up as the ride was ending. The voice said “young man in the 3rd Row” “That wasn’t very nice”. My family shared a good laugh at that one.

2. In California adventures, in the Red Wood Creek Challenge Trail there are two old fashion radio things(both in differnent locations). Pick it up and start talking someone might start talking back to you.

3. There is a short cut in Splash Mountain. Inside the tunnels there is a small wedge which when sgueezing into it youll cut ahead about 5-10 minutes.

4. There are cameras everywhere!!! On the Grizzly run alone you can spot about 3 people behind rocks with computers. Probably watching surveillance of the ride. I have even spotted a small camera lens in a rock at the entrance to tomorrow land.

5. Disneyland stuff is super expensive churros, soda, ice cream, even the merchandise is a bit more pricey than the same items at any disney store.

6. If you want free food. Go through the bread factory or tortilla factory a couple times. They mass produce this stuff so i dont think they’ll care if you take 10 pieces of bread.

7. Obama was once caught masturbating during space mountain.

By: MissAmberTiffany

MissAmberTiffany — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:02:25 +0000

i swear, the things people make up now a days just to get attention. im not saying everything is fake but alot of exaggeration.
but good entertainment though. =)

By: Kelsea.

Kelsea. — Sun, 02 May 2010 10:56:14 +0000

in the move the little mermaid the castle has a penis on it and the lion king it has the word sex spelled in dust and allading the a scene were he and the tger in the backround hump

By: klc

klc — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:54:09 +0000

A fun thing you can do is trade pins woth tje workers

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:13:35 +0000

To Mikel: The park opened in July of 1955 (just days after I was born). Were you there in 1954 to see the construction of the park? I do remember in the 60′s driving by often and watching with fascination the progress of the monorail being built.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:04:46 +0000

We lived around the corner from Disneyland in the mid-60′s and so we went quite often. It was in the days when you bought a coupon book which a certain number of tickets for A-E rides(The best rides like the Matterhorn were E tickets and hence the phrase “That was an E-ticket” meaning something wild and adventurous). We stood outside when people were leaving and collected their surplus tickets. We had boxes and boxes full of tickets including the desirable “E” tickets. We just had to pay $2.00 to enter and then used the tickets for unlimited rides. The best time for us to be there was the hour before closing (usually 10 pm) as the park was mostly empty and workers were distracted as they fixing to close up soon. We could jump from horse to horse on the carousel, ride continuously on the matterhorn, or get out of the cars in any number of rides Alice in Wonderland. One of our favorites was the Snow White ride, where you could reach around with your foot to the release lever for the seat bar and exit the car as the ride progressed. This was in the days before the cameras. Near the end of the ride is the witch holding the poisonous apple that was painted with florescent paint (lit by blacklight). If you gave a strong tug you could free the apple and take it home as a souvenir (it was made of a semi-hard rubber substance. One time they had wired the apple with extra care, presumably because we had taken two already earlier in the day, and I pulled so hard I thought the witch was going to fall over. Fortunately, the wire pulled out of the apple, but the car I was supposed to be in was right then exiting the ride. I dove into the car just as it went through the double doors and I thought for sure they would have seen me. But, because it was so close to closing time the workers were all distracted either from boredom, excitement about working being almost done for the day, or they were cleaning up to leave. Fun place Disneyland, even now as I take my kids.

By: Fomer CM

Fomer CM — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:22:56 +0000

Disneyland is a fun place but as a former CM I can say that the treatment and lack of respect for those who work for the resort is atrocious. Sure you get to go into the park(s) as you please but I so often had to work 6days a week and way more then 40 hours that it was not even worth it. Disneyland is seen as a money making place that only caters to VIP guests. I was once yelled at by guest control after almost falling off a curb because I was pushed by several women pushing strollers going the opposite way on the sidewalk. Many of the “cool secrets” aren’t really secrets the resort employs almost 20,000 people and much of what was stated is part of training. CM’s are not allowed to kick out any guests that is for security to do. You can consume alcohol at various places at the resort but other then Club 33 can you purchase it on Disneyland property. I am amazed no one has brought up the confirmed death of a small girl who drowned in Rivers of America, as well as those who have been harmed during the fireworks shows if you are in Toontown or Fantasyland debris from the fireworks show may land on you. I do not agree with the approach of Disney as a corporate scheme and those of you who think Disney is limited to theme parks Disney owns ABC, Buena Vista and a slew of others it isn’t all about the magic it is mainly about expansion and revenue but aren’t all big businesses, I just feel many need to take the rose-colored glasses off and see Disney for what it is a business.

