Disneyland#Transportation

{{Quote box|width=23em|title=Original dedication|align=right|qalign=center|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.|Walter E. Disney, July 17, 1955{{cite web |url = http://www.justdisney.com/Sounds/speech%281%29.wav |title = Wave file of dedication speech |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051220202858/http://www.justdisney.com/Sounds/speech%281%29.wav |archive-date = December 20, 2005 }}{{cite book |last1 = Abrams |first1 = Nathan |last2 = Hughes |first2 = Julie |title = Containing America: Cultural Production and Consumption in 50s America |publisher = A&C Black |isbn = 978-1-902459-06-6 |page = 29 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qhLZsBLjV28C&pg=PA29 |language = en |year = 2000 }}{{cite book |last1 = Krasniewicz |first1 = Louise |title = Walt Disney: A Biography |publisher = ABC-CLIO |isbn = 978-0-313-35830-2 |page = 130 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lZ3vTgpHgFoC&pg=PA130 |language = en |year = 2010 }}{{cite book |last1 = Greenwood |first1 = Lee |title = Does God Still Bless the USA?: A Plea for a Better America |publisher = Tate Publishing |isbn = 978-1-61777-444-7 |page = 96 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F-lqL61w6bsC&pg=PA96 |language = en |date = May 2012 }}}}

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The concept for Disneyland began when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching them ride the merry-go-round, he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together, though this idea lay dormant for many years.{{Cite news|last=Tremaine|first=Julie|date=October 14, 2020|title=The story behind the California attraction that inspired Disneyland|url=https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/This-is-the-exact-spot-in-LA-that-inspired-15644142.php|access-date=October 14, 2020|work=SFGate|language=en-US}}{{cite web |url = http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/dreamingdisneyland/index.html |title = Home |publisher = The Walt Disney Family Museum |access-date = September 6, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060518072723/http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/dreamingdisneyland/index.html |archive-date = May 18, 2006 }} The earliest documented draft of Disney's plans was sent as a memo to studio production designer Dick Kelsey on August 31, 1948, where it was referred to as a "Mickey Mouse Park", based on notes Disney made during his and Ward Kimball's trip to the Chicago Railroad Fair the same month, with a two-day stop in Henry Ford's Museum and Greenfield Village, a place with attractions like a Main Street and steamboat rides, which he had visited eight years earlier.{{cite web |url = http://www.waltsapartment.com/walts-first-vision-of-disneyland/ |title = Walt's first vision of Disneyland |work = Walt's Apartment |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222045404/http://www.waltsapartment.com/walts-first-vision-of-disneyland/ |archive-date = February 22, 2014 |date = August 31, 2012 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/pic/2005/september.asp |title = Walt Disney Visits Henry Ford's Greenfield Village |publisher = Greenfield Village |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222100833/http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/pic/2005/september.asp |archive-date = February 22, 2014 }}{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BupsDEZOLYUC&pg=PA88 |title = Walt Disney's Railroad Story |isbn = 978-0-9758584-2-4 |page = 88 |publisher = Carolwood Pacific LLC }}{{cite web |url = http://www.mouseplanet.com/7271/Behind_the_Magic_50_Years_of_Disneyland |title = Mouseplanet — Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland |first = Richard |last = Kaufman |date = December 20, 2005 }}

When people wrote letters to Disney to inquire about visiting the Walt Disney Studios, he realized that a functional movie studio had little to offer to visiting fans, and began to foster various ideas about building a site near the Burbank studios for tourists to visit. His ideas evolved to a small play park with a boat ride and other themed areas. The initial park concept, the Mickey Mouse Park, was originally planned for a {{convert|16|acre|ha|adj=on|spell=in}} plot to the south, across Riverside Drive from the studio.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA62 |access-date=August 24, 2024}} Besides Greenfield Village and the Chicago Railroad Fair, Disney was also inspired by Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, Knott's Berry Farm, Colonial Williamsburg, the Century of Progress in Chicago, and the New York's World Fair of 1939.{{cite book |last1=Gabler |first1=Neal |title=Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination |date=2006 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |location=New York |isbn=9780679757474 |page=497 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41e-Ru0wRkEC&pg=PA497|edition=2007 1st Vintage Books}}

His designers began working on concepts, though the project grew much larger than the land could hold.{{cite web |url = http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html |title = Disneyland History |work = JustDisney.com |date = July 21, 1954 |access-date = April 8, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120421111749/http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html |archive-date = April 21, 2012 }} Disney hired C. V. Wood and Harrison Price of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to identify the proper area in which to position the planned theme park based on future population growth.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |access-date=August 24, 2024}} Based on Price's analysis (for which he would be recognized as a Disney Legend in 2003), Disney acquired {{convert|160|acre|ha}} of orange groves and walnut trees in Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles in neighboring Orange County.{{cite web |first = Harrison "Buzz" |last = Price |url = http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0405/feature_alumnibks_price.shtml |work = Stanford Business Magazine |date = May 2004 |title = Walt's Revolution! By the Numbers |access-date = April 8, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120117120900/http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0405/feature_alumnibks_price.shtml |archive-date = January 17, 2012 }} The small Burbank site originally considered by Disney is now home to Walt Disney Animation Studios and ABC Studios.

Roy O. Disney hired Wood away from SRI as executive vice president to undertake the task of actually building Disneyland.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |access-date=August 24, 2024}} When Walt told Wood that he wanted a paddle steamer in Disneyland, it was Wood who introduced Walt to his good friend Joe Fowler, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 |access-date=August 24, 2024}} Fowler was then hired by Walt to "make engineering realities out of" all of Walt's ideas, not just a paddle wheeler—in other words, Fowler became the actual "construction boss" of Disneyland, charged with turning Disneyland from Walt's dream into a reality in only one year.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 |access-date=August 24, 2024}}

Difficulties in obtaining funding prompted Disney to investigate new methods of fundraising, and he decided to create a show named Disneyland. It was broadcast on then-fledgling ABC. In return, the network agreed to help finance the park. For its first five years of operation, Disneyland was owned by Disneyland, Inc., which was jointly owned by Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney, Western Publishing and ABC.{{cite book |title = Disney War |last = Stewart |first = James B. |year = 2005 |publisher = Simon & Schuster |isbn = 0-684-80993-1 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0 }} In addition, Disney rented out many of the shops on Main Street, U.S.A. to outside companies. By 1960, Walt Disney Productions had bought out all other shares, but the partnership had already led to a lasting relationship with ABC which would eventually culminate in the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of ABC in the mid-1990s.

Construction began on July 16, 1954, and cost $17 million to complete (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|17000000|1954}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP}}). The park was opened one year and one day later.{{cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-18-me-disneyland18-story.html |title = Disneyland: From orange groves to Magic Kingdom |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = May 18, 2005 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090930200615/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/18/local/me-disneyland18 |archive-date = September 30, 2009 }} U.S. Route 101 (later Interstate 5) was under construction at the same time just north of the site; in preparation for the traffic Disneyland was expected to bring, two more lanes were added to the freeway before the park was finished.

