<P> The next day, the park's official public opening day, crowds gathered in line as early as 2: 00 am . The first person to buy a ticket and enter the park was David MacPherson with ticket number 2, as Roy O. Disney arranged to pre-purchase ticket number 1 from Curtis Lineberry, the manager of admissions . However, an official picture of Walt Disney and two children, Christine Vess Watkins (age 5) and Michael Schwartner (7), inaccurately identifies them as the first two guests of Disneyland . Both received lifetime passes to Disneyland that day, and MacPherson was awarded one shortly thereafter, which was later expanded to every single Disney - owned park in the world . Approximately 50,000 guests attended the Monday opening day . </P> <P> At the time, and during the lifetimes of Walt and Roy Disney, July 17 was considered merely a preview, with July 18 the official opening day . Since then, aided by memories of the television broadcast, the company has adopted July 17 as the official date, the one commemorated every year as Disneyland's birthday . </P> <P> In September 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev spent thirteen days in the United States, with two requests: to visit Disneyland and to meet John Wayne, Hollywood's top box - office draw . Due to the Cold War tension and security concerns, he was famously denied an excursion to Disneyland . The Shah of Iran and Empress Farah were invited to Disneyland by Walt Disney in the early 1960s . There was moderate controversy over the lack of African American employees . As late as 1963, civil rights activists were pressuring Disneyland to hire black people, with executives responding that they would "consider" the requests . The park did however hire people of Asian descent, such as Ty Wong and Bob Kuwahara . </P> <P> As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded . The Frito - Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964, and then nationwide in 1966 . </P>

Which came first disney world or disney land