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The monorail shuttles visitors between two stations, one inside the park in Tomorrowland and one in Downtown Disney. It follows a 2.5 mile (4 km) long route designed to show off the park from above. Currently, the Monorails are out of service as major modifications to the Tomorrowland Station are being performed (related to the new Finding Nemo attraction opening Summer of 2007). As of 2004, three monorail trains, Monorail Red, Monorail Blue, and Monorail Purple, were in regular service. A fourth train, Monorail Orange, was removed from service and shipped to Disney's engineering department in Glendale for disassembly and study so that new blueprints can be created from it, because ALWEG, the company which built the original monorail trains, has gone out of business, and the current trains, built by Ride & Show Engineering in 1987, use some of the same parts as the ALWEG trains. Monorail Blue has been sent to Canada for major rebuilding in late August of 2006. Monorail Red and Purple remain at the Monorail Barn at the Disneyland Resort. Disneyland had a contract with Alweg which required the Alweg name to be displayed on the monorail. This conflicted with the contract with the Santa Fe that only their name could be associated with railroad attractions at the park. This caused a rift between Disneyland and the Santa Fe railroad, and eventually caused the breakdown in their relationship and the removal of Santa Fe sponsorship from the Disneyland Railroad. Main Street Vehicles A number of vehicles, including a double-decker bus, a horse-drawn streetcar, an old-fashioned fire engine, and an old-fashioned automobile, are available for rides along Main Street, U.S.A. The fire engine was built for Walt Disney, who used it to drive around the park and host celebrity guests. The horseless carriages are modeled after cars built in 1903. They (as well as the fire truck) have two cylinder, four horsepower (3 kW) engines and manual transmission and steering. Skyway The Disneyland Skyway, "the first aerial tramway of its kind in the United States"1, was one of the signature attractions at the park. Opened in 1956 by Walt Disney himself, it shuttled passengers between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland 100 feet (30 m) above the ground, giving passengers fantastic views of Sleeping Beauty Castle, the Matterhorn Bobsleds (which was built around the Skyway in 1959), and the Autopia. A distinctive feature was that Disneyland maintained the 'on-stage/backstage' illusion to Skyway guests, covering any sites that would be unsuitable to guests that were also hidden to guests on foot. Due to the enormous impending cost to retrofit the Skyway for earthquake safety and handicap accessibility, the attraction closed permanently on November 10, 1994. Four years later, Tokyo Disneyland Park removed their Skyway; finally, in 1999, Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom Park removed theirs on the exact date that Disneyland removed theirs. No Skyways are left at any Disney park (Disneyland Park in Paris never had a Skyway attraction). The Tomorrowland station in Disneyland remained and was used as a maintenance bay for Rocket Rods beginning in 1998. It was removed shortly after the Rocket Rods closed in spring 2001. The Fantasyland station in Disneyland remains but is closed to the public. Autopia The Disneyland Autopia opened with the park in 1955, and represented a future look at what would become America's multilane limited-access highways that were still being developed (President Eisenhower had yet to sign the Interstate Highway legislation at the time Disneyland opened). Robert Gurr designed the original Autopia cars to be reminiscent of Ferraris. In 1967, the cars were redesigned to resemble the popular Chevrolet Corvette. This car design was used through 2000, when the entire ride was rethemed and modernized. The new cars resemble those used in television commercials for Chevron and are in one of these three styles: Suzy the zippy compact Sparky the sports car Dusty, an S.U.V. Live Events, Shows, and Other Performances The Parade of the Stars in Disneyland from 2004 (closed in early 2005). Remember...Dreams Come True fireworks show at night. In addition to the attractions, Disneyland provides live entertainment throughout the park. Through the years, this has included: Throughout the park Disney characters, who greet visitors, talk with children, and pose for photos. Besides greeting visitors in regular places, they often participate in Disneyland parades. Main Street Daytime and nighttime parades that celebrate Disney films or seasonal holidays with characters, music, and large floats. Beginning May 2005, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" is presented, celebrating several of the classic Disney stories including The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland, and Pinocchio. Elaborate fireworks shows featuring Disney songs and an appearance by "Peter Pan" character Tinker Bell. The Fantasy in the Sky fireworks premiered in the summer of 1956 and lasted through the summer of 1999. 