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&sq=&lang=&file=File:DL_tomorrowland_entrance_at_night.jpg) Disneyland's Tomorrowland at night | |
| Theme | Future, science, technology, outer space, discovery and science fiction |
|---|---|
| Disneyland | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | July 17, 1955 |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | October 1, 1971 |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | April 15, 1983 |
| Disneyland Paris (As Discoveryland) | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | April 12, 1992 |
| Hong Kong Disneyland | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | September 12, 2005 |
| Shanghai Disneyland | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | June 16, 2016 |
Tomorrowland is one of the many "themed lands" featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Each version of the land is different and features numerous attractions that depict views of the future. Disneyland Park in Paris includes a similar area called Discoveryland, which shares some elements with other Tomorrowlands but emphasizes visions of the future inspired by Jules Verne.
Walt Disney was known for his futurist views and, through his television programs, showed the American public how the world was moving into the future. Tomorrowland was the realized culmination of his views. In his own words: "Tomorrow can be a wonderful age. Our scientists today are opening the doors of the Space Age to achievements that will benefit our children and generations to come. The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future."
Disneyland's Tomorrowland is now in its third generation, and the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland is in its second. The Walt Disney Company has mentioned that it wanted to keep Tomorrowland from becoming "Yesterdayland". As a self-referential joke along this line, the 2007 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Meet the Robinsons (which is set mainly in the year 2037) features an amusement park called Todayland, which has rides that look similar to Space Mountain and Disneyland's original Rocket Jets.