History Trivia / DisneyThemeParks

* ScienceMarchesOn: This is the reason why ''Donald's Dino Bash'' was established in Disney's Animal Kingdom's Dino Land U.S.A. It's been known for a long while now that many dinosaurs had feathers and birds are dinosaurs themselves, rendering the featherless depictions of coelurosaurs in the attraction (particularly ''{{Ride/Dinosaur}}'') obsolete.

* ScienceMarchesOn: This is the reason why ''Donald's Dino Bash'' was established in Disney's Animal Kingdom's Dino Land U.S.A. It's been known for a long while now that many dinosaurs had feathers and birds are dinosaurs themselves, which render the featherless depictions of coelurosaurs in the attraction obsolete.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Disney is reluctant to reference ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' in the parks. Sora could be seen back when [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] came out, but [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/4/47/Sora_DLP.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111030182254 the costume]] [[UncannyValley left much to be desired]] and hasn't appeared since then. The games were playable at Epcot's Innoventions and around the parks, along with other Disney games, but ''Kingdom Hearts'' merchandise is relegated to the Mitsukoshi store at Epcot's Japan pavilion. As the series became more mainstream, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy's ''Kingdom Hearts'' outfits started appearing at meet-and-greets during the late 2010s, and it's become more common to hear Music/UtadaHikaru songs as ambiance. However, original series characters like Sora, Riku, Kairi, or members of Organization XIII won't be seen.

** A fifth gate for Walt Disney World following Animal Kingdom has been rumored and teased by both imagineers and executives ever since the ''mid-to-late 90s''. However, while Disney does have the land to build it, no plans for a fifth gate have come to fruition and given that Disney is currently focused on expanding their existing parks over building new ones, it is highly unlikely there will be one any time soon.

** A fifth gate for Walt Disney World following Animal Kingdom has been teased for decades by both imagineers and executives ever since the late 90s, but no plans for a fifth gate have come to fruition and given that Disney is currently more focused on expanding their existing parks over building new ones, it is highly unlikely there will be one any time soon.

* InMemoriam: This is why Walt Disney World has the unique distinction of having "Walt" in its name, as it was added in memory of the late Creator/WaltDisney, who has passed away during the resort's development in 1966.

** Epcot's major expansion has landed into this thanks to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which forced Disney to cut costs in order to stay afloat, resulting in several planned additions, such as a ''Film/MaryPoppins'' attraction, ''Moana: Journey of Water'', the ''Play! Pavilion'' and an reimagining of Spaceship Earth, amongst others, getting delayed, if not scrapped entirely.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: While Creator/WaltDisney was proud of Disneyland and what it became, he began to resent the fact that the park, combined with his history in animation, pigeonholed him as being seen as only a children's entertainer rather than a true artist and businessman. To that end, his initial plans for what became Walt Disney World heavily focused on his passion project, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (or [[FunWithAcronyms E.P.C.O.T.]] for short[[note]]not to be confused with the Epcot theme park, which is largely its own thing and only reused the name[[/note]]) -- a futuristic industrial city that would serve as an active blueprint for developing technology. The Magic Kingdom theme park, which was in development right alongside E.P.C.O.T, was just a side project that Walt had little interest in, and only agreed to build because it would be the only way to get funds and eyes on his city. When Walt passed away in 1966, the company concluded that E.P.C.O.T. was impossible to realize in its current state, so the idea was scrapped in favor of completing the Magic Kingdom -- which many agree was for the best, due to the numerous issues present in the plans he left behind (which WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} covers extensively in its [[https://youtu.be/tKYEXjMlKKQ video on the subject]]). Unfortunately, this led to his fears coming true; he and his company are still largely seen as children's entertainment, with the Magic Kingdom as its crown jewel.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: When developing the plans for what would become Walt Disney World, Creator/WaltDisney wanted the main focus to be The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (or [[FunWithAcronyms E.P.C.O.T.]] for short[[note]]Not to be confused with the later Epcot theme park, which is heavily inspired by E.P.C.O.T. (it's in the name after all), but is largely its own thing[[/note]]), a large futuristic industrial city and residential community that served as his big passion project and one that would put all of his time and passion into. Meanwhile, the Magic Kingdom theme park, which was in development right alongside E.P.C.O.T, was more or less a side project that Walt was largely distanced from (trusting his team of imagineers to handle the development and planning of the park themselves, all while he put the bulk of his time and energy onto E.P.C.O.T.) and something he only really agreed to build because he knew it would be the only way to get E.P.C.O.T funded and to give visitors an incentive to go in the first place (in fact, it didn’t even have a name on Walt's [[https://www.themeparktourist.com/files/u235/WorldOfMotion/CxtHwxmWEAAq6sr.jpg original E.P.C.O.T map]], only being referred to by the generic term, "theme park"). This was because Walt wanted to be remembered as someone who had contributed to society as opposed to the mere storyteller and entertainer that he is known for. However, after Walt had passed in 1966, his big passion project and the focus of his Florida Project, E.P.C.O.T., would [[AuthorExistenceFailure fall by the wayside]] and eventually [[WhatCouldHaveBeen get scrapped by Disney]] due to how infeasible it all was, ironically becoming little more than an footnote in Disney history (though it would go on to inspire Epcot Center two decades later), a decision that many critics and fans argue was ultimately for the best, due to the vast amount of issues it would've had if it had been completed (something WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} goes into great detail over in the video [[https://youtu.be/tKYEXjMlKKQ covering its history]]). Meanwhile, that aforementioned side project, the Magic Kingdom, would continue its development and eventually be completed, becoming the iconic and ''hugely'' successful centerpiece of Walt Disney World that it remains to this day.

