Children's Fairyland, Storybook theme park in Oakland, United States
Children's Fairyland extends across 10 acres near Lake Merritt, containing fairy tale play sets, miniature rides, and an animal area for young visitors.
The Oakland Lake Merritt Breakfast Club constructed this entertainment venue in 1950, establishing it as the first storybook theme park in the United States.
The Open Storybook Puppet Theater presents daily performances from a collection of 150 different shows, maintaining traditional puppetry techniques and storytelling methods.
The park operates Friday through Sunday from 10 AM to 4 PM, with adults required to bring children for entry and permission to bring outside food.
Walt Disney visited this park in 1950 before creating Disneyland and recruited its first director, Dorothy Manes, to serve as youth director at his future park.
Location: California
Location: Oakland
Website: http://fairyland.org
GPS coordinates: 37.80900,-122.26000
Latest update: May 13, 2025 22:21
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