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Cinderella Castle
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Cinderella Castle is the fairy tale castle at the center of two Disney theme parks, the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disneyland at the Tokyo Disney Resort. Both serve as worldwide recognized icons and the attraction for their respective theme parks. Cinderella Castle was inspired by a variety of real and fictional palaces, Cinderella Castle was completed in July 1971, after about 18 months of construction. The castle is 183 feet tall, as measured from water-level, many sources quote the height as six feet taller, but that is measured from the concrete bottom of the moat, which itself is 6 feet deep at the bridge. Cinderella Castle is more than 100 feet taller than Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, a set-building trick known as forced perspective makes the castle appear even larger than it actually is. At higher elevations, its proportions to full scale are reduced for elements such as stones, windows, the castle was the largest Disney theme park castle until the completion of the Enchanted Storybook Castle in Shanghai Disneyland Park. Cinderella Castle is designed to reflect the late-Gothic, flamboyant style of the 1400s, unlike Disneylands castle, no gold is used on the exterior, all gold colors are anodized aluminum. All of the steel and concrete works are supported on a concrete drilled caisson foundation, much less fiberglass is used than is popularly supposed. Rather, most of the exterior is a thick, very hard fiber-reinforced gypsum plaster that is supported by light-gauge metal studs, most fiberglass work is reserved for the exterior walls of more ornate upper towers. The roofs are not fiberglass, either and they are shingled in the same type of plastic that computer monitor shells are made from, attached to a cone of light gauge steel sheeting over the steel sub-frame. These towers were lifted by crane, then welded and bolted permanently to the main structure, contrary to a popular legend, the castle cannot be taken apart or moved in any way in the event of a hurricane. It would take months to disassemble, it would be too dangerous to operate the 300-foot crane required in windy conditions, as with every other building at Walt Disney World, it was simpler and safer to design it to handle a hurricane. It can easily withstand the 125 mph design wind speeds in Central Florida with a deal of strength in reserve. The tower with the clock in front is number 10, the tallest is number 20, number 23 is the other golden-roofed tower. There are three elevators inside the castle, one is for guest use and goes between the lobby of Cinderellas Royal Table, and the second floor where the restaurant is. The second is for restaurant staff use, and is located in tower 2 to the left of the drawbridge and it has landings in the Utilidors, the mezzanine level in a break room, and on the second floor in the kitchen. The third elevator is in tower 20, and services the Utilidors, the breezeway, the kitchen of Cinderellas Royal Table, the suite is about 30 feet below the level where the cable is attached to tower 20. Access to the cable is by ladder, from January 2007 to December 2009 the suite was used as a prize for the Disney Dreams Giveaway at the Walt Disney World Resort during the Year of a Million Dreams celebration
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Tokyo Disney Resort
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The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15,1983, as a theme park. Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park opened outside the United States, which is the official Disney goods specialty shop of Tokyo Disney Resort. There are six other hotels located on the Tokyo Disney Resort property and these, however, are not Disney-branded hotels and are owned by other companies, similar to the Hotel Plaza Boulevard hotels at Walt Disney World. All facilities are linked by Disney Resort Line monorail, the Tokyo Disney Resort is headed by Toshio Kagami, who is the secretary general of the Oriental Land Company. Tokyo Disneyland - The first theme park built at the resort, Tokyo Disneyland is based on its sister parks in Anaheim, California, and Bay Lake, Florida, that opened on April 15,1983. Tokyo DisneySea - A park themed based on exploration, adventure. - Official Disney goods speciality shop, ikspiari is a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. The complex is operated by IKSPIARI Co. Ltd, ikspiari is close to Maihama Station on the Keiyō Line from Tokyo, and is also served by Resort Gateway Station on the Disney Resort Line. Ikspiari opened on July 7,2000, at the complex, the 12th non-US Rainforest Cafe opened in July 2000. On August 31,2015, Create Restaurants Holdings Inc. will fully acquire RC Japan Co. Ltd. the Rainforest Cafe franchisee, Disney Ambassador Hotel - The first official Disney hotel to open in Tokyo in 2000. Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta - Opened in conjunction with Tokyo DisneySea Park, the exterior of the hotel provides much of the theming for the Mediterrean Harbor area of Tokyo DisneySea. Tokyo Disneyland Hotel - Opened on July 8,2008, as part of Tokyo Disney Resorts 25th anniversary celebrations, like the Disneyland hotels in Paris and Hong Kong, the hotel is Victorian themed and is located adjacent to the entrance of Tokyo Disneyland Park. Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel - The newest Disney hotel opened June 1,2016 east of the property in Shin-Urayasu. The hotel was refurbished from the former Palm & Fountain Terrace Hotel is themed to Disney characters and this is the only Disney-branded hotel not located in the Resort area. A free 15-minute shuttle is available for guests
