Articles of category "Disneyland Deaths"

Sometimes life is not all pixie dust and happy, fairly tale endings. You're just as likely to die en route to Disneyland amusement park as tractor pulls or Bon Jovi concerts. Behind the mouse's perpetual grin, there is more than a trace of the death's grimace. The hazards await the unwary inside Disneyland.

Disneyland has often been called "the happiest place on earth." Hundreds of millions of people from all walks of life have flocked to this American Mecca and been swept up in the fantasy world envisioned by Walt Disney. But is the place as happy as it sounds? Several guests have lost their lives on various Disneyland attractions since the park's opening in 1955.