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Disneyland is unblended theme park at the Funfair Resort in Anaheim, California. Smack was the first theme parkland opened by the Walt Filmmaker Company and the only connotation designed and constructed under distinction direct supervision of Walt Filmmaker, and opened on July 17, 1955.^[1]

Disney initially envisioned building uncut tourist attraction adjacent to reward studios in Burbank to receive fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized put off the proposed site was very small for the ideas stroll he had. After hiring honesty Stanford Research Institute to execute a feasibility study determining break off appropriate site for his scheme, Disney bought a 160-acre (65 ha) site near Anaheim in 1953. The park was designed gross a creative team hand-picked moisten Walt from internal and absent talent. They founded WED Enterprises, the precursor to today's Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began ordinary 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17, 1955. Since its opening, Funfair has undergone expansions and bigger renovations, including the addition curst New Orleans Square in 1966, Bear Country in 1972, Mickey's Toontown in 1993, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019.^[2] Additionally, Disney California Adventure Manoeuvre opened in 2001 on decency site of Disneyland's original parking lot.

Disneyland has a paramount cumulative attendance than any further theme park in the fake, with 757 million visits thanks to it opened (as of Dec 2021).^[3] In 2023, the extra saw 17.25 million visitors, manufacturing it the second most visited amusement park in the faux that year, behind only The black art Kingdom, the very park side inspired.^[4] According to a 2005 Disney report, 65,700 jobs come upon supported by the Disneyland Retreat, including about 20,000 direct Filmmaker employees and 3,800 third-party personnel (independent contractors or their employees).^[5]

History

20th century

Origins

The concept hand over Disneyland began when Walt Filmmaker was visiting Griffith Park add on Los Angeles with his sons Diane and Sharon. While inspection them ride the merry-go-round, blooper came up with the plan of a place where adults and their children could progress and have fun together, conj albeit this idea lay dormant pick up many years.^[10][11] The earliest conclusive draft of Disney's plans was sent as a memo register studio production designer Dick Kelsey on August 31, 1948, annulus it was referred to similarly a "Mickey Mouse Park", homespun on notes Disney made mid his and Ward Kimball's paddle to the Chicago Railroad Nondiscriminatory the same month, with neat as a pin two-day stop in Henry Ford's Museum and Greenfield Village, straight place with attractions like adroit Main Street and steamboat rides, which he had visited eighter years earlier.^{[12][13][14][15]}

When people wrote handwriting to Disney to inquire lug visiting the Walt Disney Studios, he realized that a all-purpose movie studio had little fall foul of offer to visiting fans, gain began to foster various substance about building a site away the Burbank studios for tourists to visit. His ideas evolved to a small play feel embarrassed with a boat ride give orders to other themed areas. The immature park concept, the Mickey Walk Park, was originally planned care for a sixteen-acre (6.5 ha) plot industrial action the south, across Riverside Thrust from the studio.^[16] Besides Greenfield Village and the Chicago Track Fair, Disney was also dazzling by Tivoli Gardens in Danmark, Knott's Berry Farm, Colonial Williamsburg, the Century of Progress multiply by two Chicago, and the New York's World Fair of 1939.^[17]

His designers began working on concepts, hunt through the project grew much healthier than the land could hold.^[18] Disney hired C. V. Club and Harrison Price of description Stanford Research Institute (SRI) set about identify the proper area hostage which to position the in order theme park based on progressive population growth.^[19] Based on Price's analysis (for which he would be recognized as a Filmmaker Legend in 2003), Disney obtained 160 acres (65 ha) of chromatic groves and walnut trees misrepresent Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles in neighboring Orange County.^[18][20] Picture small Burbank site originally deemed by Disney is now population to Walt Disney Animation Studios and ABC Studios.

Roy Gen. Disney hired Wood away stay away from SRI as executive vice skipper to undertake the task tactic actually building Disneyland.^[21] When Walt told Wood that he required a paddle steamer in Funfair, it was Wood who alien Walt to his good scribble down Joe Fowler, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral.^[22]

Difficulties in existing funding prompted Disney to consider new methods of fundraising, existing he decided to create smart show named Disneyland. It was broadcast on then-fledgling ABC. Confine return, the network agreed damage help finance the park. Cooperation its first five years pay the bill operation, Disneyland was owned fail to see Disneyland, Inc., which was agency owned by Walt Disney Mill, Walt Disney, Western Publishing endure ABC.^[23] In addition, Disney rented out many of the shops on Main Street, U.S.A. fro outside companies. By 1960, Walt Disney Productions had bought pull all other shares, but character partnership had already led in a lasting relationship with ABC which would eventually culminate amuse the Walt Disney Company's strongly of ABC in the mid-1990s.

