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General Facts

7/1955 opening for Disneyland Park

14.9 million is the Approximate Annual Attendance (2007 estimate)

$63 Adult/$53 Child Ticket Price as 2007

85 acres is the size of Disneyland

8 lands are at

46 ids the number of attractions at Disneyland

16 entertainment and shows are at Disneyland

29 dinning location are at Disneyland

51 shopping locations are t Disneyland

18 attractions were available on opening day back in 1955

60 adventures and attractions are now at Disneyland


8 different lands, with over 40 attractions are designed to appeal to guests of all ages the young as well as the young at heart. The 8 lands are: Main Street USA, Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans Square, Critter Country, Fantasyland, Mickey’s Toontown, Tomorrowland.

9 attractions offer FastPass in Disneyland park and they are:
1. Autopia
2. Big Thunder Mountain
3. Haunted Mansion (Seasonal)
4. Indiana Jones Adventure
5. It’s a small world (Seasonal)
6. Space Mountain
7. Splash Mountain
8. Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin
9. Buss Lightyear Astro Blaster

5 Attractions offer FastPass in California Adventure Park and they are:
1. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
2. California Screamin’
3. Mulholland Madness
4. Soarin’ Over California
5. Grizzly River Run

105 are the number on the Firehouse on Main Street

10,000 parking spaces make the parking garage at Disney’s California Adventure the 2nd world’s largest parking garage.

3 million plus hamburgers are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks

2 million hot dogs are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks

2.8 million churros are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks


6.5 million orders of french fries are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks

3.2 million servings of ice cream are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks

1.9 million gallons of soft drinks are consumed each year at the Disneyland parks

1.6 Million Servings of popcorn are consumed at Disneyland.

3.2 Million Servings of ice cream are also consumed each year at Disneyland.

3,500 miles have been walked by the Disneyland Marching Band since opening day at Disneyland in 1955.

131 vehicles in the Haunted Mansion, and has a ride capacity of only 2,618 guests per hour, as its track is shorter than the Haunted Mansion's in Walt Disney World.

147 feet high stands the tallest attraction in Disneyland the Matterhorn Bobsleds.

144 feet is the elevation of New Orleans Square, according to the sign you pass under.

18 people can ride each boat on the Pirate of the Caribbean.

300 Audio-Animatronic representing 100 nations are in It’s a Small World attraction.

5 trains are on the Disneyland Railroad and they are the following:C.K. Holiday, E.P. Ripley, Ernest Marsh, Fred Gurley, and Ward Kimball.

500 employees work the night shift at Disneyland.

135 of the night shift employees are cleaning cast members alone.

1,000 brooms are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

500 dustpans are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

3,000 mops are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

20,000 gallons of paint are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

11,000 gallons of disinfectant are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

26 million hand towels are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

19,000 miles of toilet paper are used in 1 year at Disneyland.

1,527 people were hula hoping in front of Sleeping beauties Castle at one of the Blast to the past celebrations.

2 Mark I monorails were in service on opening day in 1959.

46 days in operation makes Mickey Mouse Club Circus the shortest lived attraction in Disney history, so far

15 attractions have remained in Disneyland since opening day

5 attraction have appeared in the Opera house, more attraction have been in this building then any other.

Holidays



2008 is the first time in 53 years that the Christmas tree on Main Street will be fake.

300,000 molded pine tip branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

1,200 large branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

1955 is when Walt Disney placed the 1st Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland.

2008 is the first time in 53 years that the Christmas tree on Main Street will be artificial.

60 feet tall is the new artificial tree used at the hub of Disneyland

5 feet below ground start the foundation for the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

42 inches tall is the star that on top of the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

300,000 molded pine tip branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

1,200 large branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

70,000 lights are on the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

2,000 ornaments are on the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

2/1 starts the work on rehab and tagging all the holiday decorations for the following year

120 days were need to make the new artificial Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

3 to 4 days are needed to just decorate Main Street of Disneyland.

2 to 3 days are needed to decorate each “land” at Disneyland

50 cast members are needed to decorate each land, which include Resort enhancement, Entertainment teams, Tech Services.