By: partytime

partytime — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:10:38 +0000

I’ve been going since I was about 7, I’m now 53, add it up, But way back in the late 70′s me and some friends almost got kicked out for “smoking” on Tom Sawyer s island. Thought it was safe. They had me all the way to the fromt gate by he time I talked my way out of it. Stayed till closing looking for my friends…Another time way before that, went with a church group on buses, got dropped off, some of found sombody to buy some BoonesFarm at the Hotel. We got back on the Monorail, and spent the rest of the night drinking BF. Great times, hahahahahaha

By: wumbo

wumbo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:14:28 +0000

Actually, Autopia is not related to the movie Cars at all. The cars look pretty different, I think. Plus, the ride opened years before Cars. The current version opened in 2000, a combination of the former Fantasyland and Tomorrowland Autopias. There have also been the Jr. Autopia, the Midget Autopia, and other incarnations. The current Autopia is very different from the original.

And I’ve never been to Disneyland. So correct me if I’m wrong.

By: walt

walt — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:51:29 +0000

its all true as a ghost i remember everything.except minnies address and phone number antone have those?shes quite a gal especially since the implants.

By: disneyland secrets

disneyland secrets — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:11:24 +0000

The person killed on the Mattahorn was a woman, she stood up as the car entered the tunnel and hit her head. I remember reading about it in the paper.

By: So Old I'm Dead

So Old I'm Dead — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:42:36 +0000

About Walt Disney’s head: The story about it being frozen is nothing more than an urban legend. At the time of Walt’s death the head was actually encased in a three inch coating of industrial-strength butter. Each summer it’s displayed at the Minnesota State Fair where it is shamelessly exploited at $1.00 a lick. Seacrest out.

By: AJ Garcia

AJ Garcia — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:05:21 +0000

I worked there for a bit. The coolest thing that I had heard was that the Pirate Ship and the Huanted House were once connected. The Pirate Ship (not sure if its still there) is the same one they use during Fantasmic (I think it was called) the water & Light show just across from the Haunted House. What I was told on my first day was that there used to be a skit where the Pirate King was in love with the daughter of the guy who lived in the Haunted Mansion and when her Father refused to let ehr marry the pirate she killed herself, one of the reasons there is a hearse in the front of the house, also she still haunts the house, she is the ghost in the house in the wedding dress that can be seen crying.

Also another fun fact was that merchendise is located on all of the rides. A skeleton in Indiana Jones wears a Mickey Mouse Watch for example.

Loved working there for a bit but the Union sucked big time. Lost my job. The Union called me up to collect dues and I let them know that I had been fired for at leasta month. They still wanted their dues and offered to get me my job back. I said no. They said I couldn’t work union again for a year. Never wored union again.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:37:15 +0000

To Mikel, who’s asking about old A-E tickets: yes, they can still be used, but you only get the cash equivalent of what’s on the ticket (50 cents, 75 cents, etc.). So they won’t get you very far in Disneyland and are probably more valuable as collectors items.

To everyone who’s complaining about the changes to It’s a Small World: give the ride a chance. Few people have even seen the revisions for themselves yet, so it’s a little early to criticize. Walt loved change, and in fact he was changing the park on the second day it was open. If he’d left the park alone, it wouldn’t have the Monorail, Matterhorn, subs (all added in 1959, four years after Opening Day), it wouldn’t have Pirates or the Haunted Mansion (added in 67 and 69), among many other famous additions. All these rides I just named have had subtle changes over the years, so Small World was due (not many changes in it, other than the paint job, since it opened in 66).

To everyone else who’s posting serious trivia about Disneyland: I love reading this backstage/littleknown stuff about the great park. I compiled tons of trivia about the history of the park in the book The Disneyland Encyclopedia. If you want to learn the backstory of every restaurant, ride, store, “land,” and important person in the park’s long history, check it out.

By: I Love Disney!

I Love Disney! — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:56:42 +0000

I just want to say that I love Disneyworld and reading these posts have been a blast! – both on and off topic!!! Freedom of diversity is a wonderful thing that not all can appreciate.

