Line #2 Ride/Disneyland


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I think most of all what I want Disneyland to be is a happy place... where parents and children can have fun... together."''\
3	[[note]]WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Castle, the icon of Disneyland Park. In front of it is ''Partners'' (Blaine Gibson, [[NewerThanTheyThink 1993]]), the copper statue of Creator/WaltDisney and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse holding hands.[[/note]]]]
4	-> ''"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 hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney''', [[https://youtu.be/pw0t-7hI2TA Disneyland dedication]]
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7	[[{{Slogans}} The Happiest Place on Earth]] and the Ride/{{Disney theme park\|s}} that [[HumbleBeginnings started it all]].
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9	By 1940, Walt Disney was achieving fame in the field of animation. He had released the world's first [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs full-length animated feature]] to great success and Mickey Mouse was a household name. Then one day, he was taking his daughters to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. As he watched them riding on a merry-go-round, he hit upon the idea of an amusement park where children and their parents could have fun together. Years later, interest emerged in a "Mickey Mouse Park," and people wrote to him asking if they could tour his studio. Always the visionary, Walt knew this was simply too small, and the rest is history.
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11	Opened on July 17, 1955, Disneyland Park in Anaheim, UsefulNotes/{{California}} was created by Creator/WaltDisney. The park was created as a place for him to bring his movies to life in a family-friendly environment. The park had a very rough opening day[[note]]The park was filled with twice the expected attendance[[/note]] but it became successful anyways. The park celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 with the "Happiest Homecoming on Earth." It is currently the second most visited theme park in the world, the only one ahead of it is its sister park [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Magic Kingdom]] in UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}.
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13	In 2000, the park was renamed to Disneyland Park in order to distinguish from its then-upcoming resort counterpart. A year later, it expanded into the Disneyland Resort with the opening of a second theme park: Disney California Adventure Park.[[note]]Previously Disney's California Adventure Park; note the possessive.[[/note]] Besides the second park, the resort is home to Downtown Disney, a shopping and dining complex that was named after the one in Florida,[[note]]that one has since renamed to Disney Springs[[/note]] as well as three hotels. The first is Disneyland Hotel which opened with the park. The second hotel is Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, designed to evoke an early 1900s craftsman style of architecture. And the third hotel is Pixar Place Hotel (previously the Emerald Hotel, then later as the Pacific Hotel until Disney bought it in 1995 as a way to expand the Disneyland complex and renamed it into the Disneyland Pacific Hotel, then Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel), which overlooks the similarly titled Pixar Pier at California Adventure and, true to its name, is themed after Creator/{{Pixar}} films.
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15	!!Theme parks
16	!!!Disneyland Park
17	Disneyland Park is split into nine themed lands.
18	* '''Main Street, U.S.A.''': Based on an early 20th century/[[TheGayNineties late 19th century]] mid-America small town, particularly Walt's own hometown of Marceline, MO. It features a theater, town hall, train station, horse-drawn carriages, and many other small town oddities leading up from the square at the park entrance, up the main street, and to the Central Plaza where WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Castle is located.
19	* '''Adventureland''': Based on the remote jungles in Asia and Africa, this land combines the experiences of traveling into the unknown. The three big attractions here are the Ride/JungleCruise, Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure and the Adventureland Treehouse (formerly the Film/SwissFamilyRobinson Treehouse, which still exists in Florida. It was also WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'s Treehouse until 2022). It also has the classic attraction Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom.
20	* '''Frontierland''': Based on America's [[TheWildWest frontier]], the main attraction is Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad. The land also features the Rivers of America surrounding Tom Sawyer's Island. The river features two attractions that travel on it: the Mark Twain Riverboat and the Sailing Ship Columbia.
21	* '''Fantasyland''': Based on a medieval European village, the land is the embodiment of fairy tales, and is probably the park's most on-brand area for Disney's movies, particularly the animated films of the mid-20th Century. The most famous attractions here are Peter Pan's Flight, Ride/ItsASmallWorld (which you will now have stuck in your head for the rest of the day... you're welcome), and the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Sleeping Beauty Castle is the main meeting place here, and the hub of the entire park.
22	* '''Tomorrowland''': Based on a general sci-fi theme, (as of 1998) the land was the embodiment of discovery and the future. The four biggest attractions are Ride/SpaceMountain, Franchise/FindingNemo Submarine Voyage, Ride/StarTours, and [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear's]] Astro Blasters.
