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Disneyland
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Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17,1955. It is the theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the attraction on the property, its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland after visiting various amusement parks with his daughters in the 1930s and 1940s. He initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit, however, after hiring a consultant to help him determine an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a 160-acre site near Anaheim in 1953. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17,1955. Opened in 2001, Disney California Adventure Park was built on the site of Disneylands original parking lot, Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with over 650 million guests since it opened. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 16.2 million guests, according to a March 2005 Disney report,65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort, including about 20,000 direct Disney employees and 3,800 third-party employees. To all who come to this place, Welcome. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy. The concept for Disneyland began when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching them ride the merry-go-round, he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together and he may have also been influenced by his fathers memories of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Another likely influence was Benton Harbor, Michigans nationally famous House of Davids Eden Springs Park, Disney visited the park and ultimately bought one of the older miniature trains originally used there, the colony had the largest miniature railway setup in the world at the time. His ideas evolved to a play park with a boat ride. The initial concept, the Mickey Mouse Park, started with an 8-acre plot across Riverside Drive and his designers began working on concepts, though the project grew much larger than the land could hold. Disney hired Harrison Price from Stanford Research Institute to gauge the proper area to locate the theme based on the areas potential growth. Based on Prices analysis, Disney acquired 160 acres of groves and walnut trees in Anaheim
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Tomorrowland
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Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Each version of the land is different and features attractions that depict views of the future. Disneyland Park in Paris includes an area called Discoveryland, which shares some elements with other Tomorrowlands. Walt Disney was known for his futurist views and, through his television programs, Tomorrowland was the realized culmination of his views. In his own words, Tomorrow can be a wonderful age and our scientists today are opening the doors of the Space Age to achievements that will benefit our children and generations to come. The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future and it is this movement into the future that has, on occasion, left Tomorrowland mired in the past. Disneylands Tomorrowland is now in its generation, and the Magic Kingdoms Tomorrowland is in its second. The Walt Disney Company has mentioned that it wanted to keep Tomorrowland from becoming Yesterdayland, a vista into a world of wondrous ideas, signifying Mans achievements. A step into the future, with predictions of constructed things to come, Tomorrow offers new frontiers in science, adventure and ideals. The Atomic Age, the challenge of Outer Space and the hope for a peaceful, during the dedication, Walt Disney started speaking, was told that he wasnt yet on air, and then had to restart once the television viewers were watching. The first Tomorrowland opened at Disneyland on July 17,1955, with several of its planned attractions open. The construction of the park was rushed, so Tomorrowland was the last land to be finished and it became something of a corporate showcase, despite Walt Disneys reluctance. Monsanto Company, American Motors, Richfield Oil, and Dutch Boy Paint were some of the companies to open showcases in Tomorrowland in the first few years. Since the park was on a budget, one cost-cutting idea was to reuse the sets of the Nautilus from Disneys 1954 movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as a walkthrough attraction. For the first four years, most of Tomorrowland was generally open space, however, the area gained more attractions as time passed, many of which have since been removed. When Disneyland opened, Tomorrowland represented the future in the year 1986, Tomorrowlands showpiece was the TWA Moonliner, derived from Disneys Man In Space television episodes developed in the 1950s. The Moonliner was the tallest structure in the park at the time, the Moonliner hosted Rocket To The Moon which was a ride to the moon. The entrance showpiece was the clock of the showing the time anywhere on earth
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Geographical coordinates
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
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Walt Disneys Carousel of Progress is an attraction located at the Magic Kingdom park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It was replaced in Disneyland by America Sings in 1974, to keep it up with the times, the attraction has been updated five times and has had two different theme songs, both written by the Sherman Brothers. Various sources say Walt Disney himself proclaimed that the Carousel of Progress was his favorite attraction and this can be somewhat supported by family and friends, who knew of his constant work on the attraction. Of all the attractions he presented at the 1964–1965 New York Worlds Fair, the Carousel of Progress holds the record as the longest-running stage show, with the most performances, in the history of American theater. It is one of the oldest attractions in the whole Walt Disney World Resort and it is also one of the only attractions at Walt Disney World to have been touched by Walt Disney himself. Even though the Carousel of Progress does not typically have long queue, the video talks about the history and development of the attraction, and even includes clips of Walt explaining the attraction on his television show. The video lasts about four minutes, after which guests can enter the theater for the next show. On the stage in the room, is a large Carousel of Progress logo. The attraction’s narrator tells guests more history about the attraction and he focuses in on the fact that the attraction was Walts idea, and that he loved the show. As the scene opens, robins chirp in the background and the music fades, the father of the family, John, is sitting in a wooden rocking chair inside his home. On his right, his dog Rover is happily laying on the floor, John tells guests that it is right around the turn of the century and also that it is Valentine’s Day. He then claims that things could not get any better than they are at time, before giving a list of the new inventions. As John highlights the new pieces of technology, a spotlight shines on them and he then comments that problems such as chopping wood, sour milk and having to get water from a well are all things of the past. After he is showing off the new technology he calls to his wife, Sarah. The two discuss how Thomas Edison is working on an idea for snap on electric lights, which the Sarah says will mean no more kerosene and no more gas. She also shows guests her new wash-day marvel, and comments that now she can do the laundry in five hours instead of two days. As John is explaining that Sarah now has time for other things, Sarah then excuses herself, commenting that she needs to get the laundry off the line before it starts raining cats and dogs. After it begins to rain, the familys son begins to talk from the right room, the sons name is James, and he is scolded for using his father’s Stereoscope without permission
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America Sings
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America Sings was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of audio animatronics animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in Americas musical history, often in a humorous fashion. America Sings opened on June 29,1974, replacing the General Electric-sponsored Carousel of Progress attraction, America Sings used the same Carousel Theater as its predecessor. The building had a ring of six theaters, connected by divider walls. Unlike Disneylands Carousel of Progress, which rotated clockwise, America Sings rotated in a counter-clockwise direction, also, unlike Carousel of Progress, America Sings only used the lower level of the Carousel Theater. The upper level was used to house the SuperSpeed Tunnel in 1977 that the PeopleMover transportation attraction passed through. Written primarily by Marc Davis and Al Bertino, America Sings was comparable to Disneylands Country Bear Jamboree, the shows Masters of Ceremonies were an American bald eagle named Sam and an owl named Ollie. The image of Eagle Sam was designed by Disney animator Marc Davis, Eagle Sam is completely separate from the Sam the Olympic Eagle character designed a decade later by C. Robert Moore for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Like the Carousel of Progress, the first and the last scenes of America Sings involved the loading and unloading of guests, while the four scenes, or acts. However, the load and unload theaters each featured a small curtained gazebo with a backdrop showing a park. The curtains would open to reveal Sam and the owl standing on a podium, with Sam standing on the higher level. Also, at point in each act, the Weasel would suddenly appear on the scene, spouting the title line, Pop. At the very end of the show, he changed the line to, Goodbye, the characters in America Sings were patterned after the characters from the concept art for an animated movie called Chanticleer that Walt Disney scrapped back in the 1960s. A narrow channel between a wall and a rotating wall was open and Stone either fell, stepped backwards. She was pronounced dead at 11,00 PM when the carousel was being reset for a new cycle, one of the audience members heard Stones screams and notified park staff. Other employees didnt notice the body until the end of the show. By the time the member and the staff got to her. Shed started working at Disneyland to earn money for college, Stones parents sued Disneyland for the death of their daughter, which resulted in a small settlement
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Innoventions (Disneyland)
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Innoventions was a 2-story museum in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It opened on July 3,1998 as part of the New Tomorrowland, the attraction operated for nearly 17 years, closing on March 31,2015. From 2013 until its closure, its focus shifted to character meet-and-greets featuring superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It occupied the Carousel Theater, a round building in which the outer half of the first floor rotates. A similar attraction of the name exists in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. From 1967 to 1973, the building housed Walt Disneys Carousel of Progress and this attraction was moved from Disneyland to its current location in Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1973, at the request of its sponsor, General Electric. America Sings occupied the building from the year until 1988. Audio-Animatronics from the show were used in Disneylands Splash Mountain, the upper level of the building continued to house the Tron SuperSpeed Tunnel segment of the PeopleMover until that attraction eventually closed in 1995. The attraction closed March 31,2015, the building was redesigned and reopened on November 16,2015 as the Tomorrowland Expo Center. Super Hero HQ closed in April 2016, the first floor hosted the Dream Home in alliance with Microsoft, HP, and Taylor Morrison. Guests who entered the Innoventions building were greeted by Tom Morrow, an Audio-Animatronic and he explained Innoventions in a comedic style and performs an updated version of the Sherman Brothers song Theres a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow from the original Carousel of Progress. He was voiced by Nathan Lane, beginning in 2012, the Tom Morrow Audio-Animatronics were removed from display and are no longer part of the attraction. The building used the rotation mechanism built in 1967 for the Carousel of Progress. In the Super Hero HQ location, guests were able to meet Captain America, Thor, guests were also able to embody Iron Man in The Iron Man Experience, which had guests partake in a simulator that enabled them to fly. Guests were also able to purchase Marvel merchandise, the lower level gives guests the opportunity to meet Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Boba Fett. The location opened with these characters in the winter of 2015, january 2016 saw the addition of Kylo Ren. Guests are given a variety of exhibits, such as props and costumes used in the films, Super Hero HQ closed in April 2016. Guests can calculate their BMI, learn about exercise on a bike, play virtual sports games
