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VOL. VI - No. 6

July 8, 2010

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Webmaster Richard
Welcome to our July 2010 Newsletter.

This year will be Disneyland 55th birthday celebration. On July 17th we will celebrate Disneyland's 55th by opening up our site and making all of our content available for FREE for 24 hours Click Here for details. This month we have a special savings offer for you! Upgrade your account during July and enter the word newsletter for the Promo Code and you will recieve 10% off your upgrade total! Upgrade NOW...Robert Baca is back with an exclusive article River Fun. In July we added all of the 1980's chapters to our Disneyland History DVD preview Click For More Info. The site is growing and we are looking at new features to continue to make DLDHistory.com The Most Unique Disneyland History Site!


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Disney's California Adventure Park now presents World Of Color the largest water show ever for Disney. Our video gives you a front row seat for the complete show! This video is 30 minutes long and was shot in 2010. Top Story Video.


	Robert Baca is back with a new exclusive article. This month Robert tells us about the fun the castmembers had on the Rivers Of America in his latest article River Fun. Robert Baca Column

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	In June we added 16 new articles. We now have over 1,000 Disneyland Articles! Disneyland In The News

	Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of DLDHistory that may interest you. This month we present: Complete show of Hunchback Of Notre Dame Video Spotlight On DLDHistory

	We have added 4 new backstage photos showing what it takes to get the Disneyland Railroad ready for service each morning .. ...and lots more!! New Backstage Photos

	We have added 3 new videos: including a great video of the inside of Disneyland's Dream Suite in New Orleans Square! We also added a video of Innoventions in Tomorrowland and a video of Ariel's Grotto . .. ...and lots more!! New Videos

We are working on creating a full length Disneyland History DVD. The DVD will be a 5-6 hour video covering the full history of Disneyland. Including 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. We are now offering previews as we put together the DVD.We have added a few more new chapters this month Disneyland History DVD

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DLDHistory Adds Complete Disney's California Adventure World Of Color Show
Disney's California Adventure World Of Color World Of Color Disney's California Adventure Park now presents World Of Color the largest water show ever for Disney. Our video gives you a front row seat for the complete show! This video is 30 minutes long and was shot in 2010. World Of Color Video *Attraction Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and Gold Members.*

DLDHistory Adds Complete Disney's California Adventure World Of Color Show

Disney's California Adventure World Of Color

World Of Color

*Attraction Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and Gold Members.*

DLDHistory Exclusive Articles
River Fun GUEST COLUMNIST: Robert Baca
Well hello to all you Disney fans. I now it’s been a while since I wrote you about some of my tales while working at the park. I wanted to jump back in and tell you about some of the exciting times when working on the river. One of the memorable times I recall quite a bit is working the mid-night shift on the rafts. This was a scheduled shift that started at 1am – 9am. I know that seems a bit odd but yes…the rafts ran at this time. My job was to assist the technicians who worked on the Fantasmic equipment by escorting them to the island as well as equipment too. I also had the occasional facilities staff needing to go over but not to often. The island was a bit scary to be on especially on the back side of the island where the Fort stands. I recall a couple of times being there by myself and rushing to the dock because I felt if though someone was after me or watching me. The only light was your flash light sometimes too. Fun times. Click Here To Read Complete Article Other Articles By Robert Baca: Timber Magic In Stealth Mode Disaster Almost Avoided Disneyland Mavericks Great Balls Of Fire Robert Baca is a southern California local. He worked at Disneyland in Anaheim California from 1995 to 2003 as an Attractions Cast Member. Robert can be contacted at :
Click Here For A Full List Of DLDHistory.com Exclusive Articles *DLDHistory Exclusive Articles are available to all of our Members.*

DLDHistory Exclusive Articles

River Fun
GUEST COLUMNIST: Robert Baca

Well hello to all you Disney fans. I now it’s been a while since I wrote you about some of my tales while working at the park. I wanted to jump back in and tell you about some of the exciting times when working on the river. One of the memorable times I recall quite a bit is working the mid-night shift on the rafts. This was a scheduled shift that started at 1am – 9am. I know that seems a bit odd but yes…the rafts ran at this time. My job was to assist the technicians who worked on the Fantasmic equipment by escorting them to the island as well as equipment too. I also had the occasional facilities staff needing to go over but not to often. The island was a bit scary to be on especially on the back side of the island where the Fort stands. I recall a couple of times being there by myself and rushing to the dock because I felt if though someone was after me or watching me. The only light was your flash light sometimes too. Fun times.

