On this date in 1955
Disneyland: "The Happiest Place On Earth" opened its' doors for the first time. Built in under a year at a cost of $17 million, it's first day wasn't the paragon of Disney efficiency that we've come to expect. Not entirely completed for opening day and with bugs galore, it eventually got the kinks worked out and became what we've all grown to love. Or at least the ones who get to leave there
alive or at least
in one piece.