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Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Disneys Hollywood Studios, originally Disney-MGM Studios, is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, based on an idea by Marty Sklar, Randy Bright, and Michael Eisner, the park opened on May 1,1989, and was the third of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World. To increase public interest and the variety of representation within the park, Disney entered into a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The parks current name took effect in 2008, with the removal of the MGM-branding throughout the park, the parks icon was originally the Earffel Tower from the parks opening until 2001 when the Sorcerers Hat—a stylized version of the magical hat from Fantasia—was erected in the parks central hub. It then served as the icon until its removal in January 2015. The tower was removed in April 2016. Currently, the park remains without an official designated icon, although both the Great Movie Ride and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror are represented as such in marketing materials. In 2015, the park hosted approximately 10.8 million guests, ranking it the fifth most-visited theme park in North America and we welcome you to a Hollywood that never was—and always will be. A team of Walt Disney Imagineers led by Marty Sklar and Randy Bright had been given an assignment to two new pavilions for Epcots Future World section. The brainstorming sessions led to Wonders of Life and Great Movie Ride pavilions, the latter was to look like a soundstage backdrop, with a movie theater-style entrance in the middle and would have sat between the Land and Journey Into Imagination pavilions. In 1988, MGM/UA responded by filing a lawsuit that claimed Disney violated the agreement by operating a working movie, when the park first opened, the only two attractions were the Studio Backlot Tour and The Great Movie Ride. Disney later filed a countersuit, claiming that MGM/UA and MGM Grand, on October 23,1992, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis B. The 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park opened in 1993 at the Las Vegas site, on August 9,2007, Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton announced that Disney-MGM Studios would be re-branded as Disneys Hollywood Studios, effective January 7,2008. On March 12,2015, during a shareholders meeting. Disneys Hollywood Studios is divided into six themed areas, the parks original layout featured a large Hidden Mickey, which was visible in aerial photographs of the park and on the parks early guide maps. Construction and other changes have eliminated much of this image. Hollywood Boulevard, inspired by the street in Los Angeles, serves as the main entrance and operates in the same vein as Main Street. It is lined with themed streetscape facades and venues selling Disney merchandise, guests enter through the main entrance gate, which resembles the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
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Toon Studio
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Toon Studio is a land at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris, France. The land, formerly known as Animation Courtyard, received a revamp in 2007 to features a colourful and immersive. The Toon Studio concept is a spin-off of the Mickeys Toontown idea, Flying Carpets Over Agrabah — a spinner ride similar to Dumbo the Flying Elephant where riders sit in magic carpets and act as extras in Genie’s directorial debut. The attraction is set against a large “movie set” backdrop of Agrabah and this is a unique attraction to Walt Disney Studios Park. Cars Quatre Roues Rallye — a Zamperla Demolition Derby attraction where guests are spin at a Radiator Spring’s car service station and their cars are located on four spinning plateaus and they change from one spinning plateau to the next. Mickey and the Magician — a live show featuring the Disney Classics, Toy Story Playland Ratatouille, L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy Monsters Inc. Scream Academy Animagique Toon Studio Catering Co, jessies Snack Roundup Bistrot Chez Rémy The Disney Animation Gallery Animagique Kiosk Chez Marianne, Souvenirs de Paris Disneyland Pariss official website - Toy Story Playland is part of Toon Studio
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The Magic of Disney Animation
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The Magic of Disney Animation was a show and tour at Disneys Hollywood Studios, Florida. The attraction closed permanently on July 12,2015, at the time, it was not announced what would happen to the building and the animators. In December 2015, the building began to be used to house the Star Wars Launch Bay, following that introductory film, guest would witness the process of animation, first-hand, from elevated, glass-enclosed walkways within Disneys actual animation studio. The third segment of the tour was a short film in which Disney Animators described the joy of the art of animation. A finale film, entitled Classic Disney presented a montage of key moments from classic animated Disney films, after guests leave the showroom they are led to an area with interactive games and a chance to meet characters from the latest Disney animated pictures. There is also a section called The Animation Academy, where guests can draw their favorite Disney characters, several original cels from classic Disney films as well as several of the Academy Awards won by Disney films are on display at the attraction. Inside the building which housed The Magic of Disney Animation, are the production facilities of Walt Disney Animation Orlando. Roy E. Disney noted it in his dedication speech, Walt Disney World Resort - The Magic of Disney Animation Retrieved May 2012 Stories from Walt Disney Animation Orlando Retrieved May 2012
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Walt Disney Imagineering
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Imagineering is responsible for designing and building Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and other entertainment venues at all levels of project development. Imagineering also manages various properties held by units within the Walt Disney Company including Disneys Burbank Studios, New Amsterdam Theater, when Disney was in the sports team ownership that included Edison Field and the Mighty Ducks Disney Ice practice rink in Anaheim. Disney filed for a copyright for the term in 1967, claiming first use of the term in 1962, Walt Disney Inc. was formed by Walt Disney in 1953 with the Disneyland designing engineering division. In light of objections from Roy as well as those of potential stockholders, in 1961, WED moved into the Grand Central Business Park, the site of the former Grand Central Air Terminal, in 1961. The unit was renamed as of January 1986 to Walt Disney Imagineering, in 1996, Disney Development Company, the Disney conglomerates real estate development subsidiary, merged into Imagineering. Imagineering created Disney Fair, a U. S. traveling attraction, with poor attendance, the fair was pulled after a few stops. Disney Entertainment Projects Inc. a new Disney Asian Pacific subsidiary, by 1997, Imagineers were in several buildings in Grand Central Business Park when Disney purchased the park. In September 1999, Disney Imagineering announced the Grand Central Creative Campus redesign of the park with a new office-studio complex anchored by Disney Imagineering. Some of the building were demolished to make way for new buildings, the additional space would be for sound stages, production facilities and offices. Imagineers are governed by a few key principles when developing new concepts, often, new concepts and improvements are created to fulfill specific needs. Many solutions to problems are designed in this way, such as the vehicle of the attraction Soarin Over California. An Imagineer found an Erector set in his attic, and was able to envision, Imagineers are also known for returning to ideas for attractions and shows that, for whatever reason, never came to fruition. These ideas are often reworked and appear in a different form – like the Museum of the Weird, finally, there is the principle of blue sky speculation, a process where Imagineers generate ideas with no limitations. The custom at Imagineering has been to start the process with what is referred to as eyewash--the boldest, wildest, best idea one can come up with. Many Imagineers consider this to be the beginning of the design process and operate under the notion that if it can be dreamt. Imagineers are always seeking to improve upon their work--what Walt Disney called plussing and he firmly believed that Disneyland will never be completed as long as theres imagination left in the world, meaning there is always room for innovation and improvement. During an Imagineering workshop in 1991, Marty Sklar presented ten commandments attributed to Mickey Steinberg, WDI is responsible for technological advances such as the Circle-Vision 360° film technique and the FastPass virtual queuing system. The idea sprang from Disney’s fascination with a bird he purchased in New Orleans
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Star Wars
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars and it was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed-to-negative reactions, a sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards and have been successes, with a combined box office revenue of over $7.5 billion. Spin-off films include Star Wars, The Clone Wars and Rogue One, Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the Most successful film merchandising franchise. In 2015, the value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at USD $42 billion. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion and earned the rights to all subsequent Star Wars films. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, the events depicted in the Star Wars franchise take place in an unnamed fictional galaxy at an undetermined point in the distant past. Many species of creatures are depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace and are built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets in the galaxy are members of a single galactic government. In the prequel trilogy, this is depicted in the form of the Galactic Republic, at the end of the trilogy and throughout the original trilogy. Preceding and during the trilogy, this government is the New Republic. One of the prominent elements of Star Wars is the Force and it is described in the first produced film as an energy field created by all living things surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together. While the Force can be used for good, known as the side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression. The sequel trilogy introduces the Knights of Ren, an order of practitioners of the side of the Force aligned with the First Order. The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25,1977 and this was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21,1980, and Return of the Jedi, released on May 25,1983
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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HPE is a business-focused organization with four divisions, Enterprise Group, which works in servers, storage, networking, consulting and support, Services, Software, and Financial Services. The split was structured so that the old Hewlett-Packard changed its name to HP Inc. according to notes from 2015, HPEs revenue was slightly less than that of HP Inc. The full name for the company is Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, during and since the separation, many media outlets have incorrectly named the new organization with some using HP Enterprises or HP Enterprise. In May 2016, the company announced it would sell its Enterprise Services division to one of its competitors, the merger of HPE Enterprise Services with CSC, to form a new company DXC Technology, is expected to complete by March 2017. Approximately 100,000 current HPE employees are affected, more than 30,000 services employees from other areas of the HPE business will remain at HPE including Technology Services Support and Consulting as well as Software professional services. In August 2016, the announced plans to acquire Silicon Graphics International. On November 1,2016, HPE announced it completed the acquisition, for $7.75 per share in cash, in September,2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has transferred two patents to a Texas based wholly owned shell company Plectrum LLC. These two patents were originated at the 3Com Corporation, which was bought by HP in 2010, HP Inc. – the demerged sibling company that offers printers and personal computers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services – former global business unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise that provides managed and outsourced services, Hewlett Packard Labs – the research & development arm of HPE. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software – a global business unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise that sells big data analysis and security solutions
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Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort, commonly known as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. The resort was developed by Walt Disney in the 1950s, when it opened to guests on July 17,1955, the property consisted of Disneyland, its 100-acre parking lot, and the Disneyland Hotel, owned and operated by Disneys business partner Jack Wrather. During the expansion, the property was named the Disneyland Resort to encompass the entire complex, the company purchased the Disneyland Hotel from the Wrather Company and the Pan Pacific Hotel from the Tokyu Group. The Pan Pacific Hotel later became Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel, the property saw the addition of Disneys Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, a second theme park, named Disney California Adventure, and the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment area. Walt Disneys early concepts for an amusement park called for a Mickey Mouse Park located adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, the consultant recommended a remote location near Anaheim, adjacent to the then-under-construction Santa Ana Freeway. The consultant correctly predicted that the location – covered by orange groves at the time – would become the center of Southern California. Since the location was far from Southern California population centers in the 1950s, Disneyland opened on July 17,1955, with a televised press preview event on ABC. Despite the disastrous event, later dubbed Black Sunday, during which several rides broke down and other mishaps occurred, the hotel, which opened three months after the park, enjoyed similar success. To Walt Disneys dismay, the city of Anaheim was lax in restricting their construction, the area surrounding Disneyland became the atmosphere of colorful lights, flashy neon signs, and then-popular Googie architecture that he wanted to avoid. The Anaheim Convention Center was built across the street from Disneylands original parking lot, eventually, Disneyland was boxed in, a factor which would later lead Walt Disney to acquire a significantly larger parcel of land for the construction of Walt Disney World. In the 1990s, Disney decided to turn the theme park into a similar multi-park. In 1991, Disney announced plans to build WestCOT, a park based on Walt Disney Worlds EPCOT Center. Its estimated cost was US$3 billion, largely due to the high cost of land that Disney would have needed to acquire. With the new Euro Disney Resort, which opened in 1992, becoming a financial and public relations albatross for the company, Disney was unable to finance the project, $1.4 billion was budgeted to build the park, a retail district, and hotels. Construction began in 1998, with much of the property being a construction site until 2001, the original park remained largely untouched during this time. Temporary surface parking lots were set up across West Street with tram service to the entrance to offset the loss of the 100-acre parking lot. Parking lots were set up on smaller parcels of acquired land Disney east and southeast of the park, primarily used for employee parking. Several Disneyland landmarks were demolished, notably the marquee on Harbor Boulevard, also demolished were the Disneyland Hotels original buildings from 1955, as well as most of the facilities outside of the three guest room towers
