Break out those mouse ears — the House that Mickey Built is open.
Eager parkgoers began lining up hours before Disneyland’s official 9 a.m. opening time Friday, and a cheer greeted the announcement that the temperature-check station would start processing visitors for admission about an hour early. To prevent crowding in Disneyland’s Main Street area, park employees waved in the admitted guests and invited them to freely roam the grounds.
In the 66-year history of Disneyland, the theme park has been shut for extreme circumstances only a few times — after the assassination of President Kennedy and following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, for example — but before the pandemic struck in March 2020, none of those closures lasted longer than a day.
Instagrammable
A meeting of princesses
Masked greeting
Walt and Mickey
Chewie mode
Socially distanced
Snow White’s Enchanted Wish
First in
Emotions run high
Getting cast members fired up
Camera ready
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