2000 and beyond introduced fireworks presentations that have become more elaborate, featuring new pyrotechnics, launch locations, and storylines, such as the show Believe... There's Magic in the Stars and the current 50th anniversary celebration fireworks presentation Remember... Dreams Come True. The Disneyland Band, which has been part of the park since its opening. They play the role of the Town Band on Main Street, U.S.A. but also break out into smaller groups like the Main Street Merchants Band, the Firehouse Sax Quartet, and a variety of groups in New Orleans Square. The Disneyland Band was traditionally all male. The Dapper Dans barbershop quartet, which often sings on Main Street. Main Street Piano Player playing at Corner Cafe on Main Street. Until his retirement in 2005, Rod Miller had played piano at Disneyland since October 1969. New Orleans Square Fantasmic!, a popular nighttime show with Mickey Mouse, special effects, floating barges, fountains, lasers, a pirate ship, a forty-five foot fire-breathing dragon, fireworks, and thirty-foot-tall "mist screens," upon which animated scenes are projected. Frontierland The Golden Horseshoe Saloon, offering a live stage show with a frontier or old-west feel. The Golden Horseshoe Revue—an old-west Vaudeville type of show starring Slue Foot (or Sluefoot) Sue and Pecos Bill—ran until the mid-1980s, when it was replaced by a similar show starring Lily Langtree (or Miss Lily) and Sam the Bartender. Most recently, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies have played their guitars and banjos in a bluegrass-and-comedy show. The Laughing Stock Co., providing small humorous skits with an old-west theme. Fantasyland Merlin, who appears in Fantasyland several times a day to help some lucky child pull a sword from an anvil and stone. Special and Historical events During the summer of 2006, Mickey climbed Matterhorn Mountain several times a day with the support of his friends Minnie, Goofy, as well as Disneyland guests. He posted the 50th anniversary flag at the summit of the mountain. Tickets Ticket book circa 1975-1977. From Disneyland's opening until 1982, the price of attractions was in addition to the price of park admission. Park-goers paid a small sum to get into the park, then bought coupons (also called tickets), individually or in booklets, that allowed them access to rides and attractions. The least-expensive "A" tickets gave access to the smaller attractions, while the most-expensive "E" tickets gave access to the newest thrill rides or the most interesting and unusual attractions. This led to the still-popular term "E ticket ride" for any particularly outstanding, special, or thrilling experience. While Pacific Ocean Park is credited as being the first amusement park to use a "pay one price" admission ticket[1], it was in the 1970s when nearby Magic Mountain introduced their one-price admission ticket which allowed free access to all attractions within the park when the "pay one price" model really took off. This model spread rapidly to all other parks, including Disneyland, because its business advantages were obvious: in addition to guaranteeing that everyone paid a large sum even if they stayed for only a few hours and rode only a few rides, the park no longer had to print tickets or ticket books, staff ticket booths, or provide staff to collect tickets or monitor attractions for people sneaking on without tickets. Disneyland 1983 two-day admission ticket; price on the back is $20. Disneyland 1990 one-day Passport; price on back is $23.50 Disneyland 1995 Passport four days for $55. 2000 five-day admission ticket for $99. 2002 Fast Pass. In 1999, in an effort to offset the long waits for the most popular attractions, Disney implemented a new service named FASTPASS [4]. At attractions featuring FASTPASS, a guest can use his park admission ticket to obtain a FASTPASS ticket with a return time later that day (an hour-long window) printed on it. If the guest returns to the attraction at his return time, he can wait in a shorter line and be on the attraction within ten minutes, or often much more quickly. Initially, only a few attractions offered this service, but its popularity ensured its spread to many of the park's attractions. The selection of rides offering Fastpass changes over time. Admission Prices Please expand this section. Further information might be found on the talk page or at Requests for expansion. Please remove this message once the section has been expanded. Currently admission prices are as follows: 1-Day, 1 Park = $63 ages 10+, $53 ages 3-9, $61 Senior 1-Day Park Hopper = $83 ages 10+, $73 ages 3-9 Historical One-Day, One-Park, Adult Admission Prices Date Price 01/05/1999 $39 01/05/2000 $41 