Lands of Disneyland

Main Street USA

"To all who come to this happy place….WELCOME! Disneyland is your land. 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 hard facts that have created America...with the hope that it will be the source of joy and inspiration to all the world."

- Walt Disney's Opening Day Dedication - July 17, 1955

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Main Street USA was opened on Sunday, July 17, 1955.

The opening street area as you enter the park, it starts at "Town Square" and ends in front of the castle at the "Hub".

Designed after Walt's childhood home town of Marceline, Missouri, the building were built in "forced perspective" to look taller than

they actually are.

"Here you leave today

and enter the world

of Yesterday, Tomorrow

and Fantasy."

- Plaque at the entrance to Disneyland.

Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years [2005 - present]

Disneyland Showcase [1973 - 1989]

Disneyland & Santa Fe Railroad [1955 - present]

Fire Engine [1958 - present]

Freight Train [open roof cars] [1955 - late 50's]

Grand Canyon Diorama [1958 - present]

Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln [1965 - redesigned 1975, 1985 - 2004]

Horseless Carriages [1956 - present]

Horse-drawn Street Cars [1955 - present]

Horse-drawn Fire Wagon [closed 1960]

Horse-drawn Surreys [1955 - unknown]

Legacy of Walt Disney [1970 - 1973]

Main Street Cinema [1955 - present]

Main Street Electrical Parade [1972 - 1996]

Main Street Shooting Gallery [1955 - 1962]

Omnibus [1956 - present]

Penny Arcade [1955 - present]

Primeval World Diorama [1966 - present]

The Walt Disney Story [1973 - 1975]

Adventureland

"This is Adventureland. We are in a little village clearing far up some tropical river. There is an explorer's launch at the landing. Let's climb on board and explore the farther reaches of these mysterious waters."

- 1958 Audio Tour of Disneyland by Walt Disney

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Adventureland was opened on Sunday, July 17, 1955.

It is located at the left [west side] of the "hub" just past the Plaza Pavilion.

It was based on Walt's true life adventure stories.

Big Game Safari Shooting Gallery [1962 - 1982]

Enchanted Tiki Room [1963 - present]

Indiana Jones [1995 - present]

Jungle Cruise [1955 - redesigned 1962, 1964, 1976, 1994 - present]

Swiss Family Treehouse [1962 - 1999]

Tarzan Treehouse [1999 - present]

Fantasyland

"Fantasyland is dedicated to the young and young at heart; to those who believe that when you wish upon a star, your dreams do come true."

- Walt Disney's Fantasyland Dedication Speech, July 17, 1955

Fantasyland is the world of imagination, hopes and dreams. It is dedicated to the Young and the Young In Heart, to those who believe that when you wish upon a star your dreams come true. Come with me to King Arthur's Carrousel, to see an elephant fly, to dig for diamonds in the Dwarfs' gold mine, and to ride a pirate ship through the sky.

- 1958 Audio Tour of Disneyland by Walt Disney

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Fantasyland originally opened

on Sunday, July 17, 1955.

It is located at the end of Main Street USA, as you enter through the Sleeping Beauty Castle through its draw bridge.

Fantasyland was completely redesigned in 1983 and 2002.

Alice in Wonderland [1958 - redesigned 1984 - present]

Canal Boats of the World [1955 - 1955; name changed]

Casey Junior Circus Train [1955 - present]

Dumbo's Flying Elephants [1955 - redesigned 1983 - present]

Fantasyland Theater [1964 - 1981]

Fantasyland Autopia [1959 - 2003]

It's A Small World [1966 - present]

Junior Autopia [1956 - 1958]

King Arthur's Carrousel [1955 - redesigned 1983 - present]

Mad Tea Party [1955 - redesigned 1983 - present]

Matterhorn Bobsleds [1959 - present]

Matterhorn's Abominable Snowman [1978 - present]

Mickey Mouse Club Theater [1955 - 1964]

Midget Autopia [1957 - 1960]

Motor Boat Cruise [1957 - 1993]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride [1955 - redesigned 1983 - present]

Peter Pan's Flight [1955 - redesigned 1983 - present]

Pinocchio's Daring Adventures [1983 - present]

Rescue Ranger's Raceway [1991]

