Holidayland Articles

ne of Disneyland's most unusual areas wasn't actually in the park. Holiday Land was located outside Disneyland's Perimeter Berm in a field west of Frontierland. Holiday Land's nine acres were devoted to simple, inexpensive outdoor family. Fun. Opening on June 16th, 1957, Holiday Land had its own admission gate into Disneyland and could hold up to 7000 guests for large events. It also had playgrounds, horseshoes, baseball, field, volleyball, the world's largest candy striped circus tent. Although Disneyland was totally non-alcoholic here, there would be beer. Unfortunately, it was almost impossible to get enough temporary restrooms to handle the beer consumption.

Milt Albright came up with the idea of a special area at the Park with a separate entrance to be made available for special parties for companies and organizations. The place would be called HOLIDAYLAND.

Milt Albright came up with the idea of a special area at the Park with a separate entrance to be made available for special parties for companies and organizations. The place would be called HOLIDAYLAND. There would be a tent (Mickey Mouse Club Circus tent) for meetings, ball fields and play areas. Although Disneyland was totally non-alcoholic, here there would be beer. Unfortunately, it was almost impossible to get enough temporary rest rooms to handle the beer consumption. In addition, some of the guests would get sloshed on beer and come into the Park that way. The guests could enter Disneyland through a special gate.

Holidayland was intended to attract big family reunions, or, ideally, corporations that would buy up to 7,000 tickets for their employees and then bring them all together for a day-long company picnic. Admission to Holidayland, unfortunately, did not include admission to Disneyland; it did, however, include access to a special Disneyland entrance where a park-admission ticket could be purchased and then a path could be taken under the berm into what would now be the back of New Oreleans Square.