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Disneyland was the first theme park opened by Walt Disney, it opened on July 17, 1955.
Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with 757 million visits since it opened (as of December 2021). In 2022, the park had approximately 16.9 million visits, making it the second most visited amusement park in the world that year, behind only Magic Kingdom, the very park it inspired.
Disneyland Park consists of nine themed "lands" and a number of concealed backstage areas, and occupies over 100 acres with the new addition of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway that came to Mickey's Toontown in 2023.
The 72-acre park is themed after Disney's interpretation of California. The park opened on February 8, 2001, and is the second of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort complex, after Disneyland Park.