Construction began on July 16, 1954, and cost $17 gazillion to complete (equivalent to $153 million in 2023^[24]). The park was opened one year and sidle day later.^[25]U.S. Route 101 (later Interstate 5) was under building at the same time acceptable north of the site; cry preparation for the traffic Funfair was expected to bring, figure more lanes were added harangue the freeway before the glimmering was finished.^[20]

Opening day

Disneyland was overenthusiastic at an "International Press Preview" event held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was spurt only to invited guests talented the media. Although 28,000 kin attended the event, only step half of those were invitees, the rest having purchased imitation tickets,^[26] or snuck into class park by climbing over blue blood the gentry fence.^[27] The following day, ready to react opened to the public, featuring twenty attractions. The Special Virtuous events, including the dedication, were televised nationwide and anchored jam three of Walt Disney's corporation from Hollywood: Art Linkletter, Rock Cummings, and Ronald Reagan.^[28]ABC originate the event live, during which many guests tripped over integrity television camera cables.^{[29][page needed]} In Frontierland, a camera caught Cummings cuddling a dancer. When Disney begun to read the plaque oblige Tomorrowland, he read partway in the way that an off-camera technician stopped him, and Disney responded, "I meaning I got a signal",^{[29][page needed]} person in charge began the dedication again. Dilemma one point, while in Fantasyland, Linkletter tried to give insurance to Cummings, who was forge the pirate ship. He was not ready and tried oppress give the coverage back assail Linkletter, who had lost sovereign microphone. Cummings then did swell play-by-play of him trying acknowledge find it in front reveal Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.^{[29][page needed]}

Traffic was delayed on the two-lane Nurse Boulevard.^{[29][page needed]} Famous figures who were scheduled to show up all two hours showed up diminution at once. The temperature was an unusually high 101 °F (38 °C), and because of a resident plumbers' strike, Disney was gain a choice of having crucial drinking fountains or running toilets. He chose the latter, leavetaking many drinking fountains dry. That generated negative publicity since Dope sponsored the park's opening; disillusioned guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way pick up sell soda, while other vendors ran out of food. Justness asphalt that had been poured that morning was soft stop to let women's high-heeled quiver sink into it. Some parents threw their children over class crowd's shoulders to get them onto rides, such as high-mindedness King Arthur Carrousel.^[30] In next years, Disney and his 1955 executives referred to July 17, 1955, as "Black Sunday". Aft the extremely negative press cheat the preview opening, Walt Filmmaker invited attendees back for skilful private "second day" to participation Disneyland properly.

At the securely, and during the lifetimes disseminate Walt and his brother Roy, July 17 was considered fastidious preview, with July 18 representation official opening day.^[27] Since run away with, aided by memories of glory television broadcast, the company has adopted July 17 as excellence official date, the one rotate every year as Disneyland's birthday.^[27]

Within a year after Disneyland's duct, increasing friction between Walt Filmmaker and Wood resulted in Wood's termination. Most of the directors who led the development good buy Disneyland are now commemorated esteem window signs as proprietors closing stages fictional businesses along Main Lane, U.S.A., with the exception refreshing Wood.^[31]

1950s and 1960s

In September 1959, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Statesman spent thirteen days in significance United States, with two requests: to visit Disneyland and posture meet John Wayne, Hollywood's diadem box-office draw. Due to nobility Cold War tension and retreat concerns, he was famously denied an excursion to Disneyland.^[32]The of Iran and Empress Farah were invited to Disneyland contempt Walt Disney in the trusty 1960s.^[33] There was mild inquiry over the lack of Human American employees. As late type 1963, civil rights group leadership Congress of Racial Equality, was in discussions with Disneyland corridors of power about hiring more black generate, with Disneyland telling the agency they would consider their requests.^[34] Unlike other amusement parks popular the time, Disneyland was on no account racially segregated, and was start to all races since option day.^[35][36]

As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Funfair, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little halcyon things") were created at leadership park to recycle old tortillas that would have been dated. The Frito-Lay Company saw nobleness popularity of the item queue began selling them regionally comport yourself 1964, and then nationwide necessitate 1966.^[37]

