Hours:
DISNEYLAND is open 365 days a year and offers extended operating hours during holiday
periods and summer months.
Attractions:
DISNEYLAND opened July 17, 1955, with 18 major attractions. Today, there
are more than 60 attractions.
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 approximately 150 hotels and
motels, with approximately 18,000 rooms and well over 450 restaurants.
Guests:
More than 450 million guests have passed through the gates of DISNEYLAND since Opening
Day, July 17, 1955.
Numbers:
The DISNEYLAND® Resort work force includes 21,000 men and women.
Talents:
There are between five and six hundred arts, crafts, professions and skills contributed
by DISNEYLAND employees during operation.
Maintenance:
More than 5,000 gallons of paint are used each year to give a better-than-new
look. There are almost 20 million gallons of water in the ten bodies of water found in DISNEYLAND. There are more
than 100,000 light bulbs used, including 11,000 "rim lights" used to outline the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A. The
streets of DISNEYLAND are washed and steam-cleaned after closing each day.
Landscaping:
More than 800 species of plants from over 40 nations are represented in DISNEYLAND.
The landscape panorama includes about 5,000 trees and 40,000 shrubs. There are 25 different varieties of grasses, including
three acres covered with five different varieties of turf grass. Each year, approximately 1 million annuals are planted.
Grounds are watered with more than 50,000 drip emitters and sprinkler heads. It takes a 65-person landscaping staff
to maintain the park. The trees range in size from one-foot Dwarf Spruce 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 it clean. Approximately 30 tons of trash is
collected during a busy park day. Custodial collects 12 million pounds of trash each year.
Recycling:
DISNEYLAND has an extensive recycling program in place. Recycled in one
year: 3.1 million pounds of cardboard; 500,000 pounds of office paper; and 9,390 pounds of aluminum cans.
Food:
In one year guests buy: 4 million hamburgers, 1.6 million hot dogs, 3.4 million orders
of french 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:
Total DISNEYLAND costume inventory is 500,000 pieces. From initial design
to public view, a new costume takes from eight to 12 months to produce. The park’s 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 650 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:
During a 12-month period, the park receives more than 2,000,000 phone calls.
The most frequently called person is Mickey Mouse. The most frequently asked questions (apart from those answered by
the recorded information line) relate to merchandise and collectibles.
Band:
The DISNEYLAND Marching Band has stepped off nearly 3,500 miles since its first parade
down Main Street, U.S.A. on opening day in 1955.
Fireworks:
Unquestionably one of the world’s largest displays of fireworks, DISNEYLAND
utilizes the night sky as a stage for “Believe…There’s Magic in the Stars,” the largest fireworks
show in the park’s history.
