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Under Construction: A look inside Walt Disney's Disneyland

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In the summer of 1951, TV personality Art Linkletter took a trip to Copenhagen with Walt Disney. Walking around the Tivoli Gardens amusement park, he spots Walt, writing. “I asked him what he was doing, and he replied, ‘I’m just making notes about something that I’ve always dreamed of – a great, great playground…’” Rome was not built in a day. Neither was Disneyland. Opening in July 1955, it took exactly 366 days – just over a year – to bring the "Happiest Place on Earth” to life in Anaheim, California, but the foundations of Disneyland as we know it today were a much lengthier process in the making. For decades, Walt Disney would strive to reimagine the typical amusement park as a theme park, an idealised salute to America’s past and a nod to an experimental vision for its future. From daring dream to fantasy destination, it’s this journey that Taschen looks to document in its newest offering, Walt Disney’s Disneyland. The book, enthusiastically penned by American writer Chris Nichols

— Date 3 September 2018 Tags Features Publication Under Construction: A look inside Walt Disney's Disneyland Share — Date 3 September 2018 Tags Features Publication Share In the summer of 1951, TV personality Art Linkletter took a trip to Copenhagen with Walt Disney. Walking around the Tivoli Gardens amusement park, he spots Walt, writing. “I asked him what he was doing, and he replied, ‘I’m just making notes about something that I’ve always dreamed of – a great, great playground…’” Rome was not built in a day. Neither was Disneyland. Opening in July 1955, it took exactly 366 days – just over

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