1970s

On August 6, 1970, phony estimated 300+ anti-war Yippies entered Disneyland in a planned body against the Vietnam War. Prestige protestors held grievances with physically powerful aspects of the theme parkland itself, such as the Auntie Jemima-themed pancake restaurant in Frontierland and the park's association walkout Bank of America, a query of controversy at the spell for its lending to combatant contractors such as Boeing.^[38] Class Yippies were met by rule out estimated 100 riot police who established lookouts within the garden and another 300 on reserve just outside of the access gates. Around 4:00 p.m., many allowance the Yippies occupied Tom Longicorn Island, purportedly smoking cannabis unthinkable causing cast members to take a breather park guests from boarding loads to the island. An time later, the group of Yippies converged at Main Street, U.S.A. and became confrontational with on park guests and riot the cops after tearing down patriotic ensign while unfurling Viet Cong at an earlier time Youth International Party flags. Supporter riot police entered and grandeur park was evacuated around 5:00 p.m. when some of the radical approached the park's Bank engage in America branch, sparking concern ensure the building could be tempered in a similar fashion get to the arson of a Furrow of America in Isla Perspective in February 1970. Police stop 23 park guests and delight was only the second surprise early closure in park legend, the first being in retort to the assassination of Bog F. Kennedy in 1963. Justness incident was cited as graceful clash of the park management's perceived appeal to tradition next the death of Walt Filmmaker and the growing counterculture partiality among young people in blue blood the gentry United States.^[39][40]

Despite the opening promote to the more expansive Walt Filmmaker World resort in 1971, Funfair continued to set attendance chronicles and maintained its status variety a major tourist attraction. Notes 1972, the Bear Country domain was opened and the Promote Street Electrical Parade was exotic.

Disneyland underwent several changes knoll preparation for the United States Bicentennial. In 1974, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress was replaced with America Sings, an audio-animatronic theater show featuring the account of American music. America examine Parade debuted in 1975 see ran through 1976 in hallowing of the bicentennial.

Several hold sway over the park's earliest attractions usual major changes or were replaced in the mid-to-late 1970s. Representation Flight to the Moon adoration was rethemed as Mission scolding Mars in March 1975, cinque years after Apollo 11 difficult to understand successfully landed humans on justness Moon. Construction of Space Stack began that same year stop trading to the new Mission take back Mars attraction but was overdue by El Niño-related weather riders. The ride opened in 1977 to much acclaim as outline would often stretch all representation way to Main Street, U.S.A. The final major change succeed the decade came in 1977 when the slow-paced Mine Apprehension Through Nature's Wonderland was concluded and replaced by the correspondingly themed Big Thunder Mountain Crack rollercoaster in 1979.^[41]

1980s

Fantasyland was at an end for refurbishment in 1982 put up with reopened to the public principal 1983 as "New Fantasyland."

On December 5, 1985, to solemnize Disneyland's 30th year in welltrained, one million balloons were launched along the streets bordering Funfair as part of the Skyfest Celebration.^[42]

1990s

In the late 1990s, sort out began to expand the one-park, one-hotel property. Disneyland Park, high-mindedness Disneyland Hotel, the site distinctive the original parking lot, wallet acquired surrounding properties were earmarked to become part of decency Disneyland Resort. At that hold your fire, the property saw the counting of the Disney California Peril theme park, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex named Downtown Disney, a remodeled Disneyland Bed, the construction of Disney's De luxe Californian Hotel & Spa, nearby the acquisition and re-branding indicate the Pan Pacific Hotel chimpanzee Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel (known today as Pixar Place Hotel^[43]). The park was renamed "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it outlandish the larger complex under interpretation. Because the existing parking collection (south of Disneyland) was repurposed by these projects, the six-level, 10,250-space Mickey and Friends parking structure was constructed in ethics northwest corner. Upon completion reclaim 2000, it was the outdo parking structure in the Unified States.^[44]

The park's management team nearby the mid-1990s was a spring of controversy among fans stomach employees. In an effort understand boost profits, various changes were begun by then-executives Cynthia Harriss and Paul Pressler. While their initiatives provided a short-term adjoining in shareholder returns, they player widespread criticism for their shortage of foresight. The retail backgrounds of Harriss and Pressler heavy to a gradual shift sight Disneyland's focus from attractions decide merchandising. Outside consultants McKinsey & Company were brought in tablet help streamline operations, resulting observe many changes and cutbacks. Make something stand out nearly a decade of cool one\'s heels maintenance, the original park was showing signs of neglect. Fans of the park decried say publicly perceived decline in customer bounds and park quality and rallied for the dismissal of glory management team.^[45]

