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An Interoffice Memo from Jack Sayers, distributed to Walt Disney, Card Walker, Donn Tatum, Bill Cottrell, Ed Ettinger and Doc Lemmon in January of 1958 provides a fascinating reminder of how things have and haven't changed at the Happiest Place on Earth.
Compiled by Buzz Price's consulting firm, it estimated the time it would take to visit every attraction in Disneyland. It found that it would take 19 hours and 11 minutes to see and do everything including shopping, time out for eating and bathroom breaks. That was across three days, with daily park attendance between 1300 and 2000 guests. Only a handful of attractions had wait times, with the Golden Horseshoe being 20 minutes, Richfield 10, the Disneyland Railroad and Moon Ride were 8, and a handful of others were 1 to 4.
With today's daily attendance figures of roughly 40,000, maybe maybe those wait times aren't as bad as we thought.
Survey of Time Required to See Disneyland
Attractions in 1958
MAIN GATE
Buy Tickets and Books; 10 minutes
Pass thru Gate; 5 minutes
Go thru Tunnel; 2 minutes
Total Entry Time; 17 minutes
MAIN STREET
Train Ride; 12 minutes
EXHIBITS ON THE SQUARE
Bank of America 5 minutes
Bekins 5 minutes
City Hall 5 minutes
Castle Service 5 minutes
Show Business 5 minutes
Souvenir Stand 5 minutes
MAIN STREET RIDES
Horseless Carriage 5 minutes
Omnibus 3 minutes
Horse Cars 5 minutes
Surry 4 minutes
Fire Wagon 4 minutes
MAIN STREET EXHIBITS
Wurlitzer 3 minutes
Magic Shop 5 minutes
Yale and Towne Lock Shop 7 minutes
Swift's Market 10 minutes
Pen, Music & Card Shops 3 minutes
Eastman Kodak 3 minutes
Silhouette Shop 2 minutes
Carefree Corner 5 minutes
Pablum Baby Station 1 minute
Liberty Square Display 5 minutes
Penny Arcade 20 minutes
Upjohn 15 minutes
Glass Blower 5 minutes
Candle Shop 5 minutes
Travel time along Main Street - 30 minutes
Time from Main Gate thru Main Street - 3 Hours 30 minutes
TOMORROWLAND
RIDES
Autopia 4 minutes
Moon Ride 12 minutes
Astro-Jet 3 minutes
Satellite 3 minutes
20,000 Leagues 4 minutes
EXHIBITS
Art Corner 1 minute
Crane Exhibit 5 minutes
Dairy Bar 1 minute
Richfield 19 minutes
WenMac Flight Circle 20 minutes
Circarama 20 minutes
National Lead 10 minutes
Monsanto Chemical 5 minutes
Kaiser Aluminum 10 minutes
Monsanto House 8 minutes
Travel time in Tomorrowland - 30 minutes
Total time in Tomorrowland - 2 hours 46 minutes
FANTASYLAND
RIDES
Viewliner 4 minutes
Motor Cruise boats 4 minutes
Midget Autopia 4 minutes
Jr. Autopia 4 minutes
Storybook Land 6 minutes
Mickey Mouse Theater 35 minutes
Cups and Saucers 3 minutes
Snow White 3 minutes
Carousel 4 minutes
Peter Pan 2 minutes
Mr. Toad 2 minutes
Castle 5 minutes
Dumbo 4 minutes
Casey Jr. 7 minutes
Skyway 5 minutes
EXHIBITS AND SHOPS
Magic Shop 10 minutes
Pirate Ship 7 minutes
Toy Shop 20 minutes
Travel Time in Fantasyland - 30 minutes
Total Time in Fantasyland - 2 Hours 46 minutes
ADVENTURELAND
RIDES
Jungle Boats 7 minutes
EXHIBITS AND SHOPS
Bazzar 15 minutes
Travel Time in Adventureland - 8 minutes
Total Time in Adventureland - 30 minutes
FRONTIERLAND
RIDES
Mark Twain 12 minutes
Rainbow Mine Train 8 minutes
Shooting Gallery 4 minutes
Mule Pack 10 minutes
Conestoga Wagons 4 minutes
Stage Coach 6 minutes
Tom Sawyer Island 60 minutes
Keel Boats 8 minutes
Indian Canoes 10 minutes
EXHIBITS AND SHOPS
Davey Crocket Museum 10 minutes
Strawhatters 15 minutes
Black Light Exhibit 6 minutes
Indian Village (War Dance) 30 minutes
Pendleton 4 minutes
Golden Horsehoe 45 minutes
El Zocalo 5 minutes
Gun Shop 5 minutes
Trading Post 5 minutes
Travel Time in Frontierland - 45 minutes
Total Time in Frontierland - 5 hours, 22 minutes
TOTAL TIME ALL RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS - 14 HOURS, 16 MINUTES
Lunch Periods 2 Hours
Restrooms 45 minutes
Information 20 minutes
Shopping 1 hour, 30 minutes
Standing & Looking 30 minutes
So it was possible to visit every land, ride every ride and check out every shop and exhibit at Disneyland in one day!
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