Disneyland Then & Now

Attractions:  Disneyland opened July 17, 1955, with 18 major attractions. Today, there are more than 60 attractions in the Park.

Area Food & Lodging:  When Disneyland opened, Anaheim had five hotels and two motels with a total of 87 rooms. There were 34 restaurants in the city. Today, Anaheim boasts more than 150 hotels and motels, with more than 17,927 rooms and well over 450 restaurants.

DISNEYLAND EMPLOYEES…

Numbers: During the peak of the summer, The Disneyland Resort work force includes nearly 12,000 men and women. Winter period employees total 8,500.

Talents: There are 500 arts, crafts, professions and skills contributed by Disneyland employees to the operation of the Park.

STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK...

Maintenance:  More than 20,000 gallons of paint are used each year to give the Park a better-than-new look. There are 19 million gallons of water in the ten bodies of water found in Disneyland. There are more than 100,000 light bulbs used in Disneyland, including 11,000 "rim lights" used to outline the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A. All the twinkling lights in the facades on Main Street are replaced on a schedule based on the average life of the bulb; when a bulb reaches 80 percent of its expected life, it is replaced. The streets of the Park are washed and steam-cleaned after the Park closes each day.

Landscaping:  There are more than 800 species of plants from more than 40 nations represented in the Park. The Disneyland landscape panorama includes about 5,000 trees and 40,000 shrubs. More than 25 different varieties of grasses are found at Disneyland, covering more than five acres. Each year, approximately 1 million annuals are planted. Grounds are watered with the help of more than 50,000 drip emitters and sprinkler heads. It takes a 60-person landscaping staff to maintain the Park. Trees range in size from one-foot Dwarf Spruce trees in Storybook Land to the 75-foot high Eucalyptus trees at the Park's perimeter. The Mickey Mouse flower "portrait" located at the Main Entrance is planted nine times a year.

Custodial: Disneyland uses 26 million hand towels in its restrooms a year. Additionally, the Park uses 1,000 brooms, 500 dust pans and 3,000 mops a year to keep the Park clean. Approximately 30 tons of trash are collected during a busy day. Custodial collects 12 million pounds of trash a year.

Recycling: Disneyland has an extensive recycling program in place. Recycled in one year are 2.4 million pounds of cardboard; 512,000 pounds of office paper; and 6,550 pounds of aluminum cans.

Food:  In one year Disneyland guests buy: 4 million hamburgers, 1.6 million hot dogs, 3.4 million orders of fries, 1.5 million servings of popcorn, 3.2 million servings of ice cream, 1.2 million gallons of soft drinks and 2.8 million churros.

Costuming: Over 4,000 different costumes have been designed and produced for Disneyland, Walt Disney World, EPCOT Center, Disney-MGM Studios, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Total Disneyland costume inventory is 500,000 pieces. From initial design to public view, a new costume takes from six to eight months to produce. The Disneyland Costume Division stocks approximately 500,000 yards of material, covering 900 different fabrics. Disneyland issues, maintains and cleans costumes for more than 7,000 employees and more than 1,100 "Audio-Animatronics" figures. Over 20,000 garments are exchanged per week for cleaning during the summer. Approximately 100,000 individual items are repaired each year. Approximately 150,000 individual pieces are replaced each year, with the average life of an operational costume being nine months.

Calling Disneyland:  During the past 12 months, the Park received just over 7 million phone calls. The most frequently called person: Mickey Mouse.

Disneyland Band:  The Disneyland Marching Band has stepped off over 3,040 miles since its first parade down Main Street, U.S.A. on opening day in 1955.

Fireworks:  Unquestionably one of the world's largest use of fireworks, Disneyland utilizes the summer-night sky as a stage for "Fantasy in the Sky" every evening from mid-June to early September. (At the end of 1996, approximately 4,100 pyrotechnic shows had been staged since the first rocket started the tradition in 1956.)