I would also like to add (as a meteorologist) that the Earth nor the Sky is round. Technically there are both oblong!

And that there is no factual record of Walt Disney’s head on display anywhere, though the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival pictures I found were amazing!

By: Mikel

Mikel — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:53:48 +0000

Was there in 1954 and 1957 or 1958. Was in the Corps. Was there in 1968 with my kids. I still have some unused tickets. I wonder if they could still be used.

By: Jeffy Doleac

Jeffy Doleac — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:42:18 +0000

My parents won’t allow me to go for fear I will step in my own feces.

By: LRI

LRI — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:04:20 +0000

mouseymousefuk: You should check YOUR spelling; it’s P-E-O-P-L-E. Too bad you want to go through life with blinders on, but that’s YOUR choice. Little puppy, it’s not pretending when we see & feel the creators touch throughout nature, unlike most of your euro ancestors, & you, who believed that they were superior to anything on this earth. As for the tobacco, you PEOPLE are using it in the wrong way, hence the cancer. By the way, we butchered MANY of your ancestors too. Yes, I’ve heard a lot of things. How about you; ever heard of, no nevermind, your little puppy brain would not be able to comprehend what I was about to tell you. Lessons are over little puppy, I hope those little puppy eyes open soon, so you can see all there is to see in this Beautiful world the creator has provided us with. One last lesson, little puppy:” You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, & that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, & everything tries to be round…. The sky is round, the earth is round like a ball, & so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours…. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, & always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, & so it is in everything where power moves.” That’s Black Elk talking to you little puppy. And remember, “There is no death. Only a change in worlds.” See you on the other side little puppy, From Adayelasdi.

By: Gregory H

Gregory H — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:20:34 +0000

Hey all you Mouseheads, Uncle Walt was a cocaine user.

By: Pro Forma

Pro Forma — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:14:53 +0000

I just found this site – so cool, I love Disneyland and will always treasure the memories I have. My family had friends who were quite close to Walt Disney. Here is a fact I bet nobody here knows, very obscure trivia – did you know that Main Street in Disneyland is not excatly level? Per Walt Disney’s direction, it is graded at a slope of .33 degrees in honor of the original 33 investors. There is a picture from an older Life Magazine with a picture of Walt Disney testing the slope with a golf ball.

And to the poster Slag, you are correct about the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China. I attended that last year and Walt Disney’s head was on display.

By: Lmarmar

Lmarmar — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:14:37 +0000

Oh..and I just remembered another thing…an old friend of mine was a character for years..he played Goofy and one of the bears because he was tall..anyhow, apparently when Michael Jackson was in the park (often) if he went into any backstage areas, all characters had to have their “Heads” on because Michael couldn’t dare see a character w/o a head. These were the areas where characters could rest..take their breaks…cool off by taking the head off of the costume.

Another thing I learned was that when characters are out and about they are spaced apart in such a way that a kid couldn’t say…”hey..Mickey was just over there, how did he get “HERE” so fast?”, so they are put in areas of the park at certain times on purpose as not to confuse any park guests, esp the little ones.

I really love all the thought that was put into the little details. Also, there was a time when employee girls could wear no make up and men no facial hair…I think there were other strict rules at one time, but I can’t remember now.

Oh…one time my best friend and I dropped ice out of the skybucket ride as we were crossing over a line of people…it landed on some poor lady’s hairdo and “they” were waiting for us at the other side…we looked so innocent that they looked passed us at the next buckets for the “perps”…SOMEHOW…we escaped that one…eeek!!! When I was REALLLY little (like 3rd/4th grade) we went (this would have been in thelate 60′s early 70′s) and we were on Autopia and we were getting out to change cars and Disney employees were hiding in the bushes and would come out and make us get back in to the cars…SCARED US TO DEATH!
Fun MEMS!!!
L~

By: mouseymousefuk

mouseymousefuk — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:33:15 +0000

@LRI – you mispelled your name: L-I-A-R. how can you pretend your ethnicity is greater or better than anyone else’s?

As for your recent comments, lay off the peyote…your native ideals are about as acccurate as a sri lankan annointing himself with elephant urine. DNA doesn’t lie, and while darwin wasn’t 100% correct, he was alot closer than Jebus, Mohammad, or the Eagle Spirit.