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Chiba Prefecture
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Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. The sixth most populous prefecture, and 27th largest by area, Chiba is on the east coast of Honshu and largely consists of the Bōsō Peninsula. The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters, the first, 千, means thousand and the second, 葉 means leaves. The name first appears as an ancient kuni no miyatsuko, or regional command office, the name was adopted by a branch of the Taira clan, which moved to the area in present-day Chiba City in the late Heian period. The branch of the Taira adopted the name and became the Chiba clan and this compound is used in terms such as the Keiyō Line, Keiyō Road, Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line, and the Keiyō Industrial Zone. Chiba Prefecture was settled in times, as evidenced by the Jōmon period remains in every part of the region. The prefecture holds the largest kaizuka sea shell mounds in Japan, evidence of a population in the prefecture that relied on the rich marine products of the Pacific Ocean. Kofun burial mounds are found across the prefecture, with the largest group being in Futtsu along Tokyo Bay, in the Asuka period, under the Taika Reform of 645, the administrative structure of present-day Chiba Prefecture changed significantly. Awa Province at the south of Chiba Prefecture, was separated from Kazusa Prefecture in 718 and these administrative units existed until they were abolished and merged into Chiba Prefecture after the Meiji restoration. The central government established a provincial temple in each province. The imperial court gradually extended its authority over the three provinces in the Nara and Heian periods, shōen feudal estates were established across the three provinces, and the region became an important source of tax revenue, agricultural and other products to the capital in Kyoto. As the Heian period progressed, however, the provincial governors came to exert military power independent of the central government in Kyoto. The Chiba clan broke entirely with the court and was instrumental in the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate. Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15,1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture, the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake caused widespread destruction in Chiba Prefecture, notably in the southernmost part of the Bōsō Peninsula, where 1,300 residents were killed. Koreans in several neighborhoods of Yachiyo were killed, and a tower was erected in 1972 near Yachiyodai Station to memorialize those killed in the incident, the militarization of Chiba Prefecture dates to the Russo-Japanese War. Coastal fortifications were built along Tokyo Bay as far south as Tateyama to protect the capital of the Japanese Empire from attack, after the United States took control of Saipan the northern part of the prefecture, most notably the city of Chiba and Chōshi, were firebombed. Much of the north of the prefecture was destroyed. Operation Coronet, one of two parts of Operation Downfall, was the land invasion of Tokyo in March 1946 by the United States
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Fairy tale
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Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. The term is used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries. In less technical contexts, the term is used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness. Colloquially, a tale or fairy story can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale, it is used especially of any story that not only is not true. Legends are perceived as real, fairy tales may merge into legends, Fairy tales are found in oral and in literary form, the name fairy tale was first ascribed to them by Madame dAulnoy in the late 17th century. Many of todays fairy tales have evolved from stories that have appeared, with variations. The history of the tale is particularly difficult to trace because only the literary forms can survive. Still, according to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, such stories may date back thousands of years, Fairy tales, and works derived from fairy tales, are still written today. Folklorists have classified fairy tales in various ways, the Aarne-Thompson classification system and the morphological analysis of Vladimir Propp are among the most notable. Other folklorists have interpreted the significance, but