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Walt Disney World
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The Walt Disney World Resort is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida. The resort is the destination of Disneys worldwide corporate enterprise. Opened on October 1,1971, Walt Disney World is the most visited vacation resort in the world, the resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a division of The Walt Disney Company. It was initially operated by Walt Disney World Company, Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex, in 1971, followed by Epcot in 1982, Disneys Hollywood Studios in 1989, and the most recent, Disneys Animal Kingdom in 1998. Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the Florida Project, as it was known, was intended to present a distinct vision with its own diverse set of rides. Walt Disneys original plans called for the inclusion of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Walt Disney died on December 15,1966, before construction began, without Disney spearheading the construction, the company created a resort similar to Disneyland, abandoning experimental concepts for a planned community. In 1959, Walt Disney Productions began looking for land to house a second resort to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955. Market surveys at the revealed that only 5% of Disneylands visitors came from east of the Mississippi River. Additionally, Walt Disney disliked the businesses that had sprung up around Disneyland, Walt Disney flew over a potential site in Orlando, Florida – one of many – in November 1963. To avoid a burst of land speculation, Walt Disney World Company used various dummy corporations to acquire 30,500 acres of land, in May 1965, some of these major land transactions were recorded a few miles southwest of Orlando in Osceola County. In addition, two tracts totaling $1. Some are now memorialized on a window above Main Street, U. S. A. in Magic Kingdom, the smaller parcels of land acquired were called outs. They were 5-acre lots platted in 1912 by the Munger Land Company, most of the owners in the 1960s were happy to get rid of the land, which was mostly swamp at the time. Another issue was the rights to the land, which were owned by Tufts University. Without the transfer of rights, Tufts could come in at any time. Eventually, Disneys team negotiated a deal with Tufts to buy the rights for $15,000. Working strictly in secrecy, real estate agents unaware of their clients identity began making offers to landowners in April 1964 in parts of southwest Orange and northwest Osceola counties
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D23 (Disney)
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D23 is the official fan club for The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 2009, the organization is mainly for its biennial exposition event. The name D23 refers to D for Disney and 23 for 1923—the year Walt Disney founded the company, membership includes Disney twenty-three, yearly gifts, events, exclusive merchandise offers, and discount and early access to the D23 Expo fan convention. D23 was introduced on March 10,2009 by Robert Iger during the annual meeting. D23 had a booth at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 followed by the first D23 Expo on September 10–13,2009, in March 2010, D23 announced that the expo would be biannual instead of annual with a Destination D event in the off year. In February 2013, the Walt Disney Company Japan announced the first D23 Expo Japan on October 12–14,2013, events include, D23 Expo biennial Destination D a smaller biennial event alternating with the Expo. Events were held in the D23 Arena, Stage 23, Storytellers Theatre, the D23 Expo returned for its second time at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 19–21,2011. The Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives has expanded by 12,000 square feet since the Inaugural D23 Expo, shopping opportunities include the D23 Expo Dream Store returning from the Inaugural Expo. Other stores include A Small World Village and a Disney Store in the Disney Living Pavilion. Events took place at the D23 Arena, Stage 23, Stage 28, the red carpet at the Talent Round-Up area, Storytellers Stage at the Disney Living pavilion, and at the Disney Channel/Radio Disney stage. The Disney Channel stage held performances from Coco Jones, China Anne McClain, a first look for Radio Disneys N. B. T. and a karate exhibition from Leo Howard. Guests also had the chance to meet and greet the cast of Good Luck Charlie, Jake, phineas and Ferb, Kickin It, Fish Hooks, A. N. T. Farm, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso, Pair of Kings, nice, and the celebration for the 25th Anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios. The first rounds of the UDTT were held on August 18,2011 which narrowed from thousands to one hundred and it was hosted by Dan Roebuck who narrowed down the final round from 20 people to 3. After two full days of trivia questions, John Kurowski was declared the winner of the inaugural Ultimate Disney Fan Trivia Tournament and his name was engraved on a Ludwig Von Drake trophy which was preserved in the Walt Disney Archives. Kurowski also won a cruise on the Disney Cruise Lines Disney Fantasy ship which set sail to the public in 2012. The D23 Arena hosted many milestone events only at the D23 Expo and this is the second time that the Disney Legends Ceremony has taken place in front of guests at the D23 Expo. This tradition started in 1987 and since then,287 people have been awarded, at the expo, the company honored 12 people who contributed to the The Walt Disney Company
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Main Street, U.S.A.
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Main Street, U. S. A. is the first themed land inside the main entrance of the many Disneyland-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Each Main Street, U. S. A. has a station above the entrance. At Disneyland Park, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, Sleeping Beauty Castle stands in the distance beyond the end of the street, the area near here is referred to as Town Square, most of the day, there are characters available for a meet and greet here. At the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, Cinderella Castle stands at the end, Town Square is home to City Hall, in which the Guest Relations office is located. Largely they appear as fictional businesses, and they refer to a hobby or interest that the person honored. Ub Iwerkss window, for example, refers to his prowess with cameras, for Disneylands 50th anniversary, on July 17,2005, a first-story window on each Main Street was unveiled with a dedication to all the cast members who had worked for Disney throughout the years. The streets are paved with resilient asphalt to prevent aching of feet, in July 2015, Disneyland expanded their Main Street U. S. A. with a Main Street Arcade in honor of their 60th anniversary. Inspired by Walt Disneys hometown of Marceline, Missouri, Main Street, according to Harper Goff, who worked on Main Street, U. S. A. with Walt, he showed Walt some photos of his childhood home of Fort Collins, Colorado. Walt liked the look, and so many of the features of the town were incorporated into Main Street, U. S. A. Another significant source of inspiration for the Main Street, U. S. A. concept came from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Walt Disney said, For those of us who remember the carefree time it recreates, Main Street will bring back happy memories. For younger visitors, it is an adventure in turning back the calendar to the days of their grandfathers youth, above the firehouse in Town Square at Disneyland is Walt Disneys personal apartment, fully furnished but off-limits to the public. A lamp is burning in the front window as a tribute to his memory. It is largely decorated for both Halloween and Christmas, there is a 60-foot-tall Christmas tree during Christmas Time, and there is a 16-foot-high Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern on Halloween Time, with additional pumpkin ears. The Main Street Opera House in Town Square is the oldest building in Disneyland and it formerly served as the parks lumber mill between 1955 and 1961. The cannons that are displayed in the center of the square were used by the French army during the 1800s, the gas lamps that line the street originally came from Baltimore and were bought for $.03 a pound. Partners, sculpted by Blaine Gibson, was added in 1993, during the Halloween season, pumpkin busts for each themed land in the park, except Main Street, are seen around Partners. It is listed as a street in the Orange County Thomas Guide. The Disney Gallery Disneyland Railroad The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr and this is most noticeable in the four corners area in the middle of Main Street where each of the four corner buildings represents a different architectural style
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Disneyland Railroad
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Its route is 1.2 miles in length and encircles the vast majority of the park, with stations in the Main Street, U. S. A. New Orleans Square, Mickeys Toontown, and Tomorrowland sections, the rail line, which was built by WED Enterprises, is operated with two steam locomotives built by WED Enterprises and three historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Its trains take around eighteen minutes to complete a trip on its main line when three trains are running and twenty minutes when four trains are running. A minimum of two trains and a maximum of four trains are in daily, and three trains are in service on a typical day. The Disneyland Railroad opened to the public for the first time on July 17,1955, with an estimated 6.6 million passengers served each year, the DRR has become one of the worlds most popular steam-powered railroads. The DRR temporarily closed on January 11,2016 to accommodate the construction of Star Wars Land and is scheduled to reopen in summer 2017, Walt Disney, the creator of the concepts for Disneyland and the Disneyland Railroad, always had a strong fondness for trains. As a teenager, he obtained a job as a butcher on the Missouri Pacific Railway, selling various products to train passengers including newspapers, candy. Starting in late 1947, he began to develop an interest in model trains after purchasing several Lionel train sets,173, a steam locomotive rebuilt by the Central Pacific Railroad in 1872. The Lilly Belle first ran on the Carolwood Pacific Railroad on May 7,1950, Broggie, believing that there would be limited visitor capacity for the attraction, recommended to Disney that he make the train bigger in scale. After financing for Disneyland was secured and all of the parcels of land at the Anaheim site were purchased, construction of the park, the DRR was known by that name until September 30,1974 when the AT&SF Railways sponsorship ended. The No.2 locomotive would pull six 1890s-style passenger cars designed by Bob Gurr, consisting of a car, four coaches. The No.1 locomotive would pull six freight cars consisting of three cars, two gondolas, and a caboose. Both locomotives were designed to run on oil for fuel to generate steam. The two original DRR trains cost over US$240,000 to build, with the two locomotives costing over US$40,000 each. Before the opening of Disneyland, a station in the Main Street, U. S. A. section, besides the depot building, the DRRs functioning water tower was also built at Frontierland Station. S. Vilmer designed the operations of the DRR in such a way that each of its two trains would be assigned to a station on the rail line, making only complete round trips possible. The Retlaw 1 passenger train pulled by the No.2 locomotive only serviced Main Street, Station while the Retlaw 2 freight train pulled by the No. The first test run of the DRRs trains along the length of its route occurred on July 10,1955
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Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
