DisneyLand, located in Anaheim, California, was one of the first theme parks in the United States. Disneyland was the vision of Walt Disney; he wanted a place that was clean, safe and that parents would enjoy as much as the children.http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html. He was able to realize his dream at the age of 52 when the park opened on July 15, 1955. That opening day was not successful due to a terrible heat wave; it was 115 degrees F in Anheim that day. In fact, that heat wave lasted for 15 days and almost caused the park to go out of business right at the beginning. However, by 1965, 10 years later, 50 million parkgoers had visited Disneyland.http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html Originally, the park included five divisions: Main Street, USA, Adventureland, FrontierLand, FantasyLand and TomorrowLand.http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/timeline/1950s/frame.html Today there are 8 divisions in the original Disneyland park, in addition to the sections listed above there is also, New Orleans Square, added in 1965, Critter Country, added in 1972 and Mickey's Toontown, added in 1993.http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/listing?name=DisneylandParkEntertainmentListingPage Disneyland has expanded beyond its old borders and today it consists of Disneyland Park, Disney's California Adventure Park, and Disney's Downtown District. It also includes Disneyland Hotel, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and the Paradise Pier Hotel.

In 2010 Disneyland has a promotion of giving away one free day to people who serve as volunteers in any organization around the country. They plan to give away a free day to 1 million volunteers during 2010.http://disney.prizelogic.com/default.aspx