no school has been definitively established for the meaning of the tales. It moves in a world without definite locality or definite creatures and is filled with the marvelous. In this never-never land, humble heroes kill adversaries, succeed to kingdoms, a fairy tale with a tragic rather than a happy end is called an anti-fairy tale. Although the fairy tale is a genre within the larger category of folktale. The term itself comes from the translation of Madame DAulnoys conte de fées, Vladimir Propp, in his Morphology of the Folktale, criticized the common distinction between fairy tales and animal tales on the grounds that many tales contained both fantastic elements and animals. Were I asked, what is a fairytale, I should reply, Read Undine, that is a fairytale. of all fairytales I know, I think Undine the most beautiful. As Stith Thompson points out, talking animals and the presence of magic seem to be common to the fairy tale than fairies themselves. However, the presence of animals that talk does not make a tale a fairy tale, especially when the animal is clearly a mask on a human face. Steven Swann Jones identified the presence of magic as the feature by which fairy tales can be distinguished from other sorts of folktales, davidson and Chaudri identify transformation as the key feature of the genre
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Tokyo DisneySea
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Tokyo DisneySea is a 176-acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside Tokyo. It opened on September 4,2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen, Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Tokyo DisneySea was the fastest theme park in the world to reach the milestone of 10 million guests, the previous record-holder was Universal Studios Japan 338 days after its opening. Tokyo DisneySea has an overall nautical exploration theme to it, the idea for the park can be traced to a proposal to build a second theme park in Southern California called Port Disney in Long Beach, California, with the RMS Queen Mary as the main attraction. The idea was scrapped after the company endured financial trouble with the Euro Disney project, later the idea was passed on to the Oriental Land Company to expand their resort. There are seven themed areas or ports of call, mediterranean Harbor is the entrance port-of-call and themed as an Italian port city, with Venetian Gondolas that guests can board and ride. Littered throughout the port are various shops and restaurants, mediterranean Harbors layout differs from the entry lands of other Disney parks as it is a large V shape rather than a main street that leads to a hub. To the right, the leads to Mysterious Island, and to the left. Built into the architecture in this port is the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, the hotel serves as a full-scale reproduction of the various buildings of Portofino and Venices ports. The Hotel MiraCosta serves as the southern berm of the park, premiered on April 28,2011, as part of the parks 10th anniversary celebration, Be Magical. A nighttime spectacular also situated on the harbor that uses barges, fountains, Disney Characters, Mysterious Island is a port-of-call within Mount Prometheus, the giant volcano that is the parks centerpiece and most prominent feature. It relies heavily on the storytelling of Jules Verne and, specifically, the Mount Prometheus ride employs technology similar to Epcots Test Track. The smallest port of call, it holds two of the more popular attractions, Journey to the Center of the Earth, a thrill ride, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. While appearing to be a volcano on the water, Mysterious Island is not an island, it is built into the side of Mount Prometheus, the architecture in this port is of Victorian style. Mermaid Lagoon is home to the characters of The Little Mermaid, the facade is made to look like the Palace of King Triton and features fanciful seashell-inspired architecture. This port of call is mostly indoors and recreates the feeling of being underwater, attractions include Flounders Flying Fish Coaster, Scuttles Scooters, Jumpin Jellyfish, Blowfish Balloon Race, The Whirlpool, all of which are childrens rides. It recreates an exotic Arabian harbor combined with a world from 1001 Arabian Nights. In Spring 2017, the land will become home to Nemo and this port of call represents the northeastern seaboard of the United States in the early 20th century
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Disney Resort Line
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The Disney Resort Line, officially called Dizunī Rizōto Rain-sen, is an automated monorail in Japan, which operates between Maihama Station and the Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is operated by Maihama Resort Line Co. Ltd. the subsidiary of Oriental Land Co. Ltd. that operates the resort, legally speaking, the line is built as a railway, just like ordinary rapid transits or commuter rail lines. As such, season tickets are available, and Pasmo and Suica IC cards can also be used on this line. In reality, however, the line functions as the gateway attraction of the Disney Resort. Trains on the line travel in one direction only, taking approximately 13 minutes to make one circuit. All trains stop at all stations. The line is operated using a fleet of five unclassified 6-car Resort Liner monorail trains, each train is finished in a different colour. Up to four trains operate on the loop at one time, the line opened to passengers on 27 July 2001, coinciding with the opening of Tokyo DisneySea. The Pasmo IC card ticketing system was introduced on the line from 14 March 2009, the annual ridership figures for the line are as shown below