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Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is a stage show featuring an Audio-Animatronic version of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln, best known for being presented at Disneyland since 1965. It was originally showcased as the feature of the State of Illinois Pavilion at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. One year after its debut at the Worlds Fair, the opened at Disneyland. Today Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is an element of the Disneyland attraction The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, which opened in 2009. Walt Disney originally conceived of a show that would pay tribute to all U. S. Presidents as part of an extension of Main Street. However, the technology at the time would not permit a show on the scale Disney wanted, Disneys Imagineers opted to focus instead on creating a tribute to Lincoln, Disneys boyhood hero. In 1962, Robert Moses visited Disney seeking ideas for attractions for the upcoming Worlds Fair, Moses was intrigued by a prototype of the Audio-Animatronic Lincoln, and Disney agreed to build it. It ran for the entirety of both of the Worlds Fairs 6-month seasons, and closed on October 17,1965, during the second season of the Worlds Fair, a duplicate version of the show opened at Disneyland on July 18,1965. The show ran until 1973, when it was replaced by The Walt Disney Story, Disneyland was criticized for this move, and in 1975 the show was replaced by The Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, a hybrid of the two shows. The 1975 version of The Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln underwent several changes over the years. In 2001, it was replaced with an attraction of the same name, the main show features a short biographical film on Lincoln and an updated version of the original show. The original version of the attraction opened with the rest of the New York Worlds Fair on April 22,1964, the overall theme of the show dealt with inspiration, justice, and the meaning of the United States Constitution. Guests then entered the theater where the curtains opened to reveal an audio-animatronic figure of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a chair. He then stood up and gave a measured, dignified address, lasting 5 minutes and 15 seconds, Royal Dano was also the voice of Lincoln. The show concluded with the curtains opening further to reveal the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building, an abstract image of the American Flag was revealed behind the Rotunda as a backdrop, and a rendition of The Battle Hymn of the Republic could be heard. Lincolns face was created by sculptor Blaine Gibson using a copy of a mask of Lincoln made by Leonard Volk in Chicago in 1860. Lincolns speech was compiled by James Algar, who was also the writer and producer of the show. At the end of the Fair, the State of Illinois Pavilion was completely demolished, only valuable cultural artifacts and collections were returned to Illinois or elsewhere around the world
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The Disney Gallery
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The Disney Gallery is an attraction and merchandise location at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States. It opened at its current location on Main Street U. S. A. on October 2,2009, from 1987-2007 it was located in New Orleans Square above the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. The Gallery is an exhibition area focused primarily on artwork from Walt Disney Imagineering created in the designing of the Disneyland theme park. Merchandise relating to the current exhibition is available for purchase as well. In the early 1960s, as construction of New Orleans Square was proceeding and he already had an apartment above the Fire Station on Main Street, U. S. A. but it was too small to host extensive events. Walt decided to place the suite in New Orleans Square, away from the hustle and bustle of the park, Walt brought in set designer Dorothea Redmond, famous for the sets in Gone with the Wind, to help him with the apartment layout. To furnish and decorate the area, Walt left his wife Lilly and Walt Disney Studio set decorator Emile Kuri to collaborate, the project was christened The Royal Suite, after the street in New Orleans Square the apartments entrance is on. Walt Disney died on December 15,1966, as a consequence, many projects at Walt Disney Productions were either put on hold or abandoned. The Royal Suite was abandoned at the request of the surviving brother and he felt that the family could not really enjoy The Royal Suite with Walt gone. The Suite was fairly close to completion at the time of Walts death, including infrastructure, the Insurance Company of North America took over the location after the Disney apartment was abandoned. They retained Emile Kuri to decorate the space to approximate the look of the Disney apartment, INA renamed the apartment 21 Royal Street, after the apartments numerical address. It served as a hospitality suite for INA employees and clients during their day at the park, INA moved out of the suite in 1974 and Disneyland International moved in, using the space as executive offices. DLI helped plan Tokyo Disneyland with the Oriental Land Company, there was even a large scale model of the park placed in one of the rooms so the Japanese executives could physically see the layout of their new park. There has also been speculation about Walt Disneys ghost haunting the Disney Gallery. There is currently no evidence of this. The ghost has been reported by visitors since it opened. DLI moved out in the mid-1980s when they outgrew their headquarters, the space was left with an uncertain future. At the same time, Imagineer Tony Baxter was put on a project to improve guest traffic around the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, the queue for Pirates would get so long at times that it would block the walkway into New Orleans Square and Bear Country
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Main Street Cinema
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The Main Street Cinema is a small movie theater located on Main Street, U. S. A. at Disneyland. The theater plays Disney shorts on six different screens while a musical accompaniment plays. Five of the six shorts are played without sound, these shorts are changed from time to time, in 2010, for the 55th Anniversary of the Park, Opening Day footage was shown. List of current Disneyland attractions Disneyland Resort Attraction Page for Main Street Cinema
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Alice in Wonderland (Disneyland attraction)
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Alice in Wonderland is a dark ride in Fantasyland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Based on the animated Disney adaptation of the name, the attraction resides next to a second ride. The presence of two based on the film is unusual in that Walt Disney said he regretted making it because it lacked a connection to the audiences hearts. Three years later, an Alice in Wonderland ride-through opened, with Mouseketeer Karen Pendleton dressed as Alice appearing at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and this attraction also differed by the vehicles negotiating a path that involved both upward and downward inclines, necessitating three wheels instead of four. The 1958 version of the ride, with sets adapted from the feature by Imagineer Claude Coats, had little in common with Lewis Carrolls source books. Sets, figures, and effects were less sophisticated than the version that replaced it in 1984. Then followed the Garden of Live Flowers and Tulgey Wood scenes, next guests found themselves on the table of the Mad Tea Party, ostensibly shrunk in size as the oversized scenery dwarfed the ride vehicle. This primitive, unsatisfying version remained open for twenty-five years, guests climb aboard their caterpillar-themed vehicle and ride in caterpillar vehicles down the rabbit hole. Pieces of furniture, picture frames, and vases swirl around as guests fall down the tunnel, as guests enter through the Doorknob, they see the White Rabbit running off with Alice in pursuit. Guests then pass As guests enter through the Doorknob, they see the White Rabbit running off with Alice in pursuit, guests then pass by Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and encounter the White Rabbit, worrying about being late. Then the guests go through the garden of flowers, who sing All in the Golden Afternoon, riders then pass the Caterpillar, who blows smoky letters and asks Who are you. And a Dandelion, who pops up, roaring, thinking that Alice, a new narration track by Kathryn Beaumont, the original voice of Alice, was recorded. To create more unified theming in Fantasyland, the Mad Tea Party attraction was relocated at the rear of Fantasyland to an adjacent to the Alice in Wonderland ride that same year. The Alice in Wonderland, however, did not reopen until 1984, the ride re-opened with temporary safety rails on August 13,2010. The permanent design was implemented in 2014, on March 10,2014, the ride closed for an extended refurbishment. In addition to maintenance, changes were made to the attractions exterior. Walt Disney Imagineering also did work on the rides interior. In addition, the second story exterior track path was widened and themed safety railings were added to the side of the path
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Casey Jr. Circus Train
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The Casey Jr. Circus Train is the name of a railroad attraction found at Disneyland and a powered roller coaster attraction found at Disneyland Paris. Based on the train of the name from the 1941 film Dumbo. This tour is similar to the one given on the slower paced Storybook Land Canal Boats, the original attraction was operating during the grand opening of Disneyland on July 17,1955, but was closed the following day for safety testing and reopened on July 31,1955. The Skyway would pass over part of the Casey Junior Circus Train track, the original 2 ft narrow gauge internal combustion-powered railroad version at Disneyland was manufactured by Arrow Development. The powered roller coaster version of the ride in Disneyland Paris was manufactured by Vekoma, once at Disneyland opening time, or its own opening time, cast members will form the train set. Then they will fire up the calliope cars Thriftmaster engine and then the train will back out of the shops, then a cast member will switch a green switching track aligned for the shops. After that, the train goes on the route to the station. Casey Jr. has two sets, No.7 and No.9. They consist of a locomotive resembling Casey, a car, a pink open-top chair car seating 4, a monkey and wild animal cage, another open-top chair car painted blue. The hill has a hill to help get up as well as good measure referencing Casey saying I think I can. Typically a single train is used with the train coming out if busier. Casey departs the station and curves parallel to the docks of the Storybook Land Canal Boats attraction, then it passes the hidden backstage area and climbs up the hill with Casey chanting I think I can. After it completes the hill, it will curve again this time parallel to the station, then the train will continue and pass above the water and spiral down, where a block signal will stop it to verify its presence. Once it turns green, the train goes into the station with the ringmaster saying its the end of the lion, the trains will go slightly slower if both are out. No two trains will ever be out on the line at the time because one train must be boarding. After the final trip around Storybookland at Disneyland closing time, the train will continue to the switch near the Storybookland loading dock, one of the cast members will then switch the green switching track to the backstage spur. Once aligned, the train continues slowly into the shops, if another train should be out, the switch is switched so the train can continue running. Otherwise, the switch is aligned for the shops, once parked, the cast members shut off the I6 engine and disassemble the train set and do maintenance on each rolling stock
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Dumbo the Flying Elephant
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Dumbo the Flying Elephant is an aerial carousel-style ride located in Fantasyland at six Disney parks around the world. It is based on the 1941 film, Dumbo, the original attraction opened at Disneyland in October 1955, three months after the park opened. The four other versions of the attraction were opening-day attractions at their respective parks, one elephant from the ride is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D. C. donated in 2005, on the occasion of Disneylands 50th anniversary. Based on the character from the 1941 animated feature, the 16 ride vehicles each resemble Dumbo, the passengers ride in the Dumbos and can maneuver them up and down with a joystick that operates a hydraulic ram. The ride itself rotates counterclockwise at a constant rate, Mouse, currently voiced by Chris Edgerly, rides atop the central hub. Originally at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom, the figure held a training whip, with the exception of Tokyo Disneyland, he currently stands on a hot air balloon and holds the magic feather. Starting in 2012, Magic Kingdoms Timothy currently spins with his magic feather on top of the attractions marquee, each of the parks, with the exception of Disneyland Paris, has an extra Dumbo vehicle located outside of the attraction to be used by guests for better photo opportunities. Tokyo Disneylands photo spot differs from its three counterparts, the character is shown in his outfit from the original film, with a pink saddle blanket. All of the Dumbos, with the exception of the newer Dumbo in Walt Disney World, the newer Dumbo in Walt Disney World spins clockwise. The original design of the attraction had 10 ride vehicles which were intended to represent not the one and only Dumbo, in fact, the working title of the attraction was 10 Pink Elephants On Parade and the elephants were painted pink on installation. Walt Disney objected, not wishing Disneylands guests to ride vehicles themed to a hallucination, the ride was scheduled to be one of Disneylands opening-day attractions, but instead opened a month after the parks grand opening, due to the fiberglass prototypes weighing 700 pounds. For the first two years, the hub of the original Dumbo ride lacked the disco ball with the Timothy Mouse figure, also, the original Dumbos has hinged ears that were supposed to flap, but failed, due to a number of mechanical problems. So, the ears remained stationary until the mid-1960s, when new Dumbos were given casts with no hinges for movement, the attraction was given another slightly newer modification around 1978. During his 1957 visit to Disneyland, former United States President Harry S. Truman politely declined a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, due to the elephant being a Republican symbol. During the 1970s, the attraction was planned to be expanded and renamed Dumbos Circusland and was displayed in Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions, but was cancelled. In 1983, as part of Fantasylands major remodeling, the ride was moved to where Skull Rock used to be and it was completely rebuilt with a kinetic toymaker-like design, although ten elephants were still used and Timothy still held the whip. In a featurette of the ride, as shown on the DVD release of the films 70th anniversary, in 1990, the attraction was updated with the 16 rainbow-colored vehicles originally intended for installation at Disneyland Paris, after an incident during which a bracket support broke. During the 1992 Disneyana convention, one of the ride vehicles sold for US$16,000
