Spark's Disneyland Adventure

Hello, and welcome to my Disneyland Tour! I'm your Tour Guide Spark Brush and I'll show you cool Tips, Tricks, and Trivia all about Disneyland. If you have any questions or tips and tricks to share, be sure to send them in.

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Blog Update

Hey Folks,

Sorry about the lack of updates to this blog, but I would like to let you all know I will no longer be continuing its progress.

Due to the current state of Disney and how they are managing things company wise, I no longer feel the passion I had starting this tiny blog.

Disney isn't trying to appeal to people, and most importantly the families like they used to. In the past, you could walk up to Bengal BBQ in Adventureland and order yourself a "Safari Skewer" (Bacon Wrapped Asparagus) for 4.19, now it'll cost you 4.49 for half of what they used to give you.

Its things like this that has taken the magic out of Disneyland for me. And so with that, I again feel the spirit I had for this tiny blog has vanished.

-Avastindy

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye attractions facts.

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Button’s are a nice (and inexpensive) souvenir that anyone can get! Just ask any Cast Member the next time your at the park.

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The perfect time to ride the most Popular Attractions!

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Some Adventureland Trivia and Facts.

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Pharmacies used to be a lot different back then.

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Hey, just a small update.  I know I haven’t updated in a while. The whole ask blog is still foreign to me, and I’m working on how I want to run it. I pretty much dived into it with out thinking about it.

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The Fred Gurley was named after Fred G. Gurley, who was president of the Santa Fe Railway from 1944-1957. It is the oldest steam engine operating on the Disneyland Railroad, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1894. It was first put into service in August 1895, and began circling the Happiest Place on Earth on March 28, 1958. Next year, the Fred Gurley will celebrate its 122th year in service!

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The E.P. Ripley was named for Edward Payson Ripley, who was the first president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Built by WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering), the engine made its debut on Disneyland opening day – July 17, 1955. Along with the C.K. Holliday, the E.P. Ripley was featured at the opening ceremonies of Disneyland, and Walt Disney himself occasionally took the throttle of both trains for excursions around his park.

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The C.K. Holliday was named for Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, founder of the Atchison & Topeka Railroad (later the Santa Fe Railroad, established in 1859). The locomotive was built by WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) in Burbank, Calif., from a design inspired by Walt Disney’s model train engine, the Lilly Belle – centerpiece of his backyard railroad, the Carolwood Pacific. It joined the Disneyland Railroad on opening day, July 17, 1955.

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Trivia about the Disneyland Railroad.

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