Disneyland was famously the brainchild of Walt Disney, who wanted to create a place that children and adults could enjoy together. He envisioned it as a place of both amusement and education and began designing his grand amusement park in the early 1950s, but faced several obstacles, including struggles to secure funding (his own brother and financial partner, Roy Disney, thought the idea of Disneyland was "screwy.") Despite these struggles, he was able to purchase 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, roughly 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and construction on the theme park began in 1954. Record rainfall and labor strikes slowed progress, but in the summer of 1955, special invitations were sent out for the grand opening. Disneyland officially opened on July 17, 1955 and the project cost had $17 million to complete. Unfortunately, the passes that had been sent out were counterfeited and thousands of uninvited guests showed up on opening day. The park wasn’t quite ready by the date of its opening and this, combined with the extra guests, resulted in food and drinks running out, at least one woman’s heel getting stuck in the still-wet asphalt of Main Street USA, and the Mark Twain Steamboat nearly capsizing due to overcrowding. Still, Disneyland recovered quickly from its chaotic opening day and attractions like Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Snow White’s Adventures, Space Station X-1, Jungle Cruise, and Stage Coach drew in crowds, as did the continual additions of new, state-of-the-art rides. Notably, Disneyland was the only completed Disney Park that Walt Disney saw before his death in 1966. (In fact, he was there so often that he kept an apartment on the premises!) The second Disney Park, Walt Disney World, opened in Florida in 1971, followed by additional Disney theme parks in Europe and Asia. Today, all of the Disney Parks are popular destinations and Disneyland alone is visited by over 18 million people each year.