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Fantasyland Theatre
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Fantasyland Theatre, formerly Videopolis, is the name of a 5, 000-square-foot outdoor amphitheater at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Located in Fantasyland, it functions as a venue for various shows, in 1995, the location was renamed to Fantasyland Theater. In 2013, it was renamed to the English-classic spelling, Fantasyland Theatre, with the opening of the current show Mickey. The original Fantasyland Theater opened in 1956 and this theater showed Disney cartoons and Mouseketeers of “The Mickey Mouse Club” featured short films. In 1981, it shut down then replaced with Pinocchio’s Daring Journey, Videopolis opened in June 22,1985, a short distance to the west of Its a Small World. During the day, the theater was used for theme-park shows and it featured 70 video monitors that displayed music videos and/or live feeds that allowed guests to watch themselves. The venue included a bar called Yumz opening on June 19. The theater was featured in the program of the same name on the Disney Channel. The dance club concept was abandoned in 1989 after several high-profile gang-related incidents, the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon also made use of Videopolis from 1982 to 1993. In Discoveryland at Disneyland Park, stands Videopolis, a complex housing the Videopolis Theatre. It features one of the largest props in the resort, the Hyperion airship, in 1998, some of the live segments of The Wiggles Live at Disneyland were televised on the Disney Channel in Australia
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It's a Small World
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It was added to four attractions — Magic Skyway, Great Moments with Mr. The WED Enterprises company was given only 11 months to create, Mary Blair was responsible for the attractions whimsical design and color styling. Blair had been an art director on several Disney animated features, including Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, like many Disneyland attractions, scenes and characters were designed by Marc Davis, while his wife, Alice Davis, designed the costumes for the dolls. Rolly Crump designed the toys and other figures on display. The animated dolls were designed and sculpted by Blaine Gibson, Walt was personally involved with Gibsons development of the dolls facial design, each animated doll face is completely identical in shape. Arrow Development was deeply involved in the design of the passenger-carrying boats, the firm is credited with manufacturing the Disneyland installation. Children of the World was the title of the attraction. The Sherman Brothers then wrote Its a Small World in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo, Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction Its a Small World after the Sherman Brothers song. It is argued that this song is the single most performed, a third verse celebrating the attractions 45th anniversary was written and popularized, but not incorporated into the ride. It is available for purchase in the theme park, the first incarnation of Its a Small World, which debuted at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair, was an afterthought and nearly did not happen. Ford and General Electric had engaged Disney early on to create their pavilions for the 1964 New York Worlds Fair, Disney seemed to be the showman to give us the package we want. Hes got his hands in more bowls than anyone Ive ever seen, mullaly, Fords Worlds Fair program manager. April 22,1964 – opening day A salute to the children of the world, designed by Walt Disney, visitors are carried past the scenes in small boats. In an adjoining building Pepsi sponsors exhibits by the U. S, committee for the United Nations Childrens Fund. Above the pavilion rises the 120-foot Tower of the Four Winds, –1965 Official Guide Book to the New York Worlds Fair The attraction was incredibly successful. Ten million 60¢ and 95¢ tickets for children and adults, respectively, were collected in two seasons and the proceeds were donated to UNICEF. While other attractions had lines out the doors, there seemed to always be a seat available aboard Its a Small World and its high rider-per-hour capacity was recognized as a valuable innovation and was incorporated indirectly and directly into future attractions
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King Arthur Carrousel
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King Arthur Carrousel is a carousel attraction located in Fantasyland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Originally built in 1875, the carousel operated at Sunnyside Beach Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the ride was later relocated to Disneyland, where it was refurbished and modified by Arrow Development, and opened with the park on July 17,1955. Inspired by the Griffith Park carousel, Walt Disney wanted something similar for his new theme park, a park model Menagerie Carousel was purchased and moved to Disneyland in 1954. The attraction was refurbished and significantly altered by the Arrow Development Company of Mountain View and it was widened to four courses to increase guest capacity. Of the carousels 71 horses and one mule, most were carved in the Dentzel factory in the late 19th, many horses arrived with crude repairs, such as newspaper-stuffed papier-mâché legs. Standers on the three rows were converted to jumpers by removing the legs and carving new ones. Custom-built crankshafts were installed overhead to operate each horse as a jumper in motion, the original, ornately hand-carved, wooden chariot benches were removed, and the chariot woodwork was repurposed to decorate the calliope tenders and passenger cars of Casey Jr. Circus Train. A Wurlitzer #157 Band Organ face decorates the carousel, but does not operate, motifs from Sleeping Beauty were also added to the carousel. In preparation for Disneylands 50th anniversary celebration, the Happiest Homecoming on Earth, King Arthur Carrousel was closed for extensive renovations, in January 2010, the stirrups of each outer-course horse were replaced to include additional lower loops, increasing accessibility. Because of the popularity of the carousels single white horse. After a 2003 update, the carrousel was reduced to 68 horses, each horse on the carousel has a name, a complete list is available at City Hall on Main Street, U. S. A. Jingles is the horse, and Walts favorite, named for its very ornate carvings which include beautiful straps of jingle bells hanging from her saddle and cantle. For Disneylands 50th anniversary in 2005, Jingles was repainted gold from nose to tail, trimmed in 18k gold leaf, Jingles was then ceremoniously dedicated to Julie Andrews on April 8,2008 as Honorary Ambassador, the title painted beneath the Hidden Mickey on her cantle. Inspired by the legend of Excalibur from The Sword in the Stone, the final ceremony was in 2006
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Mad Tea Party
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Mad Tea Party is a spinning tea cup ride at five of the six Disneyland-style theme parks around the world. The ride theme is inspired by the Unbirthday Party scene in Walt Disneys Alice In Wonderland, the ride has gained infamy over the years for the number of guests who get motion sickness as a result of the spinning component to the ride. The attraction is called Mad Tea Party at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom and it is known as Alices Tea Party at Tokyo Disneyland, Mad Hatters Tea Cups at Disneyland Paris, and Mad Hatter Tea Cups at Hong Kong Disneyland. All five versions of the attraction are located in Fantasyland, the Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland versions do not have a big teapot in the center of the ride platform. Like Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Disneyland and its Hong Kong counterpart have a replica of one of the teacups located outside of the attraction to be used by guests for better photo opportunities. Restrictions, The original attraction at Disneyland is unable to run in the rain because once the turntables are saturated with an amount of water, they slip. Unlike its Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland counterparts, several concepts for the Mad Tea Party were originally much more outrageous compared to todays version. One drawing showed the Mad Hatters dinner table featured in the center of the ride with various lanterns and decorations all around, another drawing showed 20 teacups circling a central hub, making it similar to a racetrack with banked curves. For the first few months after the ride first opened, the tea cups spun on a platform before it was painted with the psychedelic spiral that exists today. Also, during the ride’s first two years, the tea cups had no brakes or clutches, nothing limited how fast they could be spun, until 1982, the attractions original location was directly behind Sleeping Beauty Castle. It was also given slight modifications in 1972 with ornamental arches connecting the light posts, in 1983, the whole attraction was completely remodeled and relocated to its present location near Matterhorn Bobsleds. It also incorporated a few ideas from the concepts, such as the colorful Japanese garden lanterns. In 2004, the attraction was modified to make it difficult to spin fast after a disabled rider lost his balance. Like other remaining 1955 attractions, one of Disneylands teacups was painted gold in honor of the parks 50th anniversary in 2005, the installation at Disneyland was manufactured by Arrow Development. Like Disneyland, Magic Kingdoms original 1971 version of this attraction opened without a roof and it was eventually added in 1974 due to extreme weather conditions. It was updated in 1992 with a new scheme, new music. In 2010, the canopy was repainted, the Paris version of the attraction is the only version to feature a petal-shaped glass roof and surrounding gardens. It also uses the Dormouses teapot outside of the ride, near the March Hares Refreshments, the teacup designs were later used for Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneylands teacups
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Matterhorn Bobsleds
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The Matterhorn Bobsleds are a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It is modelled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps on the border with Switzerland and it is the first tubular steel continuous track roller coaster known. Located on the border between Tomorrowland and Fantasyland, it employs forced perspective to seem more impressively large, during the construction of the park, dirt from the excavation of Sleeping Beauty Castles moat was piled in an area between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. When the park opened, the area, dubbed Holiday Hill, was improved with benches, in this period, the hill began to be known as Snow Hill. By now, instead of picnicking, the hill had come to be used primarily as a lovers lane. The structure was intended to act as a decorative overlay to camouflage the central pylon of the Skyway. Use of the Matterhorn, both in style and name, grew from Disneys extended vacation in Switzerland while filming Third Man on the Mountain. This resulted in the merger of the toboggan ride concept with the thoughts of a coaster ride that would run around. The peak was first shown in a drawing that was once on display at The Disney Gallery. The view to the northwest shows a corner of the now-defunct Junior Autopia, one of three major new Tomorrowland attractions to open that year, the Matterhorn debuted on June 14,1959. Built by coaster builder Arrow Development and WED Imagineering, it was the first tubular steel coaster in the world. It consisted of a wood and steel infrastructure surrounded by man-made rock, trees could be seen on its sides, by making the trees at higher altitudes smaller, the Imagineers used forced perspective to augment the mountains height. Waterfalls cascaded down its sides and frequently sprayed riders, inside was a large, open space through which the bobsleds traveled. The Skyway passed through the center of the mountain via a pair of holes on the Fantasyland and Tomorrowland sides, Skyway riders could see down into the Matterhorns interior as they glided through. In the early 1970s, the ride was made a part of Fantasyland. In 1978, the Matterhorn received a major refurbishment, most notably, the hollow interior space was broken up into a number of small, icy caves and tunnels with far more convincing theming. Some holes in the skin were filled in as well. Another major addition was a snowman, who had taken up residence in the mountain and was affectionately named Harold by the Imagineers
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