23	* '''New Orleans Square''': Added to the park in 1966, it is based on LaBelleEpoque-era [[TheBigEasy New Orleans]]. The area was added to be the home for two of Disney's most famous attractions: Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean and Ride/TheHauntedMansion, as well as the nighttime show Theatre/{{Fantasmic}} and the exclusive Club 33.
24	* '''Critter Country''': Replacing a part of Frontierland called the Indian Village, the land was introduced in 1972 as Bear Country; a FunnyAnimal take on UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest featuring the Ride/CountryBearJamboree show. It was later given its current name in 1988 alongside the introduction of Ride/SplashMountain (originally based on ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' but soon to be rethemed around ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''). Its main attractions besides Splash Mountain are Ride/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh (which replaced the Country Bear Jamboree) and Series/DavyCrockett's Explorer Canoes that date back to the Indian Village days.
25	* '''Mickey's Toontown''': Added to the park in 1993, it is based (partially) on {{Toontown}} from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', combined with WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's hometown. The land is mainly for younger children and features recreations of the homes of Mickey and his friends Minnie, Donald, and Goofy. The two attractions featured here are Chip 'n Dale's [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers Gadget Coaster]] and Ride/RogerRabbitsCarToonSpin; ''Ride/MickeyAndMinniesRunawayRailway'' also opened here in 2023 alongside a lengthy refurbishment of the land.
26	* '''''Ride/{{Star Wars\|GalaxysEdge}}''[[Ride/StarWarsGalaxysEdge : Galaxy's Edge]]''': The ninth land opened on May 31, 2019, with part of it replacing Frontierland's Big Thunder Ranch picnic area (and the rest of it a new expansion situated behind the Rivers of America). This land is based on the famous SpaceOpera [[Franchise/StarWars franchise]], taking place on a planet named Batuu between the movies ''Film/TheLastJedi'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. It features two attractions; Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, where guest can "pilot" the ''[[CoolStarship Millennium Falcon]]'' itself, and Rise of the Resistance, where guests can fight the First Order. Notably, Oga's Cantina is the only place in the park where members of the general public can consume alcohol on the premises (the only other alcohol in Disneyland is inside the highly exclusive Club 33).
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28	!!!Disney California Adventure Park
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30	[[caption-width-right:350:The [[WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} California-themed theme park]] located in the already [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment California-themed California]].\
31	[[note]]Pixar Pier, with the Incredicoaster and the Pixar Pal-A-Round, the current marketing icons of Disney California Adventure[[/note]]]]
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33	->''To all who come to this place of dreams, welcome. Disney California Adventure celebrates the spirit of optimism and the promise of endless opportunities, ignited by the imagination of daring dreamers such as Walt Disney and those like him who forever changed- and were forever changed by- The Golden State. This unique place embraces the richness and diversity of California... Its land, its people, its stories and, above all, the dreamers it continues to inspire.''
34	-->-- '''Robert Allen "Bob" Iger''', Disney California Adventure rededication on June 15, 2012.[[labelnote:Original Dedication]]''To all who believe in the power of dreams, welcome. Disney's California Adventure opens its golden gates to you. Here we pay tribute to the dreamers of the past: the native people, explorers, immigrants, aviators, entrepreneurs and entertainers who built the Golden State. And we salute a new generation of dreamers who are creating the wonders of tomorrow, from the silver screen to the computer screen, from the fertile farmlands to the far reaches of space. Disney's California Adventure celebrates the richness and the diversity of California... its land, its people, its spirit and, above all, the dreams that it continues to inspire.''\
35	—'''Michael Dammann Eisner''', California Adventure dedication on February 8, 2001.[[/labelnote]]
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37	Disney California Adventure Park, built on a former Disneyland parking lot, was initially themed as a celebration of the titular state (and subsequently criticized as redundant, and maligned for some cheaply produced attractions such as ''Ride/SuperstarLimo''). The park has received significant overhauls to introduce more Disney theming and now features a number of E-ticket attractions in its own right. Unlike (most of) Disneyland Park, alcohol is sold throughout California Adventure, and the park plays host to an annual Food & Wine Festival much like the one in [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Epcot]]. It contains eight themed areas.
38	* '''Buena Vista Street''': DCA's answer to Main Street, U.S.A., it is named for the location of the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, though [[NonIndicativeName it's actually modeled after]] UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Formerly named Sunshine Plaza before a remodeling. Contains the Red Car Trolley, which runs through Hollywood Land to Avengers C.A.M.P.U.S.
