One of the things that many Disney fans were excited about was the new merchandise offerings for the Disneyland 60th celebration. With the diamond anniversary colour scheme of blue and silver, I was keen to see the available goodies to … Continue reading Disneyland’s 60th Merchandise
When Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion attraction first opened in 1969, one of the effects was the Hatbox Ghost. There were apparently some difficulties with the way the effect looked to the public, and within a short period of time, he was removed … Continue reading The return of the Hatbox Ghost
I’ll be doing a bunch of posts over the next few weeks about Disneyland’s 60th celebration but thought I’d start with cake… This amazing and huge castle sculpture below, was in the lobby of the Grand Californian Hotel. At around … Continue reading Cake and cupcakes at Disneyland’s 60th
This was the turn down service this evening at Disney’s Grand Californian hotel on the evening of the 16th July. The 60th anniversary kicks off tomorrow morning as shown below. Very excited! (post scheduled in advance as I’ll be too … Continue reading Oh boy! Disneyland’s 60th Celebration
The first time I heard of the Main Street Electrical Parade was when I was about 11 or 12 years old. My friend Trudi went to Disneyland and she came back with stories of this most incredible parade of lights. I was … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – Disneyland’s Main Street Electrical Parade
With Disneyland beginning the 60th anniversary celebration, I thought it would be fun to highlight some photos from the 50th. We were lucky enough to visit Disneyland a few days after the 50th celebration kicked off in 2005. With … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – Disneyland’s Parade of Dreams
And speaking of Christmas, it always seemed a bit weird to me that the majority of references we see are for a northern hemisphere Christmas. Here in the southern hemisphere, Christmas is our summer. A traditional Kiwi Christmas is often … Continue reading A very Kiwi Christmas
