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Independent from Long Beach, California • 46

Publication:
Independenti
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Long Beach, California
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46
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i yFMFA-Y- fc 0 I fc Mhr, Mr IS, -19SS Loirag Oreoiniii -Wcalf Californias most Hotel and Motor-Hotel will offer the in convenience and enjoyment tp visitors of Disneyland Park. Situated opposite the main of Disneyland, on a beautiful 30-acre orange 7' tree-covered Disneyland Hotel will contain. 650 hotel and motor-hotel rooms, suites arid garden' ments. Dormitory accommodations for organized youth groups, dubs and children's organizations 411 be available. Three Gourmet restaurants, 0 coffee shop persons.

7 To open about August 15th are the first 104 units wi open aboufAugust 15th are the first 104 units with and cocktail lounges will have a combined capacity "'V X. N' -f the completed structure planned for late November. Disneyland Hotel was designed by the architectural ana. engineering firm of Pereira and Luckman Jiarold Hodges-Byron the builders. jf fb '1 th the completed structure planned for late November.

A creative geniu? who has the capacity to, make his dreams come true, Walt Disney has made his biggest one a reality. He envisioned a playground for people of all ages that -would become a source of and inspiration to everyone who came to see it The result "is Disneyland, a park in Anaheim, dedicated happiness apd, knowledge -a land where fantasy and imagination are companions with history, and a concrete visualization of the future is ndt out of place. This wide range of imaginative reality is in keeping with' the Disney scope of activities and is typical of the man himself. When he came to Hollywood in 1923, Dis-neys' assets consisted of 540 in-cash and a bound-. less imagination.

He and his brother Roy, a partner in all Walts in; eluding Disneyland, managed to borrow enough money from an. uncle to set up a cartoon studio of a real estate of- fice. Later-j-much later, he was, dealing in millions to set-up Disneyland; his grandest venture in publics r. j. The creator of Mickey Mouse and founder.

of Disneyland was born inChicago, Dec. 5. 1 SKU His father, was Elfew Dishoy- -Irish -C a a i a and his mother. Flora Call Disney, of German-American iosscent. 1 He has three brothcrsSand a sister.

He went 1 to public I school in Chicago and Kansas i City and art school 1 In Chicago; He Is married to the former Lillian 'Bounds of Idaha They have two daugh- i ten Diane and Sharon. Diane. Is married to former SI C. foot-: hall star, Ron Miller. Mil- Jers recently made Walt a -'proud grandfather iupon the birth, of their son.

Christopher- Disney the youngest daughter, is a student at the University Arizona. Walt la onc of the nations most ardent railroading fans. His interest in this diversion ranges from miniature cquip- ment to scale model, operation on track laid around his Holm- by Hills 1 estate. Railroading -elements often are incorporated- in his pictures, and two 'i scale locomotives, pulling A HIS DREAM COMES TRUE Walt Disney, founder of Disneyland and creator of Mickey Mouse, opens his $17,000,000 magic kingdom in Anaheim Monday. The opening of Disneyland marks the culmination of Disneys dream of.

2-1 A RECREATION, Three. lovely Bwimming pools INDOOR OUTDOOR DINING fi Superb 1 foog and beverages t-i 7 7- i it If: 1: 7 ft. i a- 7 XV: j. exqiUite rooms with epen-oir dining on dw 4, Pod Terrace or Del. Oafte" -Terr A- 0.

f'-- years r.and the beginning for. the millions. who will cars caclv will be in daily operation at Disneyland as the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad. 1 In business, Walter Blias Disney has been 'a life-long partner with his elder brother, Roy, president, of Wait Disney Productions. When the Disney- brothers first set Tup-shop, Walts proficiency as an' artist and a self-taught.

animator was the basis of the undertaking the found- ing of an institution. which today is housed in a multi-million dollar studio. in -Burbank. Although not' his first ear- toon character; It was Mickey. drstineid (u become a continuously famous movie star, who nurked Walt Disney ms a genius of -entertainment.