Skull Rock and Pirate's Cove [1961 - 1982]

Skyway to Tomorrowland [1956 - 1994]

Sleeping Beauty Castle [1957 - 2001]

Storybook Land Canal Boats [1955 - present]

Snow White's Adventures [1955 - 1983]

Snow White's Grotto [1961 - present]

Snow White's Scary Adventures [1983 - present]

The New Fantasyland Theater [1995 - present]

Videopolis [1985 - 1995]

Frontierland

"Frontierland is a tribute to the faith, courage and ingenuity of the pioneers who blazed the trails across America. We find ourselves back in the exciting days when the story of our country's past was being lived. We will ride a covered wagon to a roaring river town, pay a visit to Slew-Foot Sue's Golden Horseshoe, and then catch the paddlewheel steamer Mark Twain for a trip down the Rivers of America."

- 1958 Audio Tour of Disneyland by Walt Disney

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Frontierland opened on Sunday, July 17, 1955. It was the only land to be opened early for Walt and Lilly's anniversary on Saturday, July 16, 1955.

It is located to the left [west side] of the "hub" at the end of Main Street just past the Adventureland entrance gate.

It was designed to give guests the "feel" of the old west.

Big Thunder Railroad [1979 - present]

Big Thunder Ranch [1986 - 2001]

Billy Hill and the Hillbillies Show [1992 - present]

Conestoga Wagons [1955 - 1959]

Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes [1971 - present]

Frontierland Shooting Gallery [1957 - 1985]

Frontierland Shooting Arcade [1985 - name change]

Frontierland Shooting Exposition [ ____ - present]

Indian Village [1959 - 1971]

Indian Village Rafts [1957 - 1971]

Indian War Canoes [1956 - 1971]

Mark Twain Steamboat [1955 - present]

Mike Fink Keel Boats [1955 - ____ ]

Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland [1960 - 1977]

Pack Mules thru Nature's Wonderland [1960 - 1973]

Pack Mules [1955 - 1956]

Rainbow Cavern Mine Train [1956 - 1960]

Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules [1956 - 1960]

Rainbow Ridge Stage Coach [1956 - 1959]

Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad - Frontierland Station [ ]

Sailing Ship Columbia [1958 - present]

Sailing Ship Museum [1964 - ____ ]

Stage Coach [1955 - 1956]

The Golden Horseshoe Revue [1955 - 1986]

The Golden Horseshoe Jamboree [1986 - 1992]

The Golden Horse Variety Show [1992 - 2004]

The Hunchback's Festival of Fools [1996 - ____ ]

Tom Sawyer's Island [19 - present]

Tom Sawyers Island Rafts [1956 - present]

Tomorrowland

"A vista into a world of wondrous ideas, signifying man's achievements.... A step into the future with predictions of constructive 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 and unified world."

- Walt Disney's Tomorrowland Dedication Speech - July 17, 1955

Now it is time for a preview of the World of Tomorrow. We step into the future and find fantastic atomic-powered machines working for us. The world is unified and peaceful...outer space is the New Frontier. We walk for a time among the strange mechanical wonders of tomorrow, and then blast off on a Rocket To The Moon."

- 1958 Audio Tour of Disneyland by Walt Disney

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Tomorrowland opened officially on July 17, 1955.

It is located to the right or "east side" of the "hub", just past the Plaza Inn.

Tomorrowland was completely redesigned in 1967 and again in May of 1998.

20,000 Leagues under the Sea Exhibit [1955 - 1967]

Adventures Through Inner Space [1967 - 1986]

America Sings [1974 - 1988]

Art of Animation [1960 - 1966]

Astro Jets [1956 - 1967]

Astro Orbitor [1998 - present]

Autopia presented by Chevron [1998 - present]

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster [2005 - present]

Magic Eye Theater featuring "Captain Eo" [1986 - ____ ]

Carrousel of Progress [1967 - 1973]

Circa-rama featuring "Tour of the West" [1955 - 1960]

Circa-rama featuring "America The Beautiful" [1960 - 1967]

Circle-vision featuring "America the Beautiful" [1967 - 1984]

Circle-vision featuring "American Journeys" [1984 - ]

Circle-vision featuring "The Wonders of China" [ ]

Clock of the World [now closed]

