OPD Mission





When you enter Disneyland, the first thing that you might think to yourself is, "There is something different about this theme park." That is known as the "magic" of Disneyland. That is the way Walt Disney always wanted it to be. Sadly, under current Disneyland management, dumb decisions, along with big budget restraints, have helped in the degrading of the "magic". Operation: Preserve Disneyland is dedicated to preserve the "magic" at the Disneyland Resort®




Operation: Preserve Disneyland was started in 1997, after strong rumors of the possible removal of the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, to be replaced with a character meet and greet area. The thought of a classic, Walt Disney attraction, to be replaced with a meet and greet area, was very painful, and a plan that most people couldn't understand. The OPD creator was convinced that he had to try to do something. Through that, Operation: Preserve Disneyland was initially started. And has been alive since June 1997.




It soon grew to hosting many preserve Disneyland projects at one time. The majority of projects you will find here on OPD (Operation: Preserve Disneyland) revolve around protecting the embodiment of Walt's dreams which became known as Disneyland. Nearly 40 years ago Walt set a standard that all theme parks would be messured against, but today Disney themselves show little interest in preserving those ideas which made Disneyland so great, in favor of more budget friendly approaches.



No Disneyland shouldn't become as stagnant as a museum. But when the time does come to replace an attraction, great care and consideration should be taken to preserve the former attractions dignity, while providing a whole new experience, especially those attractions that were worked on personally by Walt. It would indeed be a sad day when the Tiki Room welcomed it's last guests. But it's a slap in the face to all Disney fans when it's only replacement will be a giant food.





As sad as these stories are, there are even more of them. Year after year more attraction closures, maitenence cutbacks, price hikes, ride breakdowns and budget cuts far outwiegh those of new *quality* attractions and overall, good park news. Time and time again the only reasons behind such problems are the managers trying to save every last penny, and squeeze every last dollar out of the paying guests.

The root of the problems are in upper management, mainly president of Disneyland Reort, Paul Pressler. Paul Pressler came to Disneyland with no experience on running a theme park, and it shows. He was named president in 1994, when the Indiana Jones Adventure was well underway. It was rumored that he wanted to shut down the making of the attraction, because it would cost way too much money. The way things are going, the last Disney quality attraction to ever enter Disneyland was the Indiana Jones Adventure.

Many mistakes were made during the 40 years of Disneyland, before Pressler. Those mistakes were realised, and corrected, creating an almost perfect theme park. But with someone who knows next to nothing about Disneyland's past, or theme parks in general, we as Disneyland's guests can expect errors, bad choices, new bad quality attractions, and disasters. Paul Pressler seems unwilling to take a look at Disneyland's past, realise what was bad, and not to repeat history.

Take for example the recent disasters like Happy Hearts, Light Magic, attraction hour cuts, maintenance cutbacks, new cast member rules and regulations, and reorganization of the departments, if one were to actually know what makes Disneyland, Disneyland, those disasters could have been completely avoided. These disasters will remain in people's minds and will give them something to think about when they want to decide what theme park to go to. Walt Disney once said something to this effect, "If you have guests, keep 'em happy, because when they stop coming, it is really hard to get them to come back." The managers at Disneyland don't realise what they are doing now, are going to completely cripple them in the long run. All they seem to care about are current attendance statistics, and profit margins.

This site was created to make aware the goings on at Disneyland and hopefully put an end to them. So browse through the current projects and take some time to vist the OPD Forum. You will be able to find some great info there. Also vist some of the other pages such as... Disneyland Talks, OPD Windows, and many other web pages. Then take action. Don't be afraid to let Disney know how you feel about things.

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