The happiest place on Earth

Disneyland Park originally Disneyland is the only theme park designed and built under the supervision

of Walt Disney. There are currently 5 Disneyland Parks in the world , one in Paris , Hong Kong , Japan ,

California and Orlando.

Walt Disney

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney was an American cartoonist and filmmaker. He was born on

December 5th 1901 . He and his brother Roy Oliver Disney co-founded Walt Disney. Walt and

his staff invented many fictional characters including Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck and Goofy. Walt himself was the original voice for Mickey.

He died on December 15th 1966 from lung cancer.

Disneyland History

Walt Disney came up with the idea of Disneyland after visiting many theme parks with his daughters. The original idea was to have the park beside Burbank’s studios on 8

acres. World War 2 came and put his plans on hold. During the war Walt had made many more

new ideas and it became clear that 8 acres wasn’t going to be enough.

Disneyland History

After a few years Walt bought a 160 acres site near Anaheim , California . In 1954 building began. Walt spent a long time planning out each land. Finally it was ready for

Open Day. It had taken 1 year to build. The park was a $17,000,000 Magical Kingdom .A 15 day heatwave had

come across California and temperatures rose up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. This affected the fountains. After the opening day the heat wave continued almost wiping out the park. Besides is terrible weather conditions on

the opening day it went well. By 1965 ten years after the opening day , Disneyland had had 50 million visitors.

Disneyworld

The Walt Disney World Resort or simply known as Disneyworld is in Bay Lake Florida.

Disneyworld is owned by Walt Disney Parks and Resort. There are 27 themed resort hotels , 9

non Disney hotels, 4 theme parks , 4 golf courses , a young golfers golf course , 2

themed miniature golf courses , a camping resort and a residential area on the 27,258

acre sight. It was opened on October 1st 1971.

Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland is a theme park in Tokyo Disney Resort . It was built by Walt Disney Imagineering. It is owned by The Oriental

Land Company. Tokyo Disneyland and another park Tokyo Disneysea are the only Disney parks not fully owned by the Walt

Disney Company. In 2013 Tokyo Disneyland had 17.2 million visitors making it the

second most visited theme park of that year. It was opened on April 15th in 1983 .

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris originally Euro Disney Resort is the most visited theme park in Europe. It is the

second Disney park to be opened outside the United States. It was opened on April 12th 1992. Another theme park , Walt Disney Studios

Park was opened in 2002.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland is on Penny’s Bay , Lantau Island. It and Ocean Park Hong Kong are the 2 largest theme parks in

Hong Kong . Disney wants to avoid using Chinese culture , customs and traditions in

its theme park . Hong Kong Disneyland gets the least amount of visitors out of

the 5 Disney Parks. It gets around 34,000 visitors a day. Hong Kong Disneyland

opened on September 12th 2005.

Facts about Disneyland California-There have been 3 babies born in

Disneyland . -There are more than 400 items collected

by Lost and Found every day. - The park sits on a 180 acre piece of land

but only 80 acres of it is open to the public.

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