39	* '''Hollywood Land''': Inspired by UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, the area resembles a studio backlot and was even originally named "Hollywood Pictures Backlot". The attractions featured here are ''Ride/MickeysPhilharmagic'' (formerly ''Ride/MuppetVision3D'') and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue!''; there are also regular stage shows at the Hyperion Theater, along with the [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] Dance Party for young children.
40	* '''Grizzly Peak''': A combination of two formerly separate areas, Grizzly Peak and Condor Flats (now Grizzly Peak Airfield), it is themed around California's national parks, such as Yosemite and Redwood. The titular peak originally served as the visual centerpiece of the park and was part of its former logo. The area includes the Grizzly River Run rapids ride (the only DCA opening day attraction still in permanent operation in its original form), ''[[Ride/{{Soarin}} Soarin' Around the World]]'' [[note]] Which is currently periodically replaced by the original ''Soarin' Over California''[[/note]], and the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail play area.
41	* '''San Fransokyo Square''': Originally designed as "Pacific Wharf", a tribute to the Monterey fishing industry, it was overhauled in 2023 to be themed after the high-tech [[{{Americasia}} East-meets-West city]] of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. It is largely a dining area and includes no rides; but does feature a bakery tour, the Blue Sky Cellar which hosts previews of upcoming attractions hosted by Imagineers, and as of the remodel a Baymax meet-and-greet and an adjacent souvenir shop.
42	** '''Performance Corridor''': The park's main thoroughfare and parade route, connecting Buena Vista Street to Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens, and passing the main entrances to Avengers C.A.M.P.U.S., Cars Land, and San Fransokyo Square on the way. It also includes the Golden Vine Winery, a multi-terraced dining area based on California's wine country. Originally part of Pacific Wharf, but was split off as part of the San Fransokyo overhaul.
43	* '''Pixar Pier''': Originally named Paradise Pier and designed to evoke a seaside amusement park, it has since been rethemed around the works of Creator/{{Pixar}}. Attractions include the ''[[Franchise/TheIncredibles Incredicoaster]]'' (formerly California Screamin'), ''Franchise/ToyStory Midway Mania'', the ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' Emotional Whirlwind, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Jessie's Critter Carousel]], the Pixar Pal-A-Round (formerly the Sun Wheel and Mickey's Fun Wheel) and a series of boardwalk games.
44	* '''Paradise Gardens Park''': Across from Pixar Pier, this area has more scattershot theming. Features WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'s Sky School, the [[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies Silly Symphony]] Swings, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Jumpin' Jellyfish]], Golden Zephyr, ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}: Ariel's Undersea Adventure'' and the ''Ride/WorldOfColor'' nighttime spectacular.
45	* '''a bug's land''': The first land added to the park after its opening, in 2002. This was a childrens' play area themed around ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and a MacroZone scaled at bug-size. It featured ''Ride/ItsToughToBeABug'' (which predated the land as an opening-day attraction) as well as a handful of smaller rides and a water area. It would eventually be removed and replaced entirely by the Avengers C.A.M.P.U.S.
46	* '''''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' Land''': A new land opening in 2012 (replacing bits of other lands, including part of the parking lot), it was initially developed as the car-themed "Carland" before it was retooled prior to launch as being centered on the Creator/{{Pixar}} film franchise; with the area themed to the town of Radiator Springs. Attractions include the ''Test Track''-inspired ''Radiator Springs Racers'', ''Luigi's Rollicking Roadsters'' and ''Mater's Junkyard Jamboree''.
47	* [[invoked]] '''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS'''[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms the Centralized Assembly Mobilized to Prepare, Unite, and Safeguard]][[/note]]: Opening in 2021 (replacing the former ''a bug's land''), it is based on ([[AlternateContinuity though technically separate from]]) the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and acts as a headquarters for [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the eponymous superhero team]]. Due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers theme park rights issues]] with Ride/UniversalStudios, the word "Marvel" cannot appear in the park. Attractions include ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout'' (formerly located in Hollywood Land, using the structure of a former ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror''), ''W.E.B.[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms Worldwide Engineering Brigade]][[/note]] Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure'' and the Film/{{Doctor Strange\|2016}} stage show "Ancient Sanctum".
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49	!!Tropes relating to the resort and its attractions:
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51	* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: A [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/27087639@N00/5391093707/ sign]] for "The Green Dragon" can be seen in Disneyland's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
52	* AlternateRealityGame: ''[[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Experiment The Muppet Experiment]]'' was an ARG based around locating Franchise/TheMuppets, who were lost in 1937 California. The first part of the game was online, on a website supposedly run by Muppet Labs, and there was also a live section at Disneyland.
