Originally Posted By Dizhotelguy We arrived tonight at the Disneyland Hotel where I am to do a cast member presentation on the history of the Disneyland Hotel this Friday. We checked in and went to our room at the Wonder Tower (which used to be the Bonita Tower). Imagine our surprise when we walked into our room and it is the Ambassador Suite with two bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen, a family room, Bose Surround Sound, fresh fruit, Mickey chocolate cookies, Disneyland Hotel robes, a stocked (paid for) bar, fresh ground coffee, a marble hallway and great views. I brought with me the actual groundbreaking shovel from March 18th, 1955 and showed it to several cast members. I think I could get used to a room like this. I will be sure and take a lot of pictures.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer Dizhotelguy, I'm getting excited just thinking about your post. If you have time, would you please give us a day-by-day report so that we can share this visit of the park and the hotel, as seen through your eyes.
Originally Posted By TP2000 How nice of them to do that for you! What a great surprise that must have been! Can't wait to see pictures.
Originally Posted By dippy_dawg <a href="http://www.magicalhotel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.magicalhotel.com/</a> Here is a site about the Disneyland Hotel and Book (by Donald Ballard), it has a pic of groundbreaking day with Roy Disney in attendance (click on sample pages). Wow, you actually have the shovel! Yes pics would be great, the shovel to please! May I ask how you were able to obtain the shovel and what connection you have to presenting.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >>May I ask how you were able to obtain the shovel and what connection you have to presenting<< dippy_dawg, I wasn't sure from your post if you had read Dizhotelguy's profile or knew who is. In my mind, he is the foremost authority on the hotel and the URL you posted links to his website.
Originally Posted By dippy_dawg Oh Gorsh, my bad, I hadn't looked at the profile. I was so caught up in the post and history of what he had in his possession. So...I guess, "Hi Don" is in order...by the way its a great book folks. Thanks Shiva for pointing that out. Dippy
Originally Posted By Dizhotelguy The presentation is this Friday at 11:00 but it is private. I wish I could do one for the general public but this is for executives and cast members only. I have also brought many brochures from the 50's up, pictures, postcards and many other artifacts from the Hotel's past. If anybody would like to see this exhibit made public, I encourage you to contact Disney. I don't have any contact info but I can get it. I would like to create a permanent display here at the Disneyland Hotel. I have almost every paper item from the Hotel's past plus over 5000 pictures.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thank you for sharing that with us Dizotelguy and enjoy your "perk"! I have your book on my coffee table! I've read it and I love to leaf through it too Some of my fav pictures are of what the rooms looked like in the past We love looking at the Disney memoriabilia and the photos of Walt with guests that are on display in the Marina or whatever it's called now. I think it would be great to have a history of the hotel display.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 Thanks so much for posting, Dizhotelguy! The DLH is and always has been my favorite hotel. I'm also a huge fan of your book and proudly display it on my bookcase. Thank you for all of your time and effort put into creating the book and your exhibits. I would love to see a public exhibit so yes, please get us that contact info. =)
Originally Posted By LPFan22 By the way, can you get us some pictures of your suite? It would be great if you could.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 I think you'd have to register to one of the online photo sites... like Snapfish, or Kodak. There are others and it's free. Just takes a few moments to sign up and upload you're pics.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 I should add that once you've done that you can provide the link to your album here and others can click and view.
Originally Posted By Dizhotelguy And they are ok with that here on this site? We are headed out to Disneyland now but I will look into this when we come back.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Dizhotelguy, that is so very nice of you to share pictures. Of course, you know we would all purchase whatever else you actually publish about the hotel. Why is Disney presenting the hotel history to their CM's? What positions are the CM's and are they hotel workers or are they in influential positions? If Disney is entertaining you so well, don't you think they would be willing to impart to you some of the documentation of their occupation? Or would they too much want to control the content? I really would like to see the time line of your book updated, but I would prefer your take on it, not Disney's.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer nemopoppins, I knew you would show up on this thread eventually ; ) Dizhotelguy, How did the presentation go? I'm pretty sure that all of us would have loved to have been little flies on the wall just to hear you speak and see the items you were displaying.
Originally Posted By pecos bill I would love to see a new memorabilia display at the hotel. The present one is unique, but has been there forever. Not only that, it consists of very common collectibles that have been cut and snipped to form the collage. I have far more complete and rare items in my personal collection than are displayed at the hotel. I would definately "lobby" for something new in the hotel lobby!
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Hi Shiva I hadn't known that Dizhotelguy did presentations. Any chances of a public presentation in NorCal?
