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Definition: Disneyland |
DisneylandNoun1. An amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Disneyland |
| English words defined with "Disneyland": Anaheim, animatronics ♦ Disney ♦ Walt Disney, Walter Elias Disney. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Disneyland is a theme park, arguably the first of its type, and resort in Anaheim, California, created by Walt Disney. Walt wanted to create a kind of family park where kids and parents could have fun together in a safe and clean environment. The original plans called for the park to be built on three hectares (eight acres) next to the Disney studios in Burbank, California where his employees and families could go to relax.
After World War II, it became clear that more area would be needed, and in the 1950s, difficulties in obtaining funding caused Walt to investigate other ways of raising money. He decided to use television to get the idea of the Magic Kingdom into people's homes, and so he created a show called "Disneyland." Walt was finally able to acquire about three-quarters of a square kilometer (180 acres) of orange groves and walnut trees south of Los Angeles. (The soon-to-be constructed Interstate 5 was built nearby; it became obvious to planners that Walt's new world of fantasy would be so popular and create so much traffic that two more lanes were added to the freeway even before Disneyland was finished.)
Disneyland was inspired by Fairyland built in 1950, and Tivoli Gardens, built in 1843.
When the real planning began, Walt turned to his movie studio staff, who designed a park with five different "lands."
Main Street, U.S.A. relived the stereotypical turn-of-the-century city Main Street. Walt said, "For those of us who remember the carefree time it recreates, Main Street will bring back happy memories. For younger visitors, it is an adventure in turning back the calendar to the days of grandfather's youth." It would, of course, be "great-great-grandfather" now.
The old-town shops that line Main Street appear to be full two-story buildings. In reality, however, they implement forced perspective to achieve the illusion that they are full height. In fact, the second levels of the buildings are a few feet short of being full size. If the Disneyland architects had made the buildings a full two stories high, they would have towered above the park's Matterhorn and looked incongruously tall compared to Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Adventureland was an "exotic tropical place" in a "far-off region of the world." Walt said, "To create a land that would make this dream reality, we pictured ourselves far from civilization, in the remote jungles of Asia and Africa." One of the oldest attractions in Adventureland, is The Enchanted Tiki Room.
Frontierland recreated the myths of the pioneer days of the American frontier. Walt said, "All of us have cause to be proud of our country's history, shaped by the pioneering spirit of our forefathers. Our adventures are designed to give you the feeling of having lived, even for a short while, during our country's pioneer days."
Fantasyland was created with the goal to "make dreams come true" from the lyrics of When You Wish Upon a Star. Walt said, "What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice's nonsensical Wonderland? In Fantasyland, these classic stories of everyone's youth have become realities for youngsters-of all ages-to participate in."
Tomorrowland was a look at the "marvels of the future." Walt said, "Tomorrow can be a wonderful age. Our scientists today are opening the doors of the Space Age to achievements that will benefit our children and generations to come. The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future."
Walt Disney had a longtime interest in railroads and transportation in general, and therefore a number of different modes of transport were incorporated into the park. The vast majority of visitors spend most of their time walking, of course; the transportation systems are in some respects more entertainment rides than primary means of transporting people around the park.
Walt Disney was an avid railfan who had built a miniature steam railway in the grounds of his own home. It was therefore hardly surprising that Disneyland incorporated a steam-powered railroad. Laid to 3 foot gauge, the most common narrow gauge measurement used in North America, the railroad was laid in a continuous loop around the park, on a raised roadbed so that pedestrian walkways could pass underneath.
Originally, two trains could operate on the railroad, running in opposite directions. A passing track was incorporated at Main Street station where the trains had to wait and allow the other to pass. Later on, for safety reasons and to allow the use of more than two trains, the line was changed so that trains in normal service run in a clockwise direction only. The passing track was disconnected and now is only used to display a handcar.
Disney constructed the original two locomotives in its own workshops. These were models of classic 'Wild West' style American [[4-4-0]s built to three-fifths scale. No. 1 was given a big wood-burning 'balloon' stack and large, pointed pilot (cowcatcher) while No. 2 was given the straight stack and less protruding pilot common to East Coast coal-burning locomotives.
Three more locomotives were acquired from outside sources, since this was cheaper than building new (many narrow-gauge lines were closing down and selling their equipment). No. 4 is a Forney locomotive (a type of tank locomotive) and as an 1898 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works is the oldest locomotive in service at any Disney property. All three were given extensive renovations before entering service, including new boilers.
All the Disneyland steam locomotives burn diesel fuel, which is less polluting (though more expensive) than the coal, wood or heavy oil normally used.
Disneyland incorporates a monorail system, of the Alweg design. The monorail shuttles visitors between two stations, one in Disneyland itself (in Tomorrowland) and one at the Disneyland Hotel across the street. It takes a circuitous route designed to show off the park from above and give a longer, swooping ride. Three generations of monorail cars have been used in the park, since their necessarily lightweight construction means they wear out quickly.
The monorail caused a rift between Disneyland and the Santa Fe railroad that was to eventually cause the breakdown in their relationship and the removal of Santa Fe sponsorship of the Disneyland Railroad. Disneyland signed a contract with the Alweg company that provided the monorail which required the Alweg name to be used. This conflicted with the contract with the Santa Fe that only their name could be associated with railroad attractions at the park.
