History of Disneyland - the magical world for children and adults

• History of Disneyland - a magical world for children and adults,

July 17, 1955 opened the world's first amusement park "Disneyland" in Anaheim, California.

Every child dreams of visiting at least one of the theme parks of Walt Disney. Today in the world there are five such places: Disneyland Park in California, the World Walt Disney in Florida, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. Objects are the most visited entertainment centers in the world. Crossing the threshold of one of the parks, guests immediately with his head dipped into a fairy tale, created by Walt Disney.

Visitors will meet with the characters of animated and feature films, attractions, shows, parades, performances of artists, musicians, entertainers and more. Fans of beach holidays have the opportunity to take a cruise on one of the luxury liners: Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy.

Disneyland Park - the oldest theme park of Walt Disney. Effective from July 17, 1955. On the territory of 200 hectares located eight thematic areas: "Main Street", "Country of Fantasy", "Adventure World", "The area of ​​New Orleans," "neighboring countries", "Country of animals", "Multaun Mickey", "Country of the Future".

Sleeping Beauty Castle. (Andy Castro)

A bronze statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. (Andy Castro)

Animator in the image of Princess Merida from the cartoon "Brave". (Jeff Nickel)

Chip and Dale House in Disneyland Park. (Norm Lanier)

World Walt Disney - the most visited entertainment center in the world. Effective from 1 October 1971. On an area of ​​10 000 ha are located four theme parks ( "Magic Kingdom", "Animal Kingdom", Epcot, Walt Disney Studios Park), two water parks, 24 hotels.

Animator in the image of Rapunzel from the animated film "Tangled." (Scott Smith)

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Animators in the image of Snow White and Prince from the cartoon "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." (Mark Willard)

Attraction. (Scott Thomas)

Animators in the image of Cinderella and Jasmine Princess. (Ricky Brigante)

Figure Goofy. (Joe Penniston)

Minnie Mouse. (Jeff Krause)

"Animal Kingdom" World Walt Disney valid from 22 April 1998. On the territory of 200 hectares located seven thematic areas: "Discoveries Island", "Oasis", "Africa", "Asia", "Minnie and Mickey," "Possession USA dinosaurs" and Rafiki's Planet Watch. It is worth noting that there are more than 1000 species of animals.

Pentaceratops giant figure. (Jeff Krause)

Tree of Life - a symbol of the park. Height - 44 m, width - 15 m (Scott Smith).

macaws. (Jeff Krause)

Elephants. (Jeff Krause)

Leo. (Jeff Krause)

Attraction "Everest". (Jeff Krause)

Animator in the image. (Scott Smith)

The spaceship "Earth" - the symbol of the park. (Atiq Nazri)

In addition to the theme parks, Walt Disney fans are invited to make a trip on ships Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy cruise company Disney Cruise Line. There is entertainment for all tastes and ages. Children are expected to meet with the characters of favorite animated Disney movies and art, as you can see musicals, fireworks show and visit the island paradise of Disney. For adults are available spas, restaurants, bars and discos.

The aircraft Disney Cruise Line cruise company. (Matthew Paulson)

Tokyo Disneyland - the first park built outside the United States. Effective from April 15, 1983. On the territory of 465,000 m² placed two theme parks - Tokyo Disney-Sea and Tokyo Disneyland - and hotels. It should be noted that the object belongs to Oriental Land Company, rather than Walt Disney Company.

Tokyo Disney-si. (Tom Bricker)

Tokyo Disney-si. (Tom Bricker)

Disneyland Paris. Effective from April 12, 1992. On the area of ​​1943 hectares are located two theme parks - Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park, the village of Val d 'Europe, the aquarium Sea Life, golf course Golf Disneyland hotels.

France. Marne-la-Vallee. Disneyland Paris. (Tom Bricker)

The oldest part of Disneyland Paris - Disneyland Park - is divided into five thematic areas: "Adventureland", "neighboring countries", "United States of America Road", "The country is opening", "Country of fantasy." (Tom Bricker)

France. Marne-la-Vallee. Disneyland Paris. (Tom Bricker)

Hong Kong Disneyland - the smallest in size. Effective from September 12, 2005. On the territory of 126 hectares located seven thematic areas ( "United States of America Street," "Fantasyland", "Adventureland", "Country of the Future", "neighboring countries", "Toyland", "Magic") and two hotels.

China. Hong Kong Disneyland. (Tom Bricker)