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Magic Kingdom
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Magic Kingdom is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks and Resorts division, initialized by Walt Disney and designed by WED Enterprises, its layout and attractions are based on Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. The park is represented by Cinderella Castle, inspired by the fairy tale castle seen in the 1950 film, Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney. And to the talents, the dedication, and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disneys dream come true, may Walt Disney World bring Joy and Inspiration and New Knowledge to all who come to this happy place. A Magic Kingdom where the young at heart of all ages can laugh and play, although Walt Disney had been highly involved in planning the Florida Project, Walt Disney Productions began construction on Magic Kingdom and the entire resort in 1967 after his death. The park was built as a larger, improved version of Disneyland Park in California, there are several anecdotes relating to reasons for some of the features of Walt Disney World, and Magic Kingdom specifically. According to one story, Walt Disney once saw a Frontierland cowboy walking through Tomorrowland at Disneyland and he disliked that the cowboy intruded on the futuristic setting of Tomorrowland and wanted to avoid situations like this in the new park. The area around the utilidors was filled in with dirt removed from the Seven Seas Lagoon, the utilidors were built in the initial construction and were not extended as the park expanded. The tunnels were intended to be designed into all subsequent Walt Disney World parks, future World at Epcot and Pleasure Island each have a smaller network of utilidors. Magic Kingdom opened as the first part of the Walt Disney World Resort on October 1,1971, commencing concurrently with Disneys Contemporary Resort, the Walt Disney Company promised to increase this number with a combination of replicas and unique attractions. While there is no dedication to Magic Kingdom, the dedication by Roy O. Disney for the entire resort was placed within its gates. The first, and as of today, only added to the original roster of lands in the park was Mickeys Toontown Fair. The land originally opened in 1988 as Mickeys Birthdayland to celebrate Mickey Mouses 60th birthday, later the land was renovated as Mickeys Starland and eventually to Mickeys Toontown Fair. The land was home to such as Mickeys Country House, Minnies Country House, The Barnstormer at Goofys Wiseacre Farm. It closed on February 12,2011, to make way for the expansion of Fantasyland, the Walt Disney World Railroad station in Mickeys Toontown Fair, which opened with Mickeys Birthdayland in 1988, was closed for the duration of the construction. In 2012, the space where Mickeys Toontown Fair sat reopened as a part of Fantasyland, in a called the Storybook Circus. The Barnstormer was retained and was re-themed to The Great Goofini, since opening day, Magic Kingdom has been closed temporarily because of six hurricanes, Floyd, Frances, Charley, Jeanne, Wilma, and Matthew. It was also closed in the middle of the day on September 11,2001, in addition, there are four phases of park closure when Magic Kingdom exceeds capacity, ranging from restricted access for most guests to full closure for everyone, even cast members
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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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The Walt Disney Company
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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on October 16,1923 – by brothers Walt Disney, the company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and then Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it expanded its operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio, music, publishing. In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its studio, Walt Disney Studios. Disneys other three divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Media Networks, and Disney Consumer Products. