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June 12, 2009

Disneyland's Matterhorn Turns 50

Sunday, June 14 marks the 50th anniversary of the Matterhorn at Disneyland:

The ride, officially known as the Matterhorn Bobsleds, rises 147 feet - the tallest point inside Disneyland - and can be seen from miles around. It's a 1/100 scale of the actual Matterhorn peak in the Alps at the border of Italy and Switzerland.

The Disney version opened on June 14, 1959 - four years after the park's grand opening. It opened the same day as the Monorail and the Submarine Voyage, the three new rides marking the park's first major expansion

This is the sort of news that makes me wish I lived a little closer to Southern California.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at June 12, 2009 1:35 PM. Posted to Disney.

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