How Did Walt Disneyland Impact Society

People have always had empathy and Disneyland movies and the theme park changed the way that they ran those things. The opening of Disneyland impacted America in the 1950s since it allowed adults to experience a child’s imagination and its continued importance today can be seen through everything in life. How does Disneyland impact society? Walt Disney had a vision: a place where children and adults could experience what it would feel like to be in a real life fairy tale and let their imagination run wild. When Disneyland opened its gates in 1955, came the change America wanted super badly, to be able to experience a real life Utopia for only one dollar. It changed the way the world saw not only amusements parks, but also a child’s imagination.
Walt Disney grew up to become a world-renowned animator, but before that he struggled immensely because people did not like his vision. He loved drawing animals that could talk and walk like humans but the media saw that as weird and creepy and did not see the joy in it as Walt did. Marketing is interactive the movies are marketing the

amusement parks and the merchandise.

Disneyland movies are so timeless so people will forever remember them as impactful, insightful amazing moves that change peoples, mind for the better.
The parks and the movies/television shows/merchandise are both synonymous and forever linked because when the marketing company wants to market a movie to a greater audience they sell toys and clothing and when the parks want to market a movie they have face or costume characters appear in the parks to play with the kids. The ridiculous opening of Disneyland on Sunday, July 17, 1955 in Anaheim, CA was titled “Black Sunday” by people brought in 28, 569 people instead of the 15,000 scheduled to come and caused catastrophes from melting asphalt to no running water (Baker 12). Disneyland became a beacon of hope for families in America after the tragedies like WWII and the Great Depression. It brought a sense of security to broken homes all throughout America, the way Walt defined happiness. With colors and textures, animals and songs, he made sure children felt happy even in the darkest of times. Disney raised the enjoyment park into a “theme park”, the final frontier in family performing. Disney thrived with the happy days of his century. He profited from post-war opulence, and the newfound highways that put the theme park within reach for the rest America (Baker 46).
650 million people have visited Disneyland so far with about 16.2 million guests every year from all around the world.

Sparked Walt Disney World in Florida in 1971, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan in 1983, Euro Disney in Paris in 1992, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in 2005 and finally Shanghai Disneyland Resort, which is opening in June 2016 (Dehrer). Walt Disney hosted the opening of Disneyland in June 17, 1955 even with all the chaos he managed to give one last sliver of hope to those yet to experience the magic of it all “ To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” (Bryman

12).
The Disneyland theme parks also came to serve as a marketing tool for the Disney movies and vice versa. Watching Disney movies and then being able to experience the real world of it as well as buy merchandise based on movie characters proved to be one of the most powerful marketing and PR tools in the history of the movie business (Yoshino & McKibben). A visit to Disneyland could influence buying a movie or watching a Disney movie could influence the audience member to visit the Disneyland amusement park. The parks and the movies/television shows/merchandise are all synonymous and forever linked because when the marketing company wants to market a movie to a greater audience they sell toys and clothing and when the parks want to market a movie they have face or costume characters appear in the parks to play with the kids (Yoshino & McKibben).
America in the 1950s was a country with unlimited optimism with a growing middle class with increasing financial freedom. Disney tapped into the zeitgeist by creating a perfect futuristic freedom world where people’s everyday problems disappeared. Walt Disney will forever be remembered for being an extraordinary visionary when he created Disneyland. Not only did he create an amusement park for children to enjoy but it was also a place where adults could let loose and become a child again. Without the Great Depression of the 1930s and the aftermath of WWII, Disney might never have felt the need to build such a world. Disney still to this day creates a sense of wonder in anyone’s stomach when they first arrive at the golden gates. He was able to capture the magic that his films portrayed and in that created the happiest place on earth.