In fact, if you chose to say in downtown Orlando, you would be a good thirty to sixty minutes away from Disney World station. Of course, all this depends on all local traffic. If you stay at a hotel in Kissimmee, you will be between five and twenty minutes from Disney World Resort.

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If you like a shorter to Disney, then try to book a hotel like the Radisson Worldgate, Ramada Orlando Celebration or Party Suites at Old Town. This Kissimmee hotel not owned by Disney, but still sit near the entrance to Walt Disney World.

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Disneyland is an American theme park in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. It was dedicated with a press preview on July 17, 1955, and opened to the general public July 18, 1955.

Currently the park has been visited by more than 515 million guests since it opened, including presidents, royalty and other heads of state. In 1998, the theme park was re-branded "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it from the larger Disneyland Resort complex.

History of Disneyland Park
The concept for Disneyland began one Sunday, when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching his daughters ride the Merry-Go-Round he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together. Walt hired a consultant, Harrison Price from Stanford Research Institute, to gauge the proper area to locate the theme park based on the area's potential growth. With the report from Price, Disney acquired 160 acres of orange groves and walnut trees in Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles in neighboring Orange County. Construction began on July 18, 1954 and would cost USD$17 million to complete, and was opened exactly one year later.

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First Day of Disneyland Park
Disneyland Park was opened to the public on Monday, July 18, 1955. However, a special "International Press Preview" event was held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was only open to invited guests and the media. At the time, it was one of the largest and most complex live broadcasts ever.

The event did not go smoothly. The park was overcrowded as the by-invitation-only affair was plagued with counterfeit tickets. All major roads nearby were empty. The temperature was an unusually high 101 °F (38 °C), and a plumbers' strike left many of the park's drinking fountains dry. Disney was given a choice of having working fountains or running toilets and he chose the latter. This, however, generated negative publicity since Pepsi sponsored the park's opening; enraged guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way to sell soda. The asphalt that had been poured just that morning was so soft that ladies' high-heeled shoes sank in. Vendors ran out of food. A gas leak in Fantasyland caused Adventureland, Frontierland, and Fantasyland to close for the afternoon. Parents were throwing their children over the shoulders of crowds to get them onto rides such as the King Arthur Carrousel.

Walt and his 1955 executives forever referred to the day as "Black Sunday". Every year on July 17, cast members wear pin badges stating how many years it has been since July 17, 1955.

On Monday July 18, crowds started to gather in line as early as 2 a.m., and the first person to buy a ticket and enter the park was David MacPherson with admission ticket number 2, as Roy O. Disney arranged to pre-purchase ticket number 1. Walt Disney had an official photo taken with two children instead, Christine Vess Watkins (age 5 in 1955) and Michael Schwartner (age 7 in 1955), and the photo of the two carries a deceptive caption along the lines of "Walt Disney with the first two guests of Disneyland."

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Tickets in Disneyland Park
From Disneyland's opening day until 1982, the price of the attractions was in addition to the price of park admission. Park-goers paid a small admission fee to get into the park, but admission to most of the rides and attractions required guests to purchase a book of tickets that consisted of several coupons, initially labeled "A" through "C". The coupons were also sold individually. "A" coupons allowed admission to the smaller rides and attractions such as the vehicles on Main Street, whereas "C" coupons were used for the most common attractions like the Peter Pan ride, or the Tea Cups. As more thrilling rides were introduced, such as the Monorail or the Matterhorn bobsled, "D" and then eventually "E" coupons were introduced. The current price of the park admission fee is 82 $.

The Regional History Center is a museum with permanent and special exhibits. Their permanent exhibits invite you to explore 12,000 years of Florida's history, and that is indeed a big undertaking.

They make it interesting, and even kids who are used to flashy theme parks will find the visit fascinating. Their interactive exhibits can keep your whole family entertained for hours so let's look at what you can expect to find there.

First of all there is an exhibition about the natural environment including animals, plants, rock formations and even a description of how an entire city block was swallowed up by a sinkhole.

What was Florida like before the Europeans arrived? Another exhibit looks at the first people on the Florida peninsula and shows how they lived. The first contact of the Native Americans with the Spanish is also depicted, showing how their lives were changed.

You can also get a good feel for what it might have been like to live in during the 19th Century in a typical home. You can try out the butter churn and other household utensils. And in case you think that tourism in Florida began with Disney, the exhibit "Destination Florida" looks at 100 years of tourism in Florida prior to Disney.

Before tourism became the main industry of Orlando, the economy was built upon cattle and citrus agriculture. The museum also looks at these two industries as well as the aviation activities of the region which range from a World War II B-17 bomber to the exploits of the Kennedy Space Center.

No doubt you will visit World Disney World while you are in Orlando, but at the museum you can also watch the fascinating development showing how this project transformed Orlando from a small town to a tourist-centered community.

The place of African-Americans in Florida's history is also given importance and in the "Orlando remembered" section you can recall Orlando's most memorable moments in an exhibition which is changed on an annual basis.

If this sounds interesting to you then consider spending an afternoon or morning at the Orange County Regional History Center. Here is some of the information that you will need. The hours of opening are Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m. The current admission prices are Adult $9, Seniors (60+) $7, Students and Military with valid ID $7, Child (5-12) $6, Child (4 & under) Free. General admission tickets are valid for permanent and limited-run exhibitions but special events require separate ticketing and some events require advance reservations.

The museum is located in downtown Orlando at 65 E. Central Blvd and you can call them toll free at (800) 965-2030 .