Disneyland was dedicated at an "International Press Preview" event held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was open only to invited guests and the media. Although 28,000 people attended the event, only about half of those were invitees, the rest having purchased counterfeit tickets,{{cite web |url = http://www.justdisney.com/Features/disneyland_opening/ |title = Disneyland Opening |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090624131933/http://www.justdisney.com/Features/disneyland_opening/ |archive-date = June 24, 2009 |work = JustDisney.com |access-date = September 6, 2013 }} or snuck into the park by climbing over the fence.{{cite web |url = https://www.mouseplanet.com/11243/When_Did_Disneyland_Open_July_17_or_July_18 |title = When Did Disneyland Open? July 17 or July 18? |first = Jim |last = Korkis |work = MousePlanet.com |date = December 9, 2015 |access-date = April 21, 2016 }} The following day, it opened to the public, featuring twenty attractions. The Special Sunday events, including the dedication, were televised nationwide and anchored by three of Walt Disney's friends from Hollywood: Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan.{{cite web |title=Reinventing the American Amusement Park |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reinventing-american-amusement-park/ |website=pbs.org |publisher=Public Broadcasting Station |access-date=May 12, 2020}} ABC broadcast the event live, during which many guests tripped over the television camera cables.{{cite book |last = Koening |first = David |title = Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland |year = 2006 |publisher = Bona Venture Press |isbn = 0-9640605-6-6 }}{{page needed|date=July 2020}} In Frontierland, a camera caught Cummings kissing a dancer. When Disney started to read the plaque for Tomorrowland, he read partway when an off-camera technician stopped him, and Disney responded, "I thought I got a signal",{{page needed|date=July 2020}} and began the dedication again. At one point, while in Fantasyland, Linkletter tried to give coverage to Cummings, who was on the pirate ship. He was not ready and tried to give the coverage back to Linkletter, who had lost his microphone. Cummings then did a play-by-play of him trying to find it in front of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.{{page needed|date=July 2020}}

Traffic was delayed on the two-lane Harbor Boulevard.{{page needed|date=July 2020}} Famous figures who were scheduled to show up every two hours showed up all at once. The temperature was an unusually high {{convert|101|°F|°C}}, and because of a local plumbers' strike, Disney was given a choice of having working drinking fountains or running toilets. He chose the latter, leaving many drinking fountains dry. This generated negative publicity since Pepsi sponsored the park's opening; disappointed guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way to sell soda, while other vendors ran out of food. The asphalt that had been poured that morning was soft enough to let women's high-heeled shoes sink into it. Some parents threw their children over the crowd's shoulders to get them onto rides, such as the King Arthur Carrousel.{{cite web |url = http://www.justdisney.com/Features/disneyland_opening/ |title = Disneyland Opening |work = JustDisney.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090624131933/http://www.justdisney.com/Features/disneyland_opening/ |archive-date = June 24, 2009 }} In later years, Disney and his 1955 executives referred to July 17, 1955, as "Black Sunday". After the extremely negative press from the preview opening, Walt Disney invited attendees back for a private "second day" to experience Disneyland properly.

At the time, and during the lifetimes of Disney and his brother Roy, July 17 was considered a preview, with July 18 the official opening day. Since then, aided by memories of the television broadcast, the company has adopted July 17 as the official date, the one commemorated every year as Disneyland's birthday.

Within a year after Disneyland's opening, increasing friction between Disney and Wood resulted in Wood's termination. Most of the executives who led the development of Disneyland are now commemorated in window signs as proprietors of fictional businesses along Main Street, USA, with the exception of Wood.{{cite book |last1=Snow |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Snow |title=Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World |date=2019 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781501190810 |page=366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA366 |access-date=August 24, 2024}}

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In September 1959, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev spent thirteen days in the United States, with two requests: to visit Disneyland and to meet John Wayne, Hollywood's top box-office draw. Due to the Cold War tension and security concerns, he was famously denied an excursion to Disneyland.{{cite web |url = http://seansrussiablog.org/2009/07/24/nikita-khrushchev-doesnt-go-to-disneyland/ |title = Nikita Khrushchev Doesn't Go to Disneyland |work = Sean's Russia Blog |date = July 24, 2009 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090814120836/http://seansrussiablog.org/2009/07/24/nikita-khrushchev-doesnt-go-to-disneyland/ |archive-date = August 14, 2009 }} The Shah of Iran and Empress Farah were invited to Disneyland by Walt Disney in the early 1960s.{{Cite web |url = https://www.bocalifemagazine.com/features/disneyland-beginning-look-back |title = Disneyland In The Beginning: A Look Back |website = Boca Life Magazine |language = en |access-date = June 14, 2019 |archive-date = June 24, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190624181212/https://www.bocalifemagazine.com/features/disneyland-beginning-look-back |url-status = dead }} There was mild controversy over the lack of African American employees. As late as 1963, civil rights group the Congress of Racial Equality, was in discussions with Disneyland officials about hiring more black people, with Disneyland telling the group they would consider their requests.{{cite book |last = Galber |first = Neal |year = 2006 |title = Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination |page=528 |publisher = Alfred A Knopf |location = New York }} Unlike other amusement parks at the time, Disneyland was never racially segregated, and was open to all races since opening day.{{cite book |last1=Korkis |first1=Jim |title=Call Me Walt: Everything You Never Knew About Walt Disney |date=2017 |publisher=Theme Park Press |page=164 |id={{ASIN|1683901010|country=au}} }}{{cite web |last1=Korkis |first1=Jim |title=Debunking Meryl Streep, Part Two |url=https://www.mouseplanet.com/10606/Debunking_Meryl_Streep_Part_Two |website=Mouseplanet.com |date=February 26, 2014 |access-date=November 12, 2023}}

As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded. The Frito-Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964, and then nationwide in 1966.{{cite news |first = Gustavo |last = Arellano |url = http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-04-05/food/taco-usa-how-mexican-food-conquered-america-doritos-disneyland/ |title = How Doritos Were Born at Disneyland |newspaper = OC Weekly |date = April 5, 2012 |access-date = April 8, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120409112659/http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-04-05/food/taco-usa-how-mexican-food-conquered-america-doritos-disneyland/ |archive-date = April 9, 2012 }}

On August 6, 1970, an estimated 300+ anti-war Yippies entered Disneyland in a planned protest against the Vietnam War. The protestors held grievances with specific aspects of the theme park itself, such as the Aunt Jemima-themed pancake restaurant in Frontierland and the park's association with Bank of America, a subject of controversy at the time for its lending to military contractors such as Boeing.{{cite web |title=Boycott BofA Pamphlet |url=https://livinghistory.as.ucsb.edu/2020/07/20/boycott-bofa-pamphlet/ |website=University of California, Santa Barbara |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119195749/https://livinghistory.as.ucsb.edu/2020/07/20/boycott-bofa-pamphlet/ |url-status=dead }} The Yippies were met by an estimated 100 riot police who established lookouts within the park and another 300 on standby just outside of the entrance gates. Around 4:00 p.m., many of the Yippies occupied Tom Sawyer Island, purportedly smoking cannabis and causing cast members to halt park guests from boarding rafts to the island. An hour later, the group of Yippies converged at Main Street, U.S.A. and became confrontational with other park guests and riot police after tearing down patriotic bunting while unfurling Viet Cong and Youth International Party flags. Standby riot police entered and the park was evacuated around 5:00 p.m. when some of the insurgents approached the park's Bank of America branch, sparking concern that the building could be burned in a similar fashion to the arson of a Bank of America in Isla Vista in February 1970. Police arrested 23 park guests and it was only the second unexpected early closure in park history, the first being in response to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. The incident was cited as a clash of the park management's perceived appeal to tradition following the death of Walt Disney and the growing counterculture movement among young people in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Stephen |title=How a Band of Yippies Shut Down Disneyland for Just the Second Time in History |url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/disneyland-shut-down-1970/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=LAmag.com |date=July 8, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Kristin |title=How a Group of '70s Radicals Tried (and Failed) to Invade Disneyland |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/disneyland-yippies-1970 |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=Atlas Obscura |date=July 19, 2017}}

Despite the opening of the more expansive Walt Disney World resort in 1971, Disneyland continued to set attendance records and maintained its status as a major tourist attraction. In 1972, the Bear Country land was opened and the Main Street Electrical Parade was introduced.

Disneyland underwent several changes in preparation for the United States Bicentennial. In 1974, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress was replaced with America Sings, an audio-animatronic theater show featuring the history of American music. America on Parade debuted in 1975 and ran through 1976 in celebration of the bicentennial.

