Originally Posted By DlandDug It was ten years ago today that the Walt Disney Company proudly unveiled their newest theme park, Disney's California Adventure, to the public in a gala grand opening. Today I am sure everyone is well aware of the big change that has been made (they dropped the possessive "s"), but take a moment to relive all the excitement surrounding the events of February 8, 2001, and the days that followed. The Grand Opening Ceremony: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID502110.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/N...2110.asp</a> More coverage: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Info-ID-DL-DCAOpenings.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/I...ings.asp</a>
Originally Posted By ni_teach Anyone going to the DCA today? I think that I will run over for a while just to see what is happening.
Originally Posted By SafariRob Maybe they can finish Carsland by 2/8/12 and have an amazing 11th birthday! Yeah, right.
Originally Posted By Roger Rabbit Cast Members are wearing 10th anniversary buttons. Nothing really special is going on. I just came back from DCA but I'm going back right now!!
Originally Posted By ni_teach I just got back and everyone is correct other than the buttons there was not even a mention anywhere. Not at the opening or any place else. So sad.
Originally Posted By Sparrow Was there a big deal made at Disneyland for their 10 year anniversary? Maybe it's not considered a huge one?
Originally Posted By Sparrow Disneyland Resort has a link on their Facebook with this video. They talk a little about the anniversary... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zOzvZp0oOQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...zvZp0oOQ</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Was there a big deal made at Disneyland for their 10 year anniversary? Maybe it's not considered a huge one?" There sure was. They had the Tencennial event, which is the original use of the mirror castle float that has been in practically every parade at the Magic Kingdom in WDW since it opened, including its own Tencennial in 1981 (yep that same float has been in use, basically continuously, since 1965). They had a special episode of The Wonderful World of Color (linked below) with all sorts of song and dance numbers. I'm not sure what exactly was celebrated beyond that, but from my understanding, they made a pretty big deal of it. Generally, Disney likes to celebrate anniversaries that end in a 5 or 0, so the 10th fits right in. Off the top of my head, I can't think of another park that did much for its 10th (I think DAK had Jane Goodall make an appearance, like the park's opening day), but they are seldom ignored to this extent. In all fairness, they didn't really do much for DL's 55th last year other than some merchandise, so I'm really not surprised by this, since they seem to be ignoring DCA's history (and existance at times, under the "Disneyland Resort" moniker). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MLmy1qOjmA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...my1qOjmA</a> And for what it's worth, I tried watching the opening day performance and ceremony linked in post 1, and it seems like the files aren't working for me. And in bigger news, as far as I can tell, there aren't any videos of it up on YouTube! I remember watching a video of the opening performance around the time of DL's 50th, and thought it was very well done, so I was looking forward to seeing it again, but I guess not.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Was there a big deal made at Disneyland for their 10 year anniversary? Maybe it's not considered a huge one?<< <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3jV5FcVqpE8/SAQfvVR97SI/AAAAAAAABN8/9YpjtJahqz4/s400/1965%2Blogo.jpg" target="_blank">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3jV5...logo.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.chipandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/walt.png" target="_blank">http://www.chipandco.com/wp-co...walt.png</a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3jV5FcVqpE8/SFViGJa3MnI/AAAAAAAACOU/B54d8x9HpEI/s400/Page_001.jpg" target="_blank">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3jV5..._001.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt There's a really interesting list of DCA trivia on the Disney Parks Blog (It's kind of silly, but I never knew that one of the clovers in Flik's has four leaves): <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/02/a-decade-of-fun-at-disney-california-adventure-park-top-attractions-552000-points-236-doors-and-more/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...nd-more/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I should have pointed out that the trivia list is in celebration of DCA's 10th anniversary.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Generally, I can't think of them doing anything major for anniversaries of secondary gates. In Florida, they usually mark the anniversary of the whole resort,using that October of 1971 date as reference. And DCA is, sorry to say, probably the LAST secondary park that would get them to start a new tradition, especially considering the state of flux that the park is in right now. I believe it was some time around Disneyland's 10th that Walt(who had a little over a year to live), made his famous statement to his Imagineers about "if any of you have any ideas of resting on your laurels, well just forget it!". And rest, they didn't. They were right on the heels of the New York World's Fair at that point, and just ramping up things like New Tommorowland, Pirates, Mansion, and the Florida project.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<There's a really interesting list of DCA trivia on the Disney Parks Blog (It's kind of silly, but I never knew that one of the clovers in Flik's has four leaves)>> Actually, Dr Hans, you can see the four-leaf clover from the Google satellite view! It's near the center of the area, at about the 3 o'clock position.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Thanks Hans for the DCA 10th trivia list link. One of the comments should interest leobloom...{9matt from Mo 2/8 mentions} featured bathrooms in attractions-Uncle Orville is just one!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Actually, Dr Hans, you can see the four-leaf clover from the Google satellite view! It's near the center of the area, at about the 3 o'clock position." Just checked it. That's a pretty cool detail. Thanks!
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>They had the Tencennial event, which is the original use of the mirror castle float that has been in practically every parade at the Magic Kingdom in WDW since it opened, including its own Tencennial in 1981 (yep that same float has been in use, basically continuously, since 1965).<< That is new information to me. I'm not so sure that float is that old. Can you point me to a source for that. If it is the case, I would like to "update my memory bank" and my informational archives. To my memory, the mirrored castle float was introduced at Disneyland in the Christmas parade in 1984. I dug out the DVD of my Super 8 personal movies from the 1980's and that is the first it starts showing up in my films. It was used in the Christmas (and, occasionally other) parades/cavalcades up until the current A Christmas Fantasy parade took the place of the previous incarnation of the Christmas parade, I believe. I can't remember if it was shipped to Florida in the '90's when they shipped some of our floats to them, or, if WDW got their own. But, I remember WDW having one from about the mid-1990's on. (I've asked my friend, the Witches of Morva, who lives down there and who might remember.)
Originally Posted By danyoung >...so I'm really not surprised by this, since they seem to be ignoring DCA's history...< Can you really blame them? If they had a 10th celebration, wouldn't they have to say something about how more or less crappy the park was when it opened? That they didn't even have an annual pass at first, thinking that regular day tickets were going to swamp the park? That DCA would fast become the place to be, and the original DL park would act as the overflow to DCA's bulging crowds? Nope, no surprise here that they don't want to talk about the park's history.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Nope, no surprise here that they don't want to talk about the park's history." They wouldn't have to. The 10th anniversary could be a year long celebration recognizing the entire resort expansion culminating with the opening of Buena Vista Street and Carsland. It's all about context and how they frame the celebration.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "They wouldn't have to. The 10th anniversary could be a year long celebration recognizing the entire resort expansion culminating with the opening of Buena Vista Street and Carsland. It's all about context and how they frame the celebration" It is suprising that they wouldnt want to cash in on a bunch of 10th anniversary merch!