** Walt Disney World is also pulling out all the stops for its 50th anniversary, which is set to continue into April 2023. There will be a slew of new attractions and entertainment, including a dark ride based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' in the France Pavilion of Epcot. Southwest Air launched a Disney-themed plane, [=McDonalds=] had Happy Meal toys with iconic Disney characters, and there was a special aired on ABC about the anniversary. While originally not part of the 50th anniversary offering, Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Drawn to Life'' stage show (and Cirque's 50th show) also premiered a month after Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary was officially kicked off which was a love letter to Disney's hand-drawn animation era.

* WorkingTitle: ''Kali River Rapids'' in Disney's Animal Kingdom was originally going to be named "Tiger Rapids Run". This name was used in the 1998 application ''VideoGame/TheWaltDisneyWorldExplorer – [[UpdatedRerelease Second Edition]]'' for one of DAK's slideshows in the program.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: When developing the plans for what would become Walt Disney World, Creator/WaltDisney wanted the main focus to be The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (or [[FunWithAcronyms E.P.C.O.T.]] for short[[note]]Not to be confused with the later Epcot theme park, which is heavily inspired by E.P.C.O.T. (it's in the name after all), but is largely its own thing[[/note]]), a large futuristic city and residential community that he would put all of his time and passion into in his last few years. Meanwhile, the Magic Kingdom theme park, was more or less a side project that Walt was largely distanced from (trusting his team of imagineers to handle the development and planning of the park themselves, all while he put the bulk of his time and energy onto E.P.C.O.T.) and only really agreed to build because he knew it would be the only way to get E.P.C.O.T funded and give visitors an incentive to go in the first place (in fact, it didn’t even have a name on Walt's [[https://www.themeparktourist.com/files/u235/WorldOfMotion/CxtHwxmWEAAq6sr.jpg original E.P.C.O.T map]], only being referred to as a "theme park" and is a tiny blob on the map compared to the rest of Epcot). This was because Walt wanted to be remembered as someone who had contributed to American society as opposed to the mere storyteller that he is known for. However, after Walt had passed in 1966, his big passion project and the focus of his Florida Project plan, E.P.C.O.T., would [[AuthorExistenceFailure fall by the wayside]] and eventually [[WhatCouldHaveBeen get scrapped by Disney]] due to how infeasible it was, ironically becoming little more than an interesting footnote in Disney history (though it would go on to inspire Epcot Center two decades later), which in hindsight, many critics and fans argue had been for the best, due to the vast amount of issues it would've had if it had been completed (something WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} goes into great detail over in the video [[https://youtu.be/tKYEXjMlKKQ covering its history]]). Meanwhile, that aforementioned side project, the Magic Kingdom, would continue its development and eventually be completed, becoming the iconic and ''hugely'' successful centerpiece of Walt Disney World that it remains to this very day.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: When developing the plans for what would become Walt Disney World, Creator/WaltDisney wanted the main focus to be The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (or [[FunWithAcronyms E.P.C.O.T.]] for short[[note]]Not to be confused with the later Epcot theme park, which is heavily inspired by E.P.C.O.T. (it's in the name after all), but is largely its own thing[[/note]]), a large futuristic city that he would put all of his time and passion into in his last few years. Meanwhile, the Magic Kingdom theme park, which was also part of the project, was more or less a side project that Walt was largely distanced from (trusting his team of imagineers to handle the development and planning of the park themselves, all while he put the bulk of his time and energy onto E.P.C.O.T.) and only really agreed to build because he knew it would be the