Disney's theme parks were launched 50 years ago this year. It
is believed that 4% of all amateur photographs in the US are taken
in a Disney park. Walt Disney was not impressed by American
amusement parks, finding them “awful, smelly, dirty, and not
particularly safe” so he decided to open his own. The
Disneyworld resort in Florida opened in 1971, five years after Walt
Disney died. The first Japanese park opened in 1983 and Hong
Kong's park opens in September 205 and there are rumours,
though denied by the company, that India could be next.