The resort’s 70 th anniversary festivities kick off Friday with new experiences and returning favorites that feel like a love letter to existing fans. It’s also an invitation for first timers to discover why Disneyland is called the Happiest Place on Earth and to make it their own.

Disneyland’s 70th anniversary festivities kick off Friday with new experiences and returning favorites that feel like a love letter to fans who've been flocking to the Southern California resort since Walt Disney opened it to great fanfare in 1955.

Disneyland introduces a new World of Color water show and brings back a Pixar daytime parade, nighttime electrical parade and fan-favorite fireworks extravaganza.