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VOL. IX - No. 1	February 10, 2013	Online Since 1997

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Welcome to our February 2013 Newsletter

As we start our 16th year online we have more unique features in the works! We have automated some of the newsletter design hopefully that will make it easier for me to get the newsletter out on time. MickeyOne has promised me that next we will finally get to read the first installment of what goes on behind the scenes at Disneyland. MickeyOne's first behind the scenes article will be called Disneyland Security. It will reveal how Disneyland security operates when they pursue a not-quit-right guest for 6 months.

Our Disneyland History DVD's are the most popular item we have ever sold. If you order NOW we will be able to fill your order in about 3 days. Also with each purchase of Disneyland History DVD Box set we will include a Pirate Coin Lanyard. We offer a 50% discount to our Gold Members. We do ship international orders also. Click Here for more details! We are working on the series 2013 version of our DVD's everyone that orders our 2012 BOX SET will receive 80% off the cost of the series 2013 version. We expect to release the series 2013 version in July 2013. Series 2013

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Anaheim February temps are normally in the high 60's in the day time and in the high 40's at night. This month this would be a great month to visit the resort!

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Fantasy Faire Sneak Peek Fantasy Faire Fantasy Faire will be opening in a couple of month. Go behind the construction walls and get a sneak peek. . Video is 7 and a half minutes long.. Fantasy Faire Sneak Peek Video *Video Clips are available to our Silver, Diamond and Gold Members.*

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Fantasy Faire will be opening in a couple of month. Go behind the construction walls and get a sneak peek. . Video is 7 and a half minutes long..

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California vs. Paris: Rivers Of America
Hugh Allison
Senior Columnist

I learned something today.

My comparison article for January 2013 was always going to be about the Rivers of America in Anaheim’s Disneyland Park, and its counterpart in Disneyland Paris.

However, until perhaps five minutes ago, I had assumed that the Paris equivalent was also called Rivers of America. Turns out, it’s the Rivers of the Far West.

Whilst it has been made clear which rivers are referred to in the name of the California waterway (the Potomac, the Rio Grande, the Columbia and the Mississippi), it is as yet unstated which ones the Paris area is themed to, although the Mississippi and the Missouri are the two referred to most often by Imagineers in this context.

Rivers of America encompasses Tom Sawyer Island, whilst there are several islands within Rivers of the Far West. One of these is the home to Big Thunder Mountain, one separates Smuggler’s Cove (the load/unload area for the Keel Boat attraction) from the rest of the water and several of the others make up Wilderness Island (where a “Lil’ Big Thunder” was once considered).

The Keel Boats in Disneyland Paris were the Raccoon and the Coyote, whilst the ones in Anaheim were the Gullywhumper and the Bertha Mae.

Although it is a matter of some debate as to whether or not the Keel Boats are still operational in Paris, the ones in Disneyland closed in 1997, following the capsizing of the Gullywhumper.

Click Here To Read Complete Article

Other Articles By Hugh Allison:
California vs. Paris: It's A Small World	Disneyland Memories
California vs. Paris: The Castle	California vs. Paris: Snow White
California vs. Paris: Pinocchio	California vs. Paris: Peter Pan
California vs. Paris: Dumbo	California vs. Paris: Casey Jr. Circus Train
California vs. Paris: Alice In Wonderland	California vs. Blackpool Alice In Wonderland
California vs. Paris: Fantasyland	California vs. Paris: Carrousels And Sword In The Stone Ceremony
California vs. Paris: Fantasyland Shops	California vs. Blackpool: General
California vs. Paris: Main Street USA	California vs. Paris: The Railroads
California vs. Paris: The Railroads Part 2	California vs. Paris: Adventureland
California vs. Paris: Treehouses	California vs. Paris: Pirates of the Caribbean and Blue Bayou
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part One	California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part Two
California vs. Paris: The Lands of The Future - Part Three	California vs. Paris: Frontierland Part One
California vs. Paris: Frontierland Part Two

Hugh is a former Cast Member, who now lives in London where he works as a director. He is in the process of writing a "Mouse Tales" style book about Disneyland Resort Paris, for Bonaventure Press.

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I was looking at DLDHistory one day and realizing the huge amount of content that we have that no other site has. The problem is trying to sort through all of it and put together a nice time line of the History of Disneyland. I also watched most of the Disneyland Historical DVD's available, official and unofficial. None of the DVD's seem to have the complete history of Disneyland including backstage photos and information about deaths and injuries, rare video clips etc.

This project has taken over 3 years to compile.

We have created a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD is a 12 disc set covering the full history of Disneyland. The discs are available individually or as a box set. The DVD's contain all attraction openings, parades, deaths, injuries, trivia, backstage photos and lots more. To my knowledge no DVD has ever been created with this type of content.

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We offer previews for each disc on our YouTube Channel.

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Disc 1 - About DLDHistory DVD's Before Disneyland Disneyland Opens	Includes rare video clips from Coney Island Construction of Disneyland Opening Day
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Disc 3- 1960-1969 Disneyland	1960's Disneyland Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Main Street USA New Orleans Square Tomorrowland Parades *Deaths & Injuries
Disc 4- 1970-1979 Disneyland	1970's Disneyland Bear Country Frontierland Main Street USA Tomorrowland Parades *Deaths & Injuries


	Disc 5- 1980-1989 Disneyland	1980's Disneyland Critter Country Fantasyland Frontierland New Orleans Square Tomorrowland Parades *Deaths & Injuries
	Disc 6A / 6B- 1990-1999 Disneyland	1990's Disneyland Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Tomorrowland Toon Town Parades *Deaths & Injuries
	Disc 7A / 7B- 2000-2009 Disneyland	2000's Disneyland Adventureland Critter Country Fantasyland Frontierland Main Street U.S.A. New Orleans Square Tomorrowland Parades *Deaths & Injuries
	Disc 8- 2010-The Future Disneyland	2010's Disneyland Fantasyland Tomorrowland Parades *Deaths & Injuries
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Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of DLDHistory that may interest you.
It's A Small World Holiday It's A Small World Holiday Christmas lighting ceremony. Video was taken in 2011 and is 2 minutes long.. Its A Small World Holiday Enjoy! Click on the image below to take you directly to video clip. It's A Small World Holiday
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Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of
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It's A Small World Holiday

It's A Small World Holiday Christmas lighting ceremony. Video was taken in 2011 and is 2 minutes long..

Its A Small World Holiday

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It's A Small World Holiday

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