I’m no Oz, but no fool either. If you want to ask the wind for advice thats your biz, but to think any religion is plausible (possibly confusciousism aside) is utterly laughable.

Just remember the whites stole your land, butchered your paople, and gave you small pox, but you gave the WHOLE WORLD CANCER (tobacco)!

ever heard of the Triple-Alpha-Process?
Sequence of amino acids to form a protein?
what is actually in the dust that falls to mother earth everyday from space?

I’ve said all i need to on this thread…catch my next appearance on any thread where religous fanatics and lazy parents scold the true righteous.

FREEDOM!!!

By: Slag

Slag — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:29:04 +0000

It is true about Walt Disney’s head. The family has publicly acknowledged this several times, most recently in a controversial feature in Harpers Magazine that was published in 2006. Based on written instructions from Walt Disney himself, according to the article, the head is shipped each year (packed in dry ice) and is put on display at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival alongside the famous ice sculptures. The article states, and this was very surprising to me, that Harbin is an unofficial “Sister City” to Disney World and that Walt Disney had always been fascinated with the Ice and Snow Festival.

By: OLDEST TIMER

OLDEST TIMER — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:43:33 +0000

I must be older than all of you! The original ticket books had only A-D tickets, E tickets came out later.
My folks went to D-land the first week it was open, still have pics of the totally empty park.
The death on the Matterhorn was a high school senior attending Grad Night. He stood up and fell from the bobsled striking his head on the tracks—died. Another death was a young man struck by the Monorail trying to sneak in the park.
My good friend was severely injured on the Monsanto Adventures Through Innerspace ride–Disney reps were wonderful to her and her family even though the accident was her fault.
Can’t believe no one has mentioned the most fun ride to have disappeared from Disneyland–the Flying Saucers that bounced around on a big court of compressed air.

By: LRI

LRI — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:40:06 +0000

mouseymousefuk; you have soooooo much to learn. I’ am NATIVE AMERICAN & a holy man for my nation. If you are as you say, then look to your native heritage for the answers. The europeans never realized that we were so far ahead of them SPIRITUALLY. My church is mother earth that the creator provided us with. As far as earth being only 4 or 6000 yrs. old (according to you non-believers who like to bash the bible & christians) you have NO clue as to what a day is to the creator, it could be 5 million yrs. to us. Why can’t you allow a person to believe as they want, instead of acting as if your the all knowing OZ. If you want to believe that you came from a monkey so be it, ( even though scientist have concluded that this was impossible). So you see mouseymousefuk, your just a puppy to me who has many, many things to discover, get away from you euro side lies & re-discover your NATIVE side. That is if you TRULEY want to find the answers little puppy. DONADAGOHVNI.

By: magfld

magfld — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:50:36 +0000

I learned recently, from a reliable source, that Walt was cremated with the exception of his head which was frozen (similarly to Ted Williams). Is this true? I have read all the anecdotes here but none refer to the rumors of how he was interred. Books written about him indicate he was cremated and buried in a private crypt in Glendale shortly after his death.

On another note, I once witnessed an unruly man in Fantasyland who became verbally abusive. He “disappeared” into the trunk of a tree, escorted by two men who were sweeping up trash in their white uniforms.

By: KIMBERLY O. 'DISNEYLAND FUN"

KIMBERLY O. 'DISNEYLAND FUN" — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:16:42 +0000

OMG I JUST FOUND LINKS TO DISNEYLAND FUN ON YOUTUBE HAHA HERE THEY ARE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4N8_aLjUi8
PART 1 AND I APPEAR AT 3:15 AND 3:39 DARK HAIR LIL GIRL LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWajqn1cZek
PART 2
I’M AT 0:41 RUNNING OUT OF TUNNEL
1:20 SITTING AND CLAPPING
2:00
BACK OF ME SHOWS
6:00 SITTING ON RIGHT SIDE OF TABLE
6:15 GET SERVED BY DONALD DUCK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ouf9bnvONk
PART 3
3:28 EATING POPCORN
3:36 ICE CREAM FALLS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUz8PbirW-c
PART 4
:02 WATCHING PARADE (THERE WASNT A PARADE GOING ON AT THE TIME W FILMED THIS SO WE WERE SITTING AND POINTING AT NOTHING…. THE ACTUAL PARADE FOOTAGE WAS FILMED LATER IN THE DAY

