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In the early 1950s, cartoonist Walt Disney conceived a theme park
where his already hugely popular characters - Mickey Mouse, Donald
Duck and the rest - could come to life, to enchant children and
make their Uncle Walt even richer. ANAHEIM was chosen as the location
for Disneyland on the basis that these acres of orange groves, thirty
miles southeast of downtown LA, would become Southern California's
next major focus of population growth - which indeed they did. The
whole area is now so completely overrun with shameless souvenir
shops, chain hotels and fast-food restaurants that it's long since
spun out of the control of the Disney grasp and makes for a surprisingly
seedy environment (outside the park itself, of course). When Disney
opened his next theme park, in Florida, he made sure he owned all
the land, hotels and commercial properties, not making the same
mistake he made here of only buying a few square miles. If you're
not coming to visit Disneyland, or the similar spectacle of carnival
rides and historical hokum, Knott's Berry Farm (8039 Beach Blvd;
$40), you may as well give the town a miss: it hasn't an ounce of
interest in itself.
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