Main Street, USA

Main Street, USA
Theme19th-century to early 20th-century Marceline, Missouri, Fort Collins, Colorado and Classical Hollywood cinema
Disneyland, Anaheim, California
StatusOperating
OpenedJuly 17, 1955
Magic Kingdom, Bay Lake, Florida
StatusOperating
OpenedOctober 1, 1971
Tokyo Disneyland, Urayasu, Chiba (As World Bazaar)
StatusOperating
OpenedApril 15, 1983
Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallée, France
StatusOperating
OpenedApril 12, 1992
Hong Kong Disneyland, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
StatusOperating
OpenedSeptember 12, 2005
Shanghai Disneyland, Pudong, Shanghai (As Mickey Avenue)
StatusOperating
OpenedJune 16, 2016

Main Street, USA is the first "themed land" inside the main entrance of the many theme parks operated or licensed by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Main Street, USA is themed to resemble American small towns during the early 20th century. In Tokyo Disneyland, it is called World Bazaar and covered by a glass Victorian-style conservatory roof to shield guests from the weather there.[1] At Shanghai Disneyland, it is called Mickey Avenue and is orientated to help introduce visitors to Disney characters.[2]

Each Main Street, USA (except in Tokyo and Shanghai) has a train station along the park's respective Disney railroad above the entrance. The area closest to the entrance, usually just past the train station, is called Town Square.

At the other end of Main Street stands the park's centrally located castle (Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California, Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Disneyland Park in Paris, Castle of Magical Dreams at Hong Kong Disneyland, Enchanted Storybook Castle at Shanghai Disneyland). In most of the parks, the area in front of the castle is known as The Hub or Central Plaza, while Shanghai Disneyland has the Gardens of Imagination in place of a hub/central plaza. At the Hub/Central Plaza, one will find the entrances to most of the other lands at the parks.

Town Square is home to City Hall, in which the Guest Relations office is located. Further along Main Street, the names painted in the windows on Main Street serve as credits for some of the many people, Imagineers and others, who contributed in some way to the creation of Disneyland. Largely they appear as fictional businesses (gyms, realtors, dentists), and they often refer to a hobby or interest of the person honored. Ub Iwerks's window, for example, refers to his prowess with cameras.

  1. ^ "Overview of World Bazaar". Chris's Tokyo Disney Resort Fan Site. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ "How Disney made sure Shanghai Disneyland doesn't put off Chinese visitors". 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016.