Cheshire Cat's Curiosities

The Cheshire Cat's Curiosities

Well, welcome to my mad world of curiosities. Full of Disneyland facts and curiosities!

Just the facts, ma'am

BASIC FACTS ABOUT DISNEYLAND

Location:

Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth," is located approximately 27 miles southeast of the Los Angeles Civic Center. Its hometown is Anaheim, Calif.

Size:

The magic Lands and public areas of Disneyland occupy nearly 85 acres. Guest parking for 15,167 vehicles is accommodated on another 100 acres.

The Lands:

The magic of Disneyland comes to life in eight "themed" Lands.

ADVENTURELAND,

exotic regions of Asia, Africa, India, and the South Pacific.

CRITTER COUNTRY,

a down-home, backwoods setting for "Splash Mountain" and the Country Bear Playhouse.

FANTASYLAND,

happy kingdom of storybook enchantment.

FRONTIERLAND,

exciting realm of pioneers and a return to the heritage of the Old West.

MAIN STREET, U.S.A.,

a composite of small-town America, circa 1900.

MICKEY'S TOONTOWN,

a three-dimensional cartoon world, "hometown" to Mickey Mouse and his friends.

NEW ORLEANS SQUARE,

home of ghosts, pirates, and quaint shops.

TOMORROWLAND,

the world of the future, a panorama on the move.

THEN AND NOW . . .

Attractions:

Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, with 18 major attractions. Today, there are more than 60 attractions in the Park.

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 more than 150 hotels and motels, with a total in excess of 17,927 rooms, and well over 450 restaurants.

DISNEYLANDERS

Numbers:

During the busiest part of the summer, the Disneyland Cast includes more than 12,000 men and women. Winter period Cast Members total 9,000.

Talents:

There are 500 arts, crafts, professions, and skills contributed by Disneylanders to the operation of the Park.

STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK . . .

Maintenance:

More than 20,000 gallons of paint are used each year to give the Park a better-than-new look.

There are 19 million gallons of water in Disneyland's ten bodies of water.

Fifty-one full-time electricians are employed to maintain the Park. There are more than 100,000 light bulbs used in Disneyland, including 11,000 "rim lights" outlining the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A. All the twinkling lights in the facades on Main Street are replaced on a schedule based on the average life of the bulb; when the bulbs reach 80% of their expected life, they are replaced.

The streets of the Park are hosed down and steam-cleaned after the Park closes each day.

Landscaping:

It takes a 60-person landscaping staff to maintain the Park.

More than 800 species of plants from more than 40 nations are represented in the Park. The Disney landscape panorama includes about 5,000 trees and 40,000 shrubs.

Trees range in size from one-foot Dwarf Spruce trees in Storybook Land to the 75-foot-high Eucalyptus trees at the Park's perimeter.

More than 25 different varieties of grasses are found at Disneyland, covering more than five acres.

Each year, approximately one million annuals are planted.

The Mickey Mouse flower "Portrait" located at the Main Entrance is planted nine times a year.

Grounds are watered with the help of more than 50,000 drip emitters and sprinkler heads.

Custodial:

Disneyland uses 26 million hand towels in its restrooms each year.

Additionally, 1,000 brooms, 500 dust pans, and 3,000 mops a year are used to keep the Park clean.

Approximately 30 tons of trash are collected during a busy day. Custodial collects 12 million pounds of trash in a year.

Food:

Disneyland Guests buy in one year: 4 million hamburgers, 1.6 million hot dogs, 3.4 million orders of fries, 3.2 million boxes of popcorn, 3.2 million servings of ice cream, and 1.2 million gallons of soft drinks.

Costuming:

More than 4,000 different costumes have been designed and produced for Disneyland, the Walt Disney World Resort (Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Center), and Tokyo Disneyland. Total Disneyland costume inventory is 500,000 pieces.

From initial design to public view, a new costume takes from six to eight months to produce. The Disneyland Costume Division stocks approximately 500,000 yards of material ranging over 900 different fabrics.

Disneyland issues, maintains, and cleans costumes for more than 7,000 Cast Members and more than 1,100 "Audio-Animatronics®" figures.

More than 20,000 soiled garments are exchanged per week 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 the past 12 months, the Park received just over four million phone calls.

Band:

The Disneyland Marching Band has stepped off more than 2,900 miles since its first parade down Main Street, U.S.A., on opening day in 1955. The band celebrated its 50,000th Main Street Concert on July 17, 1982.

SHOWS

Fireworks:

Unquestionably one of the world's largest users of fireworks, Disneyland even utilizes the summer-night sky as a stage for "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks. At the end of 1991, nearly 3,200 pyrotechnic shows had been staged by the Park since the first rocket started the tradition in 1956.

As seen at: Disneyland Publicity - Disneyland Dimensions and Fact Sheet

For a listing of the attractions added to Disneyland throughout the years take a look at Disneyland Publicity - Forty Years of Disneyland Adventures Fact Sheet

For more Disneyland secrets go to The Disneyland Secrets page

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