DISNEYLAND FACT OF THE DAY: One of Disneylands most unusual areas wasnt actually in the park. Holidayland was located outside Disneylands perimeter berm, in a field west of Frontierland (1957-61). Holidaylands nine acres were devoted to simple, inexpensive outdoor fun. Minimally landscaped, the area offered refreshment stands, picnic tables, a baseball field, volleyball nets, a childrens playground, and horseshoe pits, as well as square dancing (plans for ice skating and some other seasonal activities never came to fruition). Swift sold picnic baskets (which surprisingly included beer). Dominating Holidayland was a traditional red-striped circus tent where special events, ranging from bingo to performances by the Mouseketeers, could be held. This tent was the same one used in earlier years by the Mickey Mouse Club Circus in Fantasyland. Holidayland was intended to attract big family reunions, or, ideally, corporations that could buy up to 7,000 tickets for their employees and hold day-long company picnics. Admission to Holidayland did not include admission to Disneyland. It did, however, include access to a special Disneyland entrance where a park admission ticket could be purchased and then a path into Frontierland could be taken under the train tracks. This was the only time in Disneylands history that guests could enter the park in a location other than the front gates or via the Monorail station at the Disneyland Hotel. In the fall of 1961, its circus tent already destroyed in a storm, Holidayland closed.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:39:42 +0000
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