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6,1991, Mickey Mouse, an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney. In early 1923, Kansas City, Missouri, animator Walt Disney created a film entitled Alices Wonderland. After the bankruptcy in 1923 of his previous firm, Laugh-O-Gram Studios, Disney moved to Hollywood to join his brother, Walt and Roy Disney formed Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio that same year. More animated films followed after Alice, in January 1926, with the completion of the Disney studio on Hyperion Street, the Disney Brothers Studios name was changed to the Walt Disney Studio. The distributor owned Oswald, so Disney only made a few hundred dollars, Disney completed 26 Oswald shorts before losing the contract in February 1928, due to a legal loophole, when Winklers husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. After failing to take over the Disney Studio, Mintz hired away four of Disneys primary animators to start his own animation studio, Snappy Comedies. In 1928, to recover from the loss of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney came up with the idea of a character named Mortimer while on a train headed to California. The mouse was later renamed Mickey Mouse and starred in several Disney produced films, ub Iwerks refined Disneys initial design of Mickey Mouse. Disneys first sound film Steamboat Willie, a cartoon starring Mickey, was released on November 18,1928 through Pat Powers distribution company and it was the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon released, but the third to be created, behind Plane Crazy and The Gallopin Gaucho. Disney used Pat Powers Cinephone system, created by Powers using Lee De Forests Phonofilm system, Steamboat Willie premiered at B. S. Mosss Colony Theater in New York City, now The Broadway Theatre. Disneys Plane Crazy and The Galloping Gaucho were then retrofitted with synchronized sound tracks, Disney continued to produce cartoons with Mickey Mouse and other characters, and began the Silly Symphonies series with Columbia Pictures signing on as Symphonies distributor in August 1929
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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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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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Mickey's Toontown
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Mickeys Toontown is a themed land at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, two theme parks operated by The Walt Disney Company. At Tokyo Disneyland, this land is named Toontown, a similar land existed at the Magic Kingdom until 2011 and was named Mickeys Toontown Fair. The attraction is a recreation of the Mickey Mouse universe where visitors can meet the characters. It was inspired by Toontown from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit in which characters live apart from humans. Roger Rabbit was recognized as a character by Disney after the release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Roger Rabbit was set to be the star of his own land, behind Main Street, U. S. A. at Disneyland, called Hollywoodland. Meanwhile, at the Magic Kingdom, a new land behind Fantasyland was being developed in honor of Mickey Mouses sixtieth birthday, the attractions at Disney-MGM Studios were canceled, but an exact replica of Mickeys Toontown opened at Tokyo Disneyland in 1996. Disneyland Paris features a similar Toon Studio in its Walt Disney Studios Park, Walt Disney World and Hong Kong Disneyland are the only Disney resorts to have neither a Toontown or Toon Studio. At the Magic Kingdom, Mickeys Toontown Fair initially opened as Mickeys Birthdayland on June 18,1988 and it became Mickeys Starland on May 26,1990, and was briefly renamed Mickeys Toyland in late 1995. The land was closed in early 1996 for an extensive refurbishment and its storyline portrayed the land as the holiday home for the characters who reside at Mickeys Toontown in California. Mickeys Toontown Fair was closed on February 11,2011 in order to build the New Fantasyland expansion, some elements of Mickeys Toontown Fair have been demolished and others have been re-themed to a new Storybook Circus area. The Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride was removed from Fantasyland and rebuilt in Storybook Circus, the Barnstormer at Goofys Wiseacre Farm has been re-themed to The Barnstormer featuring Goofy as the Great Goofini. The second phase of Storybook Circus, including the half of Dumbo, the indoor queue area. The area is inspired by Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and resembles a set from a Max Fleischer cartoon, the buildings are stylized and colorful. There are several attractions involving classic cartoon characters, such as the houses of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, there are a few interactive gags. Compared to other Disneyland areas however, there are few large or technically complex rides or shows, an early entry event called Toontown Morning Madness was held here for guests booking travel with the American Automobile Association or book a vacation package with the Walt Disney Travel Company. However, Morning Madness has been discontinued as of 2013 as Extra Magic Hour and it is largely a copy of Mickeys Toontown at Disneyland, with a mirror image of its layout. Mickeys Toontown inspired an online role-playing game called Toontown Online, which was released in 2003, the online game is similar to Mickeys Toontown
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