10,000 to 15,000 Christmas bulbs are used to decorate Main Street

5 nights are needed to setup the holiday decorations in New Orleans Square

25 cast members are used each night to setup the holiday decorations in New Orleans Square

7 foot tall sculpture angel is in New Orleans Square for the holidays

50,000 lights are used on the façade of it’s a Small World during the holidays

12 cast members are used to decorate it’s a Small World for the holidays

7 to 8 weeks are needed to decorate it’s a Small World for the holidays

250,000 to 500,000 lights are used inside it’s a Small World to decorate this attraction for the holidays

75,000 lights are on the Snowflake Tree near it’s a Small World

20,000 pounds of “snow” are used to decorate Sleeping Beauty castle

9 nights were need to complete the “Holiday” over lay on the Sleeping Beauty castle

3 household circuits is all the power the castle lights need to operate each night

240 acres of property make up the Disneyland Park property

17 tracks of orange groves were used to make Disneyland Park

$1,000,000 was the first years gross for Disneyland.

300 weddings approximately take place at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim take place each year.

500 million guests have passed through the gates of Disneyland Park in Anaheim up to the year January 8, 2005 at 10:16 am.

2,224 total Hotel rooms available as of the year 2005

20,000 cast members are employed at Disneyland as the year 2005, this includes Disney

160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for Disneyland Park.

1 year of construction was used to build Disneyland.

6,000 invitations to the Grand Opening of Disneyland had been mailed. By mid-afternoon over 28,000 ticket holders were storming the Magic Kingdom. Most of the tickets were counterfeit.

15 day heat wave raised temperatures up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit on opening day.

2 times has the real drawn bridge been used at sleeping beauty’s castle, the first time was on opening day, the second time was during the renovation of Fantasyland.

10,000 tickets were counterfeited on opening day of the park, making the park very crowded; they even ran out of drinks.

90 percent of the landscape is non indigenous to California. 800 species are native to Australia, Mexico, Europe and Asia.

1,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on September 8, 1955

10,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on December 31, 1957

25,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on April 19, 1961

50,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on August 12,1965

100,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on June 17, 1971

200,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on January 8, 1981

250,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on August 24, 1985

300,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on September 1, 1989

400,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on July 5, 1987

500,000,000 guest entered Disneyland on January 8, 2004

2 billionth Guest to visit a Disney Park was welcomed to Disney land on May 2, 2006 by 12 year old Emmalee Mason of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

$500,000 investment and the guarantee of $4.5 million in loan made ABC a 1/3 owner in Disneyland back in 1954.

$7.5 million was buy amount that Disney paid back to ABC to get control of ABC’s 1/3 ownership in 1960.

1 day, Walt walked in on designers, picked up the model of the Disneyland Castle and turned it completely around. He liked it better with the rear facing forward — so that was the way it was built.

300 pounds of English Toffee are made everyday on Main Street

15,000 cakes and cookies are baked on Main Street everyday

5 hotels and 2 motels with a total of 87 rooms were available in Anaheim when Disney;and opened in 1955, and there were only 34 restaurants in the city to.

150 hotels and motels with more than 18,000 rooms, and well more than 450 restaurants are now in Anaheim

500 million guests have passed through the gates of Disneyland since Opening Day, July 17, 1955. Over the past 54 years, Disneyland has hosted some of the 20th century’s most prominent dignitaries, including heads of state (counting seven U.S. presidents), sports figures and celebrities.

20,000 Cast Members are employed at Disneyland

500 types of arts, crafts, professions and skills are contributed by Disneyland Cast Members during operation.

20 million gallons of water in the 10 bodies of water found in Disneyland

100,000 light bulbs used, including 11,000 "rim lights" outlining the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A. Disneyland streets are washed and steam-cleaned after closing each day.

800 species of plants from more than 40 nations are represented at the Disneyland Resort making it one of the most extensive and diverse botanical locales in the western U.S. The landscape panorama includes approximately 17,000 trees and 100,000 shrubs.