"Silly. Symphonies," series of brilliant short musl-comedles, came next. In' "Snow set a new pattern In the feature-length lor all agosf tonnii court nlno- hola golf course, aituatad among Calllomiaa lanoui orange grovaa. -V HOTEL GARDEN APARTMENTS 1 California living at it beat. Colors gracing, the urhiehing.

reflecting the hues of the.gor. der.s at the door. An alnyM-phere of taste. MOTOR HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS it nrireJ mama Am, 1 Budget priced rooms and garden suites Ideal for theentire family, and enjoy he cOm-plete facilities of Disneyland tar Reservations WRATHER-ALVAREZ HOTELS. INC.

9343 WHshire llvd weeks it jumped jto one of the I top ten shows ip the. nation. Divided into alternating seg- ments "Fantaayland," "Ad-ventureland, "Frontlerland. and shows emanate from one of these four realms on succeeding weeks. With the.

success of the weekly show, ABC contracted with Walt for a new hour-long daily television show, Monday through Friday, designed for the youngsters. The fall of :1955 launches The Mouse Club, along with a continuation of the weekly show, which received its title and format from the "magic king-- dom" in Anaheim, Calif. for. this wonderland first began to go on paper as 1 far back as 1932 when Walt's magnificent dream began to take form. In cleaning out files at the Burbank studio recently.

original Disneyland sketches, bearing the 1932 date, were found. The opening of this mmgio kingdom will mark the pinnacle it life-long dream foi its creator, Walt Disney, wh for ho ui described It as a fabulous playground something of fair, a city from the Arabian Nights, a metropolis of the future, a 'show place of msfeic and lling facts, but above all, place for people to find happiness and knowledge. Old South Relives in Big Diner The Chicken Plantation at Disneyland combines French Provincial decor and old Southern hospitality. The restaurant, fea carry-out chicken dinners, Is on the bend of a river where aide-wheeler boats cruise through the Frontlerland kingdom and the of America. Customers receive dinners at a serving counter and may eat at umbrella-covered tables on the river bank or at.

tables on a. patio. i Actually, the' Building does double duty. The side facing the river has the wide verandas, grille-work and graceful construction of early century Hew Orleans. But the opposite side of the building faces a scene from the old southwest r- a stage coach and a railroad station from America's, colorful "Iron Horse" era.

This side of the restaurant pas an. adobe motif. ''kvAAA. 77.y,y;A.A':v?V'i::'';Ayy mx-- V- DINNERTIME rMKm J- 1L JZIL -7 1 A 1986 vA-. 'AAA- 'A'A You will enjoy dinner ofthe future delivered -toypu 'yf -J v.

-A Av from an immaculateMiilly-automatic food service. Just push a button of selection seconds later wijl have a complete, you carjnidst all the splendor of Walt jbisns of an exciting adventure visit Disneyland annually. When War II broke nut. scores of trained Disney technicians streamed into every branch of the armed service, and the studio turned unreservedly to the service of Uncle Sam. The first post-war feature a "Make Mine Music, which highlighted a new Disney idea the voices and talents of screen lumi-- narics, used in combination with the cartoon Two of his latest live-action features are TDavy Crockett, King of the Void.

Frontier." recently released, iand The. Lit-tlest Outlaw," to he released this TURNS TO TV In addition to his motion picture activities. Disney has entered -the television field on grand scale. In October, 1934, "Disneyland," a weekly hour-long show was launched oyrf ABC-TV. Within a few I If your hot meal.

Then you "Tomorrowland overlooking the id, at freeways famiiv-sized tables jn a of tomorrow. A- A A. 7 everfy Hlllt, Celir. IIIIS, VRMI. A 'J- Ayy.A-vyv shaded resting place 7 Ar): 7: AA A 'VA -V V- A yy 7' v- NA TURALLY WFF? a Youll want ref reshments during you'rthrilling touDisney land Youll see a history of the confection industry at seven snds located at principal points throughout Disneyland.

YduH see anice cream pushcart of the 1890s an old fashioned popcorn yagon, a coldrful pavilion straight from 'the days pf; King' ithury and MiuXy restaurant of tomorrow. A automatic Iric. -7 A fj: Y-J A EVEN KNIGHTS, Concessions, Subsidiary, of American-Broadcast ing Paramount-Theatres, eat hot dogs in Fantasy land! Just after, you cross the bloat info the 1 i i towering, medieval youre confronted with aVcolorful pavilion-rrfit housinfpr the most delicious refreshments of any age 7. A vv' I- 7 7 7 v'-yy; f' -s 7 'V 'V VX vX aC fj.

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