July 13, 1955 – Walt and Lillian Disney Celebrate Their 30th Anniversary at Disneyland
“Hope you can make it – we especially want you and, by the way, no gifts please – we have everything, including a grandson!”
On July 13, 1955, Walt and Lillian Disney celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary at the yet to be opened Disneyland Park, four days before the official opening. Three hundred guests (including the likes of Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant) gathered for a “Tempus Fugit Celebration,” beginning with a tour of Main Street led by Walt, and were ferried to the Golden Horseshoe for dinner on the Mark Twain paddlewheeler. Guests there then experienced the first, if unofficial, performance of the Golden Horseshoe Revue, followed by impromptu dancing.
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