Click Here To Read Complete Article

Other Articles By Robert Baca:

Timber

Magic In Stealth Mode

Disaster Almost Avoided

Disneyland Mavericks

Great Balls Of Fire

Robert Baca is a southern California local.
He worked at Disneyland in Anaheim California from 1995 to 2003 as an Attractions Cast Member.

Robert can be contacted at :

Click Here For A Full List Of DLDHistory.com Exclusive Articles

*DLDHistory Exclusive Articles are available to all of our Members.*

Disneyland In The News

More Articles Available Here
Disney Finds Big Savings In Buzz Lightyear’s Spacesuit One of the original attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, the Jungle Cruise is a tongue-in-cheek voyage that, on both coasts, carries riders past robotic lions, zebras, snakes and hippos. And yet, for years, the boat captains in...	If Kids Are Happy, So Am I Well after midnight, we sat on a concrete bench waiting for a bus. My 12-year-old son was beat. So was I. I put my arm around him. He smiled. "This was one of the best days of my life," he said. I knew then it was all worth it...
Disneyland To Provide Sign Language Interpreters In the past, guests who needed sign language interpreters at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park had to call in advance to arrange for the service. Beginning this week, the theme parks will offer the service on a regular basis. No...	Disneyland Frites With Treats While I was at Disneyland for the premiere of World of Color, I stopped by Café Orleans. What a fabulous place to catch a meal. The nearby Blue Bayou is often filled to capacity, and same-day reservations can be tricky. I was able to get immediate...
Disney Theme Parks' Dress Code Relaxed Female employees don't have to wear pantyhose with skirts anymore, unless the leg wear is part of a costume. Chalk one up for women who work at Disney theme parks: They don't have to wear pantyhose anymore. In the biggest change to...	Charles Phoenix's Retro Disneyland Slide Show Plays Crown Plaza Hotel Anaheim With his infectious enthusiasm and keen eye for detail, Charles Phoenix celebrates the 55th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom's grand opening with his Retro Disneyland Slide Show. One performance only takes place at the Crown Plaza Hotel Anaheim...
Disneyland: 55 And Still A Major Force Disneyland — The Happiest Place on Earth — turns 55 this summer. Clearly, Walt Disney’s dream of creating a family park where parents and children could have fun together is here to stay. But that’s not to say Disneyland hasn’t seen its share...	Long-Time Disneyland Imagineer Dies Retired Disney Imagineer Bob Jolley, who worked on Disneyland rides, passed away last Friday at the age of 88. Jolley first worked as a scenic artist in the movie business, including epic films, such as “Cleopatra” and “The Sound of Music.”...
Disneyland, Businesses, Enjoy Prop. 13 Loopholes Has ownership of Disney changed hands since 1978, when property-tax-shrinking Proposition 13 changed the face of California government? One could argue that such publicly-traded corporations have changed hands many, many times since then – but...	Disneyland Offering Plenty Of Old West Fun For Summer Visitors Take a bit of the Old West, mix in a hair-raising thrill ride or two, and what do you get? A great way to have fun on this year's family summer vacation. For 2010 Disneyland offers great combinations of fun rides and touches of Western heritage...
Disney Limits Halloween Fireworks To Partygoers Disneyland no longer will show its Halloween fireworks show to general theme-park visitors. Instead, guests must buy separate tickets to private trick-or-treat parties at Disneyland if they want to see the show. Last year, Disneyland...	Cool Clear Water Water My how time fly’s, seems like yesterday I was asking about when the Rivers of America would be filled again. I never like to visit the park when any of the water is not working. It even bummed me out during the renovation of It’s a Small World when...
Sultana Grad Hospitalized After Grad Night Drug Incident A recently-graduated Sultana High School student was hospitalized late Thursday night after taking ecstasy while at the school’s grad night celebration at Disneyland, according to officials. “A young man, a minor, [from] Sultana, at Disneyland...	Grad Night In The Magic Kingdom Filled with more than 20,000 seniors from all throughout California, Disneyland was the place to be May 20-21. For most schools, the "Grad Nite" package included dinner at Medieval Times, followed by three hours at Disney's California Adventure
Art Linkletter, Disneyland’s Opening Day Host, Dies Art Linkletter, a media personality who hosted Disneyland’s opening day broadcast, died Wednesday at age 97. Linkletter was awarded with the Disney Legends Award in 2005 for his ties to the company. Linkletter returned to the park for...
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4 New Backstage Photos

