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35-565: This land is similar to the layout and style of Main Street, USA at Disneyland , Disney California Adventure's sister park. It includes dining, shopping, parades, and entertainment. The Red Car Trolley , a recreation of Pacific Electric's iconic Red Car electric trolleys, transports guests through this area, from the park's entry to Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood Land . Disney California Adventure's original main gate entrance, Sunshine Plaza ,

70-538: A 360° cinema, a speakeasy , and an elevated tramway to fit with the 1920s theme instead of horse-drawn trolleys and Victorian vehicles. Eventually the whole idea was scrapped, only Main Street Motors, with the large billboards on top of it, is one of the few remaining elements of it. Due to often cold, rainy weather in the area, the Imagineers created covered walkways on either side of Main Street called "arcades". There

105-582: A new shop named Center Street Boutique was opened. On August 21, 2012, a new shop named Victorian Collection was opened, between Emporium and Centennial Hall. Mickey Avenue , the entrance of the Shanghai Disneyland Park , is the park's equivalent to Main Street, USA. The area is inspired by the personalities of Disney cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse , Minnie Mouse , Donald Duck , and Chip 'n' Dale , as well as Disney films including, Ratatouille , The Three Caballeros , and Lady and

140-805: A rail transport system serving its general resort area, whether it is a monorail system located inside the Disney resort properties in the United States and Japan, or a conventional rail system connecting external rail networks to the Disney resorts in France and China. The Disneyland Monorail System in California was the first monorail system in the United States; the Walt Disney World Monorail System in Florida, with an estimated 150,000 passengers per day,

175-449: Is Disney's personal apartment , fully furnished but off-limits to the public. Disney resided there so that he could quickly travel to and from The Walt Disney Company. A lamp is kept burning in the front window as a tribute to his memory, except at Christmas where a small tannenbaum replaces the lamp. It is largely decorated for both Halloween and Christmas . There is a 60-foot-tall (18 m) Christmas tree during Christmas, and there

210-696: Is a 16-foot-high (4.9 m) Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern on Halloween, with additional pumpkin ears. In the circular hub in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle, the bronze "Partners" statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse is surrounded by smaller bronzes of familiar Disney characters, such as Donald Duck and the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. The Main Street Opera House in Town Square

245-439: Is an almost exact copy of the street in Florida, though Town Square is different. It is influenced by New York city architecture. The original idea was going to be a new approach, completely different from the other versions. Themed to America in the 1920s rather than turn-of-the-century, influenced by the jazz era, cinema, flapper , gangsters, and Art Deco architecture. An era that fascinated Europeans. Attractions would include

280-818: Is called Mickey Avenue and is orientated to help introduce visitors to Disney characters. Each Main Street, USA (except in Tokyo and Shanghai) has a train station along the park's respective Disney railroad above the entrance. The area closest to the entrance, usually just past the train station, is called Town Square. At the other end of Main Street stands the park's centrally located castle ( Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California, Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland , Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Disneyland Park in Paris , Castle of Magical Dreams at Hong Kong Disneyland , Enchanted Storybook Castle at Shanghai Disneyland). In most of

315-454: Is one of the busiest monorail systems in the world. Both Disney park resort properties in the United States, as well as those in Japan and France, contain theme parks that feature genuine steam-powered railroads. The Disney park chain has one of the world's largest private collections of operational steam locomotives , with seventeen in total spread across the globe. Additional rail systems within

350-625: Is the "Discovery Arcade" on the side closest to Discoveryland, and the "Liberty Arcade" on the side closest to Frontierland. These provide access to all of the shops along the length of Main Street, while giving shelter from the weather. They also provide a passageway when the street is crowded during parades and fireworks. Inspired by the main street in Disneyland, the buildings of this Main Street are almost identical to those in Anaheim. Like other main streets, Hong Kong Disneyland's Main Street, USA serves as

385-417: Is the first "themed land" inside the main entrance of the many theme parks operated or licensed by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Main Street, USA is themed to resemble American small towns during the early 20th century. In Tokyo Disneyland , it is called World Bazaar and covered by a glass Victorian-style conservatory roof to shield guests from the weather there. At Shanghai Disneyland , it

