He not only wanted a park that parents and children could enjoy together, but he wanted to create a theme throughout the park. On July 17, 1955 Disneyland theme park opened. It cost $17 million, and featured 18 attractions and many of them were based on films and characters Walt made famous. On opening day, more than double crowds thought were coming showed up. Disneyland reached the one million attendance mark in only seven weeks. In the first year, Disneyland had 3.8 million visitors. (“Fame”
He not only wanted a park that parents and children could enjoy together, but he wanted to create a theme throughout the park. On July 17, 1955 Disneyland theme park opened. It cost $17 million, and featured 18 attractions and many of them were based on films and characters Walt made famous. On opening day, more than double crowds thought were coming showed up. Disneyland reached the one million attendance mark in only seven weeks. In the first year, Disneyland had 3.8 million visitors. (“Fame”