"Disneyland will never be completed.

It
will continue to grow as long as there
is imagination left in the world.
-Walt Disney

THE SECRETS AND

HISTORY BEHIND
DISNEYLAND
By: Kristin Elberling
THESIS:
As one of the worlds most known trademarks
Disney has made its place in American and
world history through its Theme Parks and
controversies that are heard and visited by
people all over the globe.
RANDOM SECRETS
The employee break room is located inside the
Matterhorn bobsled mountain and has a
basketball court inside.
Where does Disneyland's trash go? Many people

ask this question around the park the truth is the

trash is shot from little pipes that go to under the
castle, the trash can go to as fast as 60 mph.
On opening day Walt had to chose between
drinking fountains or bathroom.
Thenext new attraction opened in tomorrowland was
Cranes Bathroom of Tomorrow.
HOW DISNEYLAND CAME TO A
REALITY
July 21, 1954: The ground was broken in
Anaheim California.
July 17, 1955:Disneyland opened to invited
guests.
July 18, 1955: Disneyland is opened to the public

the original admission price was one dollar. The

cost of rides was 10 cents to 35 cents.
September 8, 1955: Disneyland has its one
millionth guest.
THE BLACKEST SUNDAY
On July 17, 1955: Disneyland opened to invited
guests.
But Walt opened the doors to soon and
Disneyland had its malfunctions.
Rides broke down.
Rides had to be closed down for television crews.
The freshly poured asphalt was not set yet and many
women wearing high heels lost their shoe.
Many reporters said Disneyland was overpriced and
would close down soon due to the malfunctions and
price.
DISNEYLAND'S TIME LINE
1959: Walt denied the Soviet leader Khrushchev
a visit due to security concerns.
1964: Disneyland makes more money than
Disney films.
1966: Disneyland's saddest year. Walt Disney

passes away.
1982: Disneyland stops using ticket books and
introduce the passport good for all rides any
number of times during that day.
1985: The park is opened year round.

1999: The fast pass is introduced.

WHAT GOES ON THAT THE PUBLIC
DOES NOT SEE
If you are employee after 2000 and a male you
are no longer allowed to have facial hair. But
since Walt himself had a moustache. Men are
allowed to have a small nicely trimmed one.
Women were allowed to wear eyeliner and eye
shadow finally in 1994.
Every day Disneys 11 hair stylists fix the
cartoons wigs throughout the park.
All the spare change found on rides and
throughout the park is given to charity.
Oh Mickey, Your So Fine!
Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto
a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride
from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when
business fortunes of my brother Roy and
myself were at lowest ebb and disaster
seemed right around the corner.
-Walt Disney
HOW WAS MICKEY NAMED?
Mickeys original name to be was Mortimer. No
one really knows what made Walt really change
the name to Mickey it is known that it was
suggested due to it was a more pleasant name. It
took a while for Mickey to become a hit but once
he did Mickey blew up all over the place and was
later a household name.
MICKEY MOUSE VS. DONALD DUCK
Donald Duck is rumored to be more popular then
Mickey Mouse in Finland. In 1977 when it is
rumored Donald Duck was banned from Finland
because he parades around with no pants and a
sailor hat. The truth behind the story is that
schools and many other children communities
had to cut their budgets and decided to get rid of
Donald Duck cartoons.
DONALD DUCK PARTY (KALLE
ANKA-PARTIET)
As a joke to the controversy Donald created, as a
joke the Donald Duck Party was formed not being
an official party until Bosse Person registered it
and became the only member. The Donald Duck
party has scored enough write in votes to be the
ninth most popular.
In the 2006 election is placed 21st place out of 40
parties with the most votes. It received 225 votes
that year all hand written in.
ARCHITECTURE OF DISNEYLAND
To create the feeling of a Main Street Disney
made the buildings nine-tenths the scale on the
first level, seven-eighths the scale on the second
level, and five-eighths the scale on the third level.
Disney used forced perspective on this street by
angling all the buildings a little towards the magic
castle making the walk there seem longer then the
walk back.
When Disneyland first opened he had an
agreement with the town of Anaheim that no
buildings outside the park could be tall enough to
be seen from inside the park.
THE LEGEND OF THE HIDDEN
MICKEY'S
There is a hidden Mickey outline everywhere in
the park. The hidden Mickey's are also in movies,
the shape of buildings and the shape of gardens
that can only be seen by planes.
CLUB 33
Club 33 is a private VIP club located in
Disneyland's New Orleans Square on 33 Royal
Street. This is the only place in the theme parks
that serve alcohol. It is rumored the name 33
has many different reasoning's but have all been
ruled out to it was simply the address of the
location in the park. Walt got the idea when he
attended the world fair in New York and saw
many VIP sections. The club was first opened up
for sponsors of the park, celebrities, and royalty.
It wasnt till after Walt Disney died that the club
was opened up to the public.
CLUB 33 CONT.
The current wait time to join the club is now at
14 years. This changes time to time depending on
if the club is either allowing new members or not
that year and if they have many openings that
year. Club 33 is kept very well hidden from the
public eye and many pass by it everyday with out
recognizing its there.
THE LEGEND OF WALT STILL LIVES
ON
Walt Disney had an apartment over the fire
station on Main Street. The apartment was 600
sq feet. The apartment is still maintained and
kept to honor Walt Disney. It is left just as the
apartment was when Walt lived there with
antique furniture, red velvet carpet and an
original grilled cheese maker. If you look you can
still see the light shining in the apartment at all
times to show Walts life is eternal.

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown
up, anyway.
-Walt Disney
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