4:54 MY NAME IN THE CREDITS KIMBERLY RILLERA …. NOW IM MARRIED SO THAT WAS MAIDEN NAME

By: KIMBERLY O. 'DISNEYLAND FUN"

KIMBERLY O. 'DISNEYLAND FUN" — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:54:34 +0000

I WAS THE ONE WHO DID THE DISNEYLAND FUN VIDEO… I WAS THROUGH OUT THE VIDEO BUT THE MOST MEMORABLE ONE IS I’M SITTING DOWN EATING AN ICE CREAM CONE AND THE ICE CREAM FALLS AND I LOOK STRAIGHT AT THE CAMERA HEHE YUP THAT WAS ME LOL

By: mouseymousefuk

mouseymousefuk — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:19:03 +0000

@LRI : i’m older and far wiser than you are, quite obviously. pull your parents lies out of your ears and make way for true enlightenment.

the bible, quran, tulmud, etc is all a form of control over uneducated (therefore dangerous) populaces of yesteryear!

educating yourselves and your children is the only salvation! walt disney knew it, so do i, and anyone who’s done any sort of factual research. the earth is not flat, nor was in created by your invisible cloud god. and its definitely not 4000 years old.

FREE PALESTINE! GIVE THE ISREALIS 1/2 OF GERMANY!!!
ps. i’m a white/brown american born male of northern european & native american decent.

save your “prayers” and “god bless you’s” for the idiots at your church or synagague!

By: Slag

Slag — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:25:05 +0000

I visited the park again after my unfortunate gastronomic accidents mentioned earlier. I was told by a guy in a suit that I had “excessive” facial hair and I was in violation of Disney standards. He escorted me through a hidden door off of Main Street to a very large and opulent rest room. He gave me a Disney razor and some Disney shaving cream and I had to shave. He then let me rejoin my family in the park.

By: Old Timer

Old Timer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:53:44 +0000

I had a good friend in the 70s and 80s who was the head of Security at Disneyland for about 20 years (he retired with a gold Mickey Mouse watch). He used to tell us that you would never believe how many of the plainclothed “tourists” were actually undercover security people.

Another comment on being watched from behind the walls:

I was in Toon Town waiting in a long line for a ride (what else is new?), and in the cavernous structure where we stood in line, there was a door that supposedly had Roger Rabbit being interrogated behind it. Some bratty kid was hanging on it, pounding his feet into the door. That’s when I heard “the voice out of nowhere” saying, “Please DO NOT kick the door.”

Disney does indeed rock!

By: Oscar Madison

Oscar Madison — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:25:44 +0000

I used to live a couple blocks from Disey-ville. Spent most of the summer evenings in the late 70′s laying on our backs on the garage roof smoking herb and watching the fireworks (back then it was every night).
One time my girlfriend came up with me, and since we had the tallest garage on the block, she gave me a bloojob.
Then later I converted to homosexuality and got a job at the world’s largest man cooch warehouse in the planet.
That’s where I got my first lessons on rimming. I got to do a rim job on Chuck Norris there one HOT summer night. He shot gobs and gobs of Kryptonite load into my tummy. Mmmmmm

By: chris

chris — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:04:29 +0000

a disney video i did you might like–one in a series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixGfrWVSLmY

By: peterparker

peterparker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:48:35 +0000

#261 – you can walk through Sleeping Beauties Castle again.

By: Former CM

Former CM — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:47:50 +0000

To apply for a job go to http://www.disneylandjobs.com and you can apply online. But I re-applied recently and they have been on a hiring freeze (like everyone else).

I worked Splash Photo once, but it was a slow rainy day (much like today), so nothing exciting happened. I once had a male guest get very irate towards me because he lifted his shirt and wanted to buy the picture. Little did he know that I was in charge of the store. “I want to speak to the supervisor!” he said. “You’ve been talking to him the whole time,” I replied.

A female guest played out nearly thee same situation in the pin shop because she wanted a lanyard we don’t sell. Once she heard that I was in charge, she quickly changed her tune.

By: I love Disney!!

