Happy Birthday Disneyland!!!

Twenty nine years ago, Disneyland held a 25-hour party for their 25th Birthday. Upon entering the park, guests attending the party received the button pictured above.  Tickets for the party could be ordered through the mail, using the Mickey-shaped form in the advertisement below. The newspaper ad is from The Los Angeles Times, and is dated June 22, 1980.

Syreeta was performing that day!  And so were Skiles and Henderson. They already had an interesting past history with Disneyland, which dated all the way back to 1956! To read more about their Disneyland career, click here: Skiles and Henderson.

To see the actual tickets, entertainment program, and a birthday hat from the 25-hour party, you can go to a recent post from "Vintage Disneyland Tickets" by clicking here: Disneyland's 25th Anniversary. .

I don't have a date for the following newspaper article, but it obviously ran within days of the 25-hour party.

 

 

Hey Vintage Disneyland Tickets, I wonder where ticket number one is today?

I've heard people debate as to when the actual anniversary date falls since Disneyland was open only to invited guests on the 17th and open to the general public for the first time on the 18th. I say.....who cares! CELEBRATE it whichever day you wish. Personally, I'll be at the park CELEBRATING today!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DISNEYLAND!!!! .