Disneyland Hotel (California)
The Disneyland Hotel is a hotel in Anaheim, California, notable as the first of many future Disney hotels to officially bear the Disney name. It has been in operation since 1955, although it was not owned by The Walt Disney Company until 1988. When Walt Disney constructed Disneyland in 1955, the costs to build the park exceeded $17 million, and Disney did not have the money to build and operate a hotel. Walt Disney negotiated a deal with Jack Wrather to build and operate the hotel. The contract gave Wrather the rights to use the Disneyland Hotel name on any hotel in the state of California until 2054.

History
The is one of the Disney hotels designed by the firm of Pereira & Luckman, and originally featured a then-futuristic marketplace known as Monorail Plaza, which was demolished in the late 1990s to make way for Downtown Disney.

When Michael Eisner became Chairman & CEO of Walt Disney Productions in 1984, he desperately wanted to get out of Disney's agreement with the Wrather Corporation and bring Disney hotels under the Walt Disney Company's umbrella. However, every time Wrather was approached by Disney he said that he was happy with the contract. When Jack Wrather died in late 1984, The Walt Disney Company bought the entire Wrather Corporation. As a result, Disney owned the Disney hotels portfolio which included the Disneyland Hotel, along with the RMS Queen Mary, The Lone Ranger and the TV series Lassie.

The Property
This Disney hotel is comprised of three guest room towers: Magic Tower, Dreams Tower, and Wonder Tower. Other buildings in the sprawling hotel complex house restaurants, stores, offices, recreational facilities and convention/banquet facilities. The Downtown Disney Monorail Station takes guests to Tomorrowland inside Disneyland Park and has an exclusive entrance to Disney's California Adventure for guests staying at Disneyland Resort hotels which are a short walk away. Many Disney hotels use Mickey Mouse theming in many interior furnishings and details.

The Disneyland Hotel Complex also features a gazebo area that is used for Disney's Fairytale Weddings. Visit Disneyland's many beautiful Disney hotels for a memorable vacation.