only way to get E.P.C.O.T funded and give visitors an incentive to go. This was because Walt wanted to be remembered as a an legend and pioneer who had contributed to American society as opposed to the storyteller that he is known for. However, after Walt had passed in 1966, his big passion project and the focus of his Florida Project plan, E.P.C.O.T., would fall by the wayside and eventually get scrapped, ironically becoming little more than an interesting footnote in Disney history, which many critics and fans argue in hindsight, had been for the best, due to the sheer implausibility of the city's concept and the vast amount of issues it would've had if it had been completed (something WebVideo/{{Defunctland}} goes into great detail over in their video [[https://youtu.be/tKYEXjMlKKQ covering its history]]). Meanwhile, that aforementioned side project, the Magic Kingdom, would continue its development and eventually be completed, becoming the iconic and ''hugely'' successful centerpiece of Walt Disney World.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: When developing the plans for what would become Walt Disney World, Walt wanted the main focus of the Florida Project to be The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (or [[FunWithAcronyms E.P.C.O.T.]] for short[[note]]Not to be confused with the later Epcot theme park, which is heavily inspired by E.P.C.O.T. (it's in the name after all), but is largely its own thing[[/note]]), a large futuristic city that he would put all of his time and passion into in his last few years. Meanwhile, the Magic Kingdom theme park, which was also part of the project, was more or less a side project that Walt was considerably distanced from by comparison, trusting his team of imagineers to handle the bulk of the development and planning themselves, all while he put the bulk of his efforts on E.P.C.O.T. This was because Walt wanted to be remembered as a an legend and pioneer who had contributed to American society as opposed to the mere storyteller that he is known for. However, things would change after Walt had passed in 1966, as his big passion project and the bulk of his Florida Project plans, E.P.C.O.T would fall by the wayside and eventually get scrapped due to the implausibility of it all, ironically becoming little more than an interesting footnote in Disney history, which many argue in hindsight, was for the best. Meanwhile, that aforementioned side project, The Magic Kingdom, would continue its development and eventually be completed, becoming the iconic centerpiece of the Walt Disney World resort as it is known today and ultimately cementing Walt's legacy to be the storyteller that he so wanted to distance himself from.

** Various animatronics from closed rides. Dozens and dozens of ''Ride/AmericaSings'' characters were moved to ''Ride/SplashMountain'', and before that, some of the geese were moved
to ''Ride/StarTours'' to become droids. Various bits of ''World of Motion'' have shown up in everything from ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' to just hanging around the California Adventure backlot section for atmosphere. It was necessary in the case of ''Splash Mountain'' to do a lot of reprogramming to make the ''America Sings'' animatronics "forget" their old routines.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Disney is reluctant to reference ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' in the parks. Sora could be seen back when [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] came out, but [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/4/47/Sora_DLP.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111030182254 the costume]] [[UncannyValley left much to be desired]] and hasn't appeared since then. ''Kingdom Hearts'' merchandise is relegated to the Mitsukoshi store at Epcot's Japan pavilion, and the games were playable at Epcot's Innoventions and around the parks, along with other Disney games. As the series became more mainstream, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy's ''Kingdom Hearts'' outfits started appearing at meet-and-greets during the late 2010s, and it's become more common to hear Music/UtadaHikaru songs as ambiance. However, original series characters like Sora, Riku, Kairi, or members of Organization XIII won't be seen.