A number of vehicles, including a double-decker bus, a horse-drawn streetcar, an old-fashioned fire engine and an old-fashioned automobile are available to take rides along Main Street.
Construction began on July 21, 1954. After spending US$17,000,000, Walt opened the "Magic Kingdom" on July 17, 1955. Since the opening, the park has been revised and updated several times. Three new "lands" have been added since the park's inception: New Orleans Square, Critter Country, and Mickey's Toontown. Recently, a strong trend toward political correctness has been seen: animatronic pirates that had chased women from sheer lechery now chase them because they are carrying plates of food, and not only have the formerly-hostile Indians in Frontierland been thoroughly pacified but the settlers also have no need of firearms.
In the 1990s major construction began to transform Disneyland from an amusement park into a vacation resort. This resulted in the addition of new hotels; Disney's California Adventure, a separately gated area of rides and attractions inspired by California's natural and historical features; and Downtown Disney, a shopping, dining and entertainment area similar to one previously constructed at Disney's Florida resort.
Disney has built several similar parks elsewhere in the world based on Disneyland's success: Walt Disney World near Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Disneyland Resort Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, and Tokyo Disney in Urayasu, Japan. A new park is planned in Hong Kong.
Inspiration
Park layout
Main Street, U.S.A.
Adventureland
Frontierland
Fantasyland
Tomorrowland
Transportation
Disneyland Railroad
Monorail
Main Street vehicles
Construction and changes
Other parks
See also
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Disneyland."
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Screenplays | I'm goin' to Disneyland. (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked. (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton) Well, if it's a comfortable tour you're looking for, I have connections at DisneyLand! (Megaforce; writing credit: Bob Kachler; André Morgan) Yeah you won't be smiling when we send you a postcard from Disneyland. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) Well if you go to Disneyland, you don't spend the whole day on the Materhorn. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Lyrics | Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sandy in Disneyland (1974) Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974) Gala Day at Disneyland (1960) Disneyland '59 (1959) Dateline: Disneyland (1955) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Zasu Pitts appears on ABC Radio's "Your happy holiday" from Disneyland, California Tuesday (5/1) / ABC Radio photo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Roller coaster; amusement park; big dipper; space mountain; Disneyland; Disney world. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Business | Disney World and Disneyland are also key attractions. (references) | |
Economic History | Hong Kong | The new Disneyland project in Lantau will include a 3.5 km railway connection to the Tung Chung MTR Line value is US$330 million. (references) |
Belgium | Major growth sectors include business travel, fly-and-drive packages, mobile home vacations, and event-specific packages (i.e. Indy 500, ski weeks, Disneyland, shopping trips). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Art Linkletter | The Kodak people once said to me, Mr. Linkletter, you own the world's largest automatic film vending machine. Disneyland. |
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| "Disneyland" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.32% of the time. "Disneyland" is used about 148 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.32% | 147 | 25,998 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.68% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 148 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Disneyland": Disneyland-style. | |
Ending with "Disneyland": Euro-disneyland, Mini-disneyland, Mock-disneyland, Renaissance-in-disneyland. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
disneyland | 14,910 | disneyland ride | 88 |
disneyland hotel | 2,633 | disneyland history | 86 |
disneyland ticket | 958 | disneyland job | 80 |
disneyland paris | 811 | disneyland theme park | 80 |
disneyland california | 685 | cheap disneyland ticket | 75 |
disneyland vacation | 636 | disneyland deal | 75 |
disneyland discount ticket | 496 | disneyland ticket price | 73 |
disneyland resort | 397 | disneyland address | 70 |
disneyland package | 351 | disneyland wedding | 68 |
disneyland vacation package | 340 | disneyland pass | 65 |
discount disneyland | 254 | disneyland special | 63 |
disneyland ca | 185 | disneyland hotel anaheim | 62 |
hotel near disneyland | 165 | hotel disneyland paris | 60 |
tokyo disneyland | 155 | disneyland california adventure | 60 |
disneyland picture | 152 | disneyland secret | 57 |
disneyland anaheim | 145 | disneyland orlando | 54 |
disneyland coupon | 134 | disneyland employment | 54 |
disneyland park | 133 | disneyland resort hotel | 51 |
disneyland map | 120 | disneyland in california | 50 |
disneyland florida | 110 | disneyland information | 45 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Disneyland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ディズニーランド . (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | isneylandday диснейленд. (various references) | ||||||||||
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"Disneyland" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disneylands, Iceniland, Tinryland. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-l-n-n-s-y" | |
-2 letters: annelids, dialysed, insanely, islanded, landside, lindanes. | |
-3 letters: adenyls, annelid, dandies, dandily, dandles, dayside, denials, dialyse, dindles, dyneins, elysian, inanely, inlands, laddies, lindane, lindens, slidden, snailed, snidely. | |
-4 letters: addles, adenyl, aisled, aliens, alined, alines, dandle, deadly, deasil, dedans, delays, denial, desand, dialed, dindle, dinned, dynein, dynels, easily, elains, elands, ideals, inanes, inland, inlays, insane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-i-l-n-n-s-y" | |
+4 letters: absentmindedly. | |
+5 letters: understandingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 6E 65 79 6C 61 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -. . -.--. .-.. .- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101110 01100101 01111001 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s n e y l a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 006E 0065 0079 006C 0061 006E 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758580719178678070 |
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