Having welcomed more than 515 million visitors since its opening, Disneyland is perhaps the world’s most famous themed amusement park.
După ce a salutat mai mult de 515 de milioane de vizitatori de la deschiderea sa, Disneyland este probabil cel mai faimos parc de distracții din lume.
Walt Disney’s original plans called for a modest park to be built on eight acres next to the Disney Studios.
Planurile inițiale ale lui Walt Disney erau ca parcul să fie unul modest pe opt hectare de pământ lângă Disney Studios.
A much more ambitious Disneyland opened to invited guests and the media on July 17, 1955, a year after construction had begun.
Un Disneyland mult mai ambiţios s-a deschis oaspeților şi mass-mediei pe 17 iulie 1955, la un an după începerea construcției.
Question: What were some of the problems that plagued the much-anticipated opening?
The event did not go smoothly.
The park was overcrowded as the by-invitation-only affair was plagued with counterfeit tickets.
All major roads nearby were congested.
The temperature was an unusually high 38°C, and a plumbers’ strike left many of the park’s drinking fountains dry.
The asphalt that had been poured just the night before was so soft that ladies’ high-heeled shoes sank in.
Vendors ran out of food.
A gas leak in Fantasyland caused Adventureland, Frontierland, and Fantasyland to close for the afternoon.
