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Happy Birthday Disneyland, 57 years and going strong
Disneyland turns 57 today. (It really doesn’t look a day over 40.)
A short ceremony is planned at 2:30 p.m. in Town Square in front of the Main Street Train Station to honor the date.
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| In this Walt Disney Company copyrighted photo we see Walt Disney with the first guests to the park during opening day in 1957. |
With these words, Walt Disney opened the park:
“To all who come to this happy place. Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past. And here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. Thank You.”
The once-small park has grown into a resort with two theme parks and three hotels employing some 22,000 people. It was re-named Disneyland Park in 1998 to distinguish it from the resort as a whole. More than 16 million people last year visited Disneyland Park itself, according to Themed Entertainment Association and the Economic. The only other park in the U.S. with more people attending was the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
Here’s a collection of some Disneyland facts:
