The ceremony starts off with the "40 Years of Adventure…" anthem, characters, and dancers. Then, the three Disneyland Ambassadors for that year take over - Michelle Tryon, Gerry Aquino, and Julia Onder. It was the first time Disneyland had multiple ambassadors. I remember Julia from her days in the Disney Gallery. Quite easy on the eyes, as was Ambassador tradition. I also remember when a "jani" (sweeper) almost made Ambassador, but that particular "glass ceiling" stayed intact. But I digress.

In a move that seems strange now, voice performers from "Pocahontas" (the animated feature) in attendance at the ceremony were introduced. You have to understand, the film was being pushed heavily and the mentality was that since "The Lion King" was a huge worldwide blockbuster and was doing so much better than the animated feature before it ("Aladdin"), which did so much better than the animated feature before it ("Beauty and the Beast"), then "Pocahontas" was sure to be the biggest film in history as it was following on the heels of the "The Lion King".

Walt's dedication speech is heard as Mickey Mouse and Roy E. Disney enter the ceremony and start off the filling of the Time Castle. Contributions are also made by:

Hmmmm, if we'd only known then what we know now…

Michael Eisner made some comments, and then it was time for the lowering of the Time Castle into the vault, for the dedication plaque to be read, and for the pyrotechnics and confetti.

Lange does a good job of catching everything with the hand-held camera.

From there, it is on to country singer Randy Travis standing on top of the Matterhorn. Before he can lead everyone in signing "Happy Birthday" to Disneyland, though, Indiana Jones slides down the wire over the castle. Why? Because his attraction is new.

The Jungle Cruise waiting area, fairly new at the time, is documented before the cruise itself. From the vantage point of being just to the left of the skipper, Lange presents the cruise as it was just after the adjacent Indiana Jones Adventure was opened.

Heading in to the Original Space Mountain, we see pre-"Imagination and Beyond" Tomorrowland at night, with the Peoplemover and Rocket Jets, and the second level of the Starcade in the background. Lange brings us the entrance and waiting area for the Fed-Ex sponsored Space Mountain, with some of the comical television channel that played in the inside portion of the queue.

There's no on-board audio for these rockets. We're in the front row and we're off…

Mostly we see indiscernible lights and we hear the rush of the wind as we ride through the attraction. It isn't an attraction that lends itself well to video.

Look ma, no pictures being sold at the exit!

While the video on the ride at Space Mountain left something to be desired (unless you really, really wanted "Blair Witch Mountain"), we are treated to an excellent view of "Fantasy in the Sky", Disneyland's old fireworks show. This version had the added "Disney Lights" (very bright choreographed spotlights) and the Disney medley ends with a lengthy sampling of the theme score from Indiana Jones. But no, he isn't promoted nearly as much as Roger Rabbit was five years prior, AND he does have a ride in the park, unlike Roger did in 1990. We also get the patriotic (American) finale to the show. There it is… the full show from 1995 and we didn't have to stake out our spot three hours an advance.