** Speaking of Tokyo Disneyland, much of its merchandise is exclusive to Japan, unlike the homogeneous "Disney Parks" branding in the American parks. Japanese merchandise tends to include more obscure characters, such as Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Miss Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', and to a lesser-extent Marie from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. However, Marie merchandise has also popped up at various resorts in Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

* ProductionThrowback: Disney has practically made an art form of this. If a ride is remade, expect some reference to the original to be present somewhere in the new version, typically in the queue area. It would actually be easier to list the rides that DON'T follow this trope. Some notable examples:

** Various animatronics from closed rides. Dozens and dozens of ''Ride/AmericaSings'' characters were moved to ''Ride/SplashMountain'', and various bits of ''World of Motion'' have shown up in everything from ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' to just hanging around the California Adventure backlot section for atmosphere. It was necessary in the case of ''Splash Mountain'' to do a lot of reprogramming to make the ''America Sings'' animatronics "forget" their old routines.

** [[http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262449/000119312510008732/dex1057.htm A perpetual licensing deal]] that Creator/MarvelComics signed with Ride/UniversalStudios in 1994 prevents Disney from building anything Marvel-related in Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, their two biggest theme park markets. However, they are free to build Marvel attractions in their four other resorts. How, you ask? Well, originally, the licensing deal extended to California as well,[[note]]Universal has no parks in France so the deal was not extended there, and at the time of the deal neither company had a park in China[[/note]] but when Universal got into a dispute with Marvel over the profits of the license, Universal Studios Hollywood let the rights lapse back to Marvel in 2008... one year before Disney purchased the company. God knows what happened to the poor sod in Universal who made ''that'' call. Disney has found a loophole around this contract by using Marvel characters that Universal doesn't own the license to: the Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and Film/DoctorStrange2016. A ''GOTG'' rollercoaster is currently being built at Epcot and is expected to open in 2022. However, Marvel outside of ComicBook/SpiderMan is not popular in the Japanese market, so the IP missing from the Tokyo resort is not as big of a missed opportunity as it is in Florida.

** Disney is also unable to use ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in their parks due to ''Ride/TheSimpsonsRide'' operating over at Universal. However, Universal's licensing rights to the franchise are set to lapse in 2028, 20 years after the ride opened. Plus, just like Marvel above, there’s the possibility of Disney opening their own “Simpsons” attractions outside the US since the ride hasn’t been cloned in Universal’s other international theme parks.

** The American and French parks were originally scheduled to re-open at the end of March, but once it became clear that the virus was going to stick around for longer than most thought by the beginning of April, their closures were extended to "until further notice". Then, Disney World and Disneyland were scheduled to open beginning in mid-July (and began phased reopenings of Disney Springs), but California state regulations resulted in Disneyland canceling their plans and sparked criticism of Walt Disney World for not doing likewise. Ultimately, the Florida parks indeed reopened beginning July 11, followed by Disneyland Paris on July 15.
** While Walt Disney World and Shanghai Disneyland remained consistently open as of March 2021, Disneyland Paris shut down again on October 29th due to a COVID surge, as did Hong Kong Disneyland on December 2nd. Hong Kong reopened for a third time on February 19th, 2021, while the original Disneyland Resort in Anaheim finally reopened for the first time on April 30th, as California relaxed restrictions on theme parks. (In the meantime, Disneyland served as a COVID vaccination site from January 2021 onward, while Downtown Disney and the Buena Vista Street area of California Adventure were reopened.) Paris was able to reopen on June 17th, with no notable changes accounted for, thus allowing all parks to be open & operating simultaneously for the very first time since January 26th, 2020 (with the exception of the Typhoon Lagoon water park in Florida).

