There are plenty of luxurious hotels located in Irvine California that are the perfect start to enjoying the whole Orange County area. Not far from the suburbs of Irvine you will find some great fun at theme parks, Shopping Malls, Golf Clubs and a trip to the beach if you have a day or two to spend. So leave behind all the fantastic amenities like high-speed internet, flat screen televisions, cable and the HBO Channel and get out for some fresh air.
How about Disneyland! It’s not to far away. Disneyland is the only theme park of Disney that was designed and built under the direction of Walt Disney himself. All of the other Disney theme parks around the world were created by the “bigs” at his company. Disneyland was open to the public on July 18th 1955. From the time of its open to its 50th anniversary there had been 515 million visitors who came to see and experience this special world. Presidents and Royalty have come to visit as well.
The idea came to Walt Disney when he spent some time in Griffith Park with his daughters. He decided it would be great to have a place where children and there parents could go and play together. It took sometime for him to make the idea happen but eventually the park came together. There are many fantasy themes within the park. When it first opened there were five areas. Main Street in the spirit of a 20th century midwest town, Adventurland which featured things of the jungle, Frontierland of course western style, Fantasyland which was Walt’s childlike fantasy and Tomorrowland which was a look into what the future might be.
The park has added on four more themes since it opened. There was Holidayland which had a circus and baseball field but it was closed in 1961. Still there today is New Orleans Square, Bear Country with mountain forest that is now called Critter Country. Then there is Mickey’s Toontown which is the theme of the Toontown in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. there is also a narrow gauge railroad that travels around the park.
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