Astonishing Facts About Disneyland.

Disneyland, the happiest place on earth, has been popular since before it even opened!

Visited by millions of people from around the world each year, the only way to go with this magical place is up.

Find out more about this magnificent adventure park with these 40 awesome facts!

The original Disneyland in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955.

It only took one year to be constructed with 2,500 laborers, and cost $17 million to build.

The Disneyland location in Anaheim is the only theme park directly supervised and built by Walt Disney.

The idea for Disneyland came to Walt Disney after taking his daughters to Griffith Park in the 30’s and 40’s, and watching them on the merry-go-round.

The bench from Griffith Park where Walt Disney came up with the concept is on display in the park near the entrance of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

In order to gain further inspiration for his concept, he visited other parks such at Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, Efteling in the Netherlands, and Children’s Fairyland in the U.S.