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420-451: Is the oldest building in Disneyland. It formerly served as the park's lumber mill between 1955 and 1961. The cannons that are displayed in the center of the square were used by the French army during the 1800s, although they were never fired in battle. The gas lamps that line the street originally came from St. Louis and were bought for $ .03 a pound. Partners , sculpted by Blaine Gibson,

455-545: The "Main Streets", with three table service restaurants (four including Club 33 ). There is also a larger side street called "Center Street" that runs across Main Street which exits on either side into Tomorrowland and Adventureland. This was the first "Main Street" that did not have a train station (the other "Main Street" being in Shanghai Disneyland. ) World Bazaar is also home to Tokyo Disneyland's Club 33 . This street

490-535: The Main Street, USA concept came from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village , which Walt Disney visited twice in the 1940s. Disney said, "For those of us who remember the carefree time it recreates, Main Street will bring back happy memories. For younger visitors, it is an adventure in turning back the calendar to the days of their grandfather's youth." Above the firehouse in Town Square at Disneyland

525-759: The Tramp . Avenue M Arcade, the largest gift shop in the park, is modeled after the Carthay Circle Theater . The Storytellers statue, which depicts a young Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, is located at the end of Mickey Avenue and in front of the Gardens of Imagination . Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Yes, in one way or another I have always loved trains. —Walt Disney Rail transport can be found in every theme park resort property owned or licensed by Disney Experiences , one of

560-466: The buildings along Main Street are shorter than the first stories, and are offices for Walt Disney World management. The World Bazaar is the alternative of Main Street, USA. It is covered by a glass Victorian-style conservatory roof to shield guests from the Japanese weather. Amongst others, World Bazaar features a 1920s American Art Deco styled restaurant. World Bazaar features the most eateries out of

595-577: The development of the Walt Disney World Resort. It features stylistic influences from around the country. Taking its inspiration from New England to Missouri , this design is most noticeable in the four corners in the middle of Main Street, where each of the four corner buildings represents a different architectural style. There is no opera house as there is at Disneyland; instead, there is the Town Square Theatre. The second stories of all

630-502: The entrance of the park. Plans originally featured a restaurant under the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad station, but were scrapped due to budget reasons. Unlike Main Streets from other parks, Main Street at Hong Kong Disneyland is built mainly of concrete and fiberglass instead of wood . This was done so to protect the buildings better from the inclement weather. The decor is 20th-century small-town America from about

665-469: The film Lady and the Tramp ) , Main Street, USA is designed to resemble the center of an idealized turn-of-the-20th-century ( c.  1910 ) American town. According to Harper Goff , who worked on Main Street, USA with Disney, he showed Disney some photos of his childhood home of Fort Collins, Colorado . Disney liked the look, and so many of the features of the town were incorporated into Main Street, USA. Another significant source of inspiration for

700-571: The main entrance remained open with areas blocked off from time to time to aid in construction. On November 19, 2020, Buena Vista Street was made accessible as a temporary extension of the nearby, unticketed Downtown Disney District for shopping and dining while the remainder of Disney California Adventure remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The land returned to its normal, ticketed operation when Disney California Adventure re-opened on April 30, 2021. Main Street, USA Main Street, USA

735-587: The opening of Walt Disney World in Florida in the United States, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, Disneyland Paris in France, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in China, and Shanghai Disney Resort in China. The Disney theme park chain is the largest on the planet by annual attendance with over 155 million visitors in 2019, and the rail systems located inside its properties play key roles as modes of transportation and as attractions for its visitors. Each Disney theme park resort has

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770-501: The park from the main gate was Sunshine Plaza that served as an access hub to all of the park's other themed lands. At the end of the path, there was a fountain featuring a large metal sunburst designed to reflect solar rays into the surrounding area. Sunshine Plaza was also home to a replica of the California Zephyr , which housed the plaza's two counter service restaurants: Baker's Field Bakery and Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream. The plaza

805-408: The park's " opening credits ", where guests pass under the train station (the opening curtain) at left or right, then view the names of key personnel along the windows of the buildings' upper floors. Many windows bear the name of a fictional business, such as "Seven Summits Expeditions, Frank G. Wells President", with each representing a tribute to significant people connected to the Disney company and

