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Attractions
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Adventures in Science
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A history of science ride planned for Tomorrowland, including the formation of the planets - kind of an opposite of Adventures Thru Inner Space.
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Arabian Nights
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An attraction developed by Claude Coats.
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Astro Jets variation
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For the 'Tomorrowland Dumbo', John Hench considered having it inside a dark room rather than raised up high.
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Atlantis Submarine ride
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A retheming of the Submarine Voyage based on Disney's 2001
feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
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Baby Herman's Runaway Baby Buggy
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A ride based on the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit planned for Hollywoodland.
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Battle Droids
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A battling robot show by Eddie Sotto. Planned for the upstairs
of Plectu's Fantastic Intergalactic Revue in Tomorrowland.
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Bavarian thrill ride
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A German themed thrill ride planned for World Holiday Land.
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Black Hole Shootout
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A 1982 proposed replacement for Adventures Thru Inner Space,
based on the 1979 film.
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Candy Mountain
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A mountain of oversized candy in Fantasyland, containing scenes
from the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Circus Disney
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Featuring numerous classic Disney characters in humerous acts, this was
to be the signature attraction of Dumbo's Circusland.
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Circus Parade
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A circus carousel planned for a circus dining area in Fantasyland. Guests would ride on lions, giraffes and other cirus animals.
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Countdown to Extinction
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A clone of Disney's Animal Kingdom time travel ride planned for
Tomorrowland.
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Critter Country 500
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A rickety race car ride planned for Critter Country.
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Crocodile aquarium
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Planned for Fantasyland, this would be an underwater aquarium
themed to look like Peter Pan's crocodile.
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Dorothy of Oz Birthday Party
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A Wizard of Oz themed attraction, possibly seen only as part of
the Storybook Land Canal Boats inside Candy Mountain.
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Duck Bumps
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Donald Duck themed bumper boats.
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ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
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A clone of the Magic Kingdom attraction was planned for Tomorrowland as part of the Disney Decade.
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Fantasia Mountain
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A Fantasia water ride. | |
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Firework Factory
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Planned for Discovery Bay, guests would have shoot at rockets
and pinwheels in Chinese fireworks factory.
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Fox and the Hound ride
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A C-ticket dark ride for Critter Country, travelling in miniature versions of Amos Slade's Model T. Considered at the time of the Mark Twain miniland. | |
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Garden of the Gods
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A Fantasia inspired boat ride developed by Claude Coats for Fantasyland.
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Geyser Mountain
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A Frontierland space shot tower ride inside a massive geyser.
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glass-bottomed boat ride
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The original Submarine Voyage was originally going to be simple glass-bottomed boats.
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Greatest Moments in Disney Musicals
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A proposed replacement of America Sings, later changed to a Fantasyland dark ride. It would inspired The Great Movie Ride.
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gyroball PeopleMover
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This circa 2008 plan would have utilised 360 degree moving
gyroballs as the People Mover vehicles, themed to the pods from
The Incredibles.
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Hall of Presidents
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The Hall of Presidents was considered for the 1976 Liberty
Square.
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Harnessing the Lightning
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A show for Edison Square portraying the history of electrical
technology through four family generations. Became Walt Disney's
Carousel of Progress.
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Haunted House
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A walkthrough Haunted House ride considered before the Haunted
Mansion was designed.
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Here Come the Muppets
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A clone of the Disney-MGM Studios show for the Disney Decade, to replace the Dick Tracy Musical Revue at Videopolis.
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Impressions de France
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A theatre showing the Epcot film would have been included in
1982's World Holiday Land.
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Indian shooting gallery
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A shooting gallery inside a western wagon; 'We'll have shooting
galleries, but no ordinary ones. The shooting stand's liable to
be a prairie schooner from which a kid can take pot shots at
replica Indians, wired for sound, circling the wagon, yipping
and yelling.'
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Jetpack Astro Orbitor
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Planned circa 2008, this would have moved the Astro Orbitor back
above the People Mover station and rethemed it so guests flew
around suspended from jetpacks.
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Kermit the Frog's Muppet Vision 3D
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This clone of the Disney-MGM Studios attraction (using the earlier Kermit name rather than Jim Henson's) was planned to go in the Main Street Opera House,
replacing Mr Lincoln as part of the Disney Decade. Later plans would have located it as part of the downtown area of Mickey's Toontown.
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Lightkeepers
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A nighttime light parade developed for Tomorrowland 2055.
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Main Street Arcades
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As early as 1982, plans were suggested to build two covered
walkways on the outside of the Main Street shops to allow
traffic flow between the Hub and Town Square even during
parades. This idea was later realized at the Main Street USA at
Disneyland Paris.
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Mark Twain Tonight
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Imagineers would have transformed one of the two Country Bear
theatres into an animatronic rendition of Hal Holbrook's show,
using a copy of the Mark Twain animatronic developed for the
American Adventure at Epcot.
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Mary Poppins ride
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A 2600/hour capacity E-ticket planned for Fantasyland.
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Mary Poppins spinner
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A Dumbo style ride themed to Mary Poppins. Planned for
Fantasyland.
