10 Rules Walt Disney Broke to Make Disneyland a Reality 

I really appreciate that Walt went for it and believed he was creating a place where 70 years later you can still go to and have IRL shared experience with an amazing community.

I always think of it as being constantly aware of the temperature of your guest and creating spaces to accommodate them as they rise and fall. It can't be full-tilt boogie all day long for even the most excited, youthful, or caffeinated of guests. I absolutely love the fact that I KNOW that if I sit down, take a breath, and look around? I'll be rewarded for my curiosity with something I never saw before - yet somehow I never feel overstimulated or that something's too visually busy. That place rewards every personality type, but most of all, the curious.

Brickey, we appreciate YOU!

Not only was the berm a brilliant design concept, but it also created a solution in coping with the "overburden" from the many streams, ponds, and rivers. Cheaper to keep it on site rather than haul it out.

I love Disneyland for the flora and fauna. It’s not just steel and concrete and rides. It’s so beautiful and lush everywhere. 🌸🌼☘️🌱🌻🌷🪴🌳

Each time I walk into Disneyland, I get this particular feeling. I can't explain it, but I could sit in the Town Square for a while before moving on down Main Street and be very content. Then, time to explore! I have never been to Disneyland without discovering something new.

You continually have the freshest and most unique Disney topics. Thank you. I am thoroughly enjoying your episodes! Keep up the great work!

Another great video Brickey! So glad Walt didn't listen to any of that advice! He knew what he was doing.

Loved this. The berm is genius and makes DL so special. I watched the ABC show every Sunday night…it’s what made MK in particular be a childhood dream. Didn’t happen until I was in my 40s, but that planted the seed. This video was on point. Thanks, Brickey ❤

Such great storytelling and cinematography! I'm not blowing smoke here, I continually see similarities between Mr. Disney and Mr. Brickey. Keep doing what you're doing; I believe you'll continue to see success.

I'm enjoying this new series of videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious 😄

You are the only Disney RU-vidr I watch nowadays. Nobody goes into detail quite like you do. You have a brilliant mind dude! You get it!

Howdy Brickey. So glad you mentioned interiors of restaurants and shops today, as I spent the afternoon gaping at the photos coming from Tokyo Disney Fantasy Springs. The Frozen Castle restaurant is full scale realness! Tangled Snugly is astonishing in detail…for a burger joint. The Frozen ride is looking nothing like to earlier versions. (This level of quality is why I hope Disneyland does not try for Frozen again, it would be embarrassing, as our parks have never reached this) Tokyo got the QUALITY memo, and are running with it at full speed. I hope Disneyland takes their lead on Tomorrowland.

Brickey, thank you for all that you do. The history, the love, and the feeling you give to every video. This one meant a lot to me. I was a very young child in the early 1960's upon first entering the park. It was magical then, just at it is now. Thanks for carrying the torch.

Love how the subscribe portion was from," The Bench".

Crushed this one Brickey. Thanks for being a POV for us fans that allows us to enjoy and learn about Disneyland. 2024 has found you taking your great content to another level and I am here for it. Keep it up!

Brickey, thanks for continuing sharing Walts dreams with us keeping us informed. Great episode and can't wait for your next adventure. ❤

What an insightful take on the inspiration we can take from people that see the opportunity beyond the challenges

I loved what you says about TRUST. If only current Disney leadership could grasp Walt’s concept of TRUST, maybe they could turn things around and start making a billion $$ per movie again.

Fun look into Walt’s vision of what a theme park could be.

Watching some of your videos again!!! Really good stuff! This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites!!

Congratulations on 40k! 🙂

Spotted myself a few times in background 🤣 A great fun day! Luv the Walt hoodie 🤣

It’s always a good day when a New Hey Brickey video comes out!

Once again, thank you for such a great video Brickey!

