Rather than travel to Disneyland, one?Californian?architect has built the happiest place on Earth 権利 in his own backyard - and he's 許すing 訪問者s in for 解放する/自由な.?

David Sheegog, 65, has spent 25 years creating a miniature replica of a Disneyland 鉄道/強行採決する in his modest 郊外の Anaheim Hills backyard, 指名するing it 城 頂点(に達する) and 雷鳴 鉄道/強行採決する.?

Sheegog grew up a 石/投石する's throw from Disneyland, watching the 花火 shows from his 前線 yard with his parents, and when he had his own children, he was 奮起させるd to create a magical experience for them.?

He started out with a model on his dining room (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する, but over the years he has 拡大するd to cover every インチ of his yard, 追加するing Snow White's house, Splash Mountain and Sleeping Beauty's 城.?

He told DailyMail.com: 'My favorite thing isn't something we've built, it's seeing how people enjoy it. When we have open houses and I see families interacting with each other, いつかs I just sit on the (法廷の)裁判 and watch the people.'

Sheegog started building the 陳列する,発揮する in 1999 and started welcoming 訪問者s in 2015

Some of the parts he built from sets, others from scratch and some he 3D-printed

Some of the parts he built from 始める,決めるs, others from scratch and some he 3D-printed

He has recreated fan favorites including Splash Mountain and the Haunted Mansion

He has recreated fan favorites 含むing Splash Mountain and the Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion - as a trained architect, Sheegog approached his dream with a meticulous, planned, approach

The Haunted Mansion - as a trained architect, Sheegog approached his dream with a meticulous, planned, approach

The project has expanded piece by piece to cover his entire yard

The 事業/計画(する) has 拡大するd piece by piece to cover his entire yard

As a trained architect, Sheegog approached his dream with a meticulous, planned, approach.?

His first step was to ask his wife, フランs, if he could take over their backyard.?

She agreed, putting in place one 支配する: there had to be room in the 中央の dle for their now-adult children to play in.?

許可 認めるd, he 始める,決める about designing.?

He said: 'We were homeschooling our kids and I thought the 鉄道/強行採決する might catch their fancy and it might be something they want to 追求する.?

'As they get older I thought they might be 利益/興味d in the electronics or the gardening. It was ーするつもりであるd to be a living 研究室/実験室 of sorts.

'But it turned out they were all more 利益/興味d in playing with their friends so it became dad’s 事業/計画(する).'

He told the Orange 郡 登録(する): 'I built a model of the whole thing that took up our dining room for a year. We had to eat in the kitchen.'

Fortunately, the whole Sheegog family are Disney-obsessed. Sheegog once worked at Disneyland on the Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes and the couple even 指名するd their daughter after Ariel from The Little Mermaid.?

At first, Sheegog started out with a commercially-produced model train 始める,決める, 修正するing it to create 詳細(に述べる)d miniatures of all five Disneyland trains.

He was so 詳細(に述べる)-obsessed that he even color-matched the paint 見本s with the real trains.?

He started out with a commercially-produced model train set which he modified

He started out with a commercially-produced model train 始める,決める which he 修正するd

He included a miniature version of the famous statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

He 含むd a miniature 見解/翻訳/版 of the famous statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

Mickey and Minnie Mouse are key features of the mini Disneyland

Mickey and Minnie Mouse are 重要な features of the 小型の Disneyland

Sheegog had high ambitions for his designs, he told The LA Times: 'Most of the garden 鉄道/強行採決するs I had seen people had bought pre-made 道具s of little plastic buildings that are all about 12 インチs by 8 インチs.?

'They look like premade little buildings, like a barber shop. No.'

He 追加するd: 'I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to build this from scratch, and 手配中の,お尋ね者 them to be impressive, like 5 feet across and 4 feet tall. Or in the 事例/患者 of one our 城s, 7 feet tall.?

'I had to 計画(する) these out as to where the major buildings would be.'

He started construction in 1999 and showed the first 見解/翻訳/版 to his friends and family in 2000.?

Over the years, as the 事業/計画(する) has 拡大するd, his techniques have grown more high-tech.?

Some of the features he built from 始める,決めるs, others he made from scratch, and some, in 最近の years, he 3D-printed.?

He 追加するd?Sleeping Beauty’s 城, Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain and Snow White's village 同様に as 言及/関連s to almost every Disney or Pixar film from 1937 to 2021.?

He has added to the set piece by piece over two decades with help from his family

He has 追加するd to the 始める,決める piece by piece over two 10年間s with help from his family

The 鉄道/強行採決する runs through the 中心 of the 始める,決める, with five trains 同一の to the real world Disneyland

In recent years he purchased a 3D pr
inter allowing him to perfectly recreate features

In 最近の years he 購入(する)d a 3D printer 許すing him to perfectly recreate features

The couple doesn't like to discuss the cost of the build, but 概算の it has 追加するd up to around the same price as 任命する/導入するing a swimming pool.?

He told the LA Times: 'We are not 豊富な people here, and I’m trying to 人物/姿/数字 out a way to retire because there’s not a way to do it 権利 now.'

Occasionally 訪問者s ask how much it would cost to 雇う him to build them a Sleeping Beauty's 城.?

He said: 'They think you can do it for $300 or $400, and I say, "It’s probably going to be about $70,000 to build that thing again,” It takes someone six months of their life to build that.'

In 2015, Sheegog and his wife began 開始 their garden to the public a few 週末s a year, with tickets selling out almost すぐに.?

入ること/参加(者) is 解放する/自由な, partly because the family doesn’t want to attract the attention of 法人組織の/企業の lawyers.

Sleeping Beauty's Castle is one of the prominent pieces in the set standing at over seven feet tall

Sleeping Beauty's 城 is one of the 目だつ pieces in the 始める,決める standing at over seven feet tall

Guests can visit for free on select weekends throughout the year, details can be found on their website

Guests can visit for 解放する/自由な on select 週末s throughout the year, 詳細(に述べる)s can be 設立する on their website

He has even built in working water features and light shows

He has even built in working water features and light shows

He told the LA Times: 'There was a woman here one time, and she was の近くに to 100. She worked in the park on 開始 day, when Walt Disney was there, and worked in the park her whole life.?

'She had a whole (人が)群がる around her, just listening to stories about what it was like. She started weeping. As she was talking, she was reliving her life when she was 20 years old, her first love, where she met her husband.?

'All these memories come 支援する, and a lot of people who come here are that way because we’re in Anaheim.'

Although Sheegog is hoping to retire this year, he has no 計画(する)s to stop 拡大するing the 事業/計画(する).?

He is designing two interactive experiences, 完全にする with レーザー shows, holograms 活気/アニメーションs and live actors.??

He said:?'We grew up with the park, and it has a 確かな sentimental niche in your psyche. People just want to be around it, and our place 供給するs an 出口 for that.'