Mickey Mouse Park

As early as 1951, animator and film prodcuer Walt Disney began work on what would become Disneyland park in Anaheim, California. In the early stages, Disneyland was called the Mickey Mouse Park, and was planned to be a small, 16-acre theme park across the from the Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Walt Disney assigned Disney studio art director Harper Goff to create a series of sketches of the proposed park. A 1951 colored pencil and watercolor rendering by Goff is considered to be the first visualization of the new park. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Disneyland Park is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, USA. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://www. ... For the theme park in France, see Walt Disney Studios Park The Seven Dwarves Building at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California serves as the international headquarters for media conglemorate The Walt Disney Company. ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... Harper Goff (born March 16, 1911 in Fort Collins, Colorado, died March 3, 1993) was an artist, musician, and actor. ...

By 1952, the park was unvieled to the public in the March 27, 1952 edition of the Burbank Daily Review with the headline: "Walt Disney Make-Believe Land Project Planned Here - $1.5 Million Dreamland To Rise On Site In Burbank." By the time the article was written, the "Mickey Mouse Park" name had apparently been dropped as the article was the first time the project was referred to as "Disneyland." 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Eventually, the project grew larger than the small 16-acres Walt Disney had originally planned to use and grew to the $17-million endeavor in Anaheim, California that was finally unvieled to an invitation-only crowd and through a live-television broadcast to the rest of the world on July 17, 1955.