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Having been built over 160 acres in Anaheim, California, the Disneyland theme park was first opened on 17 July 1955. The park’s building had been overseen by Walt Disney himself, and was intended to only welcome invited guests on its opening day before tickets were made available to the rest of the public. However, counterfeit tickets were circulated and around 13,000 uninvited guests turned up. The park was not yet ready for the number of visitors. However, this did nothing to affect the park’s popularity, which remains a much-desired destination for Disney fans today.