This is the Disneyland I will always remember. It is the Disneyland of my childhood, when the world was fresh and new and full of promise. It was the days of ticket books, E-Ticket rides, great bands and stage acts and a simpler view of life only a child knows. Growing up in Southern California, I visited Disneyland regularly. No matter how bad real life was at home, it was always a happy time at Disneyland. It will always remain one of my fondest childhood memories. This video portrays exactly what I remember.
Growing up in Oceanside, it too was the Disneyland I was most fond of. My parents stored unused tickets in one of my Dad’s empty cigar boxes and we’d take them with us on return trips to the park. Everyone loved E-ticket rides, but the D-ticket, Adventure Thru Inner Space was one of my most favorite attractions. I miss those days, and will always cherish the memories my parents made for us.
I loved those days in Disneyland when my parents took me nearly every weekend. I was 15 in 1968 and was born near Anaheim, CA. in 1953. Those were the days when Walt Disney could be seen walking in the Park. How lucky I am to remember the real good ole days!
I first visited Orange County in 1953. It was nothing but orange groves all around. Disneyland was under construction. It was still free to see Knott's Berry Farm and trains still stop at Azuza, Anaheim and Cucamonga. After graduating from college in 1955, I went to work in bustling Los Angeles and went to Disneyland during the first week of its opening. Everything was brand new, even the cracks on the bricks along Main Street. Those were the days when California was really a golden state.
Charles Ramsey We’re the same age and I agree those were magical years at Disneyland. I lived in Glendale and we went only once a year or so so I never got to see Walt himself. He is my #1 idol. Eventually I had a job that took me all over the place every day, and whenever I went through Anaheim (or even remotely close) I would enjoy even a couple hours in the park, even did paperwork there. That’s when annual passes were affordable. Haven’t been there in several years so it’s going to be special when I go again. I’ve never been into Star Wars whatsoever so I’ll be hopping on the other rides while everyone’s in line for that one.
Thankyou for the shares! To talk about Knott's Berry farm also totally blows me away! You guys all saw history! I have a question to all four of you. I heard that POP went head to head with Disneyland for the first two to three years! Is this correct? I also heard POP was ahead of it's time for that era. Only problem, they didn't have a visionary like Walt!
Yes! People didn't dress like refugees and street walkers back then. Heck, I remember my grandma wearing gloves to go out in the 60s, and she NEVER wore pants unless she was gardening..
probably won't be as busy because of coronavirus after all Disneyland heavily depends on summer tourism for those dollars kinda like how Amity Island did in Jaws.
The Skyway should never come back. Think of the class of people today and just imagine how they would act in those skyway trams. They would spit, drop their drinks, throw things down onto the people below. Society has changed too much to have a Skyway.
@@drunkindonuts13 Tell that to the Skyfari at the San Diego Zoo and the Bayside Skyride at SeaWorld San Diego. No one acts wrong in those trams. Yes the Disneyland Skyway should come back and ultimately will come back. It will be there for Disneyland's centennial in 2055.
I grew up watching the weekly Sunday Walt Disney Show and the original Mickey Mouse Club daily show during the mid-50's (I was 10yrs old in fifth grade). We kids all were hooked on them and indoctrinated by Disney's manner of showing us the plans and development of his concept of an "amusement" park never imagined/experienced before. There was so much pent-up interest and demand that us kids AND parents too, wanted to plan vacations there! Our family finally traveled from Wisconsin in 1967 (the only time) 12 years after it opened, (I was now 19). Even as a "grownup" teenager, I still was looking forward to seeing what the experience would be. I "got" it! Not the shabby "state fairesque" local annual event. EVERYTHING was permanent high-quality! Beautiful real buildings, lush landscaping, world class "rides", actual restaurants and souvenir stores, one could "eat" off the streets, no gum wads/wrappers, cigarette butts, trash of any kind. We loved it! My wife and I chose to go to have our honeymoon in Walt Disney World in 1993 and visited a couple of times with our two children in mid-2000's. Good memories!
Chris K your comment made my day. How exciting for you to watch all the TV shows about the planning. I was born in 1951 so I was a little young to comprehend all that. But I too like how Disneyland works. I’m so happy for you that you got to go and felt what Disneyland really is. If you could only go once I think that was a good age as you were able to perceive a lot. And they had some good dancing too in Tomorrow land. Then the most touching thing you wrote was spending your honeymoon in Walt Disney World. Congratulations.
