Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s edition of Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia! This weekly series is brought to you by Jodi from Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, Heidi from Heidi’s Head, Jenn from Disney Babies Blog, and yours truly! With today being Tax Day in the United States, we are sharing a lot of Disney Trivia — some of which may include Tax Day…we’ll see! As always, this day in Disney History information comes from the informative site “This Day in Disney History” so if you want more information, go check them out!
There was a lot of information on April 15th, so I decided to share many things with you. For starters, in 1983…
Tokyo Disneyland opens!
1983:
Tokyo Disneyland opens in Japan. It is Disney’s fourth theme park but the first outside the United States. A light rain moves the opening ceremony under the cover of World Bazaar (the park’s equivalent to Main Street USA). Among the attractions featured is Space Mountain – a virtual duplicate of the Anaheim, California version. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company of Japan, it is the first Space Mountain to open with its park. Located in Urayasu (just outside Tokyo) the park is operated by the Oriental Land Company under licence from Disney and consists of:
ADVENTURELAND:
Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Enchanted Tiki Room, Western River Railroad, Royal Street Veranda restaurant, Polynesian Terrace Restaurant, Blue Bayou Restaurant, and Cafe Orleans restaurant
FANTASYLAND:
Snow White’s Adventures, Pinocchio’s Daring Journey, Haunted Mansion, Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel, Peter Pan’s Flight, Dumbo Flying Elephants, It’s a Small World, Mickey Mouse Revue, Skyway to Tomorrowland, Tinker Bell Toy Shop, Disneyana Shop, Troubadour Tavern, Captain Hook’s Galley, and Four Corners Food Faire
TOMORROWLAND:
Starcade video arcade, Star Jets, Skyway to Fantasyland, Grand Circuit Raceway, Meet the World, Tomorrowland Terrace restaurant, Space Place FoodPort, and Space Mountain
WESTERNLAND:
Country Bear Jamboree, Diamond Horseshoe Revue, Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes, Plaza Pavilion restaurant, Hungry Bear Restaurant, Tom Sawyer Island, Tom Sawyer Island Rafts, Westernland Shootin’ Gallery, Mile Long Bar restaurant, Mark Twain Riverboat, Lucky Nugget Cafe, and Pecos Bill Cafe
WORLD BAZAAR:
Camera Center shop, New Century Clock Shop, Emporium store, Storybook Store, Omnibus vehicle, Fire Truck vehicle, Horseless Carriages, and Main Street Cinema
Back at Walt Disney World…
1964:
Lawyer Robert Foster leaves New York bound for Florida. Representing Disney, he is to begin land purchases in the Orlando area for a new theme park. He uses the name Robert Price to keep his identity secret.
1971:
On this day, the last of 337 concrete beams completes the 6-mile long monorail transportation system for Walt Disney World (which will open in October). The first Martin Marietta Mark IV monorail is also lowered onto the beam. (Since 1969, 10 monorails have been built by Martin Marietta for WDW with a design developed by Imagineer Bob Gurr.)
Happy Birthday Tokyo Disneyland! I hope you enjoy many more years of success, and I can’t wait for the day when I might be able to make it out for a visit!
Thank you all for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed our look at history today, now go check out the rest of the entries for this week! Thanks!
I love Disney history! Thanks for sharing and thanks for hosting!
Thanks, Kimberly for stopping by! I’m glad you were able to get some good Disney history!
What great pieces of Disney history. I love when you share these, Mike!
Thanks, Heidi!
Wow! That’s a lot of great information, Mike! Thanks so much for sharing and for hosting!
Thanks, Jodi! It surprised me that so much was going on for that day!