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Disneyland opened on the 17th of July, 1955, in Anaheim, California, in Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles. It was built on 160 acres of orange groves and walnut trees purchased by Walt Disney in 1953.
The 17th of July, 1955, was nicknamed Black Sunday because rides broke down, restaurants ran out of food and drinks, the Mark Twain Riverboat was dangerously overloaded, Harbor Boulevard was gridlocked, and roughly half the 28,000 people who attended had counterfeit tickets or climbed the fence. The heat and large crowds added to the frustration.
Disneyland had received 757 million visits as of December 2021, the largest cumulative attendance of any theme park in the world. In 2024, the park drew 17.33 million visitors, ranking it second globally that year behind Magic Kingdom.
On the 6th of August, 1970, an estimated 300 or more anti-war activists from the Youth International Party entered Disneyland to protest the Vietnam War and the park's ties to Bank of America. They occupied Tom Sawyer Island and raised Viet Cong flags on Main Street before riot police evacuated the park around 5:00 p.m. Police arrested 23 guests, and it was only the second unexpected early closure in park history.
Before 1982, Disneyland guests paid separately for rides using lettered coupons graded A through E. E-ticket coupons were reserved for the most thrilling and popular attractions, such as the Disneyland Monorail and the Matterhorn Bobsleds. The phrase "E-ticket attraction" became a lasting cultural shorthand for a top-tier experience.
Disneyland closed on the 14th of March, 2020, and did not reopen until the 30th of April, 2021, a closure of 13 months. The park reopened with limited capacity and social distancing requirements, which remained in place until the 15th of June, 2021.