Golden Dreams

Golden Dreams
Disney California Adventure
AreaGolden State (The Bay Area)
StatusRemoved
Opening dateFebruary 8, 2001 (2001-02-08)
Closing dateSeptember 7, 2008 (2008-09-07)
Replaced byThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure
Ride statistics
Attraction typeFilm presentation
MusicBruce Broughton
Duration25:00
Hosted byCalafia (Whoopi Goldberg)
Seating347 theatre seats
Single rider line available
Disabled access Wheelchair accessible
Assistive listening available
Closed captioning available
Golden Dreams
Directed byAgnieszka Holland
Written byTom Fitzgerald (Disney Imagineering executive)[1]
StarringWhoopi Goldberg
Yasuko Takahara
Richard Balin
Eric Matheny
Mark Neveldine
Narrated byWhoopi Goldberg
CinematographyJack N. Green
Edited byErica Mireles Folsey and Benjamin Rawls (assistant editors)
Music byBruce Broughton
Walter Afanasieff (song)
Production
companies
Golden Dreams Productions
Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed byDisneyland Resort
Release dates
  • February 8, 2001 (2001-02-08) (Anaheim, California)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Golden Dreams is a film about the history of California. It was a featured attraction at Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opening with the park on February 8, 2001.[2] It starred Whoopi Goldberg as Calafia, the Queen of California.[3] On September 7, 2008, the last showing of the film to the public was made. The theater was razed in July 2009 and was replaced by The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure. However, the exterior replica of the Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts remained. The final showing took place as a private showing for cast members on March 26, 2009.

  1. ^ "Golden Dreams". Yesterland.
  2. ^ Geryak, Cole (February 9, 2017). "Disney Extinct Attractions: Golden Dreams". The Laughing Place. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ Glass, Fred (2016). "Where in California Is Its Labor History?". From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement. University of California Press. pp. 5–8. ISBN 9780520963344. Retrieved 10 July 2020.