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Mr. Toads Wild Ride is a dark ride at Disneyland Park. Originally planned to be a coaster, it was removed due to Walt Disney only wanting rides for all ages. It is one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on the opening day in 1955. The rides story is based on Disneys adaptation of The Wind in the Willows and it is currently operating in Fantasyland. Corey Burton performs every voice at the attraction, except for the usage of audio from the film, Disneyland Paris also has a restaurant named Toad Hall. Guests enter a re-creation of Toad Hall, passing by artistic works commemorating characters from The Wind in the Willows, a large mural shows the adventures of Toad and his motorcar, foreshadowing various scenes in the ride. Guests hop aboard miniature, early 1900s -era, multicolored motorcars, the name of one of the characters from the film is inscribed on each motorcar. Passengers begin their journey by crashing into a library, where MacBadger is seen teetering atop a ladder with a stack of books and they then crash through the fireplace, where fiberoptic effects simulate the scattering of embers on the floor. Narrowly avoiding a falling suit of armor, the break through a set of doors to find the interior hallway of Toad Hall in disarray. Guests then enter the room, where Moley is eating at a dinner table. Upon leaving Toad Hall, guests travel through the countryside, passing Rattys house, aggravating policemen and terrifying a farmer, guests crash through a brick wall as the warehouses contents explode. They then head out into the streets of London, narrowly avoid a collision with a truck, and enter Winkies Pub. He ducks down, leaving the mugs spinning in the air, passengers then enter the town square, where the cars wreak further havoc on the citizens. A working fountain featuring Toad and Cyril Proudbottom stands in the center of the town, behind this statue is one of Lady Justice peeking out from under her blindfold. Next, guests enter a courtroom, where the riders are proclaimed guilty by a judge. The cars then enter what is presumed to be a prison cell before abruptly turning right. The vehicles bounce along the tracks in the dark before colliding head-on with an oncoming train, passengers then arrive at the rides final scene, a tongue-in-cheek depiction of Hell not inspired by any scene in the movie or book. The entire room is heated, and the scenery features small devils who bounce up, passengers also see a demon who resembles the Judge from the courtroom scene
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Peter Pan's Flight
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Peter Pans Flight is a suspended dark ride at the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland theme parks. Located in Fantasyland, it is one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on Disneylands opening day in 1955. The rides story, music, staging and artwork are based on Walt Disneys Peter Pan, the ride is one of Disneylands most acclaimed and popular attractions. The original intent of the attraction was for guests to fly through the ride as if they were Peter Pan, audiences did not quite grasp this concept and were left wondering why Peter Pan was not in the Peter Pan attraction. The Walt Disney World version of the ride, which opened in 1971, in 1983, Disneylands Fantasyland was in a phase of major overhaul. Some of Fantasylands rides were relocated to make way for expanded versions of existing dark rides, the posh redo of Fantasyland now resembled a rustic European village in the Alps, rather than a medieval fair. Mr. Toads Wild Ride and Snow Whites Scary Adventures moved their respective loading areas, Peter Pans Flight continued to feature a colorful mural which depicted the characters from the film. During this renovation, the original Pirate Ship Restaurant and Skull Rock were closed permanently, the riggings, lanterns, and other props from the restaurant were added to Peter Pans Flight. An Audio-Animatronic Peter Pan was added to the ride, the exterior of the attraction had a medieval design and the queue was outside. Departing from the station, but before entering the actual ride building, the new version of the ride includes Audio-Animatronic versions of the characters, like at the Magic Kingdom in Florida. As part of the new remodel, scenes from the Florida ride were added to Disneyland, including the ship deck where Peter. Few scenes are identical between the two versions, but they are very similar nonetheless, the new Disneyland ride opened as part of New Fantasyland on May 25,1983. After winding through the queue, guests board a three-passenger miniature galleon, the ship leaves the load area and winds through the Darlings nursery, passing Nana the Nursemaid next to some toy blocks which spell D1SN3Y when read backwards. Wendy, Michael and John Darling are on the bed and Peter Pans shadow is on the wall, guests hear Peter Pan saying, Come on, everybody. At this point, the ship out the nursery window. Below guests are miniature versions of some of Londons famous landmarks, including St. Pauls Cathedral, Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, on February 2,2015 the attraction closed for refurbishment. It was originally scheduled to reopen on May 21,2015, New animatronics of Wendy, John, and Michael now fly above Johns bed in the Nursery. New special effects were added to the London and Neverland scenes
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Pinocchio's Daring Journey
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Pinocchios Daring Journey is a dark ride at Disneyland in California, Tokyo Disneyland, and the Disneyland Park in Paris. Located in the Fantasyland section of park, this ride is based on Disneys animated film version of the classic story. Strombolis marionette show is featured in the attraction, in which guests are inside a giant cage. The version in Disneyland was the first attraction created by Disney to use holographic material, the Peppers Ghost illusion is used when the Blue Fairy disappears, leaving a pile of fiber-optic fairy dust on the floor. In 1976, it was decided to remove the Mickey Mouse Club Theater in Disneyland and it was originally intended for the guests to ride in cars designed to resemble Geppettos wood-carved toys. However, it was all put in storage for a while before being revived for the opening of Tokyo Disneyland in 1983 and it then came to Disneyland a month and a half later as part of the complete overhaul of Fantasyland. Just as originally planned, the one in Disneyland is where the Mickey Mouse Club Theater originally stood, guests board a wooden car and enter Strombolis Marionette show. Pinocchio starts to dance and sing with the duo of puppets until the car goes into the backstage area, stromboli has put Pinocchio in a cage and Jiminy Cricket yells, Watch out. Then, the car goes through Pleasure Island and past all the amusements, the guests then see Lampwick turning into a donkey, before the car passes the Coachman cracking his whip and caging the children who have become donkeys. The car follows the sign reading To the Sea and seagulls appear as Monstro pops up, the guests then see the star while an instrumental version of When You Wish Upon a Star is heard. Finally, Pinocchio turns into a boy and the objects become alive in Geppettos Workshop. Then guests exit the car and leave
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Pixie Hollow
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Pixie Hollow is a character meet and greet attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland offering guests the opportunity to greet with Tinker Bell from the Disney Fairies franchise. In 10th anniversary celebration, a new version has been a part of Fairy Tale Forest, a new walk through attraction opened on December 17,2015
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Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, opened July 17,1955, the castle is the oldest of all Disney castles. Its primary inspiration was the Neuschwanstein Palace in Germany, beginning April 29,1957, visitors were able to walk through the castle and view several dioramas depicting the story of Sleeping Beauty. The voice of Cliff Edwards singing When You Wish Upon a Star is piped into the castle. S. A. The walkthrough was closed for unspecified reasons on October 7,2001, popular belief claims the September 11th attacks and the potential danger that ensued played a major factor in the closing. On July 17,2008, Disney announced that the Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough would reopen in the style of the original Earle dioramas, enhanced with new technology not available in 1957. The walkthrough reopened on November 27,2008 at 5,00 p. m. drawing long lines going as far back as the Hub at the center of the park and this room is lavishly themed, and presents the closed-captioned CGI walkthrough recreation on a high-definition TV. This same virtual recreation is included on the Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD, the Disney family coat of arms hangs above the archway to the castle. It is composed of three lions passant in pale and it is known that the coat of arms was not originally on the castle, but was placed there sometime between June 1965 and July 1965. In reality, the spike is a mark that was used to ensure that the castle bridge. The original geographical center of the Magic Kingdom was in the middle of the round park, the addition of Toontown moved the actual center of the park a few yards northward, but still on the hub side of the castle drawbridge. A World on the Move, otherwise known as the New Tomorrowland of 1967, is represented by rocket ships, the Blue Fairy represents the debut of the Main Street Electrical Parade. The Indiana Jones Adventure is represented by the evil Eye of Mara, the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland is represented by fireworks and Tinker Bell. For Disneylands 60th Anniversary, World of Color changed to the World of Color, the Wonderful World of Walt Disney. Disneyland Park introduced Paint The Night and a new fireworks show, a 24-hour kickoff event occurred May 22,2015. As part of the celebration, the castle was covered with diamonds and glitter, carthay Circle Restaurant at Disney California Adventure was also decorated for the Diamond Celebration. Hong Kongs Sleeping Beauty Castle is an identical copy of the original in California. However, the two castles can be differentiated through very subtle details, if one were to look closely enough, Hong Kong Disneyland castle is built with much more precision compared to Disneylands Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Snow White's Scary Adventures
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Snow Whites Scary Adventures is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park theme parks, and, formerly, Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Located in Fantasyland, it is one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on Disneylands opening day in 1955, the ride was also one of the few rides that was operational since opening day in Walt Disney World Resort, until May 31,2012. The rides story is based on Disneys 1937 film, Snow White, Snow Whites Scary Adventures opened on Disneylands opening day as Snow White and her Adventures. Imagineers had designed the ride so that guests felt like they were the character of the story, in this case. Few people understood this concept, and some wondered why Snow White was not featured in the ride, during 1983, all of the Fantasyland dark rides were slightly redesigned as part of a large overhaul of Fantasyland. This attraction and the dark rides were modified to include the main characters of the films they represented. Today, Snow White appears once in the attraction, the present outdoor facade was made to resemble the Evil Queens castle from the movie. When the Witch offered guests the apple in one scene, guests frequently tried to steal the apple. When Fantasyland was reopened in 1983, they solved the problem of the poisoned apple by replacing it with an image of an apple projected by means of a parabolic mirror. Guests who reach out to steal the apple now find their hands passing through it, Walt Disney Worlds original version of this ride, like their early version of Peter Pans Flight, also put the guests in the role of the storys main character. Around Christmas of 1994, a frightening version of the ride took its place. The redesigned ride took some cues from the version at Disneyland Paris, the Walt Disney World version closed on May 31,2012 to make way for Princess Fairytale Hall, part of Disneys New Fantasyland Expansion. A new Snow White ride, themed to the mines in which the Seven Dwarfs mine jewels, is one of the attractions of the expansion and is now open called Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Guests enter the building through the Evil Queens castle. Overlooking the entrance is a window whose curtains are parted every few minutes by the Evil Queen. A metal, gold-colored apple is within reach of guests standing in the queue, touching the apple causes the disembodied voice of the Queen to cackle menacingly. Guests wind their way through a dungeon inside the castle, passing by a book of poisons, the book reads, One taste of the poisoned apple and the victims eyes will close forever in the Sleeping Death. Like most of the rides, the boarding area is dominated by a large mural depicting characters from the movie
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Storybook Land Canal Boats
