• Fun Stuff - 17 more brochures, tickets, artist concepts, and photos posted May 18, 2007!
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How do you build a hotel that, in its way, creates the same joy as Disneyland® – that sets the stage for a visit to the Magic Kingdom and sustains the happy mood when that visit is over?
These are some of the problems which confronted Jack Wrather when he sat down with members of his staff to plan the official hotel at Disneyland®.
The idea for the project was born when Mr. Wrather and Walt Disney got together for lunch one spring day in 1954. A year later, the Hotel came into being.
A pacesetter in its field, the Disneyland® Hotel was designed with the family in mind – a special place where parents could relax and enjoy life with their children. So all rooms were built in spacious family size to accommodate four. An economical and efficient coffee shop with particular appeal for family groups was included in the complex of restaurants. And recreational facilities in abundance – Olympic size pool, wading pool, playground, miniature and three-par golf courses, 50-position driving range, shuffleboard, large screen television and others – were provided for parents and their youngsters. For even more excitement and convenience, the Monorail was extended to connect the Hotel with Disneyland®.
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A 1956 overhead with the North Garden Rooms and Administration Complex buildings near completion.
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The Hotel also sparked the family convention concept with a combination of fun and facilities found nowhere else. To its own outstanding attractions and those adjacent, the Hotel added well-equipped meeting rooms for groups of every size. Soon Dad was bringing Mother and the kids along, sure that they would find plenty to do while he got down to business.
Adult tastes were further pampered when the Gourmet restaurants were built. Guests found that Gourmet filled the bill of fare admirably – and capped it with sparkling entertainment after dark in the Top of the Park and Around the World lounges.
In short, what the Hotel set out to do in 1955 was to live up to the Disneyland® name: to provide each guest with a unique experience in pleasure. |