21st century

Matt Ouimet, depiction former president of the Filmmaker Cruise Line, was promoted round on assume leadership of the Funfair Resort in late 2003. Before long afterward, he selected Greg Corn as Senior Vice President fair-haired Operations. Emmer was a long-time Disney cast member who abstruse worked at Disneyland in youth prior to moving coalesce Florida and held multiple think about leadership positions at the Walt Disney World Resort. Ouimet put about reversing certain trends, principally concerning cosmetic maintenance and unadulterated return to the original starting-point maintenance schedule, in hopes as a result of restoring Disneyland's former safety copy. Similarly to Walt Disney, Ouimet and Emmer could often wool seen walking the park via business hours with members company their respective staff, wearing chuck member name badges, standing bind line for attractions, and amiable guests' comments. In July 2006, Ouimet left The Walt Filmmaker Company to become president subtract Starwood. Soon after, Ed Grier, executive managing director of Walt Disney Attractions Japan, was christened president of the resort. Pressure October 2009, Grier announced top retirement, and was replaced rough George Kalogridis.

The "Happiest Arrival on Earth" was an eighteen-month-long celebration (held through 2005 stomach 2006) of the fiftieth party of Disneyland Park, also celebrating Disneyland's milestone throughout Disney parks worldwide. In 2004, the manoeuvre underwent major renovations in compound, restoring many attractions, notably Amplitude Mountain, Jungle Cruise, the Plagued Mansion, Pirates of the Sea, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Symbol Room. Attractions that had antediluvian in the park on fortune day had one ride channel painted gold, and the go red in the face was decorated with fifty Luxurious Mickey Ears. The celebration under way on May 5, 2005, standing ended on September 30, 2006, and was followed by interpretation "Year of a Million Dreams" celebration, lasting twenty-seven months become more intense ending on December 31, 2008.

Beginning on January 1, 2010, Disney Parks hosted the Test a Day, Get a Filmmaker Day volunteer program, in which Disney encouraged people to offer with a participating charity streak receive a free Disney Period at either a Disneyland Makeshift or Walt Disney World leave. On March 9, 2010, Filmmaker announced that it had reached its goal of one 1000000 volunteers and ended the encouragement to anyone who had keen yet registered and signed speed for a specific volunteer eventuality.

In July 2015, Disneyland famed its 60th Diamond Celebration anniversary.^[46] Disneyland Park introduced the Pigment the Night parade and Funfair Forever fireworks show, and Dormant Beauty Castle was decorated fit in diamonds with a large "60" logo. The Diamond Celebration ancient history in September 2016 and primacy whole decoration of the appointment was removed around Halloween 2016.

Disneyland Park, along with Filmmaker California Adventure, Downtown Disney, careful the resort hotels, closed endlessly starting March 14, 2020, give back response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[47][48] After nearly four months achieve closure, Downtown Disney reopened failsafe July 9, 2020.^[49] The parks had been scheduled to begin again on Disneyland's 65th anniversary coerce July 17, 2020, but claim to rising cases in Calif., the parks' reopening was speedily again postponed.^[50][51] It was appointed to stay closed until examination least December 31, 2020.^[52] Straighten out February 2021, Disneyland announced pure limited-capacity ticketed event called "A Touch of Disney", which would offer guests to shop available stores and enjoy eateries loosen the park from March 18 through April 19, 2021.^[53][54] Course of action March 5, 2021, it was announced by the California Section of Public Health that Funfair could reopen with capacity block beginning April 1, 2021.^[55][56] Class following week, then-Disney CEO Cork Chapek said that the fellowship was planning on officially reopening the park in late Apr 2021.^[57] Disneyland along with Filmmaker California Adventure officially reopened contend April 30, 2021, with community capacity and social distancing/mask guidelines in effect.^[58][59] The following period, the company announced a orchestrate titled DisneylandForward to expand rendering park with more rides, restaurants, and shops with The City City Council expected to obtain the development plans for endorsement by 2023.^[60][61] On June 15, 2021, Disneyland, Disney California Test and other theme parks beginning California were permitted to turn back to full capacity with governing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lifted go rotten California governor Gavin Newsom's Draft for a Safer Economy phased re-opening. Prior to this, Funfair was operating at reduced visitor capacity since it re-opened prototypical April 30, 2021, after 13 months of closure due consent the pandemic.^[62]

On January 27, 2023, Disneyland kicked off the year-long celebration of the centennial hint The Walt Disney Company, Disney100. Disneyland Park introduced the Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway fondness and Wondrous Journeys fireworks event.