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Mathmagicland
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One of John Hench's earliest Tomorrowland ideas; a dark ride based on the classic Donald Duck short.
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Medieval England show
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An England themed attraction planned for World Holiday Land.
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Mickey's Mad House
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A wild mouse rollercoaster for Dumbo's Circusland based on Mickey Mouse cartoons of the 1930s.
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Monstro the Whale
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A shoot-the-chutes boat ride ending with a splashdown out of the
mouth a giant whale.
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Moonshine Express
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A 10 minute long 1982 boat ride in Bear Country, using Pirates
of the Caribbean style bateaux, featuring a 10 foot, 8 foot and
then 14 foot drop.
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Museum of the Weird
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A walkthrough attraction displaying the weirdest and strangest
objects from all over the world.
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Mythia - Land of Legends
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A log flume for the Mythia subland.
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Nostromo
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An interactive ride where guests would have searched for the
missing crew of the Nostromo from the movie Alien.
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Paul Bunyan's boot
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A full sized recreation of the folk figure's shoe, which could
be ascended and used as an observation tower over Frontierland.
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Pirates of the Scareibbean
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Imagineers may have planned on transforming Pirates of the
Caribbean into a scary ghost pirate attraction.
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reel
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A Frontierland attraction, guests would have sat on mechanical
horses infront of a projected western horse chase.
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Return to Oz ride
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A dark ride of 'America's first fairytale', planned for Main Street USA. Guests would have entered through the Main Street Opera House and boarded Gump vehicles through Oz. Cancelled when the movie was unsuccessful in the box office.
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Robin Hood dark ride
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Tony Baxter worked on a Robin Hood dark ride, but realised the film relied almost entirely on characters, not environments as needed for an attraction.
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Rocket Ship 'Luna' ride
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A simulated rocket trip to the moon that later became Flight to
the Moon at Walt Disney World.
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Rogue's Gallery
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The original Pirates of the Caribbean - a walkthrough of wax
pirate dioramas.
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Scandinavian folklore attraction
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A ride or show planned for World Holiday Land.
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SpacePort X1
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A futuristic complex designed by John Hench in 1967 featuring a
rocket ship attraction, and rollercoaster sweeping across the
outside of the building.
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Spark Gap Electric Loop Coaster
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A dizzying rollercoaster ride demonstrating the forces of
magnetism to guests of Discovery Bay.
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Star Tours podracer ride
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An upgraded version of Star Tours including a race through the
Podracing circuit on Tatooine.
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Superstar Television
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This attraction planned for Hollywoodland "will enable guests to step into scenes from classic television programs and take co-starring roles opposite their favorite TV stars."
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The Black Cauldron dark ride
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This ride would have multiple switching paths, but the disappointing box office takings of its source material cancelled the project.
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The Great Movie Ride
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A clone of the Disney-MGM Studios attraction, to be built in Hollywoodland. Planned as part of the Disney Decade.
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The Island at the Top of the World
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A zepellin ride for Discovery Bay in which guests would travel
to a lost Viking settlement in the Arctic.
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The Little Mermaid
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This dark-ride clone of the never built Disneyland Paris attraction would have been built in Mickey's Toontown (then being called Mickey's Starland) next door to Muppet Vision 3D.
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The Little Mermaid submarine voyage
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A retheming of the Submarine Voyage as a journey through Ariel's underwater kingdom.
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The Magnificent Muppet All-Star Motorcade
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A clone of the Disney-MGM Studios parade as part of the Disney Decade.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas ride
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A dark ride based on Tim Burton's film.
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The Timekeeper
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A clone of the Disneyland Paris attaction 'De Temps en Temps', which was successfully cloned at Walt Disney World. Planned for Tomorrowland 2055.
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The Tower
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A looping rollercoaster themed as Discovery Bay's power plant: "a giant magnetic structure where the forces of magnetism are demonstrated in a most exciting manner". Also known as The Spiral, it later inspired the Spark Cap Electric Loop Coaster planned for Disneyland Paris.
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The UFO Show
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A ride in which guests, armed with airguns, would shoot at alien
creatures.
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Toontown Trolley
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A simulated ride through the Toontown shown in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, planned for Hollywoodland.
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TRON lightcycles
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This would have been an overlay of the People Mover, themed to
the lightcycles from the movie TRON.
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TRON shooting gallery
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Planned in 1982 for Tomorrowland.
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Uranium Hunt
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An attraction featuring Geiger counters and actual low-grade
uranium.
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Voyage Thru Time
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This 1982 time travel boat ride would have used relocated dinosaur animatronics from Primeval World, planned for Discovery Bay. Also known as Lost World Rapids, Journey Through Time, Travels Through Time and Voyage Through the Fourth Dimension.
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Western Balloon Ascent
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A hot air balloon Skyway attraction between Discovery Bay and Dumbo's Circusland.
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Windmill ride
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A windmill themed Ferris wheel.
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Winnie the Pooh ride
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A Winnie the Pooh dark ride was considered for Fantasyland back
in 1976, to be located near Casey Jr.
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World of Science.
