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Disneyland celebrates 50th anniversary

NEW YORK - Disney will offer new attractions and spectacles at all of its parks this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Disneyland.

The flagship park in Anaheim, Calif., opened in July 1955. A celebration kicks off May 5 with festivities there and at the other Disney parks in Florida, France and Japan.

The newest Disney park - in Hong Kong - will also open this year, on Sept. 12.

In Anaheim, the celebration will include spontaneous block parties, a new fireworks show and a new attraction, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, in which guests pilot their own ship through an interactive space mission.

Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., will feature several attractions imported from the other Disney parks - the "Soarin' " ride, from Anaheim; the "Cinderellabration," a musical from Tokyo; and "Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show" from Paris.

And a new critter will be roaming through Disney's Animal Kingdom - an animatronic dinosaur named Lucky.

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