1 million annuals are planted each year at Disneyland

60,000 drip emitters and sprinkler heads are used to water all the Disneyland gardens and landscape

100 person horticulture staff is needed to maintain the many acres of greenery at Disneyland

1 foot dwarf spruce in Storybook Land to 80-foot high eucalyptus trees is the range in size of trees located at Disneyland

6 times a year the Mickey Mouse flower “portrait” at the Disneyland Main Entrance is planted

30 tons of trash are collected during a busy park day at Disneyland

12 million pounds of trash each year are collected by custodial each year at Disneyland

4.1 million pounds of cardboard are recycled each year at Disneyland

1.3 million pounds of green waste are recycled each year at Disneyland

370,000 pounds of office paper are recycled each year at Disneyland

361,260 pounds of glass bottles are recycled each year at Disneyland

274,280 pounds of plastic bottles are recycled each year at Disneyland

17,240 pounds of aluminum cans are recycled each year at Disneyland

800,000 pieces can be found in the total Disneyland Resort Operational costume inventory

8 to 12 months are needed to produce a new costume from initial design to public view

500,000 yards of material are stocked by The Operational Costume Division at Disneyland

15,000 Cast Members have their costumes maintained, and cleaned by The Operational Costume Division at Disneyland

300 different costumes are in the Disneyland wardrobe inventory

850 different styles of garment pieces, are issued from 9 Costume Issue locations across the Resort and Hotels at Disneyland

20,000 garments are exchanged weekly for cleaning during the summer months

150,000 individual pieces and 300,000 buttons are replaced each year on the costumes at Disneyland

650 Audio-Animatronics® figures also have their costumes maintained by the Operational Costume Division at Disneyland

3,500 marching miles have been accumulated by the Disneyland marching band

90,000 performances have been conducted by the Disneyland Marching band since opening day in 1955 and draws from a repertoire of more than 400 musical numbers

1,500 cast members work the overnight or “Third Shift.” At Disneyland

7 attractions need to be filled each night at Disneyland and they are Columbia Sailing ship, Mark Twain River Boat, Tom Sawyer Island Rafts, Jungle Cruise boats, Main Street Vehicles, and Casey Jr Circus train

200 firefighters from fire stations around Southern California work at Disneyland

Holidays at Disneyland

1955 is when Walt Disney placed the 1st Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland.

2008 is the first time in 53 years that the Christmas tree on Main Street will be artificial.

60 feet tall is the new artificial tree used at the hub of Disneyland

5 feet below ground start the foundation for the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

42 inches tall is the star that on top of the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

300,000 molded pine tip branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

1,200 large branches are on the new fake Christmas tree

70,000 lights are on the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

2,000 ornaments are on the Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

2/1 starts the work on rehab and tagging all the holiday decorations for the following year

120 days were need to make the new artificial Christmas tree at the hub of Disneyland

3 to 4 days are needed to just decorate Main Street of Disneyland.

2 to 3 days are needed to decorate each “land” at Disneyland

50 cast members are needed to decorate each land, which include Resort enhancement, Entertainment teams, Tech Services.

10,000 to 15,000 Christmas bulbs are used to decorate Main Street

5 nights are needed to setup the holiday decorations in New Orleans Square

25 cast members are used each night to setup the holiday decorations in New Orleans Square

7 foot tall sculpture angel is in New Orleans Square for the holidays

50,000 lights are used on the façade of it’s a Small World during the holidays

12 cast members are used to decorate it’s a Small World for the holidays

7 to 8 weeks are needed to decorate it’s a Small World for the holidays

250,000 to 500,00 lights are used inside it’s a Small World to decorate this attraction for the holidays

75,000 lights are on the Snowflake Tree near it’s a Small World

20,000 pounds of “snow” are used to decorate Sleeping Beauty castle

9 nights were need to complete the “Holiday” over lay on the Sleeping Beauty castle

3 household circuits is all the power the castle lights need to operate each night

48 miles of lights are used on the Christmas tree on Main Street

50,000 lights are used on Sleeping Beauty’s castle to make this castle sparkle at night


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