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The Small World Meadows Amphitheatre (home of the Videopolis thingy Disney did at nights for while, and now the site of the Fantasyland Theatre) was hosting "One Man's Dream", but the plan was to bring in a major live show featuring union stage actors, Dick Tracy characters, and songs from the film - "Diamond Double Cross". The show premiered in sync with the movie, and the show was a hit. There were also photo locations set up in the area between the stage and It's a Small World. So, this was one announcement that did happen as stated.

"In collaboration with George Lucas", Disney was planning on "The Young Indiana Jones Spectacular" for 1991, a stunt show that was to be located where the Big Thunder Ranch had been open since June of 1986. It never happened. In 1991, though, Disney was working on finally bringing the rumored Indiana Jones ride-through to the park, using new technology.

There was also a plan to bring the Muppets to Disneyland Park in 1991 in a big way, much to the ire of some who felt that the styles of the two character stables would clash. A live show was planned for the Amphitheatre, a daily parade, and even Muppet-theming overlays such as "Kermit Floral" at the Main Gate, green Matterhorn, and a "piggy" pink Fantasyland.

Planned for 1993 was "Mickey's Starland", planned as "an enchanted place where families can meet and mingle with their favorite Disney characters." (Kind of like Disneyland Park in general, no?) "Mickey's Starland Theater" was to host "Kermit The Frog Presents Muppetvision 3-D". In and even more strange juxtaposition of theming, the land was also supposed to have a "Little Mermaid" ride-through within a couple years of opening.

None of the Muppet stuff happened for Disneyland Park. For a while, MuppetVision was planned for the Main Street Opera House, which has long featured The Walt Disney Story Featuring "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln". Some old-schoolers were vocally opposed to such an idea, as they were with the whole "Muppet invasion" thing, but it all went away when the Disney acquisition of Henson fell apart. Of course, in 1991, the attraction opened at the Disney-MGM Studios, and ten years later a copy opened in Disney's California Adventure park.

Mickey's Starland became Mickey's Toontown and did indeed open in the planned location 1993, though the major ride-through -Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin- didn't open for another year, and there was no Little Mermaid attraction or other attractions based on Roger Rabbit (who was extremely popular back when the Disney Decade was announced) that had bee kicked around, such as Baby Herman's Baby Buggy Ride or Toontown Trolley, which was a simulator.

By this time, Disney had moved the new Tomorrowland to a Summer 1994 debut. Earlier, it had been planned to be the next big project after Splash Mountain, to open in 1992. Alien Encounter was planned to replace Mission to Mars, "Plectu's Fantastic Galactic Revue," described as "a musical-variety revue featuring a troupe of itinerant alien musicians" was planned for the Carousel Theatre, which had last presented "America Sings" in early 1988. Plectu's was probably the first of the "serious" projects to be cut, and Alien Encounter premiered at Walt Disney World Resort's Mission to Mars, never making it to Disneyland Park. Mission to Mars was instead turned into a pizza restaurant that opened in 1998 (along with the rest of the "New Tomorrowland"), and the Mission to Mars name was appropriated for another "Earth life is really from space" film, which also happened to be another "Gary Sinise is an astronaut" film.

A new Circle-Vision 360 film, presented by Delta Airlines, would replace "American Journey" and would explore the scenic wonders and culture of Western civilization. A description said "sophisticated Audio-Animatronics characters will disappear into the film at key points, blurring the line between fantasy and reality". Later, the plan was to adapt the Visionarium film from Disneyland Paris, but that, like Alien Encounter, ended up opening at Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom instead, and never made it to Disneyland Park, which played "American Journeys" until bringing back "America the Beautiful" for the sake of nostalgia before closing down CircleVision to turn it into the queue for Rock Rods -which has long since closed.

In another vague announcement, Disney said that yet another George Lucas-produced Disney

3-D motion picture "which will take the technology of filmmaking to dazzling new heights" would be made. Not surprisingly, nothing came from this. Instead, the surprise hit at Journey Into Imagination, "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience". replaced "Captain Eo".

Rounding out the area would be a whole new look, complete with second-story "sky walks".

Nothing specific was announced for 1995, but park management was expected to celebrate the big 4-0 anniversary. This, of course, was when the Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye" opened at Disneyland Park, featuring a ride-through on enhanced motion vehicles. Gone were the stunt-show concepts, the boat concept (or at least having the Jungle Cruise tie-in to the attraction), and the runaway mine car coaster concepts, though Disneyland Paris did get a version of that last one.

At the dawn of 1990, remember, "Dick Tracy" was going to be a blockbuster. So, Disney announced an interactive attraction called "Dick Tracy's Crimestoppers" for 1996. Using "a new dimension of sophistication and state-of-the-art techniques in simulation, Audio-Animatronics, sound and special effects", the attraction was going to put guests into the center of the action by letting them shoot it out (loosely like the Buzz Lightyear attraction that the Magic Kingdom got) with villains from the world of Dick Tracy.

This was somehow going to be the first attraction in a land that wasn't scheduled to open until three years later- Hollywoodland. That area was planned to feature a "towering backdrop of the Hollywood hills, complete with a replica of the famous original Hollywoodland sign." It was going to recreate the Hollywood Boulevard of the 1930s and 1940s with shops, restaurants, and atmosphere. This was actually where the "Toontown Trolley" was supposed to go, along with Baby Herman's Runaway Baby Buggy Ride, where guests will "zoom through the sets of Toontown Hospital, fly down stairs, crash through doors and bound over beds." Yes, the land was also supposed to have the Great Movie Ride, Superstar Television (another Disney-MGM Studios attraction). All of this was somehow supposed to fit in the space between Main Street, USA and Space Mountain, which has long been toyed with as place for park expansion in concepts, but is currently jammed with important backstage elements.

There are some people who say much of the announced plans were never seriously planned by management, but were rather presented to generate excitement. That certainly would explain some of the strange aspects of the Hollywoodland concept, but even if the plans were all serious, these were bold announcements in a 10-year plan. That's a lot of time for things to change.

The boldest of the announcements was the intention to build a second theme park for southern California and more hotels. The "second gate" plan had been alluded to during the Splash Mountain grand opening press conference in 1989, so it wasn't really a surprise.

If you have been following Disney for a while, then you know that there had been plans announced for both another version of EPCOT Center as the second park in Anaheim, and plans for an ocean-themed park/resort in Long Beach at first called Port Disney but later changed to Disney Seas. Some theorize that Disney never intended to build both projects - that the intention was to use Long Beach to get Anaheim to be more accommodating. However, it is entirely possible that Disney intended to build both, and it would have even been possible to use excavated land from Anaheim to fill in the portion of the property what was underwater in Long Beach.

Of course, NEITHER project happened for southern California - remember, plans change. "WestCOT" was replaced with Disney's California Adventure park, and Disney chose not to face the headaches of dealing with the likes of the controversial California Coast Commission, so Disney Seas would have to wait for Tokyo. The Mouse got out of Long Beach, and so did the Spruce Goose.

Who knows, however, what became of the "Person of the Century" polling program? It is probably in the National Archives along with the Ark of the Covenant, unbreakable toys, socks that don't get lost, the U.S. Metric System, the translation device that allows men and women to communicate effectively with each other, and the alternative-to-fossil-fuels cheap abundant energy supply.