Richard and Robert Sherman already have a permanent presence in Disneyland with their songs like “It’s a Small World” and “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room.”

On Thursday, the songwriting brothers got a tangible place in the park.

For its new parking lot that opens Friday, Disney arranged to hire some laid-off drivers and lease public buses that were out-of service because of budget cuts by the Orange County Transportation Authority.

As part of Disneyland’s unveiling of the window on Main Street U.S.A. honoring Richard and Robert Sherman, Richard Sherman took to the piano and sang what he said was “Walt’s favorite song.”

Because once a year isn’t enough, the organizers of the annual “Gay Days” event at Disneyland will hold a “Mini Gay Days” at Disneyland Resort and Knott’s Berry Farm this weekend.

California Screamin’ is the most popular roller coaster at Disney’s California Adventure, themed to look like a vintage beach coaster.

But riders should come prepared for the upside-down loop and quick drops before they get on.

The Disneyland Resort plans to give 3 percent raises annually to about 1,100 employees — including plasterers and machinists — over the next five years.

The Craft Maintenance Council, which represents employees from 13 unions, approved the agreement on the first vote — the first time it has done so in more than two decades, according to Disney.

With the help of what looks like a fire company’s hose, Disney began re-filling the Rivers of America on Monday. “Look, they’re refilling it,” said one mother to her daughter as they peeked through the temporary fence Disneyland set up in front of New Orleans Square around the famous waterway surrounding Tom Sawyer Island.

Several hundred people were evacuated from the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland for more than an hour Wednesday because of an unattended bag. Disney employees received word of the unattended bag outside the Tomorrowland Theater around 4 p.m. and immediately called Anaheim police in to evacuate Tomorrowland and investigate the suspicious bag, said Suzi Brown, a spokeswoman for the Disneyland Resort.