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Thanks for the link to the video. I did not hear that DRR 5 was headed out for a refurbishment. Does anyone know what shop is doing the work this time? Is it Hillcrest Shops in Reedley or Boschan Boiler in Carson (again) perhaps? Maybe this time around the second builder's plate will FINALLY be atta...

I'm glad that you joined this little corner of the internet! I think that as you get older, time goes by faster! Twenty years used to seem like an eternity when I was younger but now it seems like it goes by in a flash. I can't believe that DRR 5 has been roilling on the DRR for twenty years already...

There is an update on the upcoming DRR refurbishment here:

https://wdwnt.com/2024/12/disneyland-ra ... arly-2025/

It smells like an eBay seller that thought that their item would fetch a lot more bidders. Since only one person bid on it, the seller decided to end the auction instead of going through with the sale.

I have never seen that pin before. It looks great - thanks for the heads up!

Wow - cool! Congrats Sam! I find it interesting how so many former Imagineers there are out there today. (I did not know that you were no longer there at WDI until I read the interview.) I remember when working at WDI was a dream job for me when I was young but it sounds like it is not too stable th...

There is some fantastic early 1960s footage of the DRR and of Disneyland in there - thanks for the link! It was neat seeing footage of the then Frontierland station in actual use by passengers. Also, I remember in the pre-internet days when TV specials like that were the only way that I could ever s...

You're welcome!

Every year I am absolutely stunned by how quickly all of the Disney theme parks swap out the Halloween decorations and replace them with the Christmas ones. Poor Thanksgiving gets totally left out though with those two powerhouse holidays gobbling it up from both ends!

CP173 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:50 am Could be worse, though: they could put a Ferris wheel on the tracks.

"Thankfully," the current crop of suits and ties have no idea about Disneyland's history!