January 15--Despite plans to open the park without it, Walt decides to go ahead and build Tomorrowland saying that the park can only open as a complete experience. Admiral Fowler advised that the outlook for Tomorrowland was very grave, and despite the warnings, Tomorrowland was completed in six months and opened with the Autopia, Space Station X-1, and the Monsanto Hall of Chemistry.

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July--Walt and Lillian's 30th Anniversary celebrated at Disneyland.

Mark Twain makes its first circle of the Rivers of America.

The two Disneyland steam trains (C.K. Holliday and E.P. Ripley) make their first run around the Park.

Aerial View of Disneyland	Line To Get In On Opening Day	Main Gate Admission Ticket	Main Gate Admission Ticket # 001
Invitational Press Preview Ticket	Preview Map and Instructions	Opening Day Ceremony	July 12th,1955 Letter to Lessees

July 17 5:30 p.m.--Disneyland opens with 18 attractions, including the Jungle Cruise, Tomorrowland Autopia, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and the Mark Twain. The televised opening is hosted by Ronald Reagan, Art Linkletter and Bob Cummings. The 11,000 invitation only tickets to opening day are so easily duplicated that first day attendance shoots to 28,154. With a ABC television audience of 90 million. One entrepreneur folds a ladder over the park's backside fence and lets people in for $5.

Parade Sequence Page 1	Parade Sequence Page 2	Parade Sequence Page 3	Disneyland Opening Day Telecast
Disneyland News Vol 1 No 1	L.A. Times Announces Opening Of Disneyland

July 18-- - Disneyland opens to the General public. Official general admission costing $1. Cost of attractions ranged from 10c to 35c.

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September--One Millionth Guest Admitted (Elsa Marquez)

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October--Disneyland Hotel opens on 60 acre site next to the Park. Ticket books available for the first time, containing A, B, and C Tickets.

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Disneyland
Dateline: 1/1/1955
This July, Walt Disney will realize a lifelong dream, when the fabulous wonderland he is raising out of the dust of a 160-acre tract in the heart of California's orange-growing country opens to the public. The 5 million young at heart who are

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A Wonderful World
Dateline: 4/18/1955
The saga of the aging cinema star is a part of American folklore-the heady upward trajectory, the few brief seasons on the summit, and the swift descent to "B" pictures, guest appearances, and, of late, odd jobs on television. Next October the saga

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Disneyland Fabulous New Magic Kingdom
Dateline: 7/1/1955
On A sprawling 160-acre tract near Anaheim, Calif.. there is rising a fabulous magic kingdom. a wonderland of entertainment without counterpart on earth. The fantastic dream world is being brought into reality by man famed for his vivid imagination

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All Aboard For Disneyland
Dateline: 7/1/1955
Byways, streets and rail lines of yesteryear, rivers of today, super freeways and sky-trails of the future, paths and celestial seas in the ageless realm of make-believe are ready for travel-and all can be traversed in a single day at Disneyland.

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Mouse That Turned To Gold
Dateline: 7/9/1955
In real life, fame rarely leads to fortune--particularly if you are a mouse. But in Hollywood, almost anything can have a fairy tale ending. After more than a quarter-century of paw-to-mouth existence, Mickey Mouse finally is piloting his creator,

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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea ( Opened )

A Tour Of The West ( Opened )

Aluminum Hall Of Fame ( Opened )

American Dairy Association Exhibit ( Opened )

Canal Boats Of The World ( Opened / Closed )

Casey Jr. Circus Train ( Opened )

Circarama U.S.A. ( Opened )

Clock Of The World ( Opened )

Conestoga Wagons ( Opened )

Davy Crockett Frontier Museum ( Opened / Closed )