i thought i would give a little advice and history background about disneyland california (renamed disneyland park to distinguish it from the larger disney land resort complex called disneyworld)
earlier this year about 3 months ago my son who is 25 and doing a 3 year degree at
uni , came home after coaching a division of the under 14s soccer team for the australian footbal skool they had just finished a major tournament that was held amongst all vistoria . they had one major tournament held over an entire weekend in mildura. then in bendigo (to which i attended ) . you can google australian football skool
there were one hundred coaches to which it was narrowed down to 24 and of the 24 down to the final four. so i am a very proud mum as you can see. but there is so much planning involved and of course without the dedication of parents and children (the players themselves that is ) none of this is also possible.
so there were moments when my son thought he wouldnt have a team together . regardless of having other major commitments exams assignements , coaching and playing my son perservered and everything fell into place. he even organised during the school holidays to get away with their team manager (thanks heather) to go away for 3 days so that they could bond and practise as a team. keep in mind this is very hard when the players are all playing for different teams all over victoria.
so we come to disneyland and disneyworld. i myself was confused until my son had explained that it was disneyworld florida that they were going to and not disneyland in california . so here is the background sourced by google " wikipedia free encyclopedia "
1 DISNEYLAND located in ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA owned and operated by walt disney it opened on july 17 1955 .
disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed built opened and operated by walt disney. sadly he died on december15th 1966 before his dream of the other site DISNEYWORLD FLORIDA was realised (walt disney was a remarkable man had such vast dreams and turned them to reality a man very advanced for the period he was born in )
ok this is the confusion so in 1998 the theme park (disneyland that is) was rebranded DISNEYLAND PARK to distinguish it from the larger DISNEYLAND RESORT COMPLEX in 2007 over 14,800,000 people visited the park making it the second most visited park in the whole world behind the magic kingdom DISNEYWORLD 1
now we come to the ever so popular DISNEYWORLD ORLANDO FLORIDA .2 this is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world. there are 4 theme parks two water parks and twenty three themed hotels numerous shopping dining entertainment and recreational venues. including disneys wide world of sports complex 2 hence the international world youth tournament taking place there . (how impressive and overwhelming would this be to some of the children who have never ventured out of victoria before )
2 in 1959 walt disney production began looking for land for a second resort to supplement disneyland which opened in california in 1955
market surveys revealed that only 2% of disneylands visitors came from east of the mississippi river whereas 75% of population of united states lived additionally.
walt disney disliked the businesses that had sprung around disneyland and wanted control of a much larger area of land.
orlando florida was one of many sites walt disney looked at in 1963
it opened on october 1st 1971 AS MAGIC KINGDOM theme park epcot was added in october 1st 1982 disneys hollywood studios on may 1st 1989 and disneys animal kingdom april 22 1998.
sadly as stated earlier walt disney died on december 15 1966 5 years before his dream become a reality
interesting enough despite marketing claims and popular misconceptions the florida resort is not located in florida its actually outside the perimeter the majority of the actaul site is in ORANGE COUNTY 2
so my advice to anyone who wants to visit the resort either one of disneyworld or disneyland . make sure you plan have an itinerary make sure you have booked. there is even maps that you can google and print off because believe me until my son was going there i knew it was huge but the reality of it all didnt sink in until he had pointed out all the theme parks water parks hotel complex night club and sports complex they were going to visit.i have even heard of families that have missed out on seeing disneyworld because they hadnt planned ahead and just couldnt organise it in the little time they had allowed in their travels.
as this involves children it would be very heartbreaking for children if they did travel half way round the world just to miss out. remember to that a lot of things are very popular like the star wars rides and certain disney things like the hollywood studios and magic kingdom
for those that are going to be lucky enough and travel to either dineyland or disneyworld make sure you take plenty of photos as this "a once in a lifetime experience"
cheers annie
middle section sourced from REFERENCE1 disneyland park anaheim wikipedia the free encyclopedia
REFERENCE 2 disneyworld resort wilkepedia the free encyclopedia
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