Several of the park's earliest attractions received major changes or were replaced in the mid-to-late 1970s. The Flight to the Moon attraction was rethemed as Mission to Mars in March 1975, five years after Apollo 11 had successfully landed humans on the Moon. Construction of Space Mountain began that same year adjacent to the new Mission to Mars attraction but was delayed by El Niño-related weather complications. The ride opened in 1977 to much acclaim as lines would often stretch all the way to Main Street, U.S.A. The final major change of the decade came in 1977 when the slow-paced Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland was closed and replaced by the similarly themed Big Thunder Mountain Railroad rollercoaster in 1979.{{cite news |last1=Eades |first1=Mark |title=Part 4: This is how Disneyland looked in the 1970s |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/07/14/part-4-this-is-how-disneyland-looked-in-the-1970s/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=Orange County Register |publisher=Southern California News Group |date=July 14, 2016 |url-access=limited}}

Fantasyland was closed for refurbishment in 1982 and reopened to the public in 1983 as "New Fantasyland."

On December 5, 1985, to celebrate Disneyland's 30th year in operation, one million balloons were launched along the streets bordering Disneyland as part of the Skyfest Celebration.{{cite news |last1 = Kopetman |first1 = Roxana |title = An Airy Birthday Salute to Disneyland |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-06-me-674-story.html |access-date = February 17, 2020 |work = Los Angeles Times |date = December 6, 1985 }}

In the late 1990s, work began to expand the one-park, one-hotel property. Disneyland Park, the Disneyland Hotel, the site of the original parking lot, and acquired surrounding properties were earmarked to become part of the Disneyland Resort. At that time, the property saw the addition of the Disney California Adventure theme park, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex named Downtown Disney, a remodeled Disneyland Hotel, the construction of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, and the acquisition and re-branding of the Pan Pacific Hotel as Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel (renamed to Pixar Place Hotel in 2024).{{Cite web |last=Miramontes |first=Génesis Miranda |date=2023-10-23 |title=Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel to transform into Pixar Place Hotel |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/disneys-paradise-pier-hotel-to-transform-into-pixar-place-hotel/3250151/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}} The park was renamed "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it from the larger complex under construction. Because the existing parking lot (south of Disneyland) was repurposed by these projects, the six-level, 10,250-space Mickey and Friends parking structure was constructed in the northwest corner. Upon completion in 2000, it was the largest parking structure in the United States.{{cite web |url = https://www.forbes.com/2008/04/10/parking-automobiles-retail-biz-logistics-cx_ew_0410parking_slide_7.html |title = The World's Largest Parking Lots |date = April 10, 2008 |access-date = March 3, 2009 |work = Forbes |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090225183050/http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/10/parking-automobiles-retail-biz-logistics-cx_ew_0410parking_slide_7.html |archive-date = February 25, 2009 }}

The park's management team during the mid-1990s was a source of controversy among fans and employees. In an effort to boost profits, various changes were begun by then-executives Cynthia Harriss and Paul Pressler. While their initiatives provided a short-term increase in shareholder returns, they drew widespread criticism for their lack of foresight. The retail backgrounds of Harriss and Pressler led to a gradual shift in Disneyland's focus from attractions to merchandising. Outside consultants McKinsey & Company were brought in to help streamline operations, resulting in many changes and cutbacks. After nearly a decade of deferred maintenance, the original park was showing signs of neglect. Fans of the park decried the perceived decline in customer value and park quality and rallied for the dismissal of the management team.{{cite news |title = Self-Styled Keepers of the Magic Kingdom |first = Marla |last = Dickerson |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = September 12, 1996 |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-12-mn-42945-story.html |access-date = September 15, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511193805/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-12/news/mn-42945_1_magic-kingdom |archive-date = May 11, 2011 }}

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Matt Ouimet, the former president of the Disney Cruise Line, was promoted to assume leadership of the Disneyland Resort in late 2003. Shortly afterward, he selected Greg Emmer as Senior Vice President of Operations. Emmer was a long-time Disney cast member who had worked at Disneyland in his youth prior to moving to Florida and held multiple executive leadership positions at the Walt Disney World Resort. Ouimet set about reversing certain trends, especially concerning cosmetic maintenance and a return to the original infrastructure maintenance schedule, in hopes of restoring Disneyland's former safety record. Similarly to Walt Disney, Ouimet and Emmer could often be seen walking the park during business hours with members of their respective staff, wearing cast member name badges, standing in line for attractions, and welcoming guests' comments. In July 2006, Ouimet left The Walt Disney Company to become president of Starwood. Soon after, Ed Grier, executive managing director of Walt Disney Attractions Japan, was named president of the resort. In October 2009, Grier announced his retirement, and was replaced by George Kalogridis.

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The "Happiest Homecoming on Earth" was an eighteen-month-long celebration (held through 2005 and 2006) of the fiftieth anniversary of Disneyland Park, also celebrating Disneyland's milestone throughout Disney parks worldwide. In 2004, the park underwent major renovations in preparation, restoring many attractions, notably Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Attractions that had been in the park on opening day had one ride vehicle painted gold, and the park was decorated with fifty Golden Mickey Ears. The celebration started on May 5, 2005, and ended on September 30, 2006, and was followed by the "Year of a Million Dreams" celebration, lasting twenty-seven months and ending on December 31, 2008.

Beginning on January 1, 2010, Disney Parks hosted the Give a Day, Get a Disney Day volunteer program, in which Disney encouraged people to volunteer with a participating charity and receive a free Disney Day at either a Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World park. On March 9, 2010, Disney announced that it had reached its goal of one million volunteers and ended the promotion to anyone who had not yet registered and signed up for a specific volunteer situation.

In July 2015, Disneyland celebrated its 60th Diamond Celebration anniversary.{{cite web |url = https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/disneyland-resort-diamond-celebration-continues-through-september-5-2016/ |title = Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration Continues Through September 5, 2016 |date = September 22, 2015 |access-date = March 17, 2017 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170318095303/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/disneyland-resort-diamond-celebration-continues-through-september-5-2016/ |archive-date = March 18, 2017 }} Disneyland Park introduced the Paint the Night parade and Disneyland Forever fireworks show, and Sleeping Beauty Castle was decorated in diamonds with a large "60" logo. The Diamond Celebration concluded in September 2016 and the whole decoration of the anniversary was removed around Halloween 2016.