3 New Videos

Backstage Photos

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We have added 4 new backstage photos showing what it takes to get the Disneyland Railroad ready for service each morning .. ...and lots more!!

*Backstage Photos are available to our Deluxe, Premium, Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*

Innoventions Video	Dream Suite Video
Ariel's Grotto Video
Click the images above to take you to the videos.
We have added 3 new videos: including a great video of the inside of Disneyland's Dream Suite in New Orleans Square! We also added a video of Innoventions in Tomorrowland and a video of Ariel's Grotto . .. ...and lots more!!

*Videos are available to our Silver, Bronze and Gold Members.*

Disneyland History DVD

DLDHistory Celebrates Disneyland's Birthday

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.

The first pass will be adding all attractions. The second pass will add Parades/Restaurants. The third pass will add Deaths Injuries. The fourth pass will add voice over. 5th pass will be final cuts and edits.

We are now offering previews as we put together the DVD. The previews are low resolution working copies. The voice over has not been added yet. We will add background music and a few more edits. We will add more chapters as they are completed.
The table of contents of the DVD will be:

Chapter I-Title
Chapter II-Before Disneyland	Includes rare video clips from Coney Island and Pacific Ocean Park
Chapter III 1955-1959	1950's Disneyland Opening Day Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Holidayland Main Street USA Tomorrowland Parades
Chapter IV 1960-1969	1960's Disneyland Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Main Street USA New Orleans Square Tomorrowland Parades Deaths & Inuries
Chapter V 1970-1979	1970's Disneyland Bear Country Frontierland Tomorrowland Parades Deaths & Inuries
Chapter VI 1980-1989	1980's Disneyland Critter Country Fantasyland Frontierland New Orleans Square Tomorrowland Parades Deaths & Injuries
Chapter VII 1990-1999	1990's Disneyland Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Tomorrowland Toon Town
Chapter VIII 2000-2009	2000's Disneyland Adventureland Critter Country Fantasyland Frontierland Main Street U.S.A. New Orleans Square Tomorrowland
Chapter IX The Future
Chapter X Credits
Chapter XI Extras

One very unique feature that will be available on our DVD is a quick way to access additional information on DLDHistory.com about an attraction. The final DVD will be a high definition video. We are predicting that the DVD should be complete before the end of 2010.

DVD Previews Can Be Seen HERE

*DVD Previews are available to our Bronze and GOLD Members.*

Each year we celebrate Disneyland's Birthday. This year is Disneyland's 55th year. We will offer all of our content for FREE starting July 17th for 24 hours. Here's how it works:

Come to DLDHistory.com between July 16th midnight PST - July 17th midnight PST

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Spotlight On DLDHistory.com
Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of DLDHistory that may interest you.
Hunchback Of Notre Dame Stage Show Video 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. Enjoy… Click on the image below to take you directly to video. Hunchback Of Notre Dame Stage Show
*Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*

Spotlight On DLDHistory.com

Spotlight on DLDHistory.com is a column that will point out a little known area of
DLDHistory that may interest you.

Hunchback Of Notre Dame Stage Show Video

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.

Enjoy…

Click on the image below to take you directly to video.

Hunchback Of Notre Dame Stage Show

*Video Clips are available to our Silver, Bronze and GOLD Members.*

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