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Daily Mirror
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Disneyland celebrates 70 years of magic - from napkin sketch to global icon
Walt Disney unveiled his ambitious plan to the world for a theme park unlike any other 70 years ago as Disneyland opened its gate in Anaheim, California, 70 years ago today It began with a dream and a sketch on a napkin. Seventy years ago today, Walt Disney unveiled his audacious vision to the world - a theme park unlike any other, a place where fantasy met reality, and children and adults alike could escape into storybook worlds. On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates in Anaheim, California, becoming known as 'the happiest place on earth'. Walt Disney, already an icon thanks to Mickey Mouse and Snow White, stood proudly alongside the park's creators in Los Angeles in 1954, poring over blueprints and pointing to pencil-drawn dreams. In one photo, he is seen waving a baton over sketches of Fantasyland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland. By the following summer, the dream was ready to become reality. On Opening Day, Disneyland welcomed a capacity crowd of 28,000 guests, though the day was famously chaotic. The weather was scorching, the drinks ran dry, and a plumber's strike meant either drinking fountains or toilets - Disney chose toilets. But none of that mattered to the crowd or to Disney. Beaming Walt rode down Main Street in a horse-drawn carriage flanked by two children, waving to visitors and passing the Frontier Trading Post. Just around the corner, actress Adelle August played the role of Esmeralda, the fortune teller, adding to the carnival-like celebration. Among the star-studded guests that day was actor and future US President Ronald Reagan, who joined fellow Hollywood figures in christening the park. A photo from the time captures him smiling in the sunshine, just hours before Cinderella's horse-drawn coach glided past visitors during the Opening Day Parade. The rides that day included the gleaming white Mark Twain Riverboat churning through the manmade waters of Frontierland. From the air, Disneyland looked compact at just 160 acres but set alight with ambition. An aerial photo taken in 1955 reveals the park nestled among orange groves and flat farmland, far from the sprawl of present-day Anaheim. Inside the gates, guests sipped on sarsaparilla and cherry phosphate at The Parlour on Main Street, while treating themselves to parfaits and 'Lover's Delight' ice cream sundaes. Over the decades, Disneyland would grow and evolve, with Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion joining the roster of attractions. But its heart never changed from Disney's dream of a place where 'age relives fond memories of the past… and youth may savour the challenge and promise of the future.' A poignant image from the 1960s captures him on the lawn before the Magic Kingdom's castle, sitting with his grandson, not as a tycoon but like any other grandfather at the park. Behind them, Sleeping Beauty's Castle is seen, which today remains the enduring symbol of a park that became a cultural cornerstone. Today, Disneyland's influence stretches far beyond Anaheim, with Disney parks on three continents. But it's that original vision that continues to define the magic. As Walt Disney once said: 'Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.'
CBS News
29-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Suspected animal remains found in garage freezer behind Michigan restaurant
The owner of a restaurant in Jackson, Michigan, reported what is believed to be the remains of several dead animals left behind in a garage freezer when he took over the property. The current owner of The Parlour of Jackson, Scott Pienta, related the circumstances in a video he recorded Sunday, about an hour after he said that his family notified local authorities of the situation. The business also responded to questions from the public about the circumstances via conversations on the Facebook page. "We are still wide open, our health department is good. This was in the garage part," the business said in response to one of the questions. The Parlour is on Daniel Road and features ice cream, hot dogs and burgers on its menu. The owner said that when he bought the restaurant, there were a number of items, including freezers and refrigerators, left behind in a separate garage. Those items didn't belong to either him or the former owners, but to someone else. He added that he had asked that woman for months to remove her possessions that remained on site. "I don't go rummaging around her stuff, looking for anything in there," he said about the stored items. On Sunday, Pieta's son learned details of what might be in the coolers. "Once my son was aware of it, we made proper calls to the authorities to let them deal with it," Pieta said in his video. Jackson Police Department responded to a report of animal cruelty at that location, according to the department logs, and officers then handed over the investigation to Jackson County Animal Control. That's the point on Sunday when Pieta said he decided to record his video, saying people would notice law enforcement and animal control on site, and he wanted to give a statement about what was happening. Jackson County Animal Control has since confirmed to CBS News Detroit that they are investigating the situation, saying items suspected to be animal remains that were found in the storage area will be tested. Officials say seven dogs and three other species of animals were found, and several animals were missing heads and feet. Test results could take a couple of weeks.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Frozen dogs found in garage behind Jackson ice cream shop
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) — More than a dozen dead dogs were found frozen in a garage behind The Parlour of Jackson ice cream shop Sunday afternoon, the shop's owner, Scott Pienta, tells 6 News. When Pienta got the call from his son inside one of his garages on Sunday, he immediately knew something was not right, discovering several dogs frozen inside a cooler that Pienta says belongs to someone who used to work in the area behind the restaurant. 'I had no idea. We just thought it was just more of her stuff,' says Pienta. 'I wasn't going through all of her possessions that she had prior to me buying this building. We're just giving her time to get everything out of here.' Pienta says the discovery happened after repeated attempts to have the person clear the space out. 'Roughly almost two and a half months now, we've been dealing with trying to get her to get the stuff out of here,' says Pienta. 'It's been a lot of threats by me and patience, and now you know we're getting to that point where we're bringing our attorneys involved.' Pienta initially purchased the garage behind the restaurant in March 2017 in hopes of expanding the shop's operations. 'We are trying to start the next set of renovations, which starts in the garage to expand on what we already have here,' says Pienta. 6 News was unable to contact the person Pienta believes to be responsible. Both the Jackson Police Department and Jackson County Animal Control could not be reached for comment due to the holiday. Stay with 6 News as we follow this story. We should hear more from the authorities when they return to the office tomorrow. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
