Disneyland is one of the most popular attractions in the world and is often comparable to popular American attractions such as Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore. Disneyland Park is located in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. Since opening in 1955, more than 500 million tourists visited.
Walter Disney and his younger brother Roy have already become part of the most successful Hollywood studios before creating Disneyland. The original concept came from Walt Disney. Because he noticed that there was no attractive park in both parents and children. So, unlike carnival, he was thinking of the idea of a family fun park resembling a carnival, but his park never left the town. Many of Disney's famous characters, after many Disney fans wrote to Walt, a theme park idea came out. Walt intends to set up a small park near Burbank Studios called "Mickey Mouse Park" to accommodate those who wanted to take pictures of Disney Characters.
His theme park idea crashed into a huge idea of becoming Disney Land from a small idea. The idea of this park was also inspired by other famous theme parks at that time, such as Children 's Fairlyland in Oakland, California, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Greenfield Village in Dearborn.
After Walt came up with the idea of a perfect theme park, he realized that he needed funds to realize his dream. So he decided to bring Disneyland idea to American family. Disneyland was broadcast on ABC. Walt Disney purchased 160 acres of land in Anaheim, California, and built Disneyland. Construction of the park began on July 18, 1954, and construction costs a cost of 17 million dollars. In parallel with Disneyland, the I - 5 expressway is under construction and the traffic volume from Disneyland Park is ready.
In addition to ABC's investment, Disney also had other investors like Western publishing company, which was already Disney's longtime licensee. Special events such as "International Press Preview" released only to media and invited guests were held for the opening of Disney Land. When thousands of people forged a ticket, the event that seemed to move smoothly turned into a big disaster. At the beginning of Disneyland opening, there was a traffic jam in the nearby main road, there was a plumber strike that left 110 degrees of weather and plain fountain in the park that does not work with wet asphalt. It made many women's heels submerged in asphalt. Due to gas leaks in fantasy land, other areas of the park were closed and food suppliers suffered from food shortage.
After a miserable opening day, Disneyland quickly retreated and became a thriving American landmark, where millions of people are visiting today. Due to the popularity of Disney Land, other parks such as Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disney Land in Japan, China and France were also built.