* The gold parts of the outer facade of "it's a small world" in Disneyland are covered in 24K gold leaf. The facade's construction used up ''all the gold leaf available in the entire United States'' at the time. Although much, ''much'' more expensive at the outset than gold paint would have been, it has long since paid for itself by never needing to be replaced or retouched.
* ''The Main Street Electrical Parade'' has temporarily returned to Magic Kingdom twice since originally being replaced by ''Spectromagic'', most recently in 2010; they brought it back for the summer until popular demand saw them change it to an open-ended run. [[BlatantLies That's what they told everyone at least]]. The not-so-well-kept secret was that ''Spectro'' was in desperate need of refurbishment, and since they needed to get the ''Electrical Parade'' out of California Adventure because of concerns over crowd control before ''Ride/WorldOfColor'' opened, they figured bringing it back to Florida was the best way to handle both situations. The parade ended up staying at the Magic Kingdom for six years, until it moved back to Disneyland for another limited run during the early 2017 refurbishment of the ''Paint the Night'' parade. The former ''Spectro'' floats were eventually demolished, leaving Magic Kingdom without a nightly parade. (The Sebastian prop from ''Spectro'''s Little Mermaid float was reused for ''Festival of Fantasy'', the current daytime parade.)
* The front of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle was originally intended to be the back. Designers weren't entirely satisfied with the original front and decided to turn it around and Walt preferred the result.

* ContractualObligationProject: Walt Disney Studios park in France was built because the original contracts for Disneyland Paris stipulated that a second theme park would be built at the resort within ten years of the resort's opening. Indeed, the park opened on March 16th, 2002, ten years and four days after the original park. The obligation of the park's construction resulted in a total of three rides on opening day and a park size of 25 acres, under a fifth of the size of its neighbor. This, combined with the sub-par to non-existent theming, resulted in guests panning the park upon release, forcing Disney to add a slew of attractions to this day to remedy its faults.

** ''Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind'' is set to open at Epcot on May 27, 2022, the exact fifth anniversary of the first ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Guardians]]'' attraction, ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout'' at Disney California Adventure.

*** Finally, the namesake Disneyland Resort would go all out. Not just to celebrate it's golden anniversary, but also to make up for the DorkAge that occurred during Paul Pressler's presidency. Sleeping Beauty Castle was decorated with several golden structures, each of the remaining opening day attractions would receive a golden ride vehicle, and many deteriorating attractions would receive a sprucing up. Most notably, ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' would add several new scenes featuring characters from [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean the film franchise]], and ''Ride/SpaceMountain'' would reopen after a two-year overhaul with updated effects and a new soundtrack. In addition, a ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' themed recreation of the iconic "Submarine Voyage" would be announced, "[[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters]]" would open in Tomorrowland, and a new daytime parade called "Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams" would debut. And to top it all off, a new fireworks spectacular called "Remember, Dreams Come True" would premiere, which honored all of the park's most iconic attractions through the past 50 years. Disney's California Adventure wasn't spared either. A new parade called "Block Party Bash" featuring the Creator/{{Pixar}} characters would debut, and a ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' dark ride called "Mike and Sulley to the Rescue!" would replace the infamous ''Ride/SuperstarLimo''.

** Speaking of ''Lilo & Stitch'', the interactive attraction ''Stitch Encounter'' (''Stitch Live!'' in Disneyland Paris) has operated in every Disney resort ''except'' for the American resorts, which had ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' in Walt Disney World instead. Given [[TheScrappy that ride's reception]], and Disney having built rides with similar concepts (''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor'' directly across from ''SGE!'', ''[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk with Crush]]'' at Epcot and California Adventure, and ''[[Franchise/{{Cars}} Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy]]'' in Disney's Hollywood Studios--all of which are based on more popular Creator/{{Pixar}} [=IPs=]), it doesn't seem like Stitch will show up at the American parks anytime soon.

** In an unprecedented move, Disney announced in 2020 that their parks in California, Florida, and Paris would close on March 15th due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19]] pandemic. The parks in Japan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai have also gone through a series of closures due to the outbreak. Shanghai was re-opened the second week of May, and Tokyo in early July. Hong Kong re-opened in June, closed again in July following a surge in cases, then re-opened in September, only to close ''again'' in December for the same reason, & reopened hopefully for the last time the following February.

* Creator/HenryKissinger once took a break from his day job and sold popcorn on Main Street USA. Nobody recognized him.

