 A Disneyland Cast Member’s wallet fact card from 1970. Not only was there entertainment, lands and food listed, there were informational facts like ‘total attendance of Disneyland’s first year (3,317,320), the number of parking spaces there were (11,500) and One-Day attendance record (82,516 - August 16, 1969).       A handful of Disneyland attractions are still in operation today! Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Opening date July 17, 1955  Jungle Cruise. Opening date July 17,1955  Alice in Wonderland. Opening date June 14, 1958  Dumbo the Flying Elephant. Opening date August 16, 1955  Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad. Opening Date July, 17, 1955  Autopia. Opening date July 17, 1955  Swiss Family Treehouse. Opening date November 18, 1962  Peter Pan's Flight. Opening date July 17, 1955.  King Arthur Carrousel. Opening date July 15, 1955.  Storybook Land. Opening date July 15, 1955.  Mark Twain Riverboat. Opening date July 15, 1955.  Sleeping Beauty Castle. Opening date July 15, 1955.
There isn't a castle poster displayed anywhere in the park. In 1966, these small posters were sold on main Street.  Before there was a general admission ticket to get into Disneyland, there was a price per attraction. These were assigned by letter tier… A, B, C, D and eventually E. This early 1959 pricing guide for Fantasyland had jumbo ticket books with 15 tickets at $3.35 for adults and individual attraction pricing with the cheapest ‘A-ticket’ at 10¢ and the higher demand ‘C-ticket’ at 35¢ The ‘E-ticket’ was just around the corner and would become synonymous with the top Disneyland attractions!    Did you know that famed actress Joan Crawford had a hand in the creation of ‘It’s a Small World’ ? Joan Crawford had been married to Pepsi Cola president Alfred Steele and when he died of a heart attack in 1959, Crawford inherited a seat on the company board. Crawford was heavily involved in charities and trying to boost the Pepsi brand. She knew about Walt’s fame and figured a Disney attraction with the Pepsi brand would be terrific publicity for the company. When Crawford heard Fowler’s refusal to create an attraction for Pepsi, she wasn’t happy. And as anyone in Hollywood knew, Joan Crawford’s temper was legendary. So she went to Walt to lay it out, and Walt was likewise incensed at Fowler making this decision without even telling him first. That drove him to agree to create a ride for Pepsi. Walt came up with the idea for a boat ride involving international children, and after she and Fowler made peace, Crawford pushed the board into agreeing to the Disney proposal.     The Ken-L Land Pet Motel opened at Disneyland on January 18, 1958. Over the years, five different pet food brands sponsored the pet kennel. The kennel continued to operate in the same building until Disneyland’s Covid-19 shutdown in March 2020.    On January 1, 1993, Nestlé USA Inc. and The Walt Disney Company began a multi-divisional strategic alliance, which included sponsorship at Disneyland Park and the Walt Disney World Resort. Carnation (acquired by Nestlé in 1985) and Stouffer’s (acquired by Nestlé in 1973) already had relationships with Disneyland. These brands were joined by other Nestlé brands, including Hills Bros., Contadina, Toll House, Nestea—and Friskies. The kennel at Disneyland once again had a sponsor. Friskies brought back the name “Kennel Club.” On December 12th, 2001: Nestlé acquired Ralston Purina. With Nestlé owning a real dog food brand, the Purina logo replaced the Friskies logo on the Disneyland Kennel Club. The 50¢ price of 1975 was a distant memory. According to the Disneyland official web site in Summer 2002, the price was much higher: Kennel Indoor Kennel facilities available for a charge of $10.00. Kennel is located to the right of the Main Entrance of Disneyland park. Sorry, there are no facilities for overnight accommodations. By 2006, the price had risen to $15.   The next price jump was to $20. According to the Disneyland official web site, January 2008: Do you have pet accommodations? The Disneyland® Kennel Club is available for day use. The cost is $20.00 per pet, per day and reservations are not necessary. No overnight accommodations are available. Please note the Hotels of the Disneyland® Resort do not permit pets. The Disneyland® Kennel Club and County of Orange requires rabies, distemper, and hepatitis vaccination certificates from your vet in order to board dogs over four months of age. Cats over four months old need proof of vaccination for rabies, distemper, hepatitis, panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis and calicivirus. For further information or questions, please contact Disneyland® Resort Guest Information at (714) 781-7290.  The Disneyland Kennel Club took other pets too. If you felt a need to take your hamster, parakeet, or goldfish with you when you went to Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure for the day, you could leave it at the Kennel Club. But if your pet was poisonous—forget it. And forget it if your pet was illegal in California—including ferrets, which are perfectly legal in most of the United States.
For more than fifty years, the kennel had been a prominent structure near the main entrance. On January 12, 2010, the Disneyland Resort opened a new consolidated facility for stroller, wheelchair, and electric convenience vehicle rentals. The convenience vehicle building hid most of the kennel, with only one of the dutch doors and a new, smaller sign showing. It was still the original building from 1958—although guests wouldn’t know it by looking at it. |
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