Disneyland Park, along with Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and the resort hotels, closed indefinitely starting March 14, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |last = Barnes |first = Brooks |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/disneyland-coronavirus.html |title = Disney Parks and Cruise Line Will Close in Response to Coronavirus |date = March 12, 2020 |work = The New York Times |access-date = March 14, 2020 |language = en-US |issn = 0362-4331 }} After nearly four months of closure, Downtown Disney reopened on July 9, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Welcome Back to Downtown Disney District, Phased Reopening Begins Today at Disneyland Resort|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-back-to-downtown-disney-district-phased-reopening-begins-today-at-disneyland-resort/|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Disney Parks Blog|date=July 9, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811200339/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-back-to-downtown-disney-district-phased-reopening-begins-today-at-disneyland-resort/|url-status=dead}} The parks had been scheduled to reopen on Disneyland's 65th anniversary on July 17, 2020, but due to rising cases in California, the parks' reopening was once again postponed.{{Cite web|url=https://themeparkinsider.com/flume/202006/7518/|title=Disneyland Plans to Reopen on July 17|website=Theme Park Insider}}{{Cite web|last1=Figueroa·June 24|first1=Jessica|last2=read|first2=2020·3 Comments·2 min|date=June 24, 2020|title=BREAKING: Disneyland Resort Cancels July 17th Reopening, Delays Theme Parks Returning|url=https://wdwnt.com/2020/06/breaking-disneyland-resort-officially-postpones-july-17-reopening/|access-date=June 26, 2020|website=WDW News Today|language=en-US}} It was expected to stay closed until at least December 31, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disneyland-closed-california-disney-chapek-1234830550/|title=Disneyland Expected to Stay Closed Until at Least Dec. 31|publisher=Variety|date=November 12, 2020|first=Elaine|last=Low|access-date=December 31, 2020}} In February 2021, Disneyland announced a limited-capacity ticketed event called "A Touch of Disney", which would offer guests to shop at stores and enjoy eateries around the park from March 18 through April 19, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/disneyland-mini-reopening-march-1234700179/|title=Disneyland Officials Release Details About Mini Reopening In March Called A Touch Of Disney|date=February 24, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2021|last=Tapp|first=Tom|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/disneyland-universal-studios-theme-parks-reopening-pandemic-1234925735/|title=Disneyland and Other Theme Parks Prepare to Reopen — and Bring Back Thousands of Workers Amid Pandemic|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2021|author=Elaine Low|quote=Duarte says about 400 to 500 of Local 50's members are headed back to work for a Touch of Disney, which currently runs from March 18 through April 19 but will release more tickets on a rolling basis.|publisher=Variety}} On March 5, 2021, it was announced by the California Department of Public Health that Disneyland could reopen with capacity restrictions beginning April 1, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://abc7.com/travel/california-to-allow-theme-parks-like-disneyland-live-shows-to-resume-at-reduced-capacity-on-april-1/10391723/|title=California to allow theme parks like Disneyland, live shows to resume at reduced capacity on April 1|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|publisher=ABC7}}{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/california-reopen-theme-parks-disneyland-stadiums-1234708201/|title=California To Allow Reopening Of Disneyland, Other Theme Parks, Outdoor Sports Stadiums|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021|last=Tapp|first=Tom|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}} The following week, then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek said that the company was planning on officially reopening the park in late April 2021.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/disneyland-to-open-late-april-ceo-bob-chapek-1234710095/|title=Disneyland To Open In Late April, Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2021|last=Goldsmith|first=Jill|publisher=Deadline Hollywood}} Disneyland along with Disney California Adventure officially reopened on April 30, 2021, with limited capacity and social distancing/mask guidelines in effect.{{cite news|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/magic-is-back-at-disneyland-resort-theme-parks-plan-to-reopen-on-april-30/|title=Magic is Back at Disneyland Resort! Theme Parks Plan to Reopen on April 30|date=March 17, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2021|last=Ramirez|first=Michael|publisher=Disney Parks Blog|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317153703/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/magic-is-back-at-disneyland-resort-theme-parks-plan-to-reopen-on-april-30/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Goldsmith|first=Jill|title=Disneyland To Reopen On April 30 At Limited Capacity|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/disneyland-to-reopen-on-april-30-at-limited-capacity-1234716480/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 17, 2021|date=March 17, 2021}} On June 15, 2021, Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and other theme parks in California were permitted to return to full capacity with most COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lifted per California governor Gavin Newsom's Blueprint for a Safer Economy phased re-opening. Prior to this, Disneyland was operating at reduced guest capacity since it re-opened on April 30, 2021, after 13 months of closure due to the pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=Brady |title=How California theme parks will change when pandemic restrictions end on Tuesday, June 15 |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/06/11/how-california-theme-parks-will-change-when-pandemic-restrictions-end-on-tuesday-june-15/ |website=Orange County Register |date=June 11, 2021}}

On March 25, 2021, the company announced a plan titled DisneylandForward to expand the park with more rides, restaurants, and shops with the Anaheim City Council expected to receive the development plans for approval by 2023.{{Cite web|last1=Macdonald|first1=Brady|last2=Wheeler|first2=Ian|title=Disneyland unveils plans for theme park, retail and parking expansion|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/25/disneyland-unveils-plans-for-theme-park-retail-and-parking-expansion/|publisher=The OC Register|access-date=March 25, 2021|date=March 26, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/03/25/disneyland-expansion-plans-anaheim/|title=Disneyland Announces Planning Efforts For Expansion Including More Rides, Restaurants And Shops|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=March 26, 2021|author=CBSLA Staff|publisher=CBS Los Angeles}} The plan was approved by the Anaheim City Council on May 7th, 2024.{{cite web |last1=Tapp |first1=Tom |title=Disney's $1.9B DisneylandForward Plan Gets Final Approval From Anaheim City Council; Major Changes Set For Walt's Original Park |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/disneylandforward-final-approval-anaheim-1235908052/ |website=Deadline |date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=10 March 2025}}

On January 27, 2023, Disneyland kicked off the year-long celebration of the centennial of The Walt Disney Company, Disney100. Disneyland Park introduced the Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction and Wondrous Journeys fireworks show.

On April 13, 2023, it was announced that Disneyland would be holding its first official "Pride Nite", supporting the LGBTQ community. This comes 25 years after the first celebrated 'Gay Day' at Disneyland, which is identical to the Gay Days at Walt Disney World celebration.{{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Christian |title='Pride Nite' officially coming to Disneyland in June |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-13/disneyland-pride-nite-lgbtq-event-anaheim-california |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 2023}}{{cite web |last=Ball |first=Steve |title='Gay Day' Crowd Meets to Enjoy Disneyland |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-11-me-31480-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230502171437/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-11-me-31480-story.html |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |date=October 11, 1998}} In May 2023, a video featuring an employee positioned in Fantasyland at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique as one of the Fairy Godmother's apprentices was published on TikTok, generating both criticism from conservative commentators and support from fans on social media due to the employee being male-presenting.{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Meredith |title=Parents defend Nick the Fairy Godmother's apprentice at Disneyland after viral video |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fairy-godmother-apprentice-nick-disneyland-b2365025.html |website=The Independent |date=June 27, 2023 |access-date=10 March 2025}}

On May 18, 2024, Disneyland character performers voted to join the Actors' Equity Association, with 79% voting in favor. The decision marked the first time these workers have unionized since Disneyland's opening in 1955.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2024 |title=Disneyland's character performers vote to unionize – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disneyland-character-performerers-vote-to-unionize-anaheim-southern-california-actors-equity-association/ |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

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{{Main|List of Disneyland attractions|List of former Disneyland attractions}}

Disneyland Park consists of nine themed "lands" and a number of concealed backstage areas, and occupies over {{convert|100|acre|ha}} The park opened with Main Street, USA, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland, and has since added New Orleans Square in 1966, Bear Country in 1972 (now known as Bayou Country), Mickey's Toontown in 1993, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019.{{cite web |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-galaxys-edge-opening-dates-set-may-august-1192999 |title = Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Sets Opening Dates |last1 = Vlessing |first1 = Etan |last2 = Parker |first2 = Ryan |website = The Hollywood Reporter |date = March 7, 2019 |access-date = June 1, 2019 }} In 1957, Holidayland opened to the public with a {{convert|9|acre|adj=on|spell=in}} recreation area including a circus and baseball diamond, and was closed in late 1961. Throughout the park are "Hidden Mickeys", representations of Mickey Mouse heads inserted subtly into the design of attractions and environmental decor. An elevated berm supports the {{track gauge|3ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge Disneyland Railroad that circumnavigates the park.

