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Walt Disney couldn't afford Disneyland's first hotel

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Disneyland might be a billion-dollar mega-resort today, but Walt Disney originally blew his entire budget just building the rides. He had to beg his wealthy friend Jack Wrather to build the destination's official hotel across the street, leading to a humiliating situation decades later where the corporate empire had to buy it back at an astronomical markup.

Walt Disney couldn't afford Disneyland's first hotel
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