Tinker Bell added to the Fantasy in the Sky show,
Holidayland closes
Tomorrowland:
Mark II monorails debut; extension of monorail track to the Disneyland Hotel
-March 27
Fantasyland:
Snow White Grotto
-May 28
“Disneyland ’61/Olympic Elk” airs
-June 15
Grad Nite held for the first time at Disneyland
-August 6
Tomorrowland:
Flying Saucers (removed, September 5, 1966)
-September
Frontierland:
Don Defore’s Silver Banjo closes (replaced by ???)
-October 1
Frontierland:
Indian Village closes as it prepares to move (reopened, June, 1962; additions to the Indian Village, 1962; Indian Village removed, 1971)
-December
Former President Eisenhower and his wife visit Disneyland
-December 17
Main Street, U.S.A.:
Babes in Toyland Exhibit Opens