
1993 Disneyland
Disneyland's $100 million Toontown opens, the first new land since Bear Country in 1972.
The Anaheim Planning Commission and City Council approve the Westcot Center project's environmental impact report.
Work begins in the parking lot of Disneyland. The monorail is rerouted about 40 feet closer to the center of the parking lot and some 10 foot deep holes are dug in the middle of a new fenced off area. A new ride based on the Indiana Jones character is being built.
When Monorail is up running again, pilots adlib spiel about latest greatest Adventureland attraction opening spring 1995.
The Jungle Cruise is shut down for refurbishment. Sign announcing Indiana Jones Adventure is put on guard wall. Work begins on Indiana Jones Adventure Queue area.
Ken Anderson Disneyland's "First Imagineer" dies at age 92 in La Canada-Flintridge, California from a stroke
Joe Fowler the man in charge of building Disneyland nicked named "can do" dies at age 99
Harper Goff the one of the first designers on the Disneyland project and designer of City Hall on Main Street , dies in Los Angeles at age 81
| Articles: | 19 |
| Attractions Opened: | 8 |
| Attractions Closed: | 1 |
| Restaurants Opened: | 0 |
| Restaurants Closed: | 1 |
| Deaths: | 0 |
| Injuries: | 3 |

Events
January
Disneyland's $100 million Toontown opens, the first new land since Bear Country in 1972.
The Anaheim Planning Commission and City Council approve the Westcot Center project's environmental impact report.
Work begins in the parking lot of Disneyland. The monorail is rerouted about 40 feet closer to the center of the parking lot and some 10 foot deep holes are dug in the middle of a new fenced off area. A new ride based on the Indiana Jones character is being built.
When Monorail is up running again, pilots adlib spiel about latest greatest Adventureland attraction opening spring 1995.
The Jungle Cruise is shut down for refurbishment. Sign announcing Indiana Jones Adventure is put on guard wall. Work begins on Indiana Jones Adventure Queue area.
Ken Anderson Disneyland's "First Imagineer" dies at age 92 in La Canada-Flintridge, California from a stroke
Joe Fowler the man in charge of building Disneyland nicked named "can do" dies at age 99
Harper Goff the one of the first designers on the Disneyland project and designer of City Hall on Main Street , dies in Los Angeles at age 81

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More Disneyland
Dateline: 1/25/1993
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Proponents and opponents of a $3 billion, 550-acre expansion of Disneyland disagreed on its environmental impact in public comments filed Jan., 19. Foes say it would swamp streets with traffic and put pressure on sewers and other public services.
Disneyland Ends Political Freebies
Dateline: 2/3/1993
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It used to be that elected officials at all levels of California government could count on at least one common perk: free tickets to Disneyland. Not anymore. Politicians are being asked to pay their own way into the Magic Kingdom - thanks to two
Mouse Trap
Dateline: 2/26/1993
Status: Archive
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It's "TOONAUGURAL" day at Mickey's ToonTown, the first new "land" built in Disneyland in two decades, and company chairman Michael Eisner is all smiles. Euro Disney woes be damned, goes the zeitgeist on this bright California winter morning:
It's A Small, Unnatural World
Dateline: 4/11/1993
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I am here because of a promise to a child. It seemed so safe, 3000 miles from California, to be playing Lady Bountiful, perched on the side of my 9-year-old godchild's bed, saying munificently, "One Day, Auntie will take you to Disneyland."
But
Disney Faces $400,000 Fine For Illegal Workers
Dateline: 5/7/1993
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Disneyland and federal immigration officials met Thursday to discuss a recommendation that the famed amusement park pay a fine of nearly $400,000, the largest in California history, for violating immigrant hiring laws.
Immigration and

Attraction Openings And Closings
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Deaths And Injuries
Chandelier Falls And Injures 2 Children
Injury
Date: February 01, 1993
Two children are treated for scratches and bruises at the Toontown attraction after a chandelier at Goofy's Bounce House comes loose and falls on
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21-Year-Old Struck By A Burning Firework
Injury
Date: January 01, 1993
During a performance of Fantasmic, a four-year-old and a 21-year-old got struck in the eye by a burning firework, and a 16-year-old said a bright blue light came toward him, and people started shouting, "Get it off!
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4 Castmembers Suffer Smoke Inhalation
Injury
Date: June 26, 1993
A fire broke out on a Disneyland attraction Friday, causing minor injuries to four people and forcing the closure of the Tomorrowland section for about 90 minutes.
About 15 firefighters from Anaheim and several
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Parade Openings And Closings
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