Park Name
Our Disneyland Resort will start off like all Disney Resorts do, with a main castle park. As a result, the name of this park will be simple, “Disneyland Park”.
Park Location:
The location we chose for our Disneyland Resort was Toronto, Canada. After narrowing through a lot of possibilities, including ideas as far fetched as Riley’s mind, from Inside Out, to as realistic as Chicago. We ultimately decided on a location in Canada. With Canada being as big as it is with many major cities we decided on the Toronto and Hamilton area, as while its very expensive, it has a lot of undeveloped land, is the most populated/well-known Canadian area and easy access from New York state and the United States.
Park Description:
Toronto has lots of snow in the winter, and to solve this issue, the entire park will be housed indoors. This allows for the park to be open year-round giving it an advantage over the nearby Canada’s Wonderland that has to close half the year due to the snow.
Because the park is going to be fully indoors, we are going to use that as an advantage and make it multiple floors. Truly taking the idea behind DisneyQuest to the next level (and saving money of having to buy less land in a very expensive area). Each floor is roughly equivalent of one land, so the entire park takes up about 4 city blocks and is 15 stories tall (but only 4 levels inside).
Guests will enter through the turnstiles, and go up a bridge around a Mickey Mouse Floral and Train Station (like seen below), to enter on the true second floor.
Due to it being multiple levels, one elephant in the room is the roof of each floor. What happens there? To allow for varying effects, each roof will be a mix of screens and physical props (like seen in Shanghai’s Pirates of the Caribbean). This allows for control over what the environment looks like and allows us to change weather/ lighting as needed (will be seen more once we get to the streetmosphere).
From the outside, this new Disney park would look like just any regular old city street, but from the inside, it has unprecedented opportunity.
The main entrance of the building will lead you straight into the most important land of any park: Main Street USA.
Main Street Theme and Story
Welcome to the first land you see at Disneyland Toronto- Main Street U.S.A. This version of Main Street U.S.A. is different than the others. While still representing classic turn-of-the-century America, this version represents the American waterfront cities rather than the small towns in Missouri. This follows suit with the rest of the park's attempt to reinvent the classic Magic Kingdom style parks we all know today. Main Street, U.S.A. has elements of the classic Disneyland version, including a town square, movie theater, city hall, firehouse, emporium, shops, arcades, double-decker bus, horse-drawn streetcar, and more. The land is a bustling waterfront American city, this early 20th century city is on a seaside marina, with nautical themed restaurants, attractions, and shops. This entrance area is sure to set up the rest of your adventures in the park.
Main Street Attractions
To the right of the entrance area, the classic Opera House now houses
"Walt Disney Presents". This is the first thing guests see, and it is similar to the Disney’s Hollywood Studios attraction as it presents new exhibits about the resort.
Big city vehicles can be spotted often, parading down Main Street.
On a different part of Main Street is the “Main Street Theatre”, home of a new show
Great Moments with Mr. Disney, a tribute to the one and only Walt. A preshow exhibit, guest starring the Muppets, gives background information on Walt's life, and then the show begins. A fully animatronic Walt Disney talks to guests, telling them that all your dreams will come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
Towering over Main Street is the
The Hightower Hotel: Tower of Terror. With the Twilight Tower of Terror not fitting into the theme of the American Waterfront, the we've followed DisneySea's footsteps. This ride will feature a similar storyline to the Tokyo version, but will also have new show scenes and a slightly different storyline with a few surprises along the ride.
Aquatopia can be spotted across the Hotel in the the lagoon, which shows
Walt Disney's World of Color at the end of each day (see below).
Since this area has an aquatic theme,
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will open where guests travel under water. This will be a more modern version of the Tokyo DisneySea attraction, with a slightly different storyline to connect with the new location of the attraction. It will have the gold collecting element that Magic Kingdom version had, but none of the thrill elements. At the end, guests gold points will show on screen and whoever had the most wins a cheap little "ruby".
Finally, the classic
Mickey Mouse Revue found at various Disney parks around the world will also open in Disneyland Toronto.
Entertainment
Classic Disneyland entertainment is featured daily, including bands, the Dapper Dans, and a stage version show of the popular “Red Car Trolley Newsboys” from California Adventure, but without the trolley and a slightly different storyline.
Restaurants
The classic
Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor found in Disneyland, California will also find a home in Disneyland Toronto’s Main Street.
No visit to Disneyland would be complete without a confectionary and bakery, serving all your favorite Disneyland sweets. The Disneyland
Market House is the place to be for your sweet tooth! This location will not be a Starbucks location, but would served authentic Disneyland baked goods and sweets, made right before your very eyes.
Walt’s All American Restaurant will be at this park, that will be the must-eat restaurant at the park. A replica of the beautiful restaurant that can be found at Disneyland Paris, this American cuisine-based restaurant will host a variety of American eats.
The ever popular
Crystal Palace at Magic Kingdom will open on Main Street, hosting a variety of character dining opportunities. Winnie-the-Pooh will make the restaurant home at Breakfast, the Seven Dwarfs for lunch, and Fantasyland characters including Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan for dinner.
Hosted on a replica of the Mark Twain Riverboat, a docked version, the
Crab by the Sea restaurant will open for guests looking for a classic waterfront feel and a classic seafood experience.
The Magic Kingdom classic
Casey's Hotdogs is coming its way to Disneyland Toronto to bring the classic ballpark feel to this corner of this coastal town. Serving favorites found at Walt Disney World, as well as new dogs, this will sure be a stop for guests.
Food Carts & Stands
Other various classic Disney dining options can be found throughout Main Street to get that classic Disney feel, including popcorn, churro, and more carts and stands to serve your quick needs.
Retail
Ned Land’s Seaside Stands:
Named after the character from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this store features merchandise from the film, and some generic park merchandise as well. Since the entire park is indoors, this store isn’t really in a building. Instead, it’s a collection of merchandise stands, organized like an outside marketplace. Near the back half of the “store” is a sizeable ship. In a first for Disney merchandising locations, this store features animatronic entertainment provided by Walt Disney Imagineering. On the deck of the ship is an animatronic Ned Land (Kirk Douglas), singing and dancing to songs from the film, particularly Whale of a Tale.
Oceana Boutique:
This boutique, found inside a light house, features all sorts of products, namely park merchandise, and even land specific merchandise. There are a handful of minimally Disney branded items themed around the waterfront land. Things like ships in bottles, starfishes, and fishing rods are all sold here. Of course, they all have the slight Disney touch to them. The store also contains a candy shop inside, branded “Seaside Sweets”. All sorts of treats can be bought here, many featuring sea salt caramel.
Disneyland Emporium: This classic Disneyland shopping center will also be added to Disneyland Toronto. This one-stop shop will be the biggest Disneyland Emporium out of all the parks in the world, and will be able to handle the crowds.
Parade
The
Main Street Electrical Parade, a guest favorite will be parading down the street daily. Using technology from both Paint the Night and Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: Dream Lights, this parade will reinvent the version that has been seen since 1976 and sure to be a guest favorite. With the roof technology at the resort, we will have the power to make it nighttime at 3 times a day, which will allow the parade to show multiple times throughout.
Nighttime Spectacular
Another guest favorite, this new nighttime spectacular will be an updated version of
Walt Disney’s World of Color. This new show will still include fountains, but also include live actors, live sets, and live animatronics. Also using the roof technology, we will allow this show to perform 3 times a day immediately after the Electrical Parade.