Aloha Bricky...thaks again for another great video, So on the bream..I really miss that they did not do one around DCA..I mean you can look right into the park. When I worked there in the 70's Ray Bradbury came to the restraint I worked in, the Paza Pavillion now called Jolly Holiday. He like to sit up on the veranda, close to the coffee pots, and watch people all day after his lunch,usually a French dip, they were really good. He once told me of the genius of the bream and hiding things from the outside. He would sit by the cave you walk through to get in and watch the people he said the reveal of visitors to Main St always made them smile and he especially noticed this on men, he said they changed in an instant and he thought that was what Walt wanted. he was a fun man to talk to and I got the chance many times. He even made point of being on my first boat as a Jungle Cruise Skipper when I took that job,,,oh and I got that job through some old DL people,,,Jim Cora, Dick Nunis and Ron Dominguise....they all came on my boat my second day..boy was I nervous....many a story here But this is your show and thanks..hope to see you I will be there in 5 days

Nice video -- thanks for creating these. Note that the berm was created to hide the outside world from park guests and not the other way around. Yeah, this also meant you couldn't see into the park which led to the other park owners' comments about it, but it wasn't the intent.

Yes again Brickey… people Respect what they pay for. And he had been giving free samples in TV for months. Seems they still balance ‘hey, come on in…but not too often’. I for one understand that the anticipation of going to the Park is a big part of it; as a kid, I had to save and afford to go. DisCo would still prefer you come for a long special holiday, with a tourist lack of concern for spending, than a day tripper who has already seen the temping merch. Hence food festivals! And once more on point about the characteristics of the Castle. Not just a way-finder and compass magnate, but literal symbol of HOME…hence the merch. I know I am a total sucker for Anything with Any kind of Disney Castle logo. Walt knew Heart, and how to grab it.

I always enjoy your videos and I think this is my favorite one you’ve ever done ❤.

Great video Brickey, it was almost like Walt went oh that is the way you do it. I will do it the opposite!

DCA 1.0 learned the landscaping and breathing space the hard way.

Another fabulous video from Brickey. Well done.

Seasonal operation was (and is) very much a Northeast/upper Midwest thing dictated by the weather, a great many Southern California amusement parks *were* open year-round. And Knotts had always had sit-down dinners, in fact their park started as entertainments for people waiting in line for the Chicken Dinner restaurant.

The berm also helped with the immersion since it hid views of the freeway, surrounding buildings etc.

I remember when Disneyland was CLOSED on MONDAYS!!!!

Brickey, love the videos. Do you know of anyone that does great videos like your but for the Florida parks? I watch yours having never been to Disneyland; but I want the nostalgia that you show for the parks of my youth. Again, love learning from your videos!

congrats on being just 900 away!

Really great episode. Thank you

To sum up, everyone who had done an amusement park up to that time had done it on a much tighter budget and usually on borrowed money as opposed to being a sideline to an already-profitable busness as Disney Studios were in the '50s.

Brickey, A 1965 article in Newsweek magazine likened Disneyland to a community of 50,000 people over the summer months. They found that Walt spent 5x more on trash collection,safety and maintainance. Than a community outside the berm. Joe Fowler said, " After that, if Disneyland makes a penny profit, OK." 1964, attendance was 6 million and poured $27 million into Disney's coffers. Newsweek thought that Disneyland was the worlds most expensive toy. Cheers, Chris Perry.

Thank you so much for these videos! I really enjoy all the deep dives and history you bring.

Brother, another great video , Thank you for your work

You have great narration. 👍

Well done, Mr Narrator. Well. Done. "W. D". Walter Disney

I wish Disney would put more story into ALL their bathrooms.

🎉🎉40k🎉🎉 Congratulations

Walt’s real secret is that he knew how to work with people. Like giving Donald Duck to an orange juice company to make his character popular or giving free rein to the builder of the Disney hotel because he knew it was needed.

Great video Brickey, keep grinding

Great job. Fabulous video

Great video. Keep up the amazing work.

Sure, you can build a drop tower where the major difference is the height of the drop OR you can build a thematic drop tower that is much shorter (Tower of Terror is at least half of the height of other major drop towers).

Awesome video as always, question about your Disneyland Hotel “D” hat, where did you get that, custom made perhaps?