I love Disney!! — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:25:26 +0000

I absolutely loved reading all of these, it’s so interesting to read about a place most people think is so innocent. I have had a couple interesting experiences of my own there:
1. I went there for my birthday a couple years ago and they gave me a pin to wear with my name on it. ALL day long everywhere I went, CM’s would say “Happy Birthday Megan”! It freaked me out every time because I always forgot I was advertising my name, but the fact that they went out of their way for it was pretty cool.
2. That same trip, we went on splash mountain and a couple of my guy friends didn’t want their shirts to gete soaked, so they took them off and put them in their backpacks. Once we got to the bottom, our picture had been deleted for inappropriate content, and when we asked about it, we literally got bitched out and threatened. So it’s not just girls…
3. In California Adventure on the Tower of Terror, whenever we went on it we we would hold something in our hands, like a penny or something small, and when we dropped from the top we let it go to see if we could catch it again when we landed. Almost immediately, they stopped the ride and told us to stop, well, my friends decided not to, and when we got off, Disney police were waiting there to escort us to the Disney jail. It’s amazing what close watch everyone is under. We were only detained for a few hours, and we promised not to do it again, so they let us back in the park. No matter what happens there, I will still continue to go back as often as possible!

Anyone who is a member of club 33, I would give ANYTHING to get in there! Hook it up! Also, how do you go about applying for these “seasonal jobs” there?

By: TheBob

TheBob — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:50:54 +0000

to old-timers
yes, there was once a mule ride in Frontieland. I was called the pack mule ride, and next to it was a coal train ride thru the old west. These were close to the Frito Lay Mexican cantina. Mostly where Big Thunder is now. On the side of Big Thunder, accross the main sidewalk, there is a old west mining tunnel and a mining car or two display. That was once part of the mining train ride. My sister used to ride those mules all day. I rode the train.

The person killed on the Mattahorn was a woman, she stood up as the car entered the tunnel and hit her head. I remember reading about it in the paper.

Club 33 was originally opened exclusively for the original investors in the park. Mom and Dad would be wined and dined, and get some rest in club 33 while the kids roamed the park. It was only in later years that it was opened to others.

One thing that no one mentioned… years past, whe someone got into trouble in the part, primarily shoplifting, Disnet would detain them and offer to let them leave provided that they paid a fine. Usually around $75.00 This went on for many years until someone complained to the local police, and they put a stop to it, stating that Disney did not have the legal right to do so, and it bordered on extortion. (pay Disney or go to local jail and get a police record)

By: oc2qc

oc2qc — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:43:53 +0000

Fun Fact: Disney wanted to build the Monorail all the way to Los Angeles (for free) to make it easier for folks to come out and visit the park, but the City of LA didn’t want to have anything to do with it. I bet they’re kicking themselves in the butt now.

By: LRI

LRI — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:42:46 +0000

mouseymousefuk, You have a lot to learn, don’t stress, your ignorance shows your age, when your out of your diapers and can wipe yourself, then, perhaps, you will start down the path of enlightenment; until then you should only talk about what you do know: the taste of that smelly stuff coming out of your butt. Fear not, I”ll pray for you. P.S. At least fox reports more truth than the LIARS and ” let’s see how much of the truth we can twist” at CNN.

By: ExLocal

ExLocal — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:31:22 +0000

Here is a fun Kodak picture spot for anyone. In the middle of main street there is a statue of mickey and walt and walt is standing pointing south towards the entrance of the park. If you stand to west of walt and take a picture of a profile of Walt and mickey you can see Walt after all these years doesn’t need any viagra.

Another fun fact. Back in the day it was rumored that small word didn’t have camera’s. The boats also aren’t on a track and they only move through the ride by the current in the water. I’ve heard that you can stop all the boats by grabbing the side of the ride. Then run across all the boats. The current then separates all the boats back to their original spots and no one is the wiser. So i’ve heard. I’m sure after they revamped the ride they have since improved security.

The elite task force dressed like normal folks to catch shoplifters are called foxes. Once again back in the day they were easily identifiable because they wore angel baseball caps.

I think Peter North the pornstar used to play the electric keyboard guitar in the band Voyager that used to play every friday and saturday night at the Tomorrowland Terrace. I swear it was him.

Allegedly the spot on the Matterhorn called the Dolly dip, “cries”. The wall leaks for no apparent reason and its not a pipe leak.

I’ve been through the extensive training to be a CM and they really got it right when it comes to customer service. They will go out of their way to “make the magic” as they call it. So the extra $$ is worth it.

