List of past Disneyland attractions

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Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California conceived by Walt Disney. This is a list of attractions – rides, shows, and parades – that have appeared at the park but have permanently closed. Character meets and atmosphere entertainment (e.g., roving musicians) are not listed. Also not listed are permanently closed attractions from Disney's California Adventure.

Main Street, U.S.A.

1955–1962, Main Street Shooting Gallery

1961–1963, Babes in Toyland Exhibit 

Utilizing the sets from the movie of the same name, this walk-through attraction occupied the Opera House near the park's entrance.

1970–1973, Legacy of Walt Disney

1973–1989, Disneyland Presents a Preview of Coming Attractions

Main Street Opera House shows

The Main Street Opera House has housed the following shows:

1965–1973, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln 

Theater presentation featuring an audio-animatronic rendition of Abraham Lincoln.

1973–1975, The Walt Disney Story 

Biographical film of Walt Disney.

1975–2005, The Walt Disney Story featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln 

A combination of the two previous shows

2005–2009, Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years 

Narrative film on the history of Disneyland, narrated by Steve Martin

Tomorrowland

1955–1997, Circarama, U.S.A., renamed Circle-Vision 360° in 1967 

Scenes from around the United States (and, later, China) in 360-degree splendor. Guests stood in a large circular room and watched a film projected on nine large, contiguous screens that surrounded them. During its run, the attraction was hosted by Bell System, AT&T, Pacific Southwest Airlines, and Delta Air Lines. In 1998, the theater became the ride-queue for the short-lived Rocket Rods attraction. The building now houses Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. Shows were:

1955–1959, "A Tour of the West"

1960–1984, "America the Beautiful"

1984–1989, "All Because Man Wanted to Fly" (lobby pre-show)

1984–1996, "American Journeys"

1984–1996, "Wonders of China"

1996–1997, "America the Beautiful"

1955–1966, Clock of the World

1955–1966, Monsanto Hall of Chemistry

1965–1966, Monsanto's Fashions and Fabrics through the Years

1955–1960, Space Station X-1, renamed Satellite View of America in 1958

1955–1966, Rocket to the Moon 

Inside a building under a tall futuristic-looking rocket ship, the audience sat in seats around central viewing screens (top and bottom of the center of the room) so that they could see where they were going as they headed away from Earth and towards other worlds. As the real journey to the moon became more likely, the ride was refurbished as:

1967–1975, Flight to the Moon

1975–1992, Mission to Mars

Now the site of Redd Rockett's Pizza Port.

1955–1956, Tomorrowland Boats, renamed Phantom Boats in 1956 

The boat engines were unreliable, and this became the first permanent attraction to be removed from Disneyland. Later became the site of Submarine Voyage, now Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.

1955–1960, The World Beneath Us 

1955–1966, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit 

1955–1966, Flight Circle 

1955–1966, Hobbyland 

1955–1960, Aluminum Hall of Fame 

1955–1963, Dutch Boy Color Gallery

Rocket Jets in background, 1996, with Monorail and Submarines in foreground

1956–1964, Astro Jets  

A rocket-spinner ride originally located between Submarine Voyage and Flight to the Moon. Astro Jets has undergone the following name and location changes:

1964–1966, Tomorrowland Jets 

New name for the original attraction after corporate sponsor disagreements. Later became the site of Carousel of Progress and America Sings (see below); now the site of Innoventions.

1967–1997, Rocket Jets 

Opened in new location above the PeopleMover loading platform. Now the site of the Observatron.

Its present incarnation is known as Astro Orbitor, located at the entrance to Tomorrowland from Main Street, and debuted in 1998.

1956–1960, Crane Company Bathroom of Tomorrow 

1956–1994, Skyway to Fantasyland 

See Skyway to Tomorrowland in Fantasyland, below.

1957–1958, The Viewliner

"The fastest miniature train in the world" ran alongside the Disneyland Railroad for just over a year, and therefore has the distinction of being the shortest-lived ride in the park's history.

1957–1967, Monsanto House of the Future 

A walk-through tour of a plastic house with plastic furnishings and interior and fascinating modern appliances such as dishwashers. The house was designed in roughly the shape of an X (looking down on it) with high-tech rounded exterior contours, all made from white plastic with large windows. It was outdated almost as soon as it was built. It was anchored to a solid concrete foundation that proved to be so indestructible that, when it was dismantled, the work crew gave up and left some of the support pilings in place and they can still be seen in King Triton's Grotto between the Tomorrowland entrance and Fantasyland.

