The Disneyland Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, notable as the first hotel to officially bear the Disney name. Opened in October 1955 as a motor inn owned and operated by Jack Wrather under an agreement with Walt Disney, the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations over the years before being acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1988. The hotel was downsized to its present capacity in 19...
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The Disneyland Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, notable as the first hotel to officially bear the Disney name. Opened in October 1955 as a motor inn owned and operated by Jack Wrather under an agreement with Walt Disney, the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations over the years before being acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1988. The hotel was downsized to its present capacity in 1999 as part of the Disneyland Resort expansion.
At the time of its construction in the early 1950s, Disneyland was in a remote area outside Anaheim, California. Walt Disney wanted to build a hotel for Disneyland visitors to stay overnight, since Disneyland was quite a drive from the established population centers of Southern California at the time. However, Disney's financial resources were significantly depleted by the construction of the park, so he negotiated a deal with Jack Wrather and his business partner Maria Helen Alvarez under which...
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