Chris Strodder - The Disneyland Book of Lists

Copyright 2015 by Chris Strodder

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The Disneyland book of lists / Chris Strodder.

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Summary: The Disneyland Book of Lists offers a new way to explore six decades of Disneyland history. Hundreds of fascinating lists cover the past and present and feature everything from the parks famous attractions, shops, restaurants, parades, and live shows to the creative artists, designers, characters, and performers who have made Disneyland the worlds most beloved theme park.

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A LIST OF THE LISTS

Ordering things into listslistinghas a long history. As proof, here are some memorable lists from the past, presented in chronological order.

The Ten Commandments in the Old Testaments Book of Exodus, first written circa 600500 B.C. according to some scholars.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, compiled circa 200100 B.C.

The Seven Deadly Sins, written by Pope Gregory I, 590 A.D.

Charles Messiers landmark list of astronomical objects, first published by the French astronomer in 1771.

Santa is making a list and checking it twice in the 1934 Christmas song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.

The Hit Parade, Billboard magazines ranking of popular tunes that made its debut in 1936.

The Hollywood Blacklist of supposed Communist sympathizers in the 1940s and 50s.

The List of Adrian Messenger, John Hustons 1963 movie with an all-star cast.

Nixons Enemies List, the disgraced presidents list of political enemies in the early 1970s.

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Paul Simons 1975 hit song.

Schindlers List, Thomas Keneallys 1982 historical novel (originally titled Schindlers Ark), later made into an Oscar-winning movie by Steven Spielberg.

The Bucket List, Rob Reiners 2007 movie with Jack Nicholson.

There are some historical precedents for Disney-related lists.

Disneylands first nationally televised list came on July 17, 1955, during the Opening Day festivities. After christening the Mark Twain, actress Irene Dunne quickly yelled, Were listing! when she noticed that the overloaded boat was starting to tilt to one side.

Disneylands pictorial souvenir books from the 1950s and 60s include long lists relating to practically everything in the park. (The old AE ticket books have similar checklists on the inside back cover, cataloging all the Adventures in Disneyland.)

A list of Disneys seven dwarfs becomes a bar bet in Robert Altmans California Split (1974).

You got a list thats three miles long, sings the Genie in Never Had a Friend Like Me in 1992s Aladdin.

If I were on his boogie list, Id get out of towna lyric from Kidnap the Sandy Claws in 1993s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Napa Rose, the award-winning restaurant that opened inside Disneys Grand Californian Hotel in 2001, is inspired by Napa Valleys wine country and features an extensive wine list.

The spring 2002 issue of Disney Magazine lists 125 theme park tips, including fourteen for Disneyland.

The summer 2005 issue of Disney Magazine lists twenty-nine milestones from Disneylands fifty-year history.

In 2005, Disneylands City Hall offered a list of locations for the Hidden 50 emblems placed throughout the park for its fiftieth anniversary.

In 2011, the young actress Peyton List made her debut as Emma Ross on the Disney Channels show Jessie.

Ask for a list in City Hall today, and you might be handed a map with a list of Disneylands coin-press (aka penny-press or pressed-penny) machines, which transform ordinary coins into Disneyland souvenirs by stamping new images onto them.

For the Radio Disney Top 30 list, visit www.music.disney.com/radio-disney-top-30.

Disneyland history is a well-plowed field sprouting scores of new travel guides, trivia books, picture books, self-published novels, and e-books every year. However, to our knowledge, this is the first list book ever published about The Happiest Place on Earth. So, the book youre holding is listorical.

The information presented in this book comes from forty-nine years of Disneyland visits. I have been visiting the park since 1966, keeping notes since the 1970s, taking frequent photo safaris since the 1980s, and compiling simple lists since the 1990s. Research for this list book has also paralleled research I was doing for my two editions of