Direct Link: http://www.dldhistory.com/link2us.asp?ID=1011 On Friday, September 5, 2003, at approximately 12:03 p.m., the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Permanent Amusement Ride Unit, Anaheim District Office (The Division) received a phone call from Disneyland Resort , reporting that a serious accident and possible fatality had occurred on Friday, September 5, 2003 at approximately 11:18 a.m. The accident was reported to have occurred on an attraction known as the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, located at Disneyland Resort

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Accident Direct Link: http://www.dldhistory.com/link2us.asp?ID=1603 ==================================== Sailing Ship Columbia Direct Link: http://www.dldhistory.com/link2us.asp?ID=1602 On December 24, 1998 at 10:40am The Sailing Ship Columbia came into dock to load the first passengers of the day. An employee placed the docking rope on the cleat when the ship was approaching to fast to stop at the dock. Ride procedures call for the ship’s captain to reverse the ship if it overshoots the dock so that it may approach at correct speed. When the line became too taught it snapped the 8-pound cleat off of the ship like a rubber band sending it flying into the crowd of visitors causing two visitors critical injuries.

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Sample Audio Clips of Splash Mountain, Snow White, Viewliner, King Authur's Carrousel and X-1 from Disneyland-Complete Audio Clips Available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:12:17 GMT

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Taken in 1977 on a 8mm camera sorry it is silent..Clip of Disneyland's America On Parade-Complete Video Available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:01:27 GMT

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SOUND...There are 64 human and 55 animal Audio-Animatronics in the attraction. The first drop is 52 feet, at an angle of 21 degrees, and the second is 37 feet, also at 21 degrees. This was necessary to get the boats under the Railroad tracks, as the main show building is actually outside the tracks. Guests also get to go *up* a 90 foot waterfall at a 16 degree angle. Near the end of the ride, the white haired prisoner is actually a replica of a janitor who worked there. The fire effect: There is one peace of fabric hanging from a bar. Onto it is projected orange and red and yellow blinking light. Finally a Fan is added to blow the fabric slightly and it creates the fire effect. The fire marshal had Disney install an automatic shutoff in case of a real fire because the fake ones in the burning city looked so real. The fog that drifts out from behind the boat in the "Battle" area. It is the Mee Fog effect. Water is shot through a small hole at 1000PSI, the hole is smaller than a hair from your head. Because it forced out so fast, the water condenses, just like real fog does. Hence the Mee Fog, slogan, "Real Fog" The name of the ship in the battle scene is Sea Witch Complete video of Disneyland's Pirates Of The Caribbean at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:56:53 GMT

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It has been questioned why Walt Disney built the castle relatively small (it only rises 75 feet above the moat), but he actually had a very good reason. He recalled that the tyrants of Europe built huge, imposing castles in order to intimidate the peasents. Disney wanted his castle to be friendly, so it was built on a smaller scale. When you are walking through the castle away from the statue, and you pass under the Disney Family Seal and you walk a few more steps until you're almost out of the castle, look down and there's a gold spike (survey marker) in the ground. Complete video of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty's Castle at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:53:17 GMT

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Kathryn Beaumont, who had provided the voice for Alice in the 1951 motion picture, was brought back in 1982 to record narration tracks during the rehab of the attraction. Originally Alice In Wonderland was planned to be a walk-thru attraction. Voices: Alice - Kathryn Beaumont White Rabbit - Corey Burton TweedleDum & TweedleDee - Corey Burton Cards - Corey Burton Cheshire Cat and King of Hearts - Tony Pope Complete video of Disneyland's Alice In Wonderland available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:41:42 GMT

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There were 12 jets with names of: Canopus, Vega, Sirus, Castor, Regulus, Pica, Capella, Arcturus, Rigel, Spica, Procyon, Altair, Antares. The jets made a 50 foot circle and could climb to 36 feet. The jets were made by Klaus Co. Bavaria Complete video of Disneyland's Astro Jets at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:34:03 GMT

