Year of 100 Million Smiles Disneyland anxiously awaited the arrival of its 100 millionth guest in 1971. The day came on June 17, 1971, when, at 11:13 A.M., Valerie Suldo from New Brunswick, New Jersey, walked through the turnstiles. The 200 millionth guest, Gert Schelvis, arrived on January 8, 1981.