** A notable example is the "100 Years of Magic Celebration" (2001-2003) which simultaneously celebrated Creator/WaltDisney's 100th Birthday and Walt Disney World's 30th Anniversary. The Walt Disney Company decided to honor Walt's Birthday at almost every single Disney Park (notably Tokyo Disneyland and Walt Disney World) by gaining special offerings. A year prior, Tokyo Disneyland debuted a new daytime parade called "Disney on Parade - 100 Years of Magic" which honored Disney's early days and up to the Renaissance Era. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-jPvAyVBHA Walt Disney World Resort was the centerpiece of the celebration]] with Disney Hollywood Studio (formerly "MGM Studios") gaining a giant Sorcerer Mickey Hat which sold pins. Epcot renamed "Tapestry of Nations" to "Tapestry of Dreams" to make it relevant to Walt Disney and Dreams, and the Magic Kingdom created the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIE1lRjpzc&t=127s "Share A Dream Come True Parade"]] which celebrated Walt Disney's accomplishments on film and animation.
** Perhaps the penultimate example of this occurred in 2005 to commemorate not just Disneyland's 50th anniversary, but 50 years of the parks and experiences division as a whole. In addition to Hong Kong Disneyland's grand opening in September, all of the existing parks would open up some sort of new attraction or show to celebrate.

** When ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' went down for its first refurbishment, most of the props were removed from the ride and sold off. However, they kept the Dreamfinder's vehicle - it now sits in the rafters of the [=MouseGear=] store in the Innoventions area of the park.

** A fairly persistent one is that the Matterhorn will either sink or fall over if the Submarine Lagoon is drained. A quick Google search will easily debunk this, as the lagoon has to be drained for refurbishment. This has happened [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/2e/6a/2e2e6a67f7ed36af2b239ae992e60796.jpg as late as 2014]].

** A fairly persistent one is that the Matterhorn will either sink or fall over if the Submarine Lagoon is drained. A quick Google search will easily debunk this, as the lagoon has to be drained for refurbishment and nothing happened to the Matterhorn, which can be seen [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/2e/6a/2e2e6a67f7ed36af2b239ae992e60796.jpg as late as 2014]].

* ContractualObligationProject: Walt Disney Studios park in France was built because the original contracts for Disneyland Paris stipulated that a second theme park would be built at the resort within ten years of the resort's opening. Indeed, the park opened on March 16th, 2002, ten years and four days after the original park. The obligation of the park's construction resulted in a total of three rides on opening day and a park size of 25 acres, under a fifth of the size of its neighbor. This, combined with the sub-par to non-existent theming, resulting in guests panning the park upon release, forcing Disney to add a slew of attractions to this day to remedy its faults.

*** Tokyo Disneyland would debut a new stage show in front of Cinderella Castle called "Rock Around the Mouse". The show pays tribute to the rock 'n' roll culture that was prominent at the time of Disneyland's opening. Over in Tokyo Disneysea, the "Raging Spirits roller coaster would open.

** Compared to Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland really goes all out on their anniversaries. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDMVvJRqMX0 Tokyo Disneyland's 30th Anniversary was known as "The Happiness Year"]] which had their castle decorated in colorful Mickey balloons ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4yiY9SjJrA which gained a special night show]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzCEhWPVAGc a parade sharing the anniversary's name]], and a special morning show at Tokyo Disneysea called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqETXYh9Duk&t=267s "Happiness Greeting On The Sea"]].

** DisneySea’s Fantasy Springs expansion was pushed from 2022 to 2023 due to the pandemic.

** [[http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262449/000119312510008732/dex1057.htm A perpetual licensing deal]] that Creator/MarvelComics signed with Ride/UniversalStudios in 1994 prevents Disney from building anything Marvel-related in Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, their two biggest theme park markets. However, they are free to build Marvel attractions in their four other resorts. How, you ask? Well, originally, the licensing deal extended to California as well,[[note]]Universal has no parks in France so the deal was not extended there, and at the time of the deal neither company had a park in China[[/note]] but when Universal got into a dispute with Marvel over the profits of the license, Universal Studios Hollywood let the rights lapse back to Marvel in 2008... one year before Disney purchased the company. God knows what happened to the poor sod in Universal who made ''that'' call. Disney has found a loophole around this contract by using Marvel characters that Universal doesn't own the license to: the Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and Film/DoctorStrange2016. A ''GOTG'' rollercoaster is currently being built at Epcot and is expected to open in 2022. Although, Marvel outside of ComicBook/SpiderMan is not popular in the Japanese market so the IP missing from the Tokyo resort is not as big of a missed opportunity as it is in Florida.