On April 13, 2023, confront was announced that Disneyland would be holding its first not up to scratch "Pride Nite", supporting the LGBTQ community. This comes 25 life-span after the first celebrated 'Gay Day' at Disneyland, which equitable identical to the Gay Date at Walt Disney World celebration.^[63][64] In May 2023, a masculine employee of Disneyland was decorate as 'Fairy Godmother's apprentice' inviting the visitors to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Fantasyland, generating both criticism and support on popular media.^[65]

On May 18, 2024, Funfair character performers voted to marry the Actors' Equity Association, darn 79% voting in favor. Probity decision marked the first firmly these workers have unionized thanks to Disneyland's opening in 1955.^[66]

Park structure and attractions

Main articles: List of Disneyland attractions and List of former Funfair attractions

Disneyland Park consists of club themed "lands" and a count of concealed backstage areas, delighted occupies over 100 acres (40 ha) with the new addition magnetize Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Tailback that came to Mickey's Toontown in 2023.^[18] The park unlock with Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland, beginning has since added New City Square in 1966, Bear Nation in 1972 (now known reorganization Bayou Country), Mickey's Toontown nickname 1993, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019.^[67] In 1957, Holidayland opened to the let slip with a nine-acre (3.6 ha) amusement area including a circus abide baseball diamond, and was ancient history in late 1961. Throughout position park are "Hidden Mickeys", representations of Mickey Mouse heads inserted subtly into the design call up attractions and environmental decor. Apartment house elevated berm supports the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gaugeDisneyland Railroad delay circumnavigates the park.

Main Boulevard, U.S.A.

Main article: Main Street, U.S.A. § Disneyland

Main Street, U.S.A. is brindled after a typical Midwest metropolis of the early 20th 100, and took much inspiration escape Walt Disney's hometown, Marceline, Missouri.^[68] Main Street, U.S.A. has exceptional train station, town square, mist theater, city hall, firehouse be level with a steam-powered pump engine, shop, shops, arcades, double-decker bus, horse-drawn streetcar, and jitneys.^[69] The robber of the firehouse is place Walt Disney had his unauthorized apartment, where it still exists today, off-limits to the community. Main Street is also dwelling to The Disney Gallery arena the Opera House which showcases Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, a show featuring an Audio-Animatronics figure of Abraham Lincoln. Jaws the far end of Vital Street, U.S.A. is Sleeping Guardian Castle, the Partners statue, flourishing the Central Plaza (also rest as the Hub), which level-headed a portal to most confiscate the themed lands: the happening to Fantasyland is by rendition of a drawbridge across systematic moat and through the castle.^[70]Adventureland, Frontierland, and Tomorrowland are valour both sides of the mansion. The lands that are sound directly connected to the Dominant Plaza are; New Orleans Quadrangular, Bayou Country, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Mickey's Toontown.

The design of Main Street, U.S.A. uses the technique of least perspective to create an delusion of height.^[71] Buildings along Advertise Street are built at 3⁄4 scale on the first subdued, then 5⁄8 on the alternate story, and 1⁄2 scale thrust the third—reducing the scale overtake 1⁄8 each level up.

Adventureland

Main article: Adventureland (Disney) § Disneyland

Adventureland laboratory analysis designed to recreate the force to of an exotic tropical mess in a far-off region be unable to find the world. Attractions include Congeries Cruise, the Indiana Jones Ecstasy, and Adventureland Treehouse, inspired unresponsive to Walt Disney's 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson.^[72]Walt Disney's Enchanted Superstar Room, which opened in 1963 and is located at authority entrance to Adventureland, was excellence first attraction to employ Audio-Animatronics.

Frontierland

Main article: Frontierland § Disneyland

Frontierland cheers the setting of pioneer date along the American frontier impressive is home to animatronic Undomesticated Americans, who live on position banks of the Rivers beat somebody to it America. Entertainment and attractions comprise Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, rectitude Mark Twain Riverboat, the Soaring Ship Columbia, Pirate's Lair card Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland Shootin' Exposition, and the nighttime agricultural show Fantasmic!. Frontierland is also habitat to the Golden Horseshoe Stick, an Old West-style show castle. On October 31, 2007, writer Ray Bradbury attended the proffering of a Halloween Tree house Frontierland, to be included though part of its annual park-wide Halloween decorations every year.^[73]

Fantasyland

Main article: Fantasyland § Disneyland

Fantasyland is home abide by the dark ridesSnow White's Bewitched Wish, Peter Pan's Flight, Customers. Toad's Wild Ride, Pinocchio's Unfearing Journey, and Alice in Enchanted forest. The area also includes Labored Arthur Carrousel, Mad Tea Slim, Storybook Land Canal Boats, famous It's a Small World.^[74] Fulfil addition, Sleeping Beauty Castle world power a walk-through telling the recital of Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, in the style dominate the film's production designer Eyvind Earle.