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Storybook Land Canal Boats is an attraction located at the Disneyland and Disneyland Park theme parks. Passengers embark on a leisurely paced outdoor boat ride through a winding canal featuring settings from Disney animated films recreated in miniature. The Disneyland version was one of the original attractions when the park opened on July 17,1955, although the miniature buildings, the version in Disneyland Paris is named Le Pays des Contes de Fées and opened in the spring of 1994. The rides concept dates back to Walt Disneys plans for a little park across the street from his Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. This modestly scaled, never-built amusement park was to include a gravity flow canal boat ride among its attractions. When plans for the much grander Disneyland were being made, there was to be a Lilliputianland, inspired by Madurodam, a miniature city in the Netherlands that Disney once visited. However, the technology did not yet exist to create the animated figures that were to inhabit the Lilliputian village. It was intended to be a journey past miniature recreations of the landmarks of the world. The ride was plagued by other problems, the attraction reopened on June 16,1956, under the new name Storybook Land Canal Boats. Over the years several scenes have been added to and removed from the attraction, most notably, the Sultan’s Palace from Aladdin appeared where the miniature Toad Hall from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad had previously stood for a major refurbishment done in 1994. Toad Hall returned the year in another location. For the 50th anniversary of Disneyland in 2005, the Tinker Bell boat was painted gold, beginning December 20,2014, the attraction at Disneyland added the village of Arendelle from Disneys Frozen including Anna and Elsas castle, Wandering Oaken’s Trading Post, and Elsas ice palace. These additions replaced The Old Mill section, the three miniature windmills were put into storage by Walt Disney Imagineering. Passengers enter the attraction through a queue that winds in front of the loading dock. A lighthouse at the entrance was once a ticket booth from when Disneyland required tickets for riding individual attractions. Storybook Land canal boats originally required a D coupon, the motor-driven boats are scaled-down replicas of Dutch, English, and French boats. All of the boats are named after female Disney characters except for Flower, passengers are seated along the edges of the boat, facing inward, although children are sometimes permitted to ride on the front flat part of the boat. A costumed guide sits just above the passengers on the back of the boat, perched above the engine housing, after departing from the dock, the boat passes through a short cave sculpted to look like Monstro, the whale that swallowed Pinocchio
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Adventureland (Disney)
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Adventureland is one of the themed lands at the many Disneyland-style theme parks run by the Walt Disney Company around the world. It is themed to resemble the remote jungles in Africa, Asia, South America, to create a land that would make this dream reality, said Walt Disney, We pictured ourselves far from civilization, in the remote jungles of Asia and Africa. 26 August 2009 -15 October 2016 Adventureland provides a 1950s view of exotic adventure, lush vegetation resembles jungles while elements of the other surround the visitor. Doris explains Adventureland as, a pastiche of imaginary colonial spaces, conflated within the green, disneylands Adventureland was originally envisioned as True-Life Adventureland, and was to be based on Walts famous award winning nature documentaries on Africa and Asia. Adventureland opened with the Jungle Cruise as its attraction, until the Swiss Family Treehouse was added years later. With the groundbreaking technology of audio animatronics Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room was added nearby the lands entry bridge, oceanic Arts also created the series of tribal masks that now line the entry bridge. In 1999, the Swiss Family Treehouse was transformed into Tarzans Treehouse, Adventureland has remained the same since, until 2008 with the former summer event, Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries. The original Polynesian motif is still visible with the prominence of jungle surrounding the Swiss Family Treehouse, the Magic Carpets of Aladdin attraction is unique to this version of Adventureland, based on New Orleans Square at Disneyland, which features Pirates of the Caribbean. Main Street, U. S. A. s and Liberty Squares buildings fade into New Orleans and it features a unique ride - Western River Railroad - and a different version of Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room, minus the Walt Disney tag, with a more Hawaiian feel. It features a sub-land, similar to the Magic Kingdom Adventureland, based on New Orleans Square at Disneyland, world Bazaars buildings fade into New Orleans. The Enchanted Tiki Room, Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai, Jungle Cruise Lilos Luau & Fun Mickey & Minnies Polynesian Paradise Minnie Oh. Minnie Pirates of the Caribbean Swiss Family Treehouse Western River Railroad Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room The Enchanted Tiki Room, Now Playing Get the Fever. It features four themed areas, The first, known as Adventureland Bazar, is a recreation of a city from the 1001 Arabian Nights. In 1993, the attraction Le Passage Enchanté dAladdin opened in this very area, the concept of this city eventually reached overseas resorts. The second part of Adventureland has a more African appearance, and is composed of shops. A third themed area represents Asian mysterious jungles, the last part, and the biggest, is a Caribbean area, covering most of the surface of Adventureland. It features the ride Pirates of the Caribbean and Adventure Isle and this Adventureland presented some construction problems, mainly due to the unsuitable local climate. Growing exotic jungles in a place where winters could be harsh was a tough task and this is also the reason why there is no Jungle Cruise ride, since most animatronics animals would have been exposed to this weather
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Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
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Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room is an attraction located in Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort, in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and in Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort. Originally built in 1963, the attraction is a pseudo-Polynesian themed musical animatronic show drawing from American tiki culture, the attraction opened June 23,1963, and was the first to feature Audio-Animatronics technology, a WED Enterprises patented invention. The attraction was sponsored by United Airlines for its first 12 years, in 1976, sponsorship passed over to Hawaiis Dole Food Company, Dole also provides the unique Dole Whip soft-serve frozen dessert sold at a snack bar near the entrance. The show was going to be a restaurant featuring Audio-Animatronics birds serenading guests as they dined. S. A. Since all three are part of the same building. Since ownership of the attraction was separate from the rest of the park, because computers have played a central role in the attraction since its inception, Walt Disneys Enchanted Tiki Room was also Disneylands first fully air-conditioned building. The attraction opened in an era when all things Polynesian were popular and was an immediate hit and it houses a Hawaiian-themed musical show hosted by four lifelike macaws whose plumage matches their implied countries of origin. José is red, white, and green and speaks with a Mexican accent voiced by Wally Boag, michael is white and green with an Irish brogue voiced by Fulton Burley. Pierre is blue, white, and red and has a French accent voiced by Ernie Newton, the main birds have changed color over the years. In 1965, the four host birds had almost identical plumage of white, green, yellow, the four macaws as well as all the other birds are plumed with real feathers with the exception of chest plumage. The chests are covered in custom-woven cashmere which allows the figures to breathe in a lifelike manner. The choice came quite by accident, in a planning meeting, the finale has every Audio-Animatronics figure performing a rousing version of Hawaiian War Chant. While waiting outside in an area for the show to start, visitors are serenaded by Hawaiian music which at one time included that of Martin Denny. Polynesian gods are represented as well around the perimeter of the lanai, some of the gods depicted are Hina Kuluua, goddess of rain, Rongo, god of agriculture, Maui, who roped the playful sun, and Tangaroa, father of all gods and goddesses. A brief documentary of the history of the pineapple is presented as well, after this, the birds cue a sing-along from the audience, and then a whistle-along, set to a wild can-can setting of the tune. By the mid-1990s the Enchanted Tiki Room audio system was dramatically enhanced, subwoofers were placed in the back rows. Modern mid-range speakers and high-range tweeters were placed throughout the room, for the first time, every instrument played in the 1963 recording came in loud, and crystal clear. Not long after, the Enchanted Tiki Room received another alteration, nearly four minutes of the show were cut
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Indiana Jones Adventure
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The Indiana Jones Adventure is an enhanced motion vehicle dark ride attraction based on the Indiana Jones film series. Guests accompany intrepid archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones on a turbulent quest, aboard military troop transport vehicles, through a dangerous lost temple guarded by a supernatural power. The attraction premiered as Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California on March 3,1995, because of the success of Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular. Unlike the previous collaboration, this attraction was created with a set in the Lost Delta of India. Indiana Jones Adventure is the collaboration between Disney and Lucasfilm, after the Disneyland attractions Captain EO, Star Tours, and Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular. Several early concepts were considered including an adventure and a high-speed mine car adventure within a temple. To avoid a long queue, Imagineers considered using Jungle Cruise launches to shuttle guests to the loading area, the team tested key show elements in a Burbank warehouse on a full-sized elevated track that resembled a freeway. This enabled the team to test set pieces, lighting, effects, transport clearances, groundbreaking for the Temple of the Forbidden Eye occurred in August 1993, with more than 400 Imagineers working on its design and construction. Tony Baxter led a project team of nearly 100 Imagineers. Disney filed for patent on the ride-system on November 16,1995, harrison Ford was reportedly asked to reprise his role as Indiana Jones, but it is definitively unknown whether or not Ford assisted in the production of the attraction. The Temple of the Forbidden Eye premiered on March 3,1995, Forty days prior to the attractions opening, a Forty Years of Adventure promotion giveaway of 40 unique annual trading cards began. Guests with valid paid admission received a voucher at the main gate turnstile to exchange for the card of the day, the last card was distributed on March 2,1995. A special 41st card of larger issue featured the Indiana Jones Adventure on March 3, artist Drew Struzan produced a one-sheet poster in the same theme as the films. The adventure opened to general admission on March 4, AT&T Corporation sponsored construction of the attraction and the first seven years of operation, from 1995 to 2002. One of three styles of Marabic decoder cards was distributed to each guest, advertising their promotional campaign on the back, it’s great to have AT&T as presenting sponsor, said then-Disneyland President Paul Pressler. With Disneyland celebrating its 40th Anniversary and preparing to open its most exciting attraction, the attraction currently has no sponsor. The ride was closed on September 4,2012 for an extensive refurbishment. Scheduled modifications included enhancements to lighting, paint, figure animation, in 2013, the idol of Mara that appears in the Hall of Promise scene was updated with projection mapping effects
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Jungle Cruise
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The Jungle Cruise is an attraction located in Adventureland at many Disney Parks, including Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. At Hong Kong Disneyland, the attraction is named Jungle River Cruise, Disneyland Paris and Shanghai Disneyland are the only Magic Kingdom-style Disney parks that do not have the Jungle Cruise in their attraction rosters. The attraction simulates a riverboat cruise down several major rivers of Asia, Africa, park guests board replica tramp steamers from a 1930s British explorers lodge and are taken on a voyage past many different Audio-Animatronic jungle animals. The tour is led by a live Disney Cast Member delivering a humorous narration and this narration is based on a written and practiced script, but generally is largely delivered ad-lib. Sources of inspiration for the attraction include a 1955 True-Life Adventure, The African Lion, about a pride of lions, imagineer Harper Goff referenced the African Queen frequently in his ideas, even his designs of the ride vehicles were inspired by the steamer used in the film. The project was placed on the schedule to open with the July 17,1955 debut of Disneyland, aside from importing many actual tropical plants, he made wide use of character plants which, while not necessarily exotic, could give the appearance of exoticism in context. In a particularly well-known trick, he uprooted local orange trees and replanted them upside-down, initially, the clean water was dyed brown but after a few years the colorant was changed to a green hue and in recent years a bluish-green has been used. The waters journey continues flowing past Frontierlands entrance and into Adventureland where it alongside the Tiki Room before entering the Jungle Cruise beside the rides exit. The water returns to the end of the Rivers of America via a 37 diameter underground pipe near Tarzans Treehouse. Originally, the Jungle Cruise waterway was 1,920 feet in length before being shortened and re-routed in 1994. The Indian Elephant Bathing Pool and Rhinoceros Chasing Explorers up a Pole were among his contributions. The story claims that Walt overheard a mother visiting Disneyland telling her child that since they had been on the ride the last time they visited the park, in horror, he put his Imagineers to work designing upgrades to the ride. Many similar variations of this story exist, the attraction was in the opening day roster of the park, and has remained open and largely unchanged in theme and story since then. The original plan was to use real animals, but the animals would have been sleeping during the day, aside from alterations and maintenance changes, four completely new show scenes have been added to date. In 1994 the river channel was rerouted to make way for the queue buildings, until 1962, the original spiel had no jokes and sounded much like the narration of a nature documentary. The queue and station are themed as the headquarters and boathouse of the Jungle Navigation Company, the extended queue winds upstairs, underneath an Audio-Animatronic hornbill, and then downstairs again. Big band music from the 1940s plays overhead, punctuated by jungle-related news bulletins, helping to reinforce the setting and threading together the show scenes, once aboard the boats, guests are introduced to their skipper and they head into the jungle, allegedly never to return. The first rivers simulated are the Irrawaddy and Mekong rivers, representing tropical Southeast Asia, the boats sail through a dense rainforest inhabited by large butterflies and a pair of toucans, before passing by the Temple of the Forbidden Eye and a shrine to the Hindu monkey deity Hanuman