File:Disneyland Main Street.jpg|Main Street, USA
(2010)

File:Adventureland sign at Disneyland.jpg|Adventureland entrance

File:Frontierland, Disneyland.jpg|Frontierland
(Big Thunder Mountain Railroad)

File:Disneyland Fantasyland IMG 3950.jpg|Fantasyland
(Peter Pan's Flight in the foreground and the Matterhorn Bobsleds in the background)

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(Space Mountain in 2010)

File:Haunted Mansion, 2025.jpg|New Orleans Square
(the Haunted Mansion)

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(Tiana's Bayou Adventure)

File:Mickey's Toontown, 2025.jpg|Mickey's Toontown
(Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway)

File:Galaxy's Edge, Disneyland.jpg|Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
(Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run)

{{Main|Main Street, USA#Disneyland}}

Main Street, USA is patterned after a typical Midwest town of the early 20th century, and took much inspiration from Walt Disney's hometown, Marceline, Missouri.{{cite web |last1=Bordsen |first1=John |title=This tiny town is the site of Disney's 'lost' park |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/marceline-missouri-lost-disney-park/index.html |website=cnn.com |date=June 12, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Main Street, USA has a train station, town square, movie theater, city hall, firehouse with a steam-powered pump engine, emporium, shops, arcades, double-decker bus, horse-drawn streetcar, and jitneys.{{cite book |last1=Samuel |first1=Lawrence |title=Remembering America: How We Have Told Our Past |date=2015 |publisher=Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska |isbn=9780803280830 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9GNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} The second-story of the firehouse is where Walt Disney had his personal apartment, where it still exists today, off-limits to the public. Main Street is also home to The Disney Gallery and the Opera House which showcases Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, a show featuring an Audio-Animatronics figure of Abraham Lincoln. At the far end of Main Street, USA is Sleeping Beauty Castle, the Partners statue, and the Central Plaza (also known as the Hub), which is a portal to most of the themed lands: the entrance to Fantasyland is by way of a drawbridge across a moat and through the castle.{{cite web |title=Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse Partners Statue at Disneyland in Anaheim, California |url=https://www.encirclephotos.com/image/walt-disney-and-mickey-mouse-partners-statue-at-disneyland-in-anaheim-california/ |website=encirclephotos.com |publisher=Encircle Photos |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Adventureland, Frontierland, and Tomorrowland are on both sides of the castle. The lands that are not directly connected to the Central Plaza are; New Orleans Square, Bayou Country, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Mickey's Toontown.

The design of Main Street, USA uses the technique of forced perspective to create an illusion of height.{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Amber |title=Five Ways Disneyland Controls You with Psychology |url=https://disneydose.com/disneyland-psychology/ |website=disneydose.com |publisher=Disney Dose |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Buildings along Main Street are built at {{frac|3|4}} scale on the first level, then {{frac|5|8}} on the second story, and {{frac|1|2}} scale on the third—reducing the scale by {{frac|1|8}} each level up.

{{Main|Adventureland (Disney)#Disneyland}}

Adventureland is designed to recreate the feel of an exotic tropical place in a far-off region of the world. Attractions include Jungle Cruise, the Indiana Jones Adventure, and Adventureland Treehouse, inspired by Walt Disney's 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson.{{cite news|title=Adventureland Treehouse at Disneyland Park Returns in Fresh, New Way in 2023|url=https://thekingdominsider.com/adventureland-treehouse-at-disneyland-park-returns-in-fresh-new-way-in-2023-ks1/|website=thekingdominsider.com|access-date=June 1, 2023|date=November 10, 2022}} Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, which opened in 1963 and is located at the entrance to Adventureland, was the first attraction to employ Audio-Animatronics.

{{Main|Frontierland#Disneyland}}

Frontierland recreates the setting of pioneer days along the American frontier and is home to animatronic Native Americans, who live on the banks of the Rivers of America. Entertainment and attractions include Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Sailing Ship Columbia, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland Shootin' Exposition, and the nighttime show Fantasmic!. Frontierland is also home to the Golden Horseshoe Saloon, an Old West-style show palace. On October 31, 2007, author Ray Bradbury attended the presentation of a Halloween Tree in Frontierland, to be included as part of its annual park-wide Halloween decorations every year.[https://www.disneysisters.com/2014/11/the-story-behind-halloween-tree-at.html Disney Sister article]

{{Main|Fantasyland#Disneyland}}

Fantasyland is home to the dark rides Snow White's Enchanted Wish, Peter Pan's Flight, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Pinocchio's Daring Journey, and Alice in Wonderland. The area also includes King Arthur Carrousel, Mad Tea Party, Storybook Land Canal Boats, and It's a Small World.{{cite web |url = http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2008/08/31/did-you-know/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130922011559/http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2008/08/31/did-you-know/ |archive-date = September 22, 2013 |title = Did you know? Fantasyland |date = August 31, 2008 |first = Sally |last = French }} In addition, Sleeping Beauty Castle features a walk-through telling the story of Disney Animation's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, in the style of the film's production designer Eyvind Earle.

{{Main|Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)#Disneyland}}

Tomorrowland currently has a "retro-future" theme reminiscent of the illustrations of Jules Verne. Attractions include Space Mountain, Star Wars Launch Bay, Autopia, the Disneyland Monorail Tomorrowland Station, Astro Orbitor, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and Star Tours–The Adventures Continue.

{{Main|New Orleans Square}}

New Orleans Square is based on 19th-century New Orleans.{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Dean |date=September 15, 2022 |title=A Guide To New Orleans Square at Disneyland Park |url=https://www.parksavers.com/a-guide-to-new-orleans-square-at-disneyland-park/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |website=Park Savers |language=en-US}} It is home to Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. This area is also the home of the private Club 33.

{{Main|Bayou Country (Disneyland)}}

Bayou Country originally opened as Bear Country. It was renamed Critter Country in 1988, and in 2024 it was renamed Bayou Country. Formerly the area was home to Indian Village, where indigenous tribespeople demonstrated their dances and other customs. Bayou Country's main attraction is the log flume ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure.{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Eve|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/theme-parks/2023/04/12/disneyland-splash-mountain-closing-tiana-bayou-adventure/11649430002/|title=Disneyland's Splash Mountain closing date, new Tiana Bayou's Adventure details announced|website=usatoday.com|date=April 12, 2023|accessdate=May 31, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDbCUXbix0|title=Updated Tiana's Bayou Adventure Narration Mark Twain Riverboat Disneyland|last=Laughing Place|website=YouTube |date=June 2, 2023|format=YouTube|quote=Tiana's Bayou Adventure is part of Critter Country}}{{cite web | title=Disneyland Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opening Date Announced, Critter Country Name Change | website=MSN | date=August 11, 2024 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/disneyland-tiana-s-bayou-adventure-opening-date-announced-critter-country-name-change/ar-AA1oAKdz | access-date=August 11, 2024}} Other attractions include The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-27 |title=The history of Disneyland's Critter Country from Indian War Canoes to Bayou BBQ |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2024/09/27/the-history-of-disneylands-critter-country-from-indian-war-canoes-to-bayou-bbq/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}

{{Main|Mickey's Toontown#Disneyland}}

Mickey's Toontown was partly inspired by the fictional Toontown from the 1988 Touchstone Pictures film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mickey's Toontown is based on a 1930s cartoon aesthetic and is home to Disney's classic cartoon characters. Toontown features three rides: Chip 'n' Dale's Gadgetcoaster, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway and Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. The land also includes Mickey's House and Meet Mickey, Minnie's House, Goofy's How-To-Play Yard, and Donald's Duck Pond.

{{Main|Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge#Disneyland Park}}

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is set within the Star Wars universe, in the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions include the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.{{cite web |url = http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/star-wars-themed-lands-coming-to-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-resorts/ |title = Star Wars-Themed Lands Coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts |work = Disney Parks Blog |year = 2015 |access-date = August 15, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150815230427/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/star-wars-themed-lands-coming-to-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-resorts/ |archive-date = August 15, 2015 }} The land replaced Big Thunder Ranch and former backstage areas.{{cite news |url = http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-677658-star-wars.html |title = It's official: 'Star Wars' theme land coming to Disneyland |access-date = August 15, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150816151617/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-677658-star-wars.html |archive-date = August 16, 2015 |url-status = live |newspaper = The Orange County Register }}{{Cite news |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-galaxys-edge-opening-dates-set-may-august-1192999 |title = Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Sets Opening Dates |last1 = Vlessing |first1 = Etan |date = March 7, 2019 |work = The Hollywood Reporter |access-date = March 7, 2019 |last2 = Parker |first2 = Ryan }}

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Major buildings backstage include the Frank Gehry-designed Team Disney Anaheim,{{cite web |url = http://www.arcspace.com/calif/build/teamdis.htm |title = Team Disneyland Administration Building |work = Arcspace.com |access-date = September 6, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223113158/http://www.arcspace.com/calif/build/teamdis.htm |archive-date = December 23, 2008 }} where most of the division's administration currently works, as well as the Old Administration Building, behind Tomorrowland.