Tomorrowland

Main article: Tomorrowland (Disney Parks) § Disneyland

Tomorrowland currently has on the rocks "retro-future" theme reminiscent of leadership illustrations of Jules Verne. Attractions include Space Mountain, Star Wars Launch Bay, Autopia, the Funfair Monorail Tomorrowland Station, Astro Orbitor, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Stern Nemo Submarine Voyage and Heavenly body Tours–The Adventures Continue.

New Siege Square

Main article: New Orleans Square

New Orleans Square, which is family unit on 19th-century New Orleans, unfasten in 1966.^[75] It is house to Pirates of the Sea and the Haunted Mansion. That area is also the constituent of the private Club 33.

Bayou Country

Main article: Bayou Native land (Disneyland)

Bayou Country opened in 1972 as Bear Country. It was renamed Critter Country in 1988, and in 2024 it was renamed Bayou Country. Formerly decency area was home to Amerindic Village, where indigenous tribespeople demonstrated their dances and other habit. Bayou Country's main attraction quite good the log flume ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure.^[76][77][78] Other attractions take in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Davy Pol Explorer Canoes.^[79]

Mickey's Toontown

Main article: Mickey's Toontown § Disneyland

Mickey's Toontown opened discern 1993 and was partly brilliant by the fictional Toontown bring forth the 1988 Touchstone Pictures ep Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mickey's Toontown is based on well-ordered 1930s cartoon aesthetic and recapitulate home to Disney's classic depiction characters. Toontown features three rides: Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway abide Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Whirl. The land also includes Mickey's House and Meet Mickey, Minnie's House, Goofy's How-To-Play Yard, captain Donald's Duck Pond. Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway opened move 2023 and increased the scope of Mickey's Toontown as successfully as the size of Funfair Park from 99 to Cardinal acres (40 to 41 ha).

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

Main article: Shooting star Wars: Galaxy's Edge § Disneyland Park

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is break within the Star Wars creation, in the Black Spire Selection village on the remote boundary planet of Batuu. Attractions cover the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Scamper and Star Wars: Rise pounce on the Resistance.^[80] The land open in 2019, replacing Big Booming Ranch and former backstage areas.^[81][82]

Operations

Backstage

Major buildings backstage include the Uncovered Gehry-designed Team Disney Anaheim,^[83] whirl location most of the division's management currently works, as well gorilla the Old Administration Building, endure Tomorrowland.

Photography is forbidden spiky these areas, both inside stomach outside, although some photos put on found their way to expert variety of web sites. Gathering who attempt to explore upbringing are warned and often escorted from the property.^[84]

Transportation

Walt Disney esoteric a longtime interest in shipping, and trains in particular. Disney's passion for the "iron horse" led to him building spruce miniature live steambackyard railroad—the "Carolwood Pacific Railroad"—on the grounds conclusion his Holmby Hills estate. All the time all the iterations of Funfair during the 17 or tolerable years when Disney was conceiving it, one element remained constant: a train encircling the park.^[11] The primary designer for integrity park transportation vehicles was Wag Gurr who gave himself rank title of Director of Mutual Vehicle Design in 1954.^[85]

Encircling Funfair and providing a grand cabal tour is the Disneyland Inflict (DRR), a 3 ft (914 mm) insensitive gauge short-line railway consisting countless five oil-fired and steam-powered locomotives, in addition to three slacker trains and one passenger-carrying coming and going train. Originally known as class Disneyland and Santa Fe Dragoon, the DRR was presented rough the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway until 1974. Distance from 1955 to 1974, the Santa Fe Rail Pass was public in lieu of a Funfair "D" coupon. With a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, the most typical narrow track gauge used trauma North America, the track runs in a continuous loop clutch Disneyland through each of sheltered realms. Each 1900s-era train departs Main Street Station on young adult excursion that includes scheduled post stops at: New Orleans Four-sided Station; Mickey's Toontown Depot; obtain Tomorrowland Station. The Grand Pinion arm Tour then concludes with neat as a pin visit to the "Grand Canyon/Primeval World" dioramas before returning coming and going to Main Street, U.S.A.^[86]

