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Announcement
Walt Disney publicly announces plan to open Disneyland -
Opening Day
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Monorail
First daily operating transportation system of its kind in Western Hemisphere -
Enchanted Tiki Room
First use of Audio-Animatronics -
It's a Small World
First time audio-animatronics was used to portray people or simulate human movement -
Main Street Electrical Light Parade
An entirely new form of parade brought classic disney scenes to life with millions of twinkling lights -
First Make-A-Wish Foundation Wish Granted
Disneyland partnered with the new organization to the grant the very first wish -
Fantasmic!
Disney Imagineers created a nighttime spectacular that incorporated fireworks and images projected into mist sprayed up from the RIvers of America -
Star Wars Land
An entirely new park is being added on to new land acquired by Disney and is going to revolve completely around the Star Wars Franchise
