How did walt disney get all the money for disneyland?

i wish to know.... i need investment ideas for my spectacular IDEA.
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surely people must have thought him crazy

These people obviously don't know a thing about Walt Disney. Luckily, I do. Walt Disney is my idol!

Walt Disney got the money to create Disneyland from sponsors. He had all of these ideas and drawings for different attractions. He'd get different companies to sponsor these different attractions and then they'd be shown at the World's Fair before being stationed at Disneyland.

To this day attractions are still sponsored and maintained by other companies. For example, the new attraction Mission: SPACE is sponsored by HP. Spaceship Earth is sponsored by Siemens, Test Track is sponsored by GM, and the entire Land Pavilion at EPCOT is sponsored by Nestle, etc.

Hope I could help!

* island1953, all I did was answer the question. It may not have been exactly correct, but if Beach Gal is going to answer the question - lie about her grandmother to get some points and advertise her website - and then at the end try and correct my answer, then, of course, I'm going to say something. You say I'm immature and that's fine, but I'm young and obviously my brain is functioning better than yours because he actually did have some sponsors, although they weren't referred to as sponsors, I guess. One company that helped him out in the early '50s was GM. Do some research - it's not that hard. I've watched numerous shows about Walt Disney and have read numerous biographies. Perhaps you should.

lol I just LOVE how you say I'm imature just for answering a question and not giving the answer you would, yet you waste your time typing out a response to me. You didn't even answer the question! Now, that's especially immature and especially pathetic because you're 53 and should be more mature. Oh, I feel so badly for your kids. A mom that's immature, disrespectful, and not too bright either. They should be proud! Their mommy has nothing better to do than to waste her time bothering a 20-year-old girl because she gives excellent answers and has a lot more points and Best Answers than you!

Go ahead, do whatever you need to do in order to make my answer look bad. Unlike Beach Gal, I don't answer questions just to advertise my website. I couldn't care less. I've got plenty of points to prove my sublimity.

simple, ask for a government loan and then build it. If you have a big idea and you don't have money, get a loan. But if your idea don't make any money, you are in a loss and you will owe all that money back.

"Truth is the Best Option" is correct. He took out lots of loan to build his world. Just like Donald Trump did to build his estate empire.

He didn't start with nothing. He had started making cartoon nearly 30 years earlier and was already quite famous for his cartoons and cartoon characters. His most famous character, Mickey Mouse, debuted in 1928.

Katlyn, there's a big difference between experience and credibility. Thank you for demonstrating that so clearly in your reply to me.

JoyM, chimpus_incompetus and beachgal are correct.

What is with Katlyn's Disney answers? Walt had no sponsors in the early 1950s. The US was just coming out of the depression and a major war. He borrowed like any other American at that time, trying to build a business. Anyone who has either lived thru that time, or taken an interest in our history knows how the economy worked during those days. Katlyn obviously is very immature, obviously by her responses, and regardless of what she thinks she knows, her repugnant attitude reflects a distinct ignorance of Disney facts. Why would anyone listen to someone who disdains others' with more mature reasoning and complete information???? For my money, I would choose the advice of a person who respects the opinions given here, over a very obviously immature Disney wanna-be. Sorry...but that's how this person comes off. If you want people to respect what you have to say, then you need to also be respectful. I think Katlyn needs to learn the Bambi rule I always taught my children: If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Sorry Katlyn, but I find it very hard to find anything nice about any of your postings I've read so far. Maybe you can try to actually put yourself in the place of the person asking for info instead when you offer advice.

The owners/investors of ABC TV loaned him most of the money he needed. So I found it kind of Ironic that Disney bought ABC TV some 10 or 15 years ago.

He drew comics. The first character was pretty much taken from him by copyright of his employers so he came up with Mickey Mouse. The popularity of that character gave him his start.

he went door to door asking for about 5 dollars back then alot and in return the people would get a part of the profits and thats how it all happen

Walt borrowed a lot of money banks and even friends helped him get back on his feet. One lady who helped him out financially is my great aunt. She was his lead musical director for years when Walt was first starting out.
People didn't think he was crazy, just ambitious. :)
His brother Roy was a big help, as he was the accountant in the family.
Walt did not have sponsors in the early years. No one knew what he had in mind because nothing had ever been designed like that before. Sponsors didn't come around until the late 1970s when Disney was a house-hold name. No, he borrowed money the old fashioned way and even sold land he owned. Walt went into bankruptcy, but later built it back up.

If you ever have the chance to watch the "One Man's Dream" video, which is played at the Disney Studios in Florida and can also be purchased on DVD, do so. It explains all of this in detail and is really inspiring to watch as his dream came true through lots of hard work!

Ok its official - Katlyn is whacked

From wikipedia:

Walt Disney and his older brother Roy already headed one of Hollywood's more successful studios founded in 1924, long before the idea of a park even began to form. Walt's original concept was of a permanent family fun park without the negative element that traveling carnivals often attracted. He developed the idea during his many outings with his daughters Diane and Sharon, when he realized that there were no parks with activities that adults and children could enjoy together.

While many people had written letters to Walt Disney about visiting the Disney Studio lot and meeting their favorite Disney character, Walt realized that a functional movie studio had little to offer to the visiting fan. He then began to foster ideas of building a site at or near his Burbank studios for tourists to visit and perhaps take pictures with Disney characters set in statue form. His ideas then evolved to a small play park with a boat ride and other themed areas. Walt's initial concept, his "Mickey Mouse Park," grew bigger and bigger into a concept for a larger enterprise which was to become Disneyland.

Disneyland Park was partially inspired by Tivoli Gardens (built in 1843 in Copenhagen, Denmark), Greenfield Village (built in 1929 in Dearborn, Michigan), and Children's Fairyland (built in 1950 in Oakland, California). Disney's original modest plans called for the park to be built on eight acres (32,000 mÂ²) on Riverside Drive next to the Disney Studios in Burbank, California as a place where his employees and families could go to relax.

Early in development, during the early 1950s, it became clear that more area would be needed. Difficulties in obtaining funding caused Disney to investigate new ways of raising money. He decided to use television to get the ideas into people's homes, and so he created a show named Disneyland which was broadcast on the fledgling American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network. In return, the network agreed to help finance the new park.

On the suggestion of researchers at Stanford Research Institute who correctly envisioned the area's potential growth, Disney acquired 160 acres (730,000 mÂ²) of orange groves and walnut trees in Anaheim, south of Los Angeles in neighboring Orange County. [1] [2] Construction began on July 18, 1954 and would cost USD$17 million to complete. U.S. Route 101 (later Interstate 5) was under construction at the same time just to the north of the site; in preparation for the traffic which Disneyland was expected to bring, two more lanes were added to the freeway even before the park was finished.

Because of financial considerations, Walt Disney was forced to turn to outside financing for his theme park. He first turned to long-time licensee Western Publishing which invested in the park. ABC as part of the deal to broadcast the Disneyland television show also became an investor. For the first five years of its operation, Disneyland was owned by Disneyland, Inc., of which Walt Disney Productions, Western Publishing and ABC each owned shares. After the park was a clear success Western acceded to a request to sell its share in the enterprise back to Disney. But ABC refused the same request initially, feeling the profit potential of the park was too lucrative to sell. It wasn't until 1960 that Walt Disney Productions acquired ABC's share of the theme park. Disney's displeasure at ABC's actions partly motivated the Walt Disney anthology series moving to NBC in 1961.

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