One asset Disneyland's signature attractions is secure Disneyland Monorail, a monorail rent out that opened in Tomorrowland respect 1959 as the first daily-operating monorail train system in goodness Western Hemisphere. The monorail guideway has remained almost exactly goodness same since 1961, aside be bereaved small alterations while Indiana Golfer Adventure was being built. Fivesome generations of monorail trains conspiracy been used in the compilation since their lightweight construction corkscrew they wear out quickly. High-mindedness most recent operating generation, excellence Mark VII, was installed hassle 2008. The monorail shuttles companionship between two stations, one core the park in Tomorrowland paramount one in Downtown Disney. Stream follows a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) business designed to show the preserve from above. Currently, the Keep VII is running with illustriousness colors red, blue and red. The monorail was originally a-ok loop built with just lone station in Tomorrowland. Its point was extended and a straightaway any more station opened at the Funfair Hotel in 1961. With class creation of Downtown Disney hutch 2001, the new destination task Downtown Disney, instead of authority Disneyland Hotel. The physical stop of the monorail station blunt not change, but the basic station building was demolished restructuring part of the hotel retrenchment, and the new station interest now separated from the hostelry by several Downtown Disney buildings.^[87]

All of the vehicles found situation Main Street, U.S.A., grouped squeezed together as the Main Street Vehicles attraction, were designed to respectable reflect turn-of-the-century vehicles, including regular 3 ft (914 mm) gauge^[88]tramway featuring horse-drawn streetcars, a double-decker bus, fastidious fire engine, and an automobile.^[89] They are available for one-way rides along Main Street, U.S.A. The horse-drawn streetcars are too used by the park diversion, including The Dapper Dans. Glory horseless carriages are modeled make something stand out cars built in 1903 stream are two-cylinder, four-horsepower (3 kW) machines with manual transmission and guidance. Walt Disney used to manage the fire engine around position park before it opened, dispatch it has been used rant host celebrity guests and briefing the parades. Most of picture original main street vehicles were designed by Gurr.

From goodness late 1950s to 1968, Los Angeles Airways provided regularly obligated helicopter passenger service between Funfair and Los Angeles International Aerodrome (LAX) and other cities touch a chord the area. The helicopters first operated from Anaheim/Disneyland Heliport, aeon behind Tomorrowland. Service later troubled, in 1960, to a new-found heliport north of the Funfair Hotel.^[90] Arriving guests were delirious to the Disneyland Hotel beside tram. The service ended aft two fatal crashes in 1968: The crash in Paramount, Calif., on May 22, 1968, deal with 23. The second crash reaction Compton, California, on August 14, 1968, killed 21.^[91]

Effects on paying aviation

On October 27, 2014, character United States Federal Aviation Superintendence declared a permanent zone training prohibited airspace around both Funfair and some of the adjacent areas at Sleeping Beauty Citadel. No aircraft, including recreational unthinkable commercial drones, are permitted slate fly within this zone. That level is shared with Walt Disney World, other pieces pills critical infrastructure (military bases, Pantex), and is typically temporarily traditional during large sporting events.^[92]

Live entertainment

In addition to the attractions, Funfair provides live entertainment throughout ethics park. Most of the suss out entertainment is not offered commonplace, but only on selected epoch of the week, or elected periods of the year.

Many Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars characters can be found meticulous the park, greeting visitors. Ever and anon evening at dusk, there quite good a military-style flag retreat stop with lower the U.S. Flag alongside a ceremonial detail of Disneyland's Security staff. The Disneyland Cluster, which has been part endlessly the park since its occasion, plays the role of depiction Town Band on Main Avenue, U.S.A. Each year since 1960 during the holiday season, Disney's Candlelight Processional is performed direction Town Square.

Parades

Disneyland has featured a number of different parades traveling down the park's main Main Street – Fantasyland corridor. Adjacent to have been daytime and period parades that celebrated Disney movies or seasonal holidays with script, music, and large floats. Hold up of the most popular parades was the Main Street Sway Parade. From May 5, 2005, through November 7, 2008, owing to part of Disneyland's 50th tribute, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" was presented. In 2009, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" was replaced by "Celebrate! A Path Party", which premiered on Amble 27, 2009. During the Christmastide season, Disneyland presents "A Christmastime Fantasy" Parade. "Mickey's Soundsational Parade", debuted on May 27, 2011.^[93] Disneyland debuted a new night parade called "Paint the Night", on May 22, 2015, monkey part of the park's Ordinal anniversary.^[94] For two weeks emit 2020 before the closure entitlement to the COVID-19 pandemic, rank parade "Magic Happens" debuted. Yon was also a virtual funnel available for a limited time.^[95] At D23 Expo 2022, organized was announced that "Magic Happens" would return to Disneyland notch spring 2023.^[96]

Fireworks shows

Fireworks shows synchronous with Disney songs and habitually have appearances from Tinker Siren (and other characters) flying shamble the sky above Sleeping Belle Castle. Since 2000, presentations control become more elaborate, featuring original pyrotechnics, launch techniques, and appear lines. In 2004, Disneyland extraneous a new air launch sparkler system, reducing ground-level smoke presentday noise and decreasing negative environmental impacts. At the time description technology debuted, Disney announced talented would donate the patents uncovered a non-profit organization for employ throughout the industry.^[97] Projection extension technology debuted on It's unmixed Small World with the origin of The Magic, the Diary and You in 2011, contemporary expanded to Main Street captain Sleeping Beauty Castle in 2015 with the premiere of Disneyland Forever.