Photography is forbidden in these areas, both inside and outside, although some photos have found their way to a variety of web sites. Guests who attempt to explore backstage are warned and often escorted from the property.{{cite news |last = Grant |first = Matt |date = January 10, 2013 |url = http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/186387821.html |title = Disney 'explorer' banned for life |publisher = WFTX-TV |location = Fort Myers/Naples, Florida |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130515142306/http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/186387821.html |archive-date = May 15, 2013 |access-date = September 6, 2013 }}

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File:Disneyland Railroad E.P. Ripley.jpg station.]]

Walt Disney had a longtime interest in transportation, and trains in particular. Disney's passion for the "iron horse" led to him building a miniature live steam backyard railroad—the "Carolwood Pacific Railroad"—on the grounds of his Holmby Hills estate. Throughout all the iterations of Disneyland during the 17 or so years when Disney was conceiving it, one element remained constant: a train encircling the park. The primary designer for the park transportation vehicles was Bob Gurr who gave himself the title of Director of Special Vehicle Design in 1954.{{cite book |last = Broggie |first = Michael |title = Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom |edition = 2nd |pages = 222, 251, 254, 294, 297–298 |publisher = The Donning Company Publishers |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-57864-309-0 }}

Encircling Disneyland and providing a grand circle tour is the Disneyland Railroad (DRR), a {{track gauge|3ft}} narrow gauge short-line railway consisting of five oil-fired and steam-powered locomotives, in addition to three passenger trains and one passenger-carrying freight train. Originally known as the Disneyland and Santa Fe Railroad, the DRR was presented by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway until 1974. From 1955 to 1974, the Santa Fe Rail Pass was accepted in lieu of a Disneyland "D" coupon. With a {{track gauge|3ft}} gauge, the most common narrow track gauge used in North America, the track runs in a continuous loop around Disneyland through each of its realms. Each 1900s-era train departs Main Street Station on an excursion that includes scheduled station stops at: New Orleans Square Station; Mickey's Toontown Depot; and Tomorrowland Station. The Grand Circle Tour then concludes with a visit to the "Grand Canyon/Primeval World" dioramas before returning passengers to Main Street, U.S.A.{{cite book |last = Broggie |first = Michael |title = Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom |edition = 2nd |pages = 215–282 |publisher = The Donning Company Publishers |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-57864-309-0 }}

File:Disneyland Mark VII Monorail Red.jpg in Tomorrowland in 2008.]]

One of Disneyland's signature attractions is its Disneyland Monorail, a monorail service that opened in Tomorrowland in 1959 as the first daily-operating monorail train system in the Western Hemisphere. The monorail guideway has remained almost exactly the same since 1961, aside from small alterations while Indiana Jones Adventure was being built. Five generations of monorail trains have been used in the park since their lightweight construction means they wear out quickly. The most recent operating generation, the Mark VII, was installed in 2008. The monorail shuttles visitors between two stations, one inside the park in Tomorrowland and one in Downtown Disney. It follows a {{convert|2.5|mile|km|adj=mid|-long}} route designed to show the park from above. Currently, the Mark VII is running with the colors red, blue and orange. The monorail was originally a loop built with just one station in Tomorrowland. Its track was extended and a second station opened at the Disneyland Hotel in 1961. With the creation of Downtown Disney in 2001, the new destination is Downtown Disney, instead of the Disneyland Hotel. The physical location of the monorail station did not change, but the original station building was demolished as part of the hotel downsizing, and the new station is now separated from the hotel by several Downtown Disney buildings.{{cite book |last = Broggie |first = Michael |title = Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom |edition = 2nd |pages = 29, 200, 283, 283, 294, 297–305 |publisher = The Donning Company Publishers |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-57864-309-0 }}

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All of the vehicles found on Main Street, U.S.A., grouped together as the Main Street Vehicles attraction, were designed to accurately reflect turn-of-the-century vehicles, including a {{track gauge|3ft}} gauge{{Cite web |title = Trams of the World 2017 |url = http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf |publisher = Blickpunkt Straßenbahn |date = January 24, 2017 |access-date = February 16, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170219134212/http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf |archive-date = February 19, 2017 }} tramway featuring horse-drawn streetcars, a double-decker bus, a fire engine, and an automobile.{{cite book |last = Broggie |first = Michael |title = Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom |edition = 2nd |pages = 29, 229, 285–4 |publisher = The Donning Company Publishers |year = 2006 |isbn = 1-57864-309-0 }} They are available for one-way rides along Main Street, U.S.A. The horse-drawn streetcars are also used by the park entertainment, including The Dapper Dans. The horseless carriages are modeled after cars built in 1903 and are two-cylinder, four-horsepower (3 kW) engines with manual transmission and steering. Walt Disney used to drive the fire engine around the park before it opened, and it has been used to host celebrity guests and in the parades. Most of the original main street vehicles were designed by Gurr.

From the late 1950s to 1968, Los Angeles Airways provided regularly scheduled helicopter passenger service between Disneyland and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and other cities in the area. The helicopters initially operated from Anaheim/Disneyland Heliport, located behind Tomorrowland. Service later moved, in 1960, to a new heliport north of the Disneyland Hotel.{{cite web |url = https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_OrangeCo_NW.htm#disneyland |title = Disneyland Heliport, Anaheim, CA |last = Freeman |first = Paul |work = Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061023054122/http://airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_OrangeCo_NW.htm#disneyland |archive-date = October 23, 2006 }} Arriving guests were transported to the Disneyland Hotel via tram. The service ended after two fatal crashes in 1968: The crash in Paramount, California, on May 22, 1968, killed 23. The second crash in Compton, California, on August 14, 1968, killed 21.{{cite news |title = 21 Aboard Killed as Copter Falls in Compton Park |first1 = William |last1 = Tully |first2 = Dave |last2 = Larsen |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = August 15, 1968 |page = 1 }}

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On October 27, 2014, the United States Federal Aviation Administration declared a permanent zone of prohibited airspace around both Disneyland and some of the surrounding areas at Sleeping Beauty Castle. No aircraft, including recreational and commercial drones, are permitted to fly within this zone. This level is shared with Walt Disney World, other pieces of critical infrastructure (military bases, Pantex), and is typically temporarily established during large sporting events.{{Cite web|title=4/3635 NOTAM Details|url=https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_3635.html|access-date=March 30, 2021|publisher=tfr.faa.gov}}

File:Alice plays musical chairs.jpg host "Disneyland Musical Chairs" at Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner, accompanied by a ragtime pianist in 2005.]]

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In addition to the attractions, Disneyland provides live entertainment throughout the park. Most of the mentioned entertainment is not offered daily, but only on selected days of the week, or selected periods of the year.

Many Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars characters can be found in the park, greeting visitors. Every evening at dusk, there is a military-style flag retreat to lower the U.S. Flag by a ceremonial detail of Disneyland's Security staff. The Disneyland Band, which has been part of the park since its opening, plays the role of the Town Band on Main Street, U.S.A. Each year since 1960 during the holiday season, Disney's Candlelight Processional is performed in Town Square.