840-517: The parks, the area in front of the castle is known as The Hub or Central Plaza, while Shanghai Disneyland has the Gardens of Imagination in place of a hub/central plaza. At the Hub/Central Plaza, one will find the entrances to most of the other lands at the parks. Town Square is home to City Hall, in which the Guest Relations office is located. Further along Main Street, the names painted in

875-617: The sunburst structure replaced with a recreation of the Carthay Circle Theater , which showcased the world premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. The building serves as the new visual centerpiece of Disney California Adventure's reincarnation. In early August 2011, the California Zephyr display was removed, with major portions being donated to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum . The park's main gate

910-456: The theme parks in both United States resorts and the Hong Kong resort resemble steam-powered railroads, but their locomotives are powered by internal combustion engines . Other rail transport modes found in Disney parks include horse-drawn streetcar rail lines within both resorts in the United States and the resort in France, replica vintage electric rail lines in California and Japan, and

945-705: The three business segments of the Walt Disney Company . The origins of Disney theme park rail transport can be traced back to Walt Disney himself and his personal fondness for railroads, who insisted that they be included in the first Disney park, the original Disneyland (a key component of the Disneyland Resort) in California in the United States, which opened on July 17, 1955. The Disney tradition of including transport by rail in, and adjacent to, its parks has since been extended to other Disney properties with

980-437: The windows on Main Street serve as credits for some of the many people, Imagineers and others, who contributed in some way to the creation of Disneyland. Largely they appear as fictional businesses (gyms, realtors, dentists), and they often refer to a hobby or interest of the person honored. Ub Iwerks 's window, for example, refers to his prowess with cameras. Inspired by Walt Disney 's hometown of Marceline, Missouri (as in

1015-465: The years 1890–1910. Though being very similar to Anaheim's main street, the story of this street is heavily influenced by European immigrants . Plaza Inn has the same exterior design as the one in Anaheim but its theme is about a wealthy American couple who traveled to Hong Kong, fell in love with its culture and cuisine, and returned to create a classical English eatery filled with all the decorations they collected on their journeys. The Market House Bakery

1050-544: The years. The streets are paved with resilient asphalt , a type of asphalt containing rubber, to prevent aching of feet. In July 2015, Disneyland expanded their Main Street USA with a Main Street Arcade in honor of their 60th anniversary. Main Street, USA at Magic Kingdom Park is themed as an early-20th century American town, inspired by Walt Disney's childhood home of Marceline, Missouri . Symbolically, Main Street represents

1085-534: Was added in 1993. During the Halloween season, pumpkin busts for each themed land in the park, except Main Street, are seen around "Partners." It is listed as a real street in the Orange County Thomas Guide . For Disneyland's 50th anniversary, on July 17, 2005, a first-story window on each Main Street was unveiled with a dedication to all the cast members (employees) who had worked for Disney throughout

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1120-409: Was also home to two of the park's biggest souvenir shops, Greetings from California and Engine Ears Toys. On October 17, 2007, The Walt Disney Company announced a multi-year, $ 1.1 billion expansion plan for Disney California Adventure . Included in this expansion plan was the re-theming and complete overhaul of Sunshine Plaza into Buena Vista Street. The Golden Gate Bridge replica was removed and

1155-480: Was designed to evoke a sensation as if one were stepping into a California postcard. After guests pass the giant letters spelling out California, they would pass beneath a mock-up of the Golden Gate Bridge , which served to disguise a portion of the resort's monorail track. Flanking both ends of the faux Golden Gate Bridge were two massive murals depicting the vast mountain ranges in California. A few meters into

1190-621: Was extended outward to where the postcard letters formerly stood, and resembles the Pan-Pacific Auditorium , similar to the entrance of Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. The Red Car Trolley travels through the plaza. The main gate was opened on July 15, 2011. The construction of the Red Car trolleys began on January 10, 2010. Construction of Buena Vista Street itself began in October 2010 and opened on June 15, 2012. Throughout construction,

1225-503: Was founded by a Viennese pastry chef who brought some of the world's most famous desserts and coffee cakes from the Austrian imperial court. There are no horse-drawn streetcars on this street, although tracks for the streetcars can be seen from early conceptual arts. In early August 2008, The Disneyland Story presenting How Mickey Mouse Came to Hong Kong was closed. It was re-themed to Art of Animation on August 31. On January 21, 2011,

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