Submarine Voyage, 1995. Note Rocket Jets at background right and former Carousel of Progress/America Sings building behind palm trees at background left, abandoned at this time.

1959–1998, Submarine Voyage 

Riders entered the half-submerged miniature submarines by descending through access hatches at either end of the submarine, sat on tiny fold-down seats, and leaned forward to peer out through portholes on either side of the submarine. The submarines moved around a track in the mermaid lagoon and simulated diving by having bubbles rise around it with the purported captain intoning commands over the loudspeaker (they never really submerged). On the trip, riders saw real-looking and imaginary sea life fastened to rocks or floating in the water, a treasure chest of gold, mermaids and a sea serpent, and passed under icebergs at the "North Pole". The submarines were originally military gray and named after US Navy nuclear-powered submarines but were repainted high-visibility yellow in the 1980s. A new ride replaced the original submarine ride, entitled "Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage" which opened in 2007.

1960–1966, The Art of Animation 

1961–1966, Flying Saucers

Sort of a people-sized version of air hockey. Cars rode on a cushion of air and were steered by shifting body weight. The air cushion was supplied from below through holes that opened when the cars passed over. Later became site of Tomorrowland Stage; now site of Magic Eye Theater. A new Pixar Cars themed ride Luigi's Roamin' Tires will be part of California Adventure's Cars Land opening in 2012

1965–1966, Fashion and Fabrics Through the Ages 

1967–1973, General Electric Carousel of Progress 

A sit-down show in which the building rotated the audience around a series of stages. The stages had audioanimatronic humans and household appliances showing how appliances and electronics advanced about every 20 years from the turn of the century to the "modern" era of the early 1960s. The audience stopped in front of each stage while the characters joked with each other, described life at the time in history, and demonstrated their kitchen. This ride originated at the 1964 New York World's Fair and was installed at Disneyland after the fair closed. The transition from stage to stage was accompanied by all the characters singing the upbeat theme song, whose chorus was "There's a great, big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day; there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow, and tomorrow's just a dream away." The show building was subsequently used for America Sings (see below) and is presently the site of Innoventions. Carousel of Progress can be seen at Walt Disney World in Florida.

1967–1995, PeopleMover 

A scenic, slow-moving ride high-above Tomorrowland that was intended to demonstrate how people could be shuttled around a central urban area without rushing to board individual trains or drive individual cars. It consisted of many dozens of small open-air cars seating up to eight riders, all running continuously on a track above and through the various attractions in Tomorrowland. People boarded the PeopleMover by stepping onto a moving walkway that brought them up to the speed of the cars, which then took riders all around Tomorrowland, providing a preview of all of the Tomorrowland attractions: it ran through the entry waiting areas for CircleVision and Adventure Through Inner Space, down the main promenade, over the Autopia, and so on. After the ride was closed, the track sat vacant for two-and-a-half years until the opening of the ill-fated Rocket Rods. A new version is reported to be in the works, part of the Tomorrowland Revitalization Plan and scheduled to open sometime in the next few years. The Walt Disney World version is still active in the Magic Kingdom under the name of Tomorrowland Transit Authority.

1967–1985, Adventure Thru Inner Space 

This originally Monsanto Company sponsored ride seemed inspired by Fantastic Voyage, a popular film of the year before the ride was first presented. It was a dark ride that pretended to shrink the rider gradually down to microscopic size within a snowflake, then further to view a water molecule in the flake, then finally to the point where one could see the throbbing nucleus of a single oxygen atom (but didn't "dare" shrink further), with electrons zooming all around. A clever feature was the demonstration's use of a frozen crystal of water molecules, each of which, on extreme magnification, is reminiscent of the shape of Mickey Mouse's head.

The ride's entryway featured a floor-to-ceiling spiral network of strings down which evenly spaced droplets of oil slowly ran, appearing to be sparkling liquid beads in nearly suspended animation. From the line inside the entry, line-standers could watch other riders in their 3-person cars disappear into a shrinking machine and then see the other shrunken riders (actually scale-model cars and riders) appear in perfect synch and then disappear into the ride. Within the ride at one point, a gigantic eye perused the riders through a huge microscope lens. The site is now the site of Star Tours.