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Disneyland has featured a number of different parades traveling down the park's central Main Street – Fantasyland corridor. There have been daytime and nighttime parades that celebrated Disney films or seasonal holidays with characters, music, and large floats. One of the most popular parades was the Main Street Electrical Parade. From May 5, 2005, through November 7, 2008, as part of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" was presented. In 2009, "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" was replaced by "Celebrate! A Street Party", which premiered on March 27, 2009. During the Christmas season, Disneyland presents "A Christmas Fantasy" Parade. "Mickey's Soundsational Parade", debuted on May 27, 2011.{{cite web |url = http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/02/from-under-the-sea-to-galaxies-far-far-away-opening-dates-are-set-for-a-soundsational-summer-at-disneyland-resort/ |title = From Under the Sea to Galaxies Far, Far Away...Opening Dates Are Set for a Soundsational Summer at Disneyland Resort |work = Disney Parks Blog |date = February 25, 2011 |access-date = April 8, 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725091108/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/02/from-under-the-sea-to-galaxies-far-far-away-opening-dates-are-set-for-a-soundsational-summer-at-disneyland-resort/ |archive-date = July 25, 2011 }} Disneyland debuted a new nighttime parade called "Paint the Night", on May 22, 2015, as part of the park's 60th anniversary.{{cite web |last = Slater |first = Shawn |title = 'Paint the Night' Parade Starts May 22 as Part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration |url = http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/01/paint-the-night-parade-starts-may-22-as-part-of-the-disneyland-resort-diamond-celebration/ |work = Disney Parks Blog |access-date = February 3, 2015 |date = January 28, 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150202065627/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/01/paint-the-night-parade-starts-may-22-as-part-of-the-disneyland-resort-diamond-celebration/ |archive-date = February 2, 2015 }} For two weeks in 2020 before the closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the parade "Magic Happens" debuted. There was also a virtual parade available for a limited time.{{cite web|url=https://news.disney.com/virtual-magic-happens-parade|title=Virtual Magic Happens Parade – press release |publisher=Disney News}} At D23 Expo 2022, it was announced that "Magic Happens" would return to Disneyland in spring 2023.{{cite web|url=https://blogmickey.com/2022/09/magic-happens-returning-to-disneyland-in-spring-2023/|title=Magic Happens Parade Returning to Disneyland in Spring 2023|author=Steve|work=Blog Mickey|date=September 11, 2022|accessdate=September 18, 2022}}

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Fireworks shows synchronized with Disney songs and often have appearances from Tinker Bell (and other characters) flying in the sky above Sleeping Beauty Castle. Since 2000, presentations have become more elaborate, featuring new pyrotechnics, launch techniques, and story lines. In 2004, Disneyland introduced a new air launch pyrotechnics system, reducing ground-level smoke and noise and decreasing negative environmental impacts. At the time the technology debuted, Disney announced it would donate the patents to a non-profit organization for use throughout the industry.{{cite web |url = http://corporate.disney.go.com/environmentality/press_releases/2004/2004_0628.html |publisher = The Walt Disney Company |title = Environmentality Press Releases |date = June 28, 2004 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070514135531/http://corporate.disney.go.com/environmentality/press_releases/2004/2004_0628.html |archive-date = May 14, 2007 }} Projection mapping technology debuted on It's a Small World with the creation of The Magic, the Memories and You in 2011, and expanded to Main Street and Sleeping Beauty Castle in 2015 with the premiere of Disneyland Forever.

• Regular fireworks shows:
• 1958–1999; 2015: Fantasy in the Sky
• 2000–2004: Believe... There's Magic in the Stars
• 2004–2005: Imagine... A Fantasy in the Sky
• 2005–2014; 2017–2019: Remember... Dreams Come True
• 2009–2014 (summer): Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations
• 2019 and 2022 (summer): Disneyland Forever
• Seasonal fireworks shows:
• August to October: Halloween Screams
• Independence Day Week: Disney's Celebrate America: A 4th of July Concert in the Sky
• November to January: Believe... In Holiday Magic
• Limited edition fireworks shows
• 60th Anniversary: Disneyland Forever
• Pixar Fest: Together Forever
• Get Your Ears On – A Mickey and Minnie Celebration: Mickey's Mix Magic
• Disney100 and 70th Anniversary: Wondrous Journeys

Since 2009, Disneyland has moved to a rotating repertoire of firework spectaculars.

During the slower off-season periods, the fireworks are only offered on weekends. During the busier times, Disney offers additional nights. The park offers fireworks nightly during its busy periods, which include Easter/Spring Break, Summer and Christmas time. A major consideration is the weather; winds at high altitude can result in the delay or cancellation of the show. In response to this, alternate versions of the fireworks spectaculars have been created in recent years, solely using the projections and lighting effects. With a few minor exceptions, such as July 4 and New Year's Eve, shows must finish by 10:00 pm due to the conditions of the permit issued by the City of Anaheim.

In recent years, Disneyland uses smaller and mid-sized fireworks shells and more low-level pyrotechnics on the castle to allow guests to enjoy the fireworks spectaculars even if there is a weather issue such as high wind. This precedent is known as B-show. The first fireworks show to have this format was Believe... In Holiday Magic from the 2018 holiday season.

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From Disneyland's opening day until 1982, the price of the attractions was in addition to the price of park admission.{{cite book |last = Walt Disney Productions |title = Disneyland: The First Quarter Century |year = 1979 |oclc = 6064274 }} Guests paid a small admission fee to get into the park, but admission to most of the rides and attractions required guests to purchase tickets, either individually or in a book, that consisted of several coupons, initially labeled "A" through "C".{{cite web |last1=Vagnini |first1=Steven |title="E" Ticket Memories: Five Favorite Facts About Ticket Books |url=https://d23.com/e-ticket-memories-five-favorite-facts-about-ticket-books/ |website=d23.com |date=October 11, 2015 |publisher=D23 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} "A" coupons allowed admission to the smaller rides and attractions such as the Main Street Vehicles, whereas "C" coupons were used for the most common attractions like Peter Pan's Flight, or the Mad Tea Party. As more thrilling rides were introduced, such as the Disneyland Monorail or the Matterhorn Bobsleds, "D" and then eventually "E" coupons were introduced. Coupons could be combined to equal the equivalent of another ticket (e.g., two "A" tickets equal one "B" ticket). The term E ticket attraction is still used to refer to these most in-demand attractions, even though the coupons themselves are long consigned to history.

Disneyland later featured a "Keys to the Kingdom" booklet of tickets, which consisted of 10 unvalued coupons sold for a single flat rate. These coupons could be used for any attraction regardless of its regular value.

In 1982, Disney dropped the idea for individual ride tickets, replacing them with "passports", charging a single admission price with unlimited access to all attractions, "except shooting galleries".Pacific Ocean Park is credited as being the first amusement park to use this method; {{cite web |url = http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/shawg/articles/facilities/six_flags_timeline.html |title = Six Flags Timeline |via = csus.edu |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130706023148/http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/shawg/articles/facilities/six_flags_timeline.html |archive-date = July 6, 2013 }} While this idea was not original to Disney, it had business advantages: in addition to guaranteeing that everyone paid the same entry amount regardless of their length of stay or number of rides ridden, the park no longer had to print ride tickets, provide staff for ticket booths, nor provide staff to collect tickets or monitor attractions for people sneaking on without tickets. Later, Disney introduced other entry options such as multi-day passes, Annual Passes (which allow unlimited entry to the Park for an annual fee), and Southern California residents' discounts. In 1999 Disney introduced the FastPass system which was a no extra cost means to reserve an entrance time to an attraction and reduce the time waiting in line. It had extensions that did cost extra and has since been replaced by the Genie+ extra cost reservation system and the Lightning Lanes that cost extra per attraction. In October 2024, Disney began piloting its new "Lightning Lane Premier Pass," which allows guests, for an additional $400 per person per day, to enter a faster line at any time (once per ride) without having to reserve it on the app.{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Natasha |date=2024-10-16 |title=Disney's new all-access, skip-the-line plan can cost more than the park ticket does |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/disney-parks-new-line-skip-plan/index.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}

