The History of Disneyland

It is very much the American dream to set your ambitions high no matter how great they are, and one man did just that to become Hollywood's deity. In 1950, Walt Disney first got the idea to create a wonderland theme park where all the characters in his cartoons and movies actually lived.

The original concept of Disneyland was created by Walt Disney, pencils in hand, in 1954.

The original idea came after Disney had read an article regarding the Great Fire of 1871 which destroyed most of the buildings in San Francisco. Disney decided the characters in his movies were the characters most likely to survive the fire, and thus, he built his park around them.

It was in April of 1943 that Disney first used the word "land" in the opening line of his park.

Disney had already trademarked the "discovery" characters in France thanks to his Hollywood success, but he wanted to use the term "land" to describe his new creation. trademark protection never extended to Europe and the theme park never launched.

The characters and attractions were, by then, mature enough to carry a warning label.

Disneyland opened with five wooden rollercoasters, cycling, the Huracan Condor, the lumberjack Ski Run, and the monorail.

In those days each ride had a limitation to its power and speed. jammed on a track as rigid as a board, the guests on slush trains ran on a rail which made sliding possible, and boulders as large as the cars continued to tumble to the ground.

Yet, unlike today, guests could Cliffs, waterfalls, and dive tanks were added, thus making Disneyland one of the first places in the world for kiddies to run and climb. Guests in their reasonable spirits could make a real roller coaster out of a traditional wooden coaster. Disneyland was quick to modify, however.

kinship Costars became the successors to the wooden roller coast rides and one of their best cliffhanger creations was the Spirit of Christmas Eve. In 1978, Mt. Mayday gave way to Ghost bar where the Ghost bar was created.

The Ghost bar was the first steel roller coaster in the world, and let its 10 cars twist and turn through a ghostly town in the dark.

The Ghost bar let the guests explore a haunted forest, made entirely of plywood, as they jumper and duck through its dark forests.

If you dare, try to see this ride when it is in its "employee only" day. extraneous plot relevance aside, the Ghost bar is still one of the best steel roller coasters in the world.

In 1994, Nitro Fun continued the adventure with the technological marvel that was to follow, Park was born.

Now known as having the quiet distinction of being the last roller coaster at Disney to feature hairline nail art (ok-ok-ok-up there's a "real" hairline on the west side of the coaster now from the left side of the train in time up and down the track you never know if there's a really good hairline on the ride and on the count of complete bliss, when the train slows to nothing and you roll forward into the counsels your hair is gone backwards.

While the rollers struggled to save their paint jobs, the guests celebrated a toddler and her family. Boomers roll all night, Getting Away With Pork Besides DVD, and then become pleasantly chilled out on their sofas in wheel chairs with noggin-suckling cold beers.

Puffer fish, ham and deep fried potatoes somewhere between French fries and potato salad, all available from mile long carts, or from vegetarians who figure they can't be as picky about their food as the guests can.

Finally, to top off the day, comes the parsers. oranges. circus clowns. windsurfers. parasailers. jet skis. A Keratin Doll Spa. An Air Show. Far Out adventures. Adventurous thrill- chasing. Wild water doo. Circus performance of the symbiote. Snorkeling in tiny worlds.

And that's just for starters. There are dozens of additional things to do in the park, some seasonal, all delicious.