Disneyland maintenance by the numbers
15.9 million: Estimated number of visitors to Disneyland in 2009
600: Number of workers on Disneyland’s all-night maintenance crew
About 300: Number of night gardeners
17,000: Number of trees in Disneyland to be pruned and watered
200: Approximate number of feral cats living in the park
1 million: Number of annuals planted in the park each year
18 miles: Length of rope replaced annually at the park during the third shift
Nearly a mile: Total length of hoses used each night to wash the streets of Disneyland
About 250,000 gallons: Amount of paint used at Disneyland since it opened in 1955
Sources: Disneyland and Themed Entertainment Assn.
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