1974–1988, America Sings 

A sit-down show in the same building using the same stages as Carousel of Progress. Audioanimatronic animals sang American tunes from different eras. It was described as a "lighthearted journey to Musicland, U.S.A". After the attraction closed in spring of 1988, most of the singing, dancing animals were recycled into the current "Splash Mountain" attraction, except for Sam the eagle and his co-host, Ollie the owl. Earlier in 1987, two geese were removed and their outer skins peeled and used in the Star Tours queue as droids. Between the years of 1988 and early 1997, the building was completely empty, except for seats and the old stages. Today, Innoventions occupies the same building.

1977–1984, Space Stage 

1984–present, Magic Eye Theater, which still exists with current 3-D films, also featured the following

• 1984–1986, "Magic Journeys"

• 1986–1997, 2010-present "Captain EO": Michael Jackson dancing and singing in a 3-D story of a spaceship captain and his misfit crew against an evil queen.

• 1998–2010, "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" : A 3-D movie that serves as a sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, starring Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Eric Idle, and Robert Oliveri. The basic storyline is that Moranis, as inventor Wayne Szalinski, is demonstrating his shrinking machine at an inventors' awards show and accidentally shrinks the audience. The audience members are given such impressions as dog's sneezing, the auditorium moving, and mice crawling up their legs. The attraction is based on a similar one at Walt Disney World.

The 3-D technology used in the Magic Eye Theater is also used in multiple theaters at Disney's California Adventure

1955–1999, Tomorrowland Autopia 

In 2000, a new, expanded Autopia opened at the same location, using much of the same infrastructure as the original.

1996, Toy Story Funhouse 

Rocket Rods leaving the launch platform. Cars paused before being flung down this track at high velocity.

1998–2000, Rocket Rods 

A short-lived attempt at a thrill ride using the massive supportive infrastructure and track left from the scenic PeopleMover attraction. The line for the Rocket Rods was routed through the old Circle-Vision theater, where early Disney films about transportation, combined with more recent footage, entertained riders before they continued on to the ride itself. The retro-styled rockets, each seating up to five riders, traveled along the former PeopleMover track, periodically accelerating rapidly until they rose onto their back ends and then decelerating until the front end dropped back to the track. However, ongoing technical problems that resulted in frequent ride closures were never resolved. After the attraction closed for good, the tracks and supporting structure were left standing unused along the main promenade.

1998–2003, The American Space Experience 

An exhibit highlighting space exploration in conjunction with NASA's 40th anniversary. It occupied the former Premiere Shop location outside of the Circle-Vision 360 theater. Now the site of the FASTPASS Distribution Center for Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, as well as part of the attraction itself.

Fantasyland

1955–1964 Mickey Mouse Club Theater 

Walk-in theater continuously showing animated Disney films and shorts, similar to the Main Street Cinema

• 1964–1982, Renamed Fantasyland Theater (not to be confused with the present-day theater)

Now the site of Pinocchio's Daring Journey

1955–1956, Mickey Mouse Club Circus

1956, Keller's Jungle Killers

1956–1994, Skyway to Tomorrowland 

This ride, a typical aerial lift ride seen in many parks, traveled from a chalet on the west side of Fantasyland, through the Matterhorn, to a station in Tomorrowland. Cabins for up to about 6 people hung from cables and ran constantly back and forth between the two lands. One difference between this skyway and those in many other parks: even from above, Disneyland's backstage areas were hidden from view. When the Skyway closed in 1994, all signs of it, including its huge supporting towers, vanished seemingly overnight. It was closed primary for financial reasons, as refurbishing it to comply with recently passed safety and accessibility laws would have also necessitated changes to the Matterhorn (through which it passed), which was deemed financially prohibitive. The chalet, which still exists on a hillside in Fantasyland, was hidden instantly by tall pine trees. One of the two holes on the Tomorrowland side of the Matterhorn was partly sealed up a few years later.

