Disneyland Resort
85 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.