The oldest operating theme park in the world, Bakken, opened in 1583, just outside Copenhagen in Bakken, Denmark.

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It gives Disneyland a worthy companion park (finally) and also serves as an incentive for fans who are accustomed to the much larger Walt Disney World Theme Park to make the trek out West to check out the original.

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Imagineers actually used a video game engine to help transfer the world from within a computer world into the theme park.

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