Disneyland is about to celebrate its 60th anniversary on July 17th, but before Walt’s playground become one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, it was just an ugly patch of dirt outside L.A.
If you’ve ever visited Disneyland, it’s hard to imagine a time when the Matterhorn and Tower of Terror didn’t peak up above the Anaheim skyline while cruising up I-5, so Disney released a timelapse video of the park’s original construction that shows Disney’s Main Street popping up in the middle of nowhere.
Watch the full video below:
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
3 responses to “Vintage timelapse shows Disneyland’s construction 60 years ago”
And this has what to do with Apple?
Well, Steve Jobs started Apple, was fired from Apple, bought Pixar which was later purchased by Disney for 7.4 billion dollars. That’s all I know… lol
if you don’t know what this has to do with apple, maybe you should not be visiting cult of mac…