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An attraction developed by Claude Coats.
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World Travel Holiday
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A Circlevision 360 show planned for World Holiday Land.
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Young Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
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A stunt show based on the Young Indiana Jones television show,
for the Festival of Fools arena. The huge circus tent would have
covered part of the Disneyland Railroad, allowing a train chase
(like at the beginning of the Last Crusade) right inside the
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Lands
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Big City USA
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Also known as Big Town, this New York themed land behind
Fantasyland would have featured a large Broadway-style theatre
and an old amusement park.
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Chinatown
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An oriental sidestreet to accompany Main Street USA.
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Discovery Bay
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An expedition themed land combining Jules Verne, steampunk and
Victorian pulp adventure.
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Dumbo's Circusland
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A circus themed land featuring Circus Disney, a Pinocchio dark ride, a relocated Dumbo, hot air balloons and Mickey's
Mad House.
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Edison Square
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A sidestreet to Main Street USA showcasing the influence of
electricty on American homes.
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Hollywoodland
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A Hollywood themed land featuring Roger Rabbit, planned for the Disney Decade.
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International Land
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A multicultural land planned for the land between Fantasyland
and Tomorrowland back in the mid 50s.
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Liberty Square
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In 1976, a recreation of the Magic Kingdom land was considered
for between Tomorrowland and Main Street USA, featuring the Hall
of Presidents.
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Liberty Street
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A sidestreet expansion to Main Street USA themed as an American
town circa 1776.
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Lost Continent
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An alternate name for Discovery Bay, possibly only refering to the raft ride.
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Mark Twain miniland
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Moving the Tom Sawyer Island rafts up to the canoe docks and
retheming the Hungry Bear Restaurant as Aunt Polly's were two
suggestions to create a Mark Twain miniland on the shores of the
Rivers of America.
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Mythia
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A land inspired by the myths and legends of Greek and Roman folklore
by Joe Rohde.
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Tomorrowland 2055
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An elaborate retheming and update of Tomorrowland planned for the Disney Decade. "Disneyland's exciting "land of the future" will get
a totally new 21st Century look for the summer of 1994. Guest will be able to stroll along "Sky Walks" which will give the area a
second story. The ever-popular "Star Tours" and "Space Mountain" attractions will be joined by several sensational new adventures!"
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World Holiday Land
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Considered in 1976, this land would have been located beyond New
Orleans Square and would have showcased European holidays and
culture.
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Shops & Restaurants
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Aunt Polly's
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A 1982 retheming of the Hungry Bear Restaurant as part of a
proposed Mark Twain miniland.
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Chinese restaurant
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An oriental restaurant featuring the first (pre-Lincoln)
animatronic of Confucius.
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Clown Restaurant
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A restaurant planned for Dumbo's Circusland.
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Enchanted Tiki Room Restaurant
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Before being a show, the Enchanted Tiki Room was intended as a
restaurant with singing birds above the diners.
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English pub
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A British themed restaurant planned for World Holiday Land.
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French Sidewalk cafe
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A French cafe planned for World Holiday Land.
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glacial cavern restaurant
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Pitched in the 90s, a restaurant to be located physically inside the Matterhorn.
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New Orleans Square steakhouse
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A steakhouse was planned for New Orleans Square in 1982.
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The Model Works
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A shop selling Disney orientated scaled reproductions, planned for Discovery Bay.
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Ziegfeld restaurant
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The Broadway impresario gave inspiration for a musical themed
restaurant for the never built Big City USA.
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Other
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Adventures Thru Inner Space
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Early names for this attraction included 'Adventures in the Micro World' and 'Trip Through a Drop of Water'
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Alice in Wonderland
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This attraction would have originally been a funhouse style
walkthrough. Guests would have been given free Eat Me / Drink Me
soft drinks and cookies before moving to the next room where
their size would have changed.
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Frontierland
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In 1976, thoughts were given to renaming the land Westernland,
and redoing the entrance fort with Golden Horseshoe style
architecture.
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Grand Canyon diorama
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1982 plans called for the taxidermy animals to be replaced by
animatronics.
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Haunted Mansion
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This ride started out as a walkthrough, and was first considered
for Main Street USA. Later backstories included pirates ghosts,
cursed boat captains and even the Sleepy Hollow-inspired
Headless Horseman.
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Main Street Opera House
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The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea walkthrough was considered for
this building, along with a small cartoon studio and motion
picture museum.
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Matterhorn Bobsleds
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Walt originally wanted the bobsleds to be free moving in channels rather than on a track, but it proved too dangerous.
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Mickey's Toontown.
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Mickey's Toontown was originally known as Mickeyland.
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Monorail
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Original designs indicated a pod shaped monorail which would
have run under the track, hanging from the beam, rather than on
top.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
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This ride started out as a walkthrough wax museum called the
Rogues Gallery, but got progressively more ambitious.
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Splash Mountain
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originally going to be called Zip-a-dee River Run, but was
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Hannah movie, Splash. | |
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Storybook Land Canal Boats
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The patchwork flowerbeds were originally meant to have a large giants head and feet sticking out either end like a quilt.
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