Disneyland Park
Original theme park with classic rides, parades and fireworks across whimsically themed lands.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Disneyland Park revisits Walt Disney's opening day, July 17, 1955, when nearly twice the invited crowd showed up, cars backed up for miles, and the newly poured asphalt on Main Street was still soft in the summer heat. It follows what went wrong behind the scenes, from an evacuation to an overloaded riverboat, and how Walt experienced the day from behind the cameras of a live national broadcast. Look down at Main Street's pavement as you walk it.
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