Disneyland's Happiest Homecoming on Earth 50th Anniversary Celebration

A new attraction, Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years, takes over Main Street's Opera House. It includes a film, hosted by Steve Martin (who sold Disneyland program books at age ten and got his start in show business by later performing magic tricks at the park) and the acerbic Donald Duck, that traces Walt Disney's dogged determination to build his long-shot project. Funny and informative, "The First 50 Magical Years" is not afraid to show the park's early critics and its disastrous opening day misadventures--perhaps because Disney's fairy tale quest ultimately had a happy--and wildly successful--ending. For ardent and casual theme park fans, this is required viewing.