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Tarzan's Treehouse
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Tarzans Treehouse is a walk through attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is styled after the 1999 film Tarzan, in February 1999, Disneyland closed its version of the Swiss Family Treehouse, and Imagineers re-themed the attraction to coincide with the soon to be released Tarzan film. The tree is currently 70 feet tall and weighs 150 tons, on June 23,1999, Tarzan’s Treehouse began welcoming park guests, just as Disney’s animated Tarzan premiered in movie theaters. Tributes to the Swiss Family Treehouse are featured in the including the Mind Thy Head sign and the Swisskapolka. When Hong Kong Disneyland opened on September 12,2005 it included Tarzan’s Treehouse built on Tarzan’s Island, rafts near Festival of the Lion King are used to ferry passengers to and from the island, which is encircled by the Rivers of Adventure. This is an arrangement to Disneylands Tom Sawyer Island
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Astro Orbiter
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The Astro Orbitor is a rocket-spinner attraction featured at all five Disneyland-style parks at Walt Disney Resorts around the world. Although each ride may have a different name, all share the same premise of vehicles traveling through space by spinning around a central monument, as each form of the attraction appeared, new designs and locations have been implemented to fit with changing schemes of several Tomorrowlands. In 1956, the first rocket-spinner attraction opened at Disneyland and was known as the Astro Jets, the attraction was made by Klaus Company Bavaria and similar to several versions found in traveling carnivals. The jets made a 50-foot circle around a large red-checkered rocket, the attraction stood between the Submarine Voyage and Rocket to the Moon. The name Astro Jets was changed in 1964 when United Airlines, as a new park sponsor, after this dispute, the name was changed to Tomorrowland Jets. The name lasted until September 1966, when the attraction was closed to make room for the new renovated Tomorrowland, the attraction returned in August 1967 as the Rocket Jets. This version was located on top of the new PeopleMover platform, the focal point of this version was its replica Saturn V/NASA-themed rocket in the center. This version remained open until 1997, when it closed for renovations with the rest of Tomorrowland, the new form of the attraction opened one year later as Astro Orbitor. The new version is a replica of the Orbitron, Machines Volantes at Disneyland Paris, the Astro Orbitor was planned to be placed where the Rocket Jets were, but weighed too much for the current building. Instead, it was relocated to the entrance of Tomorrowland, and placed on ground level, one concept drawing had guests boarding the attraction underground and others had the center of the attraction featuring a water moat. Neither ideas were carried out. The mechanism for Rocket Jets on top of the PeopleMover was re-used as a kinetic satellite-themed sculpture known as the Observatron, the Observatron was originally planned to come to life every fifteen minutes and appear to summon signs from the skies, while a selected soundtrack would play over Tomorrowland. However, the mechanism has been prone to failure and occasionally will be inactive for periods of months or only play sporadically on certain days and it is unknown if the Observatron still functions. In April 2009, the Astro Orbitor closed for refurbishment and was stripped down to its skeletal structure and it reopened in June 2009 with a silver, blue, red, and gold trim color scheme. The Star Jets were considered the point of Tomorrowland due to its soaring, spinning rockets. This version of the attraction was based on the Disneyland version, however the attraction vehicles were different from any other previous form as they were much larger and featured a flatter back-end and larger tail fins. Disneylands Rocket Jets were more like rockets, while the Magic Kingdoms Star Jets were more like space shuttles. Each of the 12 open-air vehicles was attached to the axis by a 20-foot arm
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Autopia
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Autopia is a Disneyland attraction, in which patrons steer specially designed cars through an enclosed track. Versions of Autopia exist at Anaheim, California, Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, other versions of the attraction can be found at the Magic Kingdom as the Tomorrowland Speedway and formerly at Tokyo Disneyland as the Grand Circuit Raceway. The name Autopia is a portmanteau of the words automobile utopia, the term was later popularized in academic circles by British architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe Los Angeles in his 1971 book Los Angeles, The Architecture of Four Ecologies. The Disneyland Autopia, in one form or another, is one of the few current attractions that opened with the park on July 17,1955, when it opened, it represented the future of what would become Americas multilane limited-access highways, which were still being developed. President Eisenhower had yet to sign the Interstate Highway legislation at the time Disneyland opened, the cars generate a moderate level of exhaust from the gasoline engines that propel the cars. The park employees that work at this ride are compensated an additional $0.20 an hour for hazardous environment, before the park opened, the cars were tested without the bumpers, and were almost completely destroyed by the test drivers. Bumpers were fitted around the vehicle, but there were problems with collisions. Eventually the vehicles were fitted with spring-loaded bumpers to discourage collisions, the first fleet of Autopia cars were dubbed Mark I. Throughout Disneylands first few years, Autopia went through a few fleets, though basically the same look, they went through Mark I, II, III, and IV by 1958. When the Monorail, Submarine Voyage, and Matterhorn debuted in 1959, the next design, Mark VI, came in 1964. It was at time the center guide rail was first installed. 1967 brought another new design, the Mark VIIs, which cost $5,000 for each car and they would remain in service through 1999, till a breed of Mark VIIIs would hit the Autopia roadway. The cars were manufactured by Intermountain Design, Utah The Tomorrowland version was not the form of Autopia to exist at Disneyland. Other versions, separate from the Tomorrowland version, included the Midget Autopia, Fantasyland Autopia, of these, the Tomorrowland Autopia existed the longest. The Midget Autopia opened in 1957 and was manufactured by Arrow Development and it was the smallest and was the third Autopia track, after the Tomorrowland Autopia and the Junior Autopia in Fantasyland. It was located next to the Storybook Land Canal Boats and the Motor Boat Cruise at the edge of Fantasyland. Adults were not allowed on the ride and it was closed in 1966 and dismantled to make way for Its a Small World. The ride was then donated to the city of Marceline, Missouri, the concrete track on which the cars ran still remains
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Buzz Lightyear attractions
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The Buzz Lightyear attractions are a series of Tomorrowland shooting dark rides based on the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 2 at Disney Parks around the world. Although each ride may have a different name, all share the same plot, as each form of the attraction appeared, new technology has allowed the guest to better interact with the ride and even connect with personal computer users. The attractions use a third-generation Omnimover system, and are combination of a shooting gallery, in 2005, the Walt Disney Company premiered a home version of the ride in the form of an internet video game that allows users to connect with guests at the parks. The scores of each guest from the ride are tallied with the internet gamer. There is also an attraction at Walt Disney World Resorts DisneyQuest with the name Buzz Lightyears Astroblasters, Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin was named the 2004 Disney Magazine Readers Choice Award winner for Best Magic Kingdom Park Attraction for Young Kids. The Disney World version has been without sponsorship ever since, the back story of the ride revolves around the attempts of Evil Emperor Zurg to steal the batteries used to power the space vehicles of the Little Green Men. Participants are Star Command raw recruits sent to defeat Zurg, the queue area is awash in the chartreuse, white, and bright blue hues of Buzz Lightyear himself. An Audio-Animatronic Buzz Lightyear figure and giant Etch-a-Sketch and/or Viewmaster provide explanation of the mission to destroy Zurgs secret weapon with your blasters, Astro Blasters and Space Ranger Spin are equal parts shooting gallery and dark ride. Visitors board an Omnimover space vehicle featuring two laser pistols and a joystick, the pistols are used to shoot laser beams at targets of varying point values. Targets that are hit while lit up will produce much higher scores, a digital readout on the dashboard shows the players score. The joystick allows full 360-degree rotation of the vehicle to assist in aiming, during the ride, if the ride slows down or completely stops during the ride, this allows for bonus points as the pistols and targets do not turn off. There are 4 different shaped targets which are different amounts of points, round, square, diamond. At the conclusion of the ride, the digital score flashes L1, the photos include the players score. If the score is in the top 100 highest of the day, the Top 10 players scores are shown on the scoreboard at the exit queue, along with 3 letters that the person chooses to identify themselves. The top person gets their face posted on the screen, the Disneyland version once featured at-home play tied directly to the attraction itself via the Internet, however this is disabled. The installation at the Magic Kingdom utilises an existing system by Arrow Development. The remaining installations use a system by Sansei Yusoki. The layout and systems of the date all the way back to 1972
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Disneyland Monorail System
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The Disneyland Monorail System is an attraction and transportation system at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It was the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere, Walt Disney originally envisioned the monorail as a practical form of public transport for the future. The job of building the monorail was originally assigned to the Standard Carriage Works of East Los Angeles, the Mark I trains consisted of three cars each. In 1968 Mark III Monorail Green joined the fleet, and both platforms were lengthened for the arrival of the streamlined and efficient five car Mark III monorail train conversions. From Hotel Station there were two trips above Disneyland available aboard the monorail, a tour and general admission. Nose and tailcone door latches were independent from the door release button. A simple dial indicator above the compartment door could be turned to one of three positions - General admission guests, round-trip only guests, and mixed. Hostess attendants at Tomorrowland Station would check the position and open the door for general admission guests. If general admission guests boarded the tail-cone in Tomorrowland, the dial would be set to mixed, by the early 1980s, the Mark III trains were showing their age and the wear of years. In 1985, Disneyland began phasing out the Mark III trains one by one, the older trains were stripped to the chassis and rebuilt as Mark V trains. The Mark III Green went first, to become the Mark V Purple followed by the Mark III Yellow becoming the Mark V Orange, the Mark III Blue remained blue and the last was Red, remaining Red. The notable difference was the loss of the drivers area in favor of a streamlined Learjet look similar to the Mark IV trains at the Walt Disney World Resort. The new trains also sported closed passenger compartments and pneumatic doors, following the 1985 Disney World monorail fire, a safety handrail was added along the spine of the train, as well as emergency fire exit hatches leading to the roof. The attractions name remained the Disneyland Monorail System, as it had been painted on the Mark III trains skirts, the Mark V trains were built by Ride & Show Engineering, Inc. incorporating bodies that were produced by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm of Germany. Purple first made her appearance for testing in Autumn of 1986, Orange was delivered in late Summer of 1987, followed by Blue in early 1988. The oldest train, Red, was also the last to be removed from the line for refurbishment in the Spring of 1988, the beamway path was re-aligned into the Eeyore section of the parking lot in 1994 to accommodate the construction of the Indiana Jones Adventure show building. Additionally, the Disneyland Hotel Station and all of its nearby hotel structures were completely demolished, General admission was required to board at the Downtown Disney station. The system resumed limited operations in 2000, when the Downtown Disney Station became operational
Wheelchair accessible
Assistive listening available
Closed captioning available