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Due to mechanical problems the attraction was not ready on opening day but finally opened on July 31,1955. Some pieces of the train were from the original carrousel purchased for King Arthur Carrousel Complete video of Disneyland's Casey Jr. Circus Train at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:12:40 GMT

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Film clip taken in 1977. 3 minute version available at DLDHistory.com. Voices: Henry - Pete Renoudet, Big Al - Tex Ritter, Teddi Barra - Jean Shepard, Wendel - Bill Cole, Trixie - Cheryl Poole (voice), Wanda Jackson (singing), Liver Lips McGrowl - Van Stoneman, Ernest - Van Stoneman, Bunny, Bubbles, Beulah - Loulie Jean Norman, Peggy Clark, Jackie Ward, Terrence - Van Stoneman, Zeke - Dal McKennon, Sammy - Bill Cole, Melvin - Bill Lee, Max - Pete Renoudet, Buff - Thurl Ravenscroft. Complete video of Disneyland's Country Bear Jamboree available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:58:59 GMT

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The Disneyland Monorail was the first operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere and the first to cross a public street. When Walt built Disneyland, he wanted complete control over the steam trains, so that he could take them out when ever he wanted. Thus, he placed the steam trains, and then later the monorails under the ownership of Retlaw and leased them back to the park. In 1982, the family decided to sell the assets of Retlaw to the Disney Company, and a holding company, Walt Disney Incorporated was formed. Eventually, the steam trains and monorails became "officially" Disneyland's property. The trip from Tomorrowland to the Disneyland Hotel is more level and has more straight-aways, drivers can run the Monorail at full speed, 35 miles per hour. The return trip, though, has several curves and a seven-degree grade near the Submarine Lagoon, so drivers are instructed to maintain a speed of fifteen miles per hour. Initial cost to build the monorail was $1.4 million (in 2003 dollars it would be over $8.5 million) The monorail designer was Alweg which are the initials of the owner of the company: Axel L. Wenner-Gren Complete video of Disneyland's Monorail at DLDHistory.com

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The ride lasts for 90 seconds. The original name for this attraction (before the attraction was built) was The Pink Elephant Ride! The first Dumbo Elephants weighed 700 pounds each. Complete video of Disneyland's Dumbo The Flying Elephant at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:49:32 GMT

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The narrator's name is the late Paul Frees. His distinctive voice can also be heard in several other Disney attractions such as "Haunted Mansion" (narrator), and "Adventure thru Inner Space" (narrator). This was the first Disney attraction to show on both coasts simultaneously: New York Worlds Fair and Disneyland The 1st Lincoln figure built was shown at the Worlds Fair The 2nd Lincoln figure built was a spare never shown to the public The 3rd Lincoln figure built was a revised design and shown in the Worlds Fair second year The 4th Lincoln figure built was shown at Disneyland Buddy Baker composed the original music for this attraction. Voices: Pre-show narrator - Pete Renoudet Abraham Lincoln - Royal Dano Complete video of Disneyland's Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:46:09 GMT

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Some of the original walnut trees that had been uprooted from the groves that covered the Disneyland site were rescued, then "uprooted" once again in the jungle -- planted upside down so their roots stuck up in the air -- to begin a new life simulating the bizarre and exotic jungle plants everyone expected to see in such a remote and uncharted jungle. From a current Jungle Cruise skipper. There is a "Jungle Cruise Script" the day any one of us actually uses it, is the day The Jungle dies. The only time you might hear us do a "Standard Operating Procedure" (SOP) spiel, is when a supervisor is on our boat!! Boat Names: Amazon Belle, Congo Queen, Ganges Gal, Hondo Hattie, Irrawaddy Woman, Kissimmee Kate, Magdalena Maiden, Mekong Maiden, Nile Princess (out of service), Orinoco Adventuress, Suwannee Lady, Ucayali Una, Yangtze Lotus, Zambezi Miss Complete video of Disneyland's Jungle Cruise available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:18:36 GMT