In February 2016, Disneyland adopted a demand-based pricing system for single-day admission, charging different prices for "value", "regular", and "peak" days, based on projected attendance. Approximately 30% of days will be designated as "value", mainly weekdays when school is in session, 44% will be designated as "regular", and 26% will be designated as "peak", mostly during holidays and weekends in July.{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney-adopts-demand-pricing-20160226-story.html |title = Disney adopts demand pricing; ticket prices will rise most days |work = Los Angeles Times |date = February 27, 2016 |access-date = February 27, 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160228154723/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney-adopts-demand-pricing-20160226-story.html |archive-date = February 28, 2016 }}{{cite web |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-27/disneyland-to-cost-up-to-20-more-as-parks-match-price-to-demand |title = Disneyland to Cost Up to 20% More as Parks Match Price to Demand |first = Chris |last = Palmeri |date = February 27, 2016 |work = Bloomberg.com |access-date = February 27, 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160228102518/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-27/disneyland-to-cost-up-to-20-more-as-parks-match-price-to-demand |archive-date = February 28, 2016 }} In February 2020, Disneyland switched to a multi-tiered system, initially with 5 pricing tiers, with approximately 64% of days being in Tier 4 and above.{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Brady |title=Disneyland has a new 5-tier price system: Here's how much you'll pay |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/13/disneyland-has-a-new-5-tier-price-system-heres-how-much-youll-pay/ |access-date=October 26, 2021 |work=Orange County Register |date=February 13, 2020}} A sixth and seventh tier were added in October 2021{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Brady |title=Disneyland raises ticket prices for most types of admission |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/25/disneyland-raises-ticket-prices-for-most-types-of-admission/ |access-date=October 26, 2021 |work=Orange County Register |date=October 25, 2021}} and October 2022.

{{note|1982|*}} Before 1982, passport tickets were available to groups only.{{cite web |url = http://www.finddisney.com/tickets.htm |title = Collection of tickets |work = FindDisney.com |quote = 1981–1994 data |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070818203704/http://www.finddisney.com/tickets.htm |archive-date = August 18, 2007 }}

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Disneyland has had six unscheduled closures:

• In 1963, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as an act of mourning.{{cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-21-fi-48022-story.html |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |title = Security Becomes Major Theme at U.S. Amusement Parks |date = September 21, 2001 |first = Richard |last = Verrier |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090919124449/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/21/business/fi-48022 |archive-date = September 19, 2009 }}
• In 1970, due to an anti-Vietnam riot instigated by the Youth International Party.
• In 1987, on December 16 due to a winter storm.{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-16-mn-19741-story.html |title = Howling Storm Hits Southland : Snow Falls From Malibu to Desert; 12 Feared Dead |first1 = Patt |last1 = Morrison |first2 = Alan |last2 = Citron |date = December 16, 1987 |work = Los Angeles Times }}{{Clarify|date=September 2024|reason=Did they close early or did they never open?}}
• In 1992, on December 7 due to a winter storm.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177301885|title = STORM: Rain Creates Havoc|date= December 8, 1992 |work = Los Angeles Times }}{{Clarify|date=September 2024|reason=Did they close early or did they never open?}}
• In 2001, after the September 11 attacks.
• In 2020–2021; in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and safety protocols, the park closed on March 14, 2020{{cite web | last=Pallotta | first=Frank | title=Disneyland closes because of the coronavirus outbreak | website=CNN | date=March 12, 2020 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-coronavirus/index.html | access-date=August 24, 2024}}{{cite news |url = https://www.wesh.com/article/disney-closed-until-further-notice-coronavirus/31959749# |title = Walt Disney World Resort will remain closed until further notice |publisher = WESH |date = March 27, 2020 }} and reopened on April 30, 2021.{{cite news |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=March 17, 2021 |title=Disneyland to reopen on April 30, Disney CEO Bob Chapek says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/disneyland-to-reopen-on-april-30-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-says.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317153205/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/disneyland-to-reopen-on-april-30-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-says.html |archive-date=March 17, 2021}}

Additionally, Disneyland has had numerous planned closures:

• In the early years, the park was often scheduled to be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays during the off-season.{{cite web |url = http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/cadisneyland/a/history.htm |title = Disneyland History – Important Events in Disneyland history |work = About.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070919153216/http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/cadisneyland/a/history.htm |archive-date = September 19, 2007 }} This was in conjunction with nearby Knott's Berry Farm, which closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays to keep costs down for both parks, while offering Orange County visitors a place to go seven days a week.
• On May 4, 2005, for the 50th Anniversary Celebration media event.{{cite web |url = http://www.dizhub.com/dh50threport.htm |title = 50th Report |work = DizHub.com |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061030054534/http://www.dizhub.com/dh50threport.htm |archive-date = October 30, 2006 }}
• The park has closed early to accommodate various special events, such as special press events, tour groups, VIP groups, and private parties. It is common for a corporation to rent the entire park for the evening. In such cases, special passes are issued which are valid for admission to all rides and attractions. At the ticket booths and on published schedules, regular guests are notified of the early closures. In the late afternoon, cast members announce that the park is closing, then clear the park of everyone without the special passes. In addition, the park has closed early for inclement weather.

Every year in October, Disneyland has a Halloween promotion. During this promotion, or as Disneyland calls it a "party", areas in the park are decorated in a Halloween theme. Space Mountain and the Haunted Mansion are temporarily re-themed as part of the promotion. A Halloween party is offered on selected nights in late September and October for a separate fee, with a special fireworks show that is only shown at the party.

From early November until the beginning of January, the park is decorated for the holidays. Seasonal entertainment includes the Believe... In Holiday Magic firework show and A Christmas Fantasy Parade, while the Haunted Mansion and It's a Small World are temporarily redecorated in a holiday theme. The Sleeping Beauty Castle is snow-capped and decorated with colorful lights during the holidays.

The theme park grossed $65,151,000 in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/126717773/|title=Disney World to represent investment of $165 million|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|page=37|date=March 1, 1969|accessdate=June 19, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

• {{cite book |title = Disneyland: Inside Story |first = Randy |last = Bright |publisher = Harry N Abrams |year = 1987 |isbn = 0-8109-0811-5 }}
• {{cite book |title = Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture |first = Beth |last = Dunlop |publisher = Harry N. Abrams Inc. |year = 1996 |isbn = 0-8109-3142-7 }}
• {{cite book |author1=Van Eaton Galleries |title=The Story of Disneyland |date=February 2015 |publisher=Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/vaneatongalleries/docs/the_story_of_disneyland |access-date=July 22, 2022 |language=en |quote=auction catalog of circa 800 documents, artifacts, images}}
• {{cite book |title = Window on Main Street |first = Van Arsdale |last = France |publisher = Stabur |year = 1991 |isbn = 0-941613-17-8 }}
• {{cite book |title = Disneyland: The Nickel Tour |first1 = Bruce |last1 = Gordon |first2 = David |last2 = Mumford |publisher = Camphor Tree Publishers |year = 1995 |isbn = 0-9646059-0-2 }}
• {{cite book |title = Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland |first = David |last = Koenig |publisher = Bonaventure Press |year = 1994 |isbn = 0-9640605-5-8 }}
• {{cite book |title = More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland |first = David |last = Koenig |publisher = Bonaventure Press |year = 1999 |isbn = 0-9640605-7-4 }}
• {{cite book |title = Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance |editor-first = Karal Ann |editor-last = Marling |publisher = Flammarion |year = 1997 |isbn = 2-08-013639-9 }}
• {{cite book |title = The Disneyland Encyclopedia |url = https://archive.org/details/disneylandencycl0000stro |url-access = registration |first = Chris |last = Strodder |publisher = Santa Monica Press |year = 2008 |isbn = 978-1-59580-033-6 }}

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