DISNEYLAND IS TURNING GOLD FOR 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!

Select Original Attraction Vehicles and Décor to Receive “Midas Touch”

ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 26, 2005) – With the May 5, 2005, launch of its 50th anniversary “Happiest Homecoming On Earth” celebration, Disneyland Park will literally be turning gold as select, original attraction vehicles and décor from 1955 will be “goldenized” in recognition of the park’s 50-year milestone. Although Disneyland has consistently remained true to Walt Disney’s wishes that the park continuously change and evolve, many favorite attractions remain from Opening Day (July 17, 1955).

During the “Happiest Homecoming On Earth,” gold attraction vehicles will be easily spotted on such beloved Disneyland adventures as “Autopia,” “Horse-Drawn Streetcar,” “Jungle Cruise,” “Snow White’s Adventures” and “Mad Tea Party.” One gold attraction vehicle will be featured per attraction (gold with rasberry accenting). In some instances, attractions will feature gold vehicle in which guests can ride in and a vehicle designated for guest photo opportunities. Some attractions will simply feature vehicles designated just as photo locations.

Other attractions to receive the “Midas Touch” include “Disneyland Railroad,” “Mark Twain Riverboat,” “Main Street Horseless Carriage,” “Main Street Cinema,” “Peter Pan’s Flight” and “Storybook Land Canal Boats.” Vehicles will remain in Disneyland Park from May 5, 2005 – September 30, 2006. Décor elements that will receive a touch of gold include Sleeping Beauty Castle and lampposts along Main Street, USA.

The gold attraction vehicles join an incredible array of new innovative adventures and spectacular entertainment premiering at Disneyland during its “Happiest Homecoming On Earth” 50th anniversary celebration, launching May 5, 2005. Other highlights include the interactive fun of “Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters” inspired by a Disney presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios Film “Toy Story 2”, the re-launch of “Space Mountain,” the spectacle of “Walt Disney’s Parade of Dreams,” “Remember . . . Dreams Come True,” (the biggest fireworks spectacular in Disneyland history), the engaging retrospective “Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years” and the rollicking energy of “Block Party Blast” where Disney presents the Pixar film friends at Disney’s California Adventure.

The 50th anniversary will also be celebrated globally via the “Happiest Celebration On Earth” (Disney’s first-ever global celebration), and will be highlighted by the introduction of spectacular new shows and attractions at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan; and Disneyland Resort Paris in France, plus the first west coast itinerary for the Disney Cruise Line and the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland (September 12, 2005).