Disneyland celebrates fiftieth anniversary

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Today, The Walt Disney Company and thousands of guests celebrated the fiftieth birthday of theme park and American cultural landmark Disneyland.

Park guests, some of whom began queuing for entry around 3:00pm the previous day, packed into the park bringing it to full capacity before lunchtime.

Arnold Schwarzanegger, Julie Andrews, Art Linkletter, Diane Disney-Miller, Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Disney CEO-elect, president and COO Bob Iger all joined in the festivities, with Disney-Miller, the eldest daughter of park founder Walt Disney, reading her father's original dedication at the precise time it was first read.

The park kicked off the official festivities on May 5 with the opening of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth.

Sources

Lani Teshima. "Sun Shines on 50th Anniversary Ceremony" — MousePlanet, July 15-17, 2005

Wire reports. "Disneyland celebrates 50th birthday" — Japan Today, July 17, 2005

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