Funny, but if you look at the people there are NO fat people. Go there today and they are everywhere. Good representation of America in 2015........Mmmmm
This is the era of the park I love. When they developed the parking lot was the beginning of the end for the Disneyland I loved. Now over $100.00 admission. Game over.
And the Mine Train, Inner Space, Flight to the Moon, America the Beautiful, Carroseul of Progress...Although that, and the People Mover are still at Walt Disney World.
I always thought the People Mover was lame and I rode it the first year. I could not figure how it was the future. My fave was the House of the Future and the Indian Village. I had my Davy Crockett racoon hat and all. m\My first visit to Disneyland was July 29th 1955. I also was at the NY World's Fair to ride Small World, etc....
My mom passed on January 16, 2018 the day before her Birthday.... then my sister passed 3 weeks later, February 8, 2018. My sister was just 50 years old! I miss them both so much!!!❤️❤️
I was born 6 months after this was filmed, and moved to Anaheim 7 years after this was filmed. Loved going to Disneyland 15 times a year for 8 years. Today, it's just too darn crowded.
Now this is the Disneyland that I remember. I'll keep this as my memory of Disneyland. It's amazing how all those who were there with me back then, are suddenly here with me again. If only... for moments.
I will always view Disneyland as a pinnacle of American excellence. No matter how bad things get in the world, to me, the original Disneyland has always symbolized classic American greatness. And I’m Canadian! ❤️
this is the disneyland of my childhood. the tomorrowland shown here was only a year old. it was the best tomorrowland. it came at a time when our country was involved in the space race,and a "great big beautiful tomorrow" seemed possible. now it should be called promotionland. it's one part of the park that fails to keep walt's dream alive. i do love all the aerial shots of the park. it's fun to think i could have been down there having a tuna sandwich on capt. hook's pirate ship or riding the peoplemover. both treasured memories.
Danny D yeah I loved that tomorrowland. Did not like the Jules Verne version even though that was supposed to make it timeless. I like futuristic. Even the lines of the 60s look modern today. You’re right about promotion land but ironically that is how tomorrowland started - every exhibit was sponsored by a big company. And some of those exhibits were pretty hokey too!
I agree... Tomorrowland lost focus and an appealing, cohesive feeling. I adored the 60's "future" vibe. I think they should have kept that and added innovations as needed for the future. I was a kid in the 80's and I thought the people mover was so cool. Not only did Tomorrowland feel like "the future", it also connected me to a past and history that I think is so great (the 60's!). When they got rid of the rockets that really bummed me out. They were just such a focal point. It's odd how so much of the park is aesthetically beautiful and well-designed and then they go and do something like that and mess it up!
@@marianellamartinez6402 Yes this is the built-in trouble with it. The cool thing is that the 60's "space age" vibe, from a design sense, still looks fantastic and reads as "future". I think they could have kept a lot of the rides or the look of it, (for example the rockets) but updated elements or the content of the rides to match our current progress, or add to the "weel of progress" to discuss more current changes, etc.
@@jamlaw i've always maintained that anything walt disney put in the park should never be removed,but unfortunately the "disney company" doesn't feel the same way. i know the idea is for the park to keep growing and changing ("disneyland will never be complete as long as there is imagination left in the world"), but things walt envisioned,like the 1967 tomorrowland, were perfect just as he built it.
I watched the Mickey Mouse club on our first tv in 1955. Wonderstruck at what I saw. Never dreaming I would make it from small town Iowa to see it. After coming home from Viet Nam they had a ticket program for returning vets. For $1.00 you got a $10.00 ticket book that got you in and ten rides. Myself and my wife went there many times in 1967. Wonderful memories. My parents and her parents came to visit and enjoyed going too. Of course they had to go full price!
Obesity did not become an issue back then - McDonalds was just a small regional fastfood chain during the time and it was 1955 when they first started.
As a kid, I visited Disney World from England in the late-1980s. I was astounded at how fat some Americans were. I'm talking about the morbidly obese. I'd never seen anything like it. Now my office (in England) has at least three people fatter than anything I saw back then.
High fructose corn syrup and a generally carb-heavy diet. Remember all the "eat your cereal" commercials? They're probably still on, but I don't watch TV. Pair that with a very sedentary life-style, and you have a recipe for disaster. SAD (standard American diet) is no joke.