11/06/2000 $43 03/19/2002 $45 01/06/2003 $47 03/28/2004 $49.75 01/10/2005 $53 06/20/2005 $56 01/04/2006 $59 09/15/2006 $63 Deaths Over the half century that Disneyland Park has been in operation, twelve guests and one Cast Member have died inside the park. A greater number of guests have been injured. Main article: Incidents at Disney parks Incidents In August 1970, Disneyland Park was literally invaded by several Yippies who planned the stunt as an attack on what they saw as bloated establishment decadence. In their leaflets, they stated they would help "liberate" Minnie Mouse, arrange a Black Panther Breakfast at the now-closed Aunt Jemima Pancake House, and attack the Bank of America on Main Street, USA and the attraction "it's a small world", which Bank of America sponsored. The stated reason for the attack was because the Bank was financing the Vietnam War, which they opposed. They raised a Viet Cong flag on Tom Sawyer's Island chanting "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh", filled the now-closed Inner Space dark ride with marijuana smoke and also displayed the Yippie flag (which had on it an image of a marijuana leaf in a red star on a black background). Park officials were aware ahead of time of the invasion. Police units from every city in Orange County were on duty that day. All supervisors were called in and were dressed "undercover". In light of the employee dress code regarding hair length, etc, it was pretty obvious who was who. As a result, Disneyland was closed early for the first time since the death of John F. Kennedy. With memories of this event in mind, in May 1989, park security personnel were prepared for a rumored invasion of the park by neo-Nazis in honor of the birth of an obscure Nazi leader named Gregor Strasser. Although several leaflets were published announcing the invasion, only one car of neo-Nazis was seen in the parking lot before the park opened, and they were turned away at the entry gate. Closures In addition to the Yippie Invasion, Disneyland has been forced to close two other times in its history. The first occurrence was due to President Kennedy's assassination, yet urban legends have circulated that Walt Disney refused to heed orders from Under Secretary of State George Ball to lower the US Flag in Town Square. This is highly unlikely, though, since Disney and his brother were on the other side of the country surveying land for the future site of the Walt Disney World Resort. Disneyland Park and Disney's California Adventure did not open on September 11, 2001 out of respect for the time of national mourning and out of fear of further attacks directed at high-profile targets such as the park. In Disneyland's early years, the park was often scheduled to be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays during the off-season. They worked with nearby Knott's Berry Farm, which closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays to keep costs down for both parks, while offering Orange County visitors a place to go 7 days a week. ref A scheduled closure occurred on May 4, 2005 so that the finishing touches for the 50th Anniversary Celebration media event (held May 5, 2005) could be completed. An additional restriction was imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration after September 11, a temporary flight restriction, which forbids civilian and media aircraft from flying over the park. Although called "temporary," this restriction is still in place as of May, 2005, however it has since been weakened, only creating the "No-Fly Zone" when the Terror Alert Level is Orange or higher. Disneyland in Fiction Disneyland Park, and a learned discussion of its social function, occurs with deliberate incongruity in the closing pages of E. L. Doctorow's novel The Book of Daniel. In the 1962 movie The Three Stooges in Orbit, Larry, Moe and Curly Joe prevent Martians from attacking Disneyland from a flying submarine. The 1962 movie 40 Pounds Of Trouble starring Tony Curtis and Suzanne Pleshette culminates in a madcap chase through Disneyland's various realms. In The Doctor Who serial "The Delta and the Bannermen", Sylvester McCoy's Doctor takes a bus tour supposedly going to Disneyland. This trip goes awry and chaos ensues. In Kim Stanley Robinson's novel The Gold Coast (set in a dystopian Orange County of 2030), the core characters mention a perverse game where the person who has to wait the longest for the least thrilling ride at Disneyland wins. In Eric Wilson's young adult novel Disneyland Hostage (which is part of the Canadian mystery series featuring Liz Austen) terrorists take over Disneyland and hold guests hostage on Tom Sawyer's Island. In the 1996 movie "Escape From L.A.", Snake Plissken and his band of mercenaries ascend onto Disneyland (although not called Disneyland in the film) via hangliders. When seen from above, Snake asks: "Is that what I think it is?" and his cohort, Map-to-the-Stars