Disneyland officially opened for business on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California. It was Walt Disney's first theme park and later inspired Disney World in Orlando. Vintage photos from the event show ...

The earliest renderings of Disneyland in 1951 included a Little Church near a Riverboat Landing. The church moved to the end ...

Fred Osterman was among the first kids to cross the Sleeping Beauty Castle drawbridge into Fantasyland during Disneyland's grand opening on July 17, 1955. It's a moment he recalls 70 years later.

Disneyland has announced that it will soon be ending its Early Entry perk, which allows guests staying at the Disneyland ...

Walt Disney nicknamed the grand opening of his $17 million amusement park “Black Sunday" — here's why. On July 17, 1955, entrance into Disneyland was meant to be exclusive — by invitation only.

Fifty years is a long time, but those who were there when Disneyland opened its gates on July 17, 1955, still remember the tiniest details -- rides that broke down, wet paint that rubbed off on ...

Disneyland quietly pushed back the debut of “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” by two months from May 16 to July 17 as Walt Disney Imagineering continued to work on the Audio-Animatronic figure of the ...