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Opening Day at Disneyland, 1955

Started by Bill , Jul 18 2012 06:45 AM
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#1 ONLINE   Bill

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 06:45 AM

 

Here's some footage from Disneyland's opening:

 

 

From a visit a few days after the big opening, this footage was taken on 8mm:

 


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Posted 18 July 2012 - 07:11 AM

As a renewed Disney nut, I know what I'll be doing at lunchtime today !
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 07:16 AM

Yeah, I thought of you when I stumbled on these. The first video is an hour and a half long, so chew slowly.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:12 AM

I missed the opening by 3 years. Didn't get there until the Fall of 1958.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:22 AM

First time I went, I think was late 90's. Once the kids got old enough to actually enjoy it.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:33 AM

First time I went, I think was late 90's. Once the kids got old enough to actually enjoy it.


Disneyland, or Disney World? I don't know any locals who have been to Pasadena when the new and improved version is so much closer. I have not been to Disneyland since the early 60's. How is it now compared to Disney World?
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:34 AM

Disney World Tony. Duh, never been to DisneyLand.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:37 AM

Drat, I was hoping to hear a fairly modern comparison. Disneyland was really special when I was a kid, loved seeing Tinkerbell flying to her castle at the end of the night.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 09:40 AM

Abby's been to both, having lived in CA. I'll have to ask her.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 11:30 AM

just think of all the millions of happy people that have been there. Been to Disney World in Fl many times, never to Disneyland. What an inventive and fabulous mind Walt Disney had and to my enjoyment he was a dedicated rail buff.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 11:38 AM

Uncle Walt was a genius. I can't wait to finish his biography.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 06:05 PM

And what part did government play in building Disneyland, Mr. President?

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 06:09 PM

not one red cent
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