Line #20 Ride/GoldenDreams


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2	[-[[caption-width-right:400:Image courtesy of [[http://www.yesterland.com/golden.html Werner Weiss]]. Used with permission.]]-]
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4	->''"Anything can be done with just one dream. "''
5	-->--"Just One Dream"
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7	''Golden Dreams'' was a ShortFilm about the history of California created for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's California Adventure Park]] at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, opening with the park on February 8, 2001. It starred Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as Califia, the Queen of California.
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9	Califia explains that she is the spirit within California, and an inspiration to many famous residents. Goldberg appears in some of the filmed sequences that follow as Califia—in disguise—to comment or offer encouraging words to various characters who find themselves in challenging situations.
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11	The 70-mm film was among the most sophisticated Disney theatre attractions -- highlighting admirable ''and'' regrettable eras and incidents in the history of California, including vivid illustrations of injustice, before ending with a montage of notable events and Californians.
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13	''Golden Dreams'' gave its last public showing on September 7, 2008. Disney tore down most of the theater afterwards, to make room for the dark ride ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure''. Today, all that remains of the ''Golden Dreams'' building is the replica of the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda, which Disney repainted and now uses as the entrance of ''Ariel's Undersea Adventure''.
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16	!!''Golden Dreams'' provides examples of the following tropes:
17	* AwardBaitSong: "Just One Dream" fits this trope perfectly, even if there isn't an Oscar for Best Attraction Song.
18	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Califia addresses the audience and is even introduced as a statue inside the theatre, before appearing onscreen.
19	* ChineseLaborer: A scene shows a group laying explosives to clear the way for train tracks.
20	* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Califia visits Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer during the filming of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and advises Louis B. Mayer to have the Silver Slippers re-done in ruby red, to better show off the then-new Technicolor technology. When the costume designer imagines what the Ruby Slippers should look like, they don't look ''exactly'' like they do in the final movie, likely so that Disney wouldn't have to pay Creator/WarnerBros [[note]]the current copyright holders of MGM's pre-1986 library, including ''The Wizard of Oz''[[/note]] a licensing fee.
21	* CoincidentalBroadcast: The segment on female engineers during [=WW2=] is introduced by a radio playing in the background as a woman leaves for work:
22	-->'''Newscaster:''' The date: October 14th 1942, Rosie The Riveter leads the way.
23	* {{Disneyfication}}: Surprisingly averted: The filmmakers didn't shy away from the uglier parts of the state's history, highlighting the plight of Native Americans and the xenophobia experienced by Japanese immigrants -- even briefly featuring images of a Japanese internment camp.
24	* TheGreatDepression: One segment focuses on Dust Bowl farmers moving to California in the 1930s.
25	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Creator/SteveJobs proclaims to Steve Wozniak that they'll sell personal computers to everyone in the world, Wozniak snarks, "Dream on, Steve." Califia chimes in, "[[SincerityMode Keep dreaming.]] Trust me on this one."
26	* LineOfSightName: A subtle one. When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are unveiling the first personal computer, Califia appears, taking a bite out of an apple, therefore inspiring the Apple logo.
27	* LivingStatue: Califia's first appearance is as a living Art Deco sculpture in the auditorium.
28	* MagicalNegro: Califia appears to Californians in need:
29	-->'''Califia:''' I can go around and push folks to go after their dreams, pick 'em up a little if they lose the faith.
30	* MisterSandmanSequence: Unlike the other sections, the 1960s isn't represented by a single person's story, but instead shows a typical park with hippies as "Incense and Peppermints" plays.

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