Absolutely! I love retro 50s and 60s and think some of that stuff still looks more futuristic than the last few decades. One of the highlights of tomorrowland was using the video phone and it’s still hard to believe we are carrying them around!
@@davidwesley2525 In color, no less. David, you just gave me a great idea. It’s ridiculous we still call it a phone. From now on I’m going to tell people “hang on a moment my entertainment center is ringing.”
now in late 2021 Disney land had ''lost it'' as my 14 year old son & daughter just said to me dad theirs no reason what so ever to go back to Disneyland and what a shame they cant have the same feeling the way we had when we where young but now the corporate side of Disney changed IT forever.
Not for normal people who grew up there...It is so modern, gay, even the girls on the jungle ride will not point the gun at the animals and act like she is shooting at the animal which is all they need to do, shot at it, not directed at it, she yelled, Go, bad boy go away stop, shaking the gun at it...She was so big she couldn't fit in the seat of the boat...Also, a lot more deaths there, because they don't care for stuff now, like in Walt's day...They are removing a lot of the old stuff and putting in basically roller coasters which will scramble your ovaries...It also cost over 100USD just to walk in the door, lunch is now 40USD for two, and dinner, don't ask, but if you not mind the cost, go and run to all of the old stuff and give it one try and say goodbye...Disneyland is DOA...I am sorry if I spoiled it for you
No you didn't thank you for the information i know it cost alot but thats what we have to pay these days you will always remain a wish for me thank you again
At 7:25, I remember how the Jungle Cruise narration was pretty much a serious matter as a kid. I went back in the early 90s and the narrator was completely clowning the ride and everyone in the boat was just looking at each other cringing like, Oh Man, this guy has either snapped or is getting ready to quit. Soon after we realized that was the new wave of Jungle Cruise narration. Some drivers are actually very funny.
A little jingoism here. The ship "Columbia" was not commissioned by President Washington. It was a private ship, privately built, and it was never commissioned into the US Navy. When it circumnavigated the globe it did so as part of a private venture.
We went when I was a kid the summer of 1967. It was truly a spectacular visit. I still have my ticket book for attractions we didn’t have time to see, and supposedly are good for a lifetime. Bet they wouldn’t honor them lol
I want to get into my Tardis Way back machine and go back in time to Disneyland 1967 and have fun at Disneyland! Great video of Disneyland history all though the Matterhorn was not there until 1959 and not at the beginning in 1955 like they implied at the start of the video! This go's in my favorites, Thanx!
I can remember when the park opened in 1955 a ticket was only $1 for all the rides and parking was free. That has changed drastically over the years and I believe now it cost well over $100 per person per day and parking is no longer free either. I haven't been there in decades, but my fond memories will last forever
I was just there... parking $35 and a lower-priced ticket was $134. Boggles the mind! I still love it, there is still a lot of history and good memories. But it's rough on the pocket book and there is a bit of an intensified feeling happening with it, like, how far can they go?
I miss all the live music that Disneyland had. When I was really young I was surprised that we ended up so high at the end of Alice's Adventures. After all, we started out by going down!
This is a great flashback of the magic kingdom! Yes the park has gotten a little out of hand. But our memories of the better days are fresh in our minds!
I remember the first time I went to DISNEY LAND 1971 OR 1972 I ether 5 or 6 year's old WITH MY COUSIN'S MY FAVORITE ONE WAS THE BOBSLED RIDE.. TODAY IS VERY POPULAR THE LINE GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND. .
promotional films like this remind me of going to disneyland as a kid in the 60s/70s. i was so exhausted by the end of the day. i got what i would call aching "disneyland feet". it was a great feeling!
Do you remember the foot-massager that was in Main Street? Not sure if it's still there. It was a big, vibrating metal plate that you'd stand on in the Penny Arcade. That was a must-do for my Disneyland feet!
