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In 1932, Walt Disney considered building a family park on a vacant 16 acre plot directly across the street from his studios. Unfortunately the idea was turned down by the City of Burbank. That, however, didn’t discourage him to further elaborate on his ideas over the next few decades. Not everyone was as enthusiastic as Walt about the project. Bankers, investors and lot of people within the company were strongly opposed to it. However, this is Walt Disney we’re talking about here, he wasn’t going to take “no” for an answer.
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By August of 1953 a site had been found that approved of the construction of Walt’s massive park. Just 38 miles south of Burbank in a city called Anaheim, Disney acquired 160 acres of orange groves and walnut trees alongside the new Santa Ana freeway and Harbor Boulevard. Its proximity to a major freeway meant the park was a less than 30 minute drive away from downtown Los Angeles (nowadays more like an hour).
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Construction finally began on July 16, 1954. After one full year of rigorous construction demands and a total investment of $ 17 million, the gates of Disneyland would be opened for its first guests on Sunday, July 17, 1955. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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