53	* TheArtifact: ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'' at Disneyland is an odd choice for one of just five dark rides in Fantasyland, considering that the other four are based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', all of which have remained staples of the Disney Animation Canon. ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'', meanwhile, is a largely unknown package of two short films that only semi-serious Disney buffs will remember.
54	* TheBusCameBack: The Main Street Electrical Parade ran at the park on-and-off from 1972 until 1996, at which point Disney retired it with huge fanfare. After less than a year it was brought back for a one-time performance in New York, then ran at Magic Kingdom in Florida for two years. It was then shipped back to Anaheim to boost attendance at California Adventure, where it remained for the park’s first decade. Then it was shipped back to Florida ''again'' in 2010 and remained there for six more years before returning to California for good in 2017. Since then, it has been periodically brought back for summer promotions.
55	** Similarly, the Swiss Family Treehouse was replaced by Tarzan’s Treehouse in 1999. The latter closed for an indefinite refurbishment in 2021, which was later revealed to be a reversion back to the ''Film/SwissFamilyRobinson'' theme.
56	* DinosaursAreDragons: The ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' example was translated over into "real" life in 1966 when Disneyland added the animatronic ''Primeval World'' diorama to their Disneyland Railroad attraction. In the Diorama, a T. rex is depicted fighting a ''Stegosaurus'' in the midst of a volcanic landscape.
57	* EmergencyBroadcast: In the queue line for ''Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue!'' at Disney California Adventure, a TV plays several ads for businesses in Monstropolis, along with an EBS-type test broadcast from the Child Detection Agency (CDA) whose alarm noise is a monster screaming for thirty seconds.
58	* FakeBand: In the summer of 1981, the Tomorrowland stage premiered the sci-fi rock band Halyx, a themed group originating from Disneyland Records who were said to be from outer space. Band members included human vocalist Lora Mumford, guitarist Bruce Gowdy and drummer Brian Lucas, along with a tall [[Franchise/StarWars Wookiee]]-esque bassist his performer called a "Baharnoth", a robot keyboardist who rode across the stage in a custom cart, and an amphibian percussionist/acrobat. Bruce wrote whatever songs the band played which weren't covers of existing material. While popular with Disneyland patrons, the actual management felt the rock theming was at-odds with the family friendly nature of the park, and a planned album release with Warner Music Group fell through, making that one summer the entirety of Halyx's professional existence, ending on September 11. WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} produced an extensive documentary of the band [[https://youtu.be/f0rDLvg-Lfs here]].
59	* FunnyPhotoPhrase: At Cars Land, one of the phrases Lightning [=McQueen=] might say when docked at the Cozy Cone Motel is, "Smile and say, '[=McQueen=]'!".
60	* HighlyVisibleLandmark: In designing Disneyland, Walt used highly visible landmarks ("weenies", as he called them, after the way his dog would follow him around the house when he was carrying a hot dog) to draw the guests into the park and then into various sections, with Sleeping Beauty Castle at the center of the park drawing people down Main Street USA, then the rocket ship in Tomorrowland and the pirate ship in Fantasyland to guide them out of the hub.
61	* IntroDump: Many of the live musical acts at the Disneyland Resort include a roll call as a regular part of their repertoire. For example, the (now defunct) Red Trolley Car Newsboys at Disney California Adventure sound off in the middle of their rendition of "California Here We Come".
62	* TheMoralSubstitute: Disneyland started out because Creator/WaltDisney wanted a clean, inviting place that he could take his daughters to that was completely unlike the [[CrappyCarnival dirty, sleazy amusement parks and carnivals]] of the 1950s. His approach was so successful that it [[GenreTurningPoint became the standard in the industry]]; out of necessity, the other parks either had to improve their standards to entice new customers or risk going out of business.
63	* NamedworldAndNamedland: Disneyland is a famous example, named for both the corporation and for the man who oversaw its construction.
64	* SouvenirLand
65	** The UrExample, since this trope is made up of simplified, copyright-compliant copies of Disneyland. Since Disneyland itself wasn't made as a parody or in reaction to Disneyland (at least at first), it isn't the TropeMaker.
66	** California Adventure had a lot of off-the-shelf carnival-style rides and clones of shows and rides from the Florida Disney World complex. The park would only be expanded to have a large proportion of original rides in TheNewTens.

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