#Disneyland Quotes

“I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place - a place where adults and children can experience together some of the wonders of life, of adventure, and feel better because of it.”

“Why would I want to be president? I'm the king of Disneyland.”

“Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.”

“Disneyland would be a world of Americans, past and present, seen through the eyes of my imagination--a place of warmth and nostalgia, of illusion and color and delight.”

“When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be.”

“Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.”

“Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.”

“Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?”

“I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel they're in another world.”

“The idea of Disneyland is a simple one. It will be a place for people to find happiness and knowledge.”

“Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America...”

“Disneyland is a work of love...Drawing up plans and dreaming of what I could do, everything. It was just something I kind of kept playing around with.”

“Disneyland is not just another amusement park. It's unique, and I want it kept that way. Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun.”

“Now when we opened Disneyland, outer space was Buck Rogers.”

“Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things... new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.”

“I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place...”

“I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land - no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships - just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees.”

“When we opened Disneyland, a lot of people got the impressions that it was a get-rich-quick thing, but they didn't realize that behind Disneyland was this great organization that I built here at the Studio, and they all got into it and we were doing it because we loved to do it.”

“Biggest problem? Well, I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life. MONEY. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem. Getting the money to open Disneyland. About seventeen million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance.”

“Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.”

“Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.”

“The way I see it, Disneyland will never be finished.”

“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”

“We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P.”