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Wally Boag dies at 90; gave more than 40,000 performances at Disneyland
When he auditioned for a starring role in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue before the Anaheim theme park opened in 1955, comedian Wally Boag thought he was trying out for just another two-week booking.
It was anything but.
By the time he retired from...Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, London Theatre, Disneyland Park, Theater, Dining and Drinking
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Betty Taylor dies at 91; Disneyland's Sluefoot Sue
Hired by Walt Disney in 1956, Betty Taylor spent three decades portraying the singing saloon hostess and onstage sweetheart of another character, Pecos Bill, at Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue.
Taylor died Saturday at a nursing home in Coupeville,...Tags: Bill Bailey, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Dorothy Fields, Disneyland Park, Dining and Drinking
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Book Review: 'Walt Before Mickey' by Timothy S. Susanin
![When the extraordinary success of "Steamboat Willie" made Walt Disney an overnight sensation in 1928, he'd already spent nearly a decade working in animation. During those years, he'd had successes and failures, as Timothy S. Susanin recounts in great detail in his new book "Walt Before Mickey."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61995780-31113232.jpg "When the extraordinary success of "Steamboat Willie\" made Walt Disney an overnight sensation in 1928, he'd already spent nearly a decade working in animation. During those years, he'd had successes and failures, as Timothy S. Susanin recounts in great detail in his new book \"Walt Before Mickey.\"")
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen the extraordinary success of "Steamboat Willie" made Walt Disney an overnight sensation in 1928, he'd already spent nearly a decade working in animation. During those years, he'd had successes and failures, as Timothy S. Susanin recounts in great...Tags: Bob Thomas, Rentals, Charlie Chaplin, Friz Freleng, Academy Awards
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After Universal strikes gold with a wand, Disney pulls out a light saber
After a year in which Universal Orlando rode the popularity of Harry Potter to record heights, Walt Disney World is pinning its fortunes this summer on the one intellectual property with which the boy wizard is most often compared: Star Wars.
Disney next...Tags: Tickets, Disneyland Park, Gardens and Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Entertainment
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Taking the Kids -- and exploring the new Disney Dream that ups the ante for family cruising
You've got to hand it to Mickey Mouse. At the recent christening of Disney Cruise Line's new Dream, complete with fireworks, music, dancing, everyone's favorite characters and plenty of magic, Mickey and his pals, including top Disney brass, promised a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Entertainment, Video Supplies and Services, Tour Operations Industry, Jennifer Hudson
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Tequila bar opening at Epcot, but attraction in Japan closes
Sentinel Staff WriterThe World Showcase section of Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park is in the midst of some small but noteworthy comings and goings. A week from today, the resort expects to launch the soft opening of La Cava del Tequila, a 46-seat lounge inside the...Tags: Mexico, Walt Disney, Japan, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Flashback: Attractions no longer at Walt Disney World's Fantasyland
Other attractions from the early days of Fantasyland have been closed through the years, including:
•Skyway, an aerial lift that connected to Tomorrowland. It closed in 1999, several months after a worker died after being hit by one of the gondolas...Tags: Walt Disney, Winnie the Pooh (fictional animal), Amusement and Theme Parks
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Day 1: Setting sail on the Disney Dream cruise ship
![Now aboard the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/24/travel/la-tr-disneystuff-20101226" target="_self"><strong>Disney Dream</strong></a>, I’ve been busy the last few days, visiting the <a title="Funland: Wizarding World of Harry Potter" href="http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/">Wizarding World of Harry Potter</a> at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday and all four theme parks at <a title="Funland: Disney World" href="http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/disney-world/">Walt Disney World’s</a> resort on Wednesday before embarking on a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/travel/destinations/cruises/" target="_self">cruise</a> Thursday afternoon aboard the new high-tech ship. (Yes, my feet are tired.)](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/273590180-31173320.jpg "Now aboard the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/24/travel/la-tr-disneystuff-20101226\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Disney Dream</strong></a>, I’ve been busy the last few days, visiting the <a title=\"Funland: Wizarding World of Harry Potter\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/\">Wizarding World of Harry Potter</a> at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday and all four theme parks at <a title=\"Funland: Disney World\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/disney-world/\">Walt Disney World’s</a> resort on Wednesday before embarking on a <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/travel/destinations/cruises/\" target=\"_self\">cruise</a> Thursday afternoon aboard the new high-tech ship. (Yes, my feet are tired.)")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNow aboard the Disney Dream, I’ve been busy the last few days, visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday and all four theme parks at Walt Disney World’s resort on...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Apple iPod, Gardens and Parks, Snow White (fictional character), Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-t-e
FOX59My 2 1/2 year old son is a Disney addict. From Handy Manny to Monsters Inc., he’s seen nearly every Disney movie and TV show made in the past decade. Thanks to the magic of our DVR, Daniel can watch new episodes almost every day. Well, we might...Tags: Goofy (fictional animal), Apple iPod, DVDs, Cheng Yu-tung, Television
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Disney buys Finnish gaming company Rocket Pack
Orlando SentinelGet ready for more Disney-branded social gaming on your handheld devices. On Thursday, Disney confirmed to Techcrunch that it had purchased Helsinki-based Rocket Pack. Sources say the purchase price was in the neighborhood of between $10 million and $20...Tags: Facebook, Donald Duck (fictional animal), Gaming Industry, Mass Media, Entertainment
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Make A Wish arranges for Abby Crews to meet Mickey Mouse
The Winchester SunIf your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do — Disney theme song Abby Crews will soon get her wish — one most little girls only dream of, but that for her will be a dream come true. She has...Tags: Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Cystic Fibrosis, Health
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An endEARring evening of thanks
From the inner sanctum of Disney’s Burbank campus to the most remote corners of the world, the sight of a large circle topped off with two smaller circles is immediately recognized as Mickey Mouse. Indeed, that trio of iconic circles representing...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Carol Liu, Minnie Mouse (fictional animal), Politics, Elections
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