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1961 Disneyland

June 1, 1961

June--First All Night Grad Nite Party.

Tinker Bells First Flight

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1961 Articles:

Disney Monorail Every Day Makes A Mouse Of The MTA
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When the Metropolitan Transit Authority people quit fooling around and really want a rapid transit mass transportation system built, all they have to do is turn the problem over to Walt Disney. Disney didn't read any reports on feasibility of ...

Disneyland Performer Plans Appearance At Valley Plaza
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Wally Boag - "Mr. Disneyland," and his entertainers from Disneyland will arrive with a new show at Valley Plaza for three free-to-the-public performances Tuesday at 4, 7 and 9:15 p.m. This will be the final day and night of the week-long Valley Plaza ...

Keeping Disneyland In Proportion
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Gardening enthusiasts who visit Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., where adults outnumber youngsters four to one, are as fascinated by the wide variety of appropriate landscape plantings and colorful gardens as they are by the 50 or more major amusement ...

Flying Saucers Are Reported Heading Toward Disneyland
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No figment of the imagination, flying saucers are destined for the Park, to become one of Walt Disney's latest attractions for the 1961 season. Scheduled to open this summer,the new adventure will have a space station in Tomorrowland,where guests can ...

A Gardener's Visit To Disneyland
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A gardening enthusiast will find the landscaping at Disneyland almost as appealing as the rides and exhibits the place is famous for. You're aware of the plantings as soon as you enter the main gate. They form a background for the buildings, make the ...

Disneyland Visit Is Awaited By 300 News Carrier Boys
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Over 300 carrier boys from The News will visit Disneyland on March 18 as a reward for exceptional effort in their jobs. The young men will see all the sights of the world-famous center in Anaheim, with particular emphasis on the Frontierland area of ...

Disneyland Guides
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Speak to anyone who has toured the commercial playgrounds of the world. He will tell you that one of the cleanest, most imaginative, most efficient, most unforgettable fun centers is Disneyland. The major reason for this is Mickey Mouse's world ...

New Pact Ups Disney To 3500 Weekly
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Walt Disney's new seven-year pact as exec producer and general supervisor of Disneyland will be voted upon by Disney stockholders May 16 meeting in Burbank. According to proxies sent stockholders yesterday, new deal has already been approved by Bank ...

Goodman At Disneyland May 27 To 29
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Benny Goodman, rated the most gifted clarinetist in show business, will be featured Memorial Day weekend at Disneyland. Appearing with Goodman will be the Young Men from New Orleans, Dixieland artists, and the Elliott Brothers Swing Band. ...

Disneyland Inks Benny Goodman For Three Nights
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Benny Goodman is coming to Disneyland. The King of Swing will reign over the Magic Kingdom for three consecutive nights beginning tomorrow. For dancing pleasure, and for those who just care to sit and listen, Goodman and his magic clarinet will ...

Shake Hands With A Character
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Disneyland is the place. of course. From Walt Disney's parade of cartoons and motion pictures started 38 years ago, 33 of his most famous characters will come dancing out of fantasy and out of the silver screen to cavort with patrons as the seventh summer ...

How You Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm
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It was "Gay Paree" they wrote about in the words to that popular World War I song. But it's a horse of another color in 1960 ... to the horses of Disneyland, that is. If word ever reaches the stables of America about cousin horse's job ...

Monorail Fad Or Fashion
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"The biggest stumbling block to monorail as a metropolitan rapid transit system is that it's a 'young' method of transportation. It lacks the experience and public exposure of, for example, a subway." So says John C. Wise, Chief of ...

News From Disneyland
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Wooden soldiers will march, 20-foot tall dolls will glide past, and dozens of other "larger than life same animated toys will be featured is Disneyland's second annual "Parade Of Toys" during the Christmas season. The exciting parade, ...

Walt Disneys Botanical Wonderland
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Rustling her skirts with a chilly air, winter was back for another sojourn, and California's Sunday yard mechanics and professional horticulturists alike tuned their garden forks to cater to another changing season. But in Disneyland, ...

Here Come Dem Jazz Fireballs
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Half a hundred -of the world's great Dixieland jazzmen will come "floatin' down the river" at Disneyland next Saturday night, trumpets blowing and banjos strumming when the second annual "Dixieland at Disneyland" show rocks.thc Magic Kingdom with New ...

Attractions Opened/Closed in 1961:

Babes In Toyland Exhibit

Flying Saucers

Holidayland

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Grotto

Restaurants Opened/Closed in 1961:

Don DeFore's Silver Banjo Barbecue

Events in 1961:

April--25 Millionth Guest Admitted (Dr. Glenn C. Franklin)

Prince Bernard of Holland Visits Disneyland

June--First All Night Grad Nite Party.

Tinker Bells First Flight

Prince of Montenegro Visits Disneyland

Maharaja and Maharanee of Jaipur, India Visits Disneyland

His Excellency, El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan Visits Disneyland

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India Visits Disneyland

ADDITIONS:

*DISNEYLAND-ALWEG MONORAIL SYSTEM (22 mile expansion connecting the Park and Disneyland Hotel)

*FLYING SAUCERS (individually controlled flight through space - since removed) -- Tomorrowland

INVESTMENT: Total to date: $37 million

ATTENDANCE: 4.7 million

HIGHLIGHTS:

The New Year's Eve Party brought 18,000 celebrants to Disneyland. The 25 millionth visitor was greeted in April. Benny Goodman played a three-night engagement Memorial Day weekend and for the opening of "Date Nite," the first time a big-name star ever appeared in the Magic Kingdom for more than one performance. The first all-night Grad Nite Party was held at Disneyland in June, bringing 8,500 young guests for the biggest high school graduation party ever held in the U.S.

The "Date Nite" program entered its fifth season, presenting five permanent bands. "TINKER BELL," a live performer, began summer flights from the peak of Matterhorn Mountain and across Sleeping Beautys Castle, setting off the nightly "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks spectacular.

Sleeping Beautys Castle, setting off the nightly "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks spectacular. The second annual "Dixieland at Disneyland" brought 14,000 visitors. Louis Armstrong led the array of bands on rafts down the Rivers of America in Frontier-land, followed by the "Mark Twain" with 50 musicians playing aboard. The "Parade of Toys," "Parade of All Nations" and Candlelight Caroling Procession again highlights the Christmas season.

FAMOUS GUESTS:

*Prince Bernard of Holland (April)

*Prince of Montenegro (August)

*Maharaja and Maharanee of Jaipur, India (August)

*His Excellency, El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan (October)

*Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India (November)

*General and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower (December)