Eddie replies "Yeah..place kept changing owners. The place in Paris killed them!" a reference to the failure of Disneyland Paris upon its opening. The scene was actually filmed on the same set as the famous Hill Valley Courthouse Square from the Back to the Future trilogy in Universal Studios Hollywood. Disneyland's also mentioned in Billy Joel's history themed song "We Didn't Start the Fire". In Richard Matheson's novel Bid Time Return. Richard Collier briefly decides to see the Magic Kingdom one last time. He doesn't go. When John Hughes wrote the screenplay for National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), the storyline originally had Disneyland as the Griswold family's final destination on their cross-country roadtrip. In the film the family arrives at the park, after several days of bizarre and unpleasant mishaps en route, only to find that it is closed, a plausible outcome as Disneyland used to close Mondays and Tuesday during the off-season. Yet by 1983 Disneyland was operating every day, 365 days a year. For this and other reasons, Disney executives objected to Disneyland being the park in question. Hughes acquiesced and Disneyland was supplanted by the fictitious Wally-World Amusement Park. Wally-World's mascot, Marty Moose, is an obvious parody of Disney's Mickey Mouse. The filming spot was relocated to Disneyland's rival, Six Flags Magic Mountain. In the film Jurassic Park John Hammond mentions his park is just going under a delay. He mentions when Disneyland first opened, nothing worked. Ian Malcom replied with "If Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists." Hammond also incorrectly mentions the opening date as being in 1956. In the book Where The Truth Lies, Vince Collins takes the narrator to Club 33 in Disneyland. In the Prince song Lady Cab Driver, he mentions the tourists at Disneyland two times. Management The operations of Disneyland are mostly merged with that of its sister park, Disney's California Adventure, so both parks, as well as the other Disneyland Resort properties, are managed by one team of senior executives. Ed Grier is president of the Disneyland Resort. Grier reports to Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Weiss reports to Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, who in turn reports to Bob Iger, the president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.) Grier is assisted by several experienced theme park managers, including senior vice president of operations Greg Emmer and vice president of theme park operations Jon Storbeck. On a minute-to-minute basis, the parks are run by duty managers, who are identified by their radio call signs. Disneyland's senior on-the-ground manager at any time is called Theme Park One, a position which rotates among a group of managers in the resort's Theme Park Operations department. (DCA's senior manager is called Theme Park Two.) These managers respond to situtations throughout the park and are empowered to open backstage areas for crowd control purposes, close specific locations, or even close the entire park. Guest service managers from the park's several business units, including Attractions, Custodial, Foods, Merchandise, and Security, report to Theme Park One, and are given call signs such as Attractions One or Merch One. Various assistant managers, in turn, report to their business unit's duty manager, and carry call signs such as River One (the manager in charge of the Critter Country and New Orleans Square rides). See also List of current Disneyland attractions List of past Disneyland attractions References ^ Six Flags Timeline 1Disneyland: The First Quarter Century (1979). Walt Disney Productions. Yesterland. Daily park brochures from Summer 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006. Notes ↑  Although most people refer to the park as simply "Disneyland", the official name is "Disneyland Park". United States trademark practice specifies that a trademark such as "Disneyland" is always used as an adjective and never as a noun or verb. Therefore, "Xerox copier" and "Disneyland Park" are correct usage, while "use a Xerox" or "come to Disneyland" are not technically correct. Books Bright, Randy (1987). Disneyland: Inside Story. Harry N Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-0811-5. France, Van Arsdale (1991). Window on Main Street. Stabur. ISBN 0-941613-17-8. Gordon, Bruce and David Mumford (1995). Disneyland: The Nickel Tour. Camphor Tree Publishers. ISBN 0-9646059-0-2. Dunlop, Beth (1996). Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture. Harry N. Abrams Inc. ISBN 0-8109-3142-7. Marling, ed., Karal Ann (1997). Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance. Flammarion. ISBN 2-08013-639-9. External links Disneyland park web page Disneyland Trip Planning Guide Disneyland Roller Coasters Details about the most popular attractions in the park. 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