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By Mary The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as?Disney, is an American diversified?multinational mass media corporation headquartered in?Burbank, California.?Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by?Walt Disney and?Roy O. Disney as the?Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks. The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Studios?, which is today one of the?largest and best-known studios in?Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the?ABC?broadcast television network; cable television networks such as?Disney Channel,?ESPN, and?ABC Family; publishing,?merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns14 theme parks around the world. It also has a successful music division. To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. —Walter E. Disney, July 17, 1955, 4:43?pm  Disneyland Park consists of eight themed lands and a number of concealed backstage areas, and occupies about 85 acres .? The park opened with Main Street,U.S.A ,Adventureland ,Frontierland,?Fantasyland, and? Tomorrowland, and has since added?New Orleans Square?in 1966, Bear Country (later?Critter Country) in 1972, and?Mickeys Toontown?in 1993. In 1957,?Holidayland, opened to the public with a 9 acres recreation area including a?circus?and?baseball diamond, but was closed in late 1961. It is often referred to as the lost land of Disneyland. Throughout the park are Hidden Mickeys, representations of Mickey Mouse heads inserted subtly into the design of attractions and environmental decor. Main