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The ride lasts for 90 seconds. During the rides first two years, the Tea Cups had no brakes or clutches--nothing to limit how fast they could be spun. Mad Tea Party And Dumbo are the only attractions to switched locations. Originally were located directly behind King Arthur Carrousel Complete video of Disneyland's Mad Tea Party at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:02:43 GMT

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Disneyland Publicity department claimed that this was the first paddle wheeler built in the United States in 50 years. The 105-foot-long hull was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California. The superstructure was constructed in a soundstage at the Disney Studio in Burbank. The boat weighs 125 tons and designed to carry 390 passengers. Overall length 105 ft.; Height (keel to pilot house 28 ft; Draft 2 ft 3 inches; Beam 26 ft., 6 inches Morgan Evans designed the landscape for this attraction Irene Dunne christened the Mark Twain Complete video of Disneyland's Mark Twain Riverboat at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:56:43 GMT

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There is a break room the size of a basketball court located in the top. Matterhorn is 147 feet tall, exactly 1/100th size replica of the real mountain in Switzerland. The attraction is based on the Disney film Third Man on the Mountain. The Matterhorn is made of wood and steel with a plaster coating over a layer of metal mesh. In 1978 an Adominable Snowman, ice caverns and glowing ice crystals were added. The Matterhorn cost $1.5 million ( in 2003 dollars it would cost over $9.1 million) to build. When you start up the computers for the Matterhorn the screen displays a messages which says, "Harold isn't going to like this." Complete video of Disneyland's Matterhorn Bobsleds available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:52:59 GMT

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There is a shadow of Sherlock Holmes (Complete with pipe and cap) in the second-story window of the manor that houses Mr. Toads wild ride. Voices: Judge - Corey Burton Cop - Corey Burton Farmer - Corey Burton Complete video of Disneyland's Mr. Toads Wild Ride at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:48:28 GMT

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The first ride of this kind to be built in the United States. The cable was 2,400 feet long with 44 gondolas. The Skyway stations were equiped with a large digital meter to gauge wind speed. It usually flutuated between zero and three knots. If the meter hit twelve knots employees shut the ride down. For dangerous situations, in the mid-1970s Disneyland installed speakers on the Skyway towers and microphones in the stations. By depressing the "All Ride" switch, operators could give announcements or warnings "from on high." Hosts were to use the device for emergencies only, since upon hearing a deep voice suddenly resounding from the sky, guests typically froze in terror. As such, the device became known as "the God Switch." The buckets reached a height of 60 feet. The drive mechanism was in the Fantasyland side with a 35 thousand pound ballast on the Tomorrowland side to keep the cable tight. Skyway was built by Von Roll Iron Works of Bern Switzerland. The first gondolas had fiberglass patio chairs bolted in them. During construction of the New Fantasyland in 1984 the Skyway ran roundtrip only. Complete video of Disneyland's Skyway at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:40:08 GMT

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The old and new names of the subs are: 301-Nautilus/Nautilus, 302-Neptune/Triton, 303-Sea Star/Seawolf, 304-Explorer/Skate, 305-Seeker/Skipjack, 306-Argonaut/George Washington, 307-Triton/Patrick Henry, 308-Sea Wolf/Ethan Allen Each sub originally cost $80,000 (in 2003 dollars that would be over $486,000), and were built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro. Walt refered to his Subs as the Eighth Largest Submarine Fleet in the World. All are diesel/electric except for 304 which runs Compressed Natural Gas as a conservation and environmental test. Subs are 52 feet long. Displacement of 94,000 pounds. Capacity 38 9 million gallons of water are in the Lagoon (6.5 million) and Caverns (2.5 million) areas. In 2004 a test bed was setup in the lagoon to test the possiblity of a Finding Nemo overlay Complete video of Disneyland's Submarine Voyage available at DLDHistory.com

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Added: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:36:19 GMT

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