Frequent visitors to Main Street know and love the firehouse band; they charm visitors and bring wonderful music to the town plaza at the front of the park. But did you know that this isn’t the original firehouse band in Disneyland? The Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band that started in the 40s, long before […] Read more…
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any amount of time, you know New Orleans Square is my absolute favorite land at the resort. I love exploring the different streets, listening for the sounds coming from the windows and admiring all the little details. And when you take a look at the land’s […] Read more…
Ok, full disclosure…this is an extremely nerdy post. Every single person that passes through Disneyland starts in the same place: the front entrance. This largely empty, oval shaped space is the starting line for thousands of daily adventures, and most people never think twice about it. In fact, if you were to tell someone Disneyland’s […] Read more…
 Source: Daveland Blog July 1955 – Summer 1962 LOCATION Adventureland – The Tropical Cantina had an ideal location for foot traffic in Adventureland, facing the Jungle Cruise Boathouse. To find the Cantina, guests walked through Adventureland (starting from the main entrance) nearly to the end of the land’s main walkway; the Cantina sat on the […] Read more…
It seems a little silly to describe anything in Toontown as unusual…everything is unusual by design! You’ll be hard pressed to find a building without crooked windows or doors, a street that moves in a straight line, or even a car without a flat tire or two. So for this round of unusual angles, I […] Read more…
For the time being, characters in the parks are not signing autographs. But when traditional meet and greets return, I think there’s a lot of room for creativity! Autograph books are wonderful souvenirs – they’re a special collection of characters from all different worlds. But honestly, how often do we go back and revisit them? […] Read more…
Last week marked the dawn of a new era for the Disneyland Resort. 13 years after Iron Man kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), our favorite gang of heroes finally found a home within California Adventure. Welcome to Avengers Campus.  Source: Disneyland Resort The land officially opened to guests on June 5, but the party […] Read more…
Welcome to Ask The Duchess – Vol. 56, a monthly Q&A post covering a variety of resort-related topics. Ask The Duchess answers questions submitted by readers. If you have a question you’d like answered, send me a message here. 1. Why is Disneyland open on federal holidays? (submitted by Janice) I don’t work for Disney so […] Read more…
After over a year of closed gates and uncertainty, the Disneyland Resort is back! At the very end of April, the parks once again welcomed visitors, though things do look a little different. For now, visitors still need to wear masks, you won’t see any shows or parades, and the parks close earlier than they […] Read more…