1956–1958, Junior Autopia

1957–1966, Midget Autopia

1959–1991, Fantasyland Autopia

• 1991–1993, Rescue Ranger Raceway
• 1993–2000, Fantasyland Autopia (merged with Tomorrowland Autopia to become Autopia in 2000)

1961–1982, Skull Rock and Pirate's Cove (located near the entrance to Storybook Land ride)

1957–1991, Motor Boat Cruise 

Simulated experience of navigating waterways in a motor boat

• 1991–1993, Renamed Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen, based on the Gummi Bears television show

Dock is now a seating area called Fantasia Gardens

1985–1995, Videopolis 

Originally a dancing area for young adults, Videopolis was converted into an amphitheatre in 1990 and was renamed Fantasyland Theatre in 1995. See below for shows

Videopolis/Fantasyland Theatre shows

"One Man's Dream" 

Stage show about Walt Disney

"Dick Tracy: Diamond Double-Cross" 

Based on the 1990 film Dick Tracy

"Beauty and the Beast" 

Stage version of the 1991 Disney adaptation of Beauty and the Beast

"Plane Crazy" 

Original show featuring characters from The Disney Afternoon television shows

"The Spirit of Pocahontas" 

Based on the 1995 film Pocahontas

"Animazement—The Musical" 

Musical featuring characters from several Disney feature films

Frontierland

1955–Present, Golden Horseshoe Saloon

• 1955–1986, Golden Horseshoe Revue : An old-west show featuring singing, dancing, joke-telling, banjo playing, and general fun and rowdiness, starring Slue-foot Sue and a gang of cowpunches. An extremely popular show, it ran in the Golden Horseshoe Saloon nearly unchanged for about three decades.
• 1986–1994, Golden Horseshoe Variety Show: A similar show.
• 1999–2000, All-New Woody's Roundup: A live-action show featuring characters from Toy Story. This shared the Golden Horseshoe Saloon with Billy Hill and the Hillbillies (who still perform in this location).

1955, Davy Crockett Museum 

Mostly given over to retail space, with a few exhibits detailing scenes from the television series of the same name

1955–1956, Mule Pack 

Real mules in a line upon which were ridden to view simulated frontierlands and deserts. After renovations and upgrades, the ride was renamed:

• 1956–1959, Rainbow Ridge Mule Pack
• 1960–1973, Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland; in 1973, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Big Thunder Ranch replaced Nature's Wonderland.

1955–1956, Stage Coach 

A real stagecoach drawn by real horses. After new scenic landscaping, it became:

• 1956–1960, Rainbow Mountain Stage Coaches

1955–1960, Conestoga Wagons 

A real Conestoga wagon drawn by real animals.

1956–1959, Rainbow Caverns Mine Train

A scale-model train ride through the new Living Desert. After the scenery was again redone in 1960, it was also upgraded and became:

• 1960–1977, Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction replaced this sedate train ride with a roller-coaster version. The only attraction that remained from the scenic vistas was the mighty waterfall tumbling from Cascade Peak into the Rivers of America, visible only from various boat rides around the Rivers. The structure that formed Cascade Peak and its waterfalls was demolished in 1998 after it was found to be suffering structurally from the decades of water that flowed over it. Only one of the four Locomotives and two cars from the ride remain on a stretch of track where Cascade peak once stood, as a staged wreck scene.

1956–1963, Mineral Hall 

Next to the mine train ride, it displayed rocks which glowed in various colors under black light.

1956–1971, Indian War Canoes  

Now Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes, and part of Critter Country.

1955–1971, Indian Village  

Now Critter Country.

1986–1996, Big Thunder Ranch 

A western-themed casual area for seeing shows, viewing Disneyland's horses on their breaks and days off, and dining at Big Thunder Barbecue which served ribs, chicken, potatoes, beans, and such. The Barbecue remained open for a few more years after the Ranch area became the Festival of Fools stage for The Hunchback of Notre Dame show. The area is still referred to today as Big Thunder Ranch and is used for special events and seasonal attractions.

1955–1994 and 1996–1997, Mike Fink Keel Boats

Shut down due to an accident in 1997 when the Gullywhumper boat began rocking side-to-side on a trip on the Rivers of America. The boat capsized shortly after it was rocking side-to-side. The attraction never returned. The Gullywhumper's sister boat, the Bertha Mae, was sold on Disney's auctions site. In 2003, the Gullywhumper returned to the Rivers of America as a prop and is moored on Tom Sawyer Island where it is visible from the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Sailing Ship Columbia, and the Explorer Canoes.

2004–2005 Little Patch of Heaven Petting Farm  

Petting zoo located at Big Thunder Ranch to promote the film Home on the Range.