I don’t disagree with the general idea of this and I think that over time, these ideas became true, but there was a lot of seat-of-his-pants or desperation decisions along the way that got changed from how they started. I tend to think of the Disneyland Hotel as the long, very tangled and twisted story of eventual success for the company, but I’m sure many similar ones were made within the park just out of necessity, not particular wisdom. That said, I can’t wait til early next year when I get to visit DL for the first time at 54, I’m sure it will feel similar to WDW when I first visited at 8 years old.

Great stuff as always!

Oh what a story they tell

Walt and Roy didn't spend ten days in Bavaria in 1938. They definitely didn't see Neuschwanstein. It's a coincident's that he bought a sandy orange grove seventeen years later and built himself a copy. Stalin didn't have 24 Technicolor Micky cartoons dubbed into German that he showed his grandchildren after the war. Walt didn't fly to Berlin from Nuremberg in 1938. He absolutely didn't meet Der Furor. Those color Mickey prints could only have come from Technicolor in LA. German soundtracks could only be Walt. I like your show.

One of my fave vlogs ever Brickey & that’s saying a lot! Love this way of looking at where Walt really stood in the history/beginning of the theme park concept. Love to know if any of this history is available, i.e., is it in written form anywhere, or your own (very solid) interpretation? Love it & it’s obvs valid either way, I’m just curious. I would love to read a great historical overview, but there are too many books to choose from! Any suggestions, from anyone out there? In my memory as a small child there was no admission at first, just ride booklets. (Never enough E tickets!) Later on heard the news that admission would be charged, but rides were all free. Thought that sounded thrilling. Not sure when that was, didn’t go from 76 to 2000. Always thought it was one or the other, never both, but I could be very wrong! I mean, I was 6 when I first went lol (where are my more E tickets?! So frustrating!)

Love all your content 👌🏼 top notch 🫶

🧚‍♀💫🏰✨...Nope ... there were various themed parks before Disneyland...In fact, Walt even visited, Children's Fairyland, U.S.A, in Oakland California (built in 1950) for inspiration and insight. Walt ultimately hired Children's Fairyland's first director, Dorothy Manes, to work at Disneyland as "youth director"...Disney just did it all bigger and better...but, with an emphasis of entertaining the Adult Parents along the way (...and that was very new)...

I saw chip! Did anyone else see chip?

I appreciate you dude!

Wow this is fascinating 👍🏻

What’s behind the main front entry door of the haunted mansion, visible on the outside?

Another banger!

I wish that Disney hadn't made pass holders feel so unwanted. I no longer go 3-4 times a month or buy merch or eat dinner there. I felt so bad that I dropped Disney+ and feel so sad that such a big chunk of my 65 years of Disney was ripped away. Now they are crying about how much money they have lost😭😭😭 cry me a river THEY DID BREAK MY TRUST!!!

One rule I never liked was zoning rules. wink wink. No seriously, there are issues with zoning laws.

Lol@ calling Walt an "upstart"

How did you ride that car?

Are guests allowed to like sit on grass or even picnic or something?

DCA is proof that a berm is necessary

Charging to get in helps keep the rif raf and huge crowds out. Just imagine how much more crowded the park would be if they didn't charge for admission, not to mention more fights, gangs and graffiti.

When you said Emmys, you actually meant Oscars, right?

Admission in 1955 for an adult. Best research reveals: One Dollar. Yes, $1.00. respectfully Yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA Etats Unis

Hey brickey is that you on how Disney built America?

First!!

I always wonder how my grandchildren will relate with Disneyland. For me (I’m 40), I grew up watching the movies that are featured at Disneyland. But my kids’ kids….those movies will be so old! What will they relate to, if anything? Just something I think about. 🥹☺️

It makes sense that Walt didn't listen to the amusement park guys, since he wasn't building an amusement park. Amusement parks are small and boring. Which is something none of the Disney branded parks are. I love your channel Brickey. Just wondering though why to me at least you come off as the Disney Masked Magician. As an engineer and creative as you say, I love that someone else can see things inside out. I subscribed to your channel months ago after only watching one video. I normally wait until I've seen 4 or 5 before I sub, but your videos are "respectfully" not normal. Thank you Sir for real content about a subject that others only play with.