Disneyland Railroad [1955 - present]

Disneyland Monorail System [1959 - extended to hotel 1961 - present]

Flight Circle [1955 - 1966]

Flight To The Moon [1967 - 1973]

Flying Saucers [1961 - 1966]

"Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" [ - present]

House of Future [1957 - 1967]

Innoventions [1998 - present]

Magic Eye Theater featuring "Magic Journeys" [1984 - 1986]

Mission to Mars [1973 - 1992]

Monsanto Hall of Chemistry [1955 - 1966]

Motor Boat Cruise [1957 - 1993]

People Mover [1967 - expanded 1977 - ____ ]

Phantom Boats [1955 - 1957]

Rocket Jets [1967 - 1998]

Rocket Rods [1998 - ]

Rocket to the Moon [1955 - 1966]

Satellite View of America [1958 - ____]

Skyway to Fantasyland [1956 - 1994]

Space Mountain [1977 - redesigned 2003 - present]

Space Station X-1 [1955 - 1958]

Starcade [1977 - present]

Star Tours [1987 - present]

Submarine Voyage [1959 - ____ ]

Tomorrowland Boats [now closed]

Tomorrowland Autopia [1955 - expanded 1959, 2003 - present]

View-liner [1957 - 1958]

Holidayland

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

Disneyland is a show. - Walt Disney

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Holidayland opened officially on June 17, 1957.

Front Entrance of Park [near present day dog kennels].

A short-lived picnic area just to the west of Disneyland's entrance. It was used for families or corporations. It was also used as a circus arena where characters or the Mickey Mouse Club would sometimes perform.

Originally, Holiday-land was a separate admission, but eventually the price included admission to Disneyland.

It closed in Jan. 1961

Mickey Mouse Club Circus [1957 - ]

Professor Kelber's Killer Cats Show [now closed]

Corporate Picnic area [ ___ - 1961]

New Orleans Square

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money. - Walt Disney

Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role. - Walt Disney

Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. - Walt Disney

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It was originally opened on July 24, 1966.

It is located on the west side of the park, behind Adventureland and Frontierland near the Rivers of America.

New Orleans Square is a land themed after the French Quarters in New Orleans, Louisiana and shows the French influence on this part of the country. It is home of The Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion.

Disneyland Railroad [1955 - present]

Fantasmic [1992 - present]

Haunted Mansion [1969 - present]

Pirates of the Caribbean [1967 - present]

Pirates Arcade [now closed]

The Disney Gallery [ - present]

Bear Country

Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly. - Walt Disney

It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together. - Walt Disney

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It was originally opened in 1972.

It is located behind the Rivers of America, just past The Haunted Mansion.

The 7th themed "land" to be opened at Disneyland, it was built to house The Country Bear Jamboree attraction. It was renamed to Critter Country upon the opening of Splash Mountain in 1988.

Country Bear Jamboree [1972 - ]

Country Bear Vacation Hoedown [1986 - ]

Country Bear Christmas [1984 - ]

Teddi Barra's Swinging Arcade [1972 - ]

Critter Country

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved. - Walt Disney

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year. - Walt Disney

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It was originally opened on November 23, 1988.

It is located on the west side of the park behind the Haunted Mansion and Rivers of America.

It was renamed from Bear Country when Splash Mountain opened. It now serves as the home of Winnie the Pooh.

Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes [ - present]

Splash Mountain [1989 - present]

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [ ____ - present]

Mickey's Toontown

When we opened Disneyland, a lot of people got the impressions that it was a get-rich-quick thing, but they didn't realize that behind Disneyland was this great organization that I built here at the Studio, and they all got into it and we were doing it because we loved to do it. - Walt Disney

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It was originally opened on July 1, 1993.

It is located at the north side or back of the park behind and to the left of "It's A Small World".

Based on the Toon World from "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?", this new land features cartoon-like attractions for children.

Chip and Dale's Treehouse [1993 - present]

Disneyland Railroad - Toontown Station [ - present]

Donald's Boat [1993 - present]

Gadget's Go-Coaster [1993 - present]

Goofy's Bounce House [1993 - present]

Jolley Trolley [1993 - 2003]

Mickey's House [1993 - present]

Minnie's House [1993 - present]

Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin [1994 - present]