Adventureland

1962–1993, Tahitian Terrace 

Dinner show with various Polynesian entertainment. Replaced by:

• 1993–1995 and 1997–present, Aladdin's Oasis: Dinner show based on the 1992 film Aladdin. The dinner show ended in 1995 and the stage show was brought back in 1997.

1962–1999, Swiss Family Treehouse 

Treehouse based on the film Swiss Family Robinson. Rethemed as Tarzan's Treehouse in 1999 and still open under that name.

New Orleans Square

1987–2007, The Disney Gallery 

A gallery of Disney-related art. The Disney Gallery was the only area listed on Disneyland maps as both an attraction and a retail location. The Gallery sometimes featured preliminary artwork and sketches from certain attractions or movies, sometimes (as in the 100 Mickeys exhibit) the displayed art was associated only with Disney and not with any specific attraction, film, or event. Often, prints from the exhibit were available for purchase via the print on demand system, and the Gallery always featured items such as books about Disney artwork. The Gallery used to sell prints of the ride posters featured in the tunnels leading to and from Main Street. Now the site of the Disney Dreams Suite.

Bear Country/Critter Country

Bear Country opened in 1972 and was renamed Critter Country in 1988.

1972–1986, Country Bear Jamboree 

An audio-animatronic show featuring traditional American folk songs sung by a variety of bears and their friends, including Henry the host and Big Al, Shaker(AKA Terrance), Bunny, Bubbles, Beulah, Oscar, Liver-Lips McGrowl, Wendell, Trixie, Teddi Barra, Zeke, Zeb, Ted, Fred and Tennessee. The content of the show was replaced by:

1986–2001, Country Bear Vacation Hoedown at the Country Bear Playhouse: Used the same animated figures as Country Bear Jamboree, redecorated.

Now the site of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

1972–1988, The Mile-Long Bar 

A snack bar fashioned like an old-west wooden bar with brass footrail and featuring wall-sized mirrors at either end so that it appeared that the bar went on forever. Later became Brer Bar and is now the site of the expanded Pooh Corner store (formerly Crocodile Mercantile).

1972–2003, Teddi Barra's Swinging Arcade

Video arcade, now the site of the expanded Pooh Corner store.

Mickey's Toontown

1993–2003, Jolly Trolley 

A bright trolley with a giant winding key on top. It traversed the length of Mickey's Toontown but the small size of the area prevented operation on all but the most sparsely attended days. One of the trolleys was auctioned on eBay.

Holidayland

1957–1961, Holidayland 

Holidayland, the "lost" land of Disneyland, was a recreation area with a separate entrance before being replaced by New Orleans Square.

Parades

1960–1964, Mickey at the Movies

1965–1976, 1980–1985, Fantasy on Parade

1972–1975, 1977–1983, 1985–1996, Main Street Electrical Parade

1975, America on Parade

1983, Flights of Fantasy

1984, Donald's 50th Birthday

1986, Totally Minnie

1986–1988, Circus on Parade

1987, Snow White's 50th Anniversary

1987–1988, Come to the Fair

1988–1989, Mickey's 60th Birthday

1989–1990, Hooray for Disneywood!

1990, Party Gras

1991, Celebration, U.S.A.

1992, The World According to Goofy

1993–1994, Aladdin's Royal Caravan

1994–1997, The Lion King Celebration

1996–1997, Cruisin The Kingdom

1997, Light Magic

1997–1998, Hercules' Victory Parade

1998–1999, Mulan Parade

2000–2005, 45 Years of Magic Parade 

Renamed Parade of the Stars in 2001

2005–2009, Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams

Fireworks

1958–2000, Fantasy in the Sky

2000–2004, Believe... There's Magic in the Stars

2004–2005, Imagine... A Fantasy in the Sky

2005–2009, Remember... Dreams Come True

Summer 2009, Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations

See also

• List of current Disneyland attractions
• List of past Disney's California Adventure attractions

References

External links

• Yesterland: With photos of bygone attractions.
• General Electric Carousel of Progress at the NY World's fair and beyond, several pages of information
• Disneyland Maps: All past Disneyland large poster-sized wall maps sold in the park.
• Overview of Disneyland Publications from its history
• Walt's Magic Kingdom: List of Disneyland attractions, shops, shows and restaurants since 1955.

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