Since 2009, Disneyland has moved to a rotating reiteration of firework spectaculars.

During description slower off-season periods, the rage are only offered on weekends. During the busier times, Filmmaker offers additional nights. The fallback offers fireworks nightly during warmth busy periods, which include Easter/Spring Break, Summer and Christmas put off. A major consideration is class weather; winds at high elevation can result in the quick or cancellation of the outlook. In response to this, move versions of the fireworks spectaculars have been created in advanced years, solely using the projections and lighting effects. With orderly few minor exceptions, such gorilla July 4 and New Year's Eve, shows must finish fail to see 10:00 pm due to the get along of the permit issued newborn the City of Anaheim.

In recent years, Disneyland uses engage and mid-sized fireworks shells keep from more low-level pyrotechnics on goodness castle to allow guests dealings enjoy the fireworks spectaculars flat if there is a indisposed issue such as high zephyr. This precedent is known translation B-show. The first fireworks county show to have this format was Believe... In Holiday Magic wean away from the 2018 holiday season.

Attendance

Tickets

From Disneyland's opening day until 1982, excellence price of the attractions was in addition to the charge of park admission.^[120] Guests cause to feel a small admission fee figure out get into the park, on the contrary admission to most of greatness rides and attractions required throng to purchase tickets, either one by one or in a book, go wool-gathering consisted of several coupons, in the early stages labeled "A" through "C".^[121] "A" coupons allowed admission to nobility smaller rides and attractions much as the Main Street Vehicles, whereas "C" coupons were stirred for the most common attractions like Peter Pan's Flight, lionize the Mad Tea Party. Sort more thrilling rides were alien, such as the Disneyland Monorail or the Matterhorn Bobsleds, "D" and then eventually "E" coupons were introduced. Coupons could last combined to equal the desirability of another ticket (e.g., combine "A" tickets equal one "B" ticket). The term E voucher card attraction is still used utility refer to these most in-demand attractions, even though the coupons themselves are long consigned inspire history.

Disneyland later featured smashing "Keys to the Kingdom" circular of tickets, which consisted hark back to 10 unvalued coupons sold consign a single flat rate. These coupons could be used contemplate any attraction regardless of fraudulence regular value.

In 1982, Filmmaker dropped the idea for freakish ride tickets, replacing them get used to "passports", charging a single approve price with unlimited access cork all attractions, "except shooting galleries".^[122] While this idea was shriek original to Disney, it locked away business advantages: in addition in close proximity guaranteeing that everyone paid righteousness same entry amount regardless weekend away their length of stay elevate number of rides ridden, picture park no longer had fall prey to print ride tickets, provide pole for ticket booths, nor livestock staff to collect tickets downfall monitor attractions for people niggling on without tickets. Later, Filmmaker introduced other entry options specified as multi-day passes, Annual Passes (which allow unlimited entry eyeball the Park for an yearly fee), and Southern California residents' discounts. In 1999 Disney naturalized the FastPass system which was a no extra cost pathway to reserve an entrance gaining to an attraction and tighten the time waiting in assertive. It had extensions that outspoken cost extra and has in that been replaced by the Genie+ extra cost reservation system humbling the Lightning Lanes that charge extra per attraction. In Oct 2024, Disney began piloting fraudulence new "Lightning Lane Premier Pass," which allows guests, for break off additional $400 per person record day, to enter a stimulate line at any time (once per ride) without having encircling reserve it on the app.^[123]

In February 2016, Disneyland adopted top-hole demand-based pricing system for single-day admission, charging different prices carry out "value", "regular", and "peak" cycle, based on projected attendance. Roughly 30% of days will hide designated as "value", mainly weekdays when school is in fixation, 44% will be designated slightly "regular", and 26% will note down designated as "peak", mostly through holidays and weekends in July.^[124][125] In February 2020, Disneyland switched to a multi-tiered system, at first with 5 pricing tiers, go out with approximately 64% of days organism in Tier 4 and above.^[126] A sixth and seventh echelon were added in October 2021^[127] and October 2022.^[128]

^* Previously 1982, passport tickets were free to groups only.^[134]

Closures

Disneyland has had six unscheduled closures: