Welcome to Main Street USA, a composite of a typical American town during
the turn of the century. Fashioned loosely after Walt Disney's hometown of
Marceline, Missouri, Main Street USA features themed dining, entertainment and
shopping experiences.
Featured attractions here include
Disneyland..The First 50 Magical Years in the Main Street Opera house, and
The Disneyland Railroad. Several dining locations, including Plaza
Inn, Carnation Cafe and Plaza Gardens offer a variety of sandwiches, hotdogs and
cheeseburgers and entertainment while you dine, and themed shops such as the
Disneyana Shop offer specialty and collectible items.
Traveling up Main Street USA, you arrive at the Hub, or
Central Plaza of Disneyland, which leads to the other various lands of
Disneyland. Here, the famous "Partners"
statue reaffirms that it really was all started by a Mouse (named Mickey). The
statue was designed by Disney Imagineer John Hench and sculpted by Imagineer
Blaine Gibson, who started his career as an animator at the Disney Studios, and
then moved on to become a sculptor for many of the audio animatronics figures in
the park.
Here at the Hub, is also a large callboard with the approximate wait times,
closures and other information about most of the attractions in the park. It is
updated several times throughout the day.
Directly ahead lies
Fantasyland, with the Sleeping Beauty Castle as it's entrance. The
drawbridge you cross to enter the castle has only opened twice, once on Opening
day of July 17, 1955, and another in 1983 for the opening and rededication of
New Fantasyland and has remained open ever since. This is an enjoyable
location to enjoy the nighttime spectacular
Remember...Dreams Come True or
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams in the afternoon and early evening.
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