A Short History of Disneyland and Mickey Mouse

The dream of every child all over the world is to visitpark. On seeing this, he thought of an idea to build a
the Disneyland. It is an appeal for millions of tourists. It isplace where both adults and children could enjoy and
a theme park and street shows, fairy tale characters,appreciate the games and rides.
colorful stage, special tours, movies, movie sets ofThe first Mickey Mouse short was distributed in 1928
famous films, theme rides, games and foodbut it was full of mishaps and it failed to find a
restaurants are its main attractions.distributor so a second short was filmed. This second
When we talk about Disneyland, the famous mouseshort also failed to find a distributor. The first Mickey
character called Mickey Mouse comes to our mind. It isMouse animated short which was successful was
a cartoon character of a talking mouse created bySteamboat Willie, released in 1928. It proved an
The Walt Disney Company in 1928. It is one of theimmediate hit with audiences loving the use of music
oldest cartoon characters and its figure is quite uniqueand sound effects which added humor to the
among cartoon characters with large black ears and aproduction.
pointy nose, red shorts with white buttons and largeThe opening day of Disneyland unluckily had problems
yellow construction boots, the shape of Mickey's earsand was referred as Black Sunday. The temperature
and nose are the logo of The Walt Disney Company.was unusually hot which made the people thirsty, the
Disney land has the aim of presenting itself as theproblem of counterfeit tickets caused the crowd to
happiest place on earth. Many creative and highlyswell and Disneyland received bad press on that day.
skilled people were involved in the creation ofMickey-Mouse Clubs were operated in cinemas
Disneyland which took a long time. Although the originthroughout the US by The Disney Company that
of Mickey Mouse is a bit hazy and there wereclaimed over a million members and the Mickey-Mouse
different stories which appeared to suit the publishersClub was revived as a television series and from 1955
and copyright holders. It may never be known whoto 1959. Mickey Mouse Club was also aired in 1970s
was behind the creation of Mickey Mouse but it iswith famous pop celebrities. A new format show
mostly believed that Walt Disney who was thenamed the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse started airing in
founder of The Walt Disney Company created the2006 aimed at preschoolers which the company
character.reserves the right to revive.
Walt Disney was also the person who came up withStill today, Disneyland is an attraction and Mickey
the idea of a theme park when he was saw his twoMouse is one of the most celebrated cartoon
daughters enjoying the ride of merry-go-round in acharacters of children entertainment.