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I used to regularly look for the upcoming special events at DisneyGallery.com , to find out about all the special event at DL. Sometime over a year ago, they did change the format to the site, and I stopped going there, after the Haunted Mansion Special events were sold out. Well, it was time to go back and see what's new, fortunately www.disneygallery.com still works as a link (although it's still in it's newer messier format.)
Going throught the events, I was a little surprised at their announcement of the Current Exhibit in Main Street's Disney Gallery:
Going throught the events, I was a little surprised at their announcement of the Current Exhibit in Main Street's Disney Gallery:
Conjuring New Magic for Iconic Disneyland Attractions
With Disneyland, Walt Disney was able to do things he'd never been able to do with one of his motion pictures: change it, mold it, shape it, improve it. "The way I see it, Disneyland will never be finished," he once said. "It's something we can keep developing and adding to. A motion picture is different. Once it's wrapped up and sent out for processing, we're through with it." Early examples of Walt molding and shaping Disneyland include adding a new land, New Orleans Square, in 1966; changing Tomorrowland not once, but twice (in 1959 with the addition of the Submarine Voyage and the Monorail, and again in 1967 with an entirely new Tomorrowland) and even altering and improving the already beloved Jungle Cruise to put in extra scenes and more humor. Walt Disney Imagineering has continued Walt's legacy, not only adding new lands, attractions and shows, but also creating new "magic" for existing attractions, surprising and delighting guests who think they may have seen it all at Disneyland.
With Disneyland, Walt Disney was able to do things he'd never been able to do with one of his motion pictures: change it, mold it, shape it, improve it. "The way I see it, Disneyland will never be finished," he once said. "It's something we can keep developing and adding to. A motion picture is different. Once it's wrapped up and sent out for processing, we're through with it." Early examples of Walt molding and shaping Disneyland include adding a new land, New Orleans Square, in 1966; changing Tomorrowland not once, but twice (in 1959 with the addition of the Submarine Voyage and the Monorail, and again in 1967 with an entirely new Tomorrowland) and even altering and improving the already beloved Jungle Cruise to put in extra scenes and more humor. Walt Disney Imagineering has continued Walt's legacy, not only adding new lands, attractions and shows, but also creating new "magic" for existing attractions, surprising and delighting guests who think they may have seen it all at Disneyland.
But Look a little close, especially at "changing Tomorrowland not once, but twice (in 1959 with the addition of the Submarine Voyage and the Monorail, and again in 1967 with an entirely new Tomorrowland)"
Just how could they possibly forget the Disaster that was Tomorrowland '98? The only other time I recall DL "forgetting" to mention something, was in the DL 50 year anniversary book, which summarized all of DL attractions and events - conveniently "forgetting" LIGHT MAGIC.
So is DL trying to erase Tomorrowerland '98 from their history? Or was this just a boo-boo? They really ought not to forget the history of the failure of TL'98, so they never repeat those mistakes.
Walt died in 1966, but I'm assuming he probably worked with Imagineers and everything, but just didn't see it completed in 1967. He obviously probably didn't plan TL'98, since that was 32 years after his death. I think they didn't mention TL'98 there because it just didn't fit in the discussion about Walt Disney's addition and creation of the park, but now that you point that out, I never really hear anything about TL'98 from Disney.
. But here goes anyway:
Traveling through the opening scenes in the pub lent one a feeling of the forbidden as the pirates here all had a threatening, dangerous look in their faces. An interesting aspect of many dark rides are the mysterious wooden doors which often separate different chambers inside. Your vehicle slams into these doors and they part before you, adding another element of the unexpected to the experience. The Buccaneers Ride made good use of these contraptions. You both entered and exited the pub through such doors, and just when you thought you were safely past the menacing Bucs you found yourself sailing between dueling pirate ships, complete with cannon fire and flashing lights.
More scenes were to follow depicting pirates sailing by lighted buoys, digging for treasure beneath palm trees, and various evening island scenes. The action exploded in rapid order as skeletons frolicked about and a hapless pirate was hung. In the last scene a sea serpent reared it's ugly head while emitting a bone chilling shriek. In later years Disney would introduce the Pirates of the Caribbean adventure to it's famous park, and it was to closely follow the gist of Freedomland's earlier version. Disney's ride was more technically advanced, and it is interesting for those who have experienced them both to compare the differing results that a few years of technical development could bring about.
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