@@jamlaw i do remember that. i think they had a vibrating chair too. now the penny arcade is anything but an arcade. it's mainly an extension of the candy palace.
used to go a lot during this time. we lived in anaheim and could watch the fireworks each night. it wasn't a happy time in our family, so going to the park all the time are the only enjoyable memories i really have as a kid. the park was so awesome at this time. just after the tomorrowland makeover and the pirates and haunted mansion additions. damn, do they still do the matterhorn climb every day? i used to love to watch that
Walt Disney would NEVER allow Caitlyn Jenner a.k.a. Bruce to work for his company. Walt would be sick to his stomach if he saw women with tattoos , pink , blue & green hair.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's terrible, unless you have someone who works at the park and can help you get tickets for cheaper prices, best to avoid. When I went there back in the 90s and even the early 2000s, a ticket for a family of four used to cost $80. Nowadays, it's feels the greed has taken over
People need to learn how to save money and stop going to Starbucks for that cup of coffee. I've been to Disneyland twice last year and you know how I did it? I saved my money
a 2 person 5 day disneyland trip from vancouver canada cost me 4000 dollars (that was just airfare hotel and DL tickets add another grand or so for spending money), and that was staying at a budget hotel. So spare me your Just dont drink starbucks for a bit bullshit, going to disneyland is stupidly expensive, thankfully we have no kids, i couldnt imagine what it would cost a family of 4 or 5 to do the same trip.
Your doing something wrong if it cost you 5k... I live in vancouver, WA (just 5 hours south of you) and it cost us a family of 4 for 7 full days in the park just over 3k woth tickets, hotel, airfare, and spending money. It is expensive but save money and it's more then possible. Driving is also usually cheaper then flying from most areas
Seems like we all agree on how better Disneyland was then. We have added state of art rides, shows, eatery's..etc. And still find it wanting compared to this. Why is that you think? *Innocence* would be my first bet. "What is the essence of a thing?", Marcus Aurelius.
This doesn't speak to the visual aspect of your question, but Disneyland WORKED better for visitors because it was far less crowded. It was so EASY to get around and do just about everything, no fast passes, no planning, just go and wander around and enjoy
It was such a luxury to be completely satisfied with one park. No "let's go to the other park, now" That's because there was/IS so much in this single park.
I used to go to Disney land every week. Those were the days my grandfather, Dad,Uncle helped build Disney and Even got to know Michael Jackson. I was so lucky to have gone so often and got to see Disney Change over the years. Disneyland is the greatest Place on earth in my eyes and will always love Disneyland till the day I die 😍
It does, but it's actually George Walsh, who ironically was also the voice for the intro of 'Gunsmoke' which starred Graves' brother James Arness! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0W_A6VJEDYc.html Walsh also did voiceover work for other Disney specials like this one about the Pacific ocean from 1968 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HZHl8wqK9Qo.html And Walsh also did the voice of Mr. Johnson on Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars attractions! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eKMEFWcVkCk.html
I could never forget the experiences I had at Disneyland. My mother went to work there on the first day to park opened in 1955. I believe it was July 7th? Anyway, on my 8th birthday Walt Disney himself gave me a personal tour of the park including a ride on the Mark Twain riverboat. He let me steer it, although at that age I couldn't even see out of the wheelhouse much less over that enormous wheel, but it was probably the best birthday ever. I rode to work with my mother everyday and had the run of the park while my two younger brothers stayed with the babysitter. So basically, Disneyland was my babysitter all the way up until age of 9 when we moved away because my parents separated. Walt Disney gave me a souvenir Mickey mouse pocket watch that he signed on the back, but my mom put it in her safety deposit box, but later denied having any memory of it! She was like that unfortunately, only interested in money and that was not the only thing she stole from me!
And yet, in 1970, just two years after this was filmed, a bunch of anti-war protesters took over and eventually shut down Disneyland. It was the only time something like this happened
I love it at Disneyland, I live in Palmdale & go down there often as it's only about a 90 minute drive if you leave early enough before the freeways pack up... I wish I could just live there...
I remember this Disneyland.. my grandparents , dad and uncles went there for the first time in 1958.. i rememebr disneyland from the late 70’s, 80’s and 90’s .. i just went a month ago took my daughter and son, boy has it changed.
Robert, you’re right. And it used to stay open till 1am on weekends. (maybe Tyler is thinking of Walt Disney World, or Disneyland only since he started going.)
gojobuddy And right now Disneyland is closed every day and closed until midnight. I’ve only been to Disneyland since I live just miles away. But I would like to visit a couple other Disney parks including Disney World and Paris.
@@gurutyler1991 100% incorrect. Disneyland used to only be open 5 days a week up until 1985. They were closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Disney and Knott mutually agreed it was best to keep the local economy stimulated 7 days a week and have people visiting both parks, so Disneyland would be closed Mon-Tue and Knott's Berry Farm was closed Wed-Thu.