By: DEE

DEE — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:30:01 +0000

HERE’S A LINK FOR THE OLD POSTER ON THE MULE RIDE:
http://www.sandersartstudio.com/servlet/the-496/Frontierland,-Stage-Co ach-Ride,/Detail?$catalog.Oem=Disney+Theme+Park+Exclusives

By: Former CM

Former CM — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:29:45 +0000

I too used to work there (2003-2006). I worked in the store where the Space Mountain photos are sold. We would block people who were flashing (both male and female) or making a gesture that wasn’t the peace sign. The most interesting part was the girls who would wear skirts. They don’t cross their legs on the ride so it was obvious who was or wasn’t wearing anything underneath. The graphic that goes over the picture covers that part of their legs up though. You can ask why your photo got deleted, but that doesn’t mean your going to get to see it when they have the answer. Only a Lead can unlock a photo.
My brother was custodial and he had to clean up haunted mansion for those ash clean ups. It would go out over the radio as a HAZMAT clean up, but that only meant to bring a mask and vacuum. Their ashes now rest at the Anaheim Dump.
The picture for #4 is to the Toontown CM door…no where near underground access.
My favorite Walt touches to the park are the gold spike in the ground as you walk through the castle. It marked the center of the original Disneyland. And the reason for all of the white horses on the carousel. Walt talked to a boy who spent the whole day trying to ride a white horse on the carousel. There were only 2 at the time and he just wasn’t lucky enough to get one. So he made all of them white horses in case that kid ever came back to the park.

By: DEE

DEE — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:26:41 +0000

THERE WAS A MULE RIDE IN FRONTIERLAND. I ONLY RODE IT ONCE (40 YEARS AGO) BECAUSE THE MULE BEHIND ME WAS NIPPING MY MULE’S TAIL, CAUSING MY MULE TO GIVE A LITTLE BUCK EVERY TINE HE WAS NIPPED, MY DAD WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE WE WERE AT THE VERY END OF THE MULE TRAIN AND HE COULDN’T GET THE DISNEY EMPLOYEE’S ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM. SO OLDTIMERS WAS CORRECT, BUT IT WAS MULES, NOT HORSES.

By: ERIC CARSON WILLIAMSON

ERIC CARSON WILLIAMSON — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:16:35 +0000

HI.
IF THER ARE ANY ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS FROM THE FIRST DISNEYLAND SHOW ” DISNEY ON PARADE” THE 1969 ALICE UNIT, PLEASE EMAIL ERIC CARSON WILLIAMSON AT foxpocket@earthlink.net.THERE‘S GOT TO BE SOME OF US GUYS AND GIRLS LEFT, HEY YOU FELLOW CAST MEMBERS “WE MADE HISTORY” REMEMBER??? THE FIRST SHOW OUT OF DISNEYLAND TO TRAVEL THE USA AND CANADA. I’LL BE 71 FEBRUARY THE 11TH YOU GUYS. LETS SEE HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE.
IF YOU’VE FORGOTTEN ME I WAS CAPATIN HOOK IN THE OPENING NUMBER, THE PRINCE IN CINDERELLA,THE QUEEN OF HARTS IN ALICE,(BEFORE TOM CALLIS TOOK THE CARACTER OVER, AND WAS FAR SUPERIOR THAN ME)AND A STRONG MAN IN DUMBO.
SOME OF THESE COMMENTS ARE UN BELEAVIBLE AND CRUDE TO SAY THE LEAST. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR DISNEY AND YOU YOURSELF WERE NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW WELL WE WERE TREATED.
SINCERLY
ERIC CARSON WILLIAMSON
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ELM CITY NORTH CAROLINA
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By: the Dude

the Dude — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:10:32 +0000

I used to have a season pass and cause havoc at the park with my friends. Often, I was on the People Mover and when it entered the Star Tours area, I would pull down my sweat pants and let out this loud, wet, ripping fart that could be heard by the peolple waiting in line. yeah, i threw stuff out of the gondalas when they were still around. I’ve vomitted on small kids cuz of some alcohol i had earlier that night. Urinated everywhere I could possibly do it. I ate all the free food growing in Tomorrowland, walked into the back lots, took nasty alcoholic dumps in all the Lands. I was really bad. still, I sure laughed alot. ah! good times…