Word: adventureland
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...areas: 1) Fantasyland-a guided tour through the Disney imagination, during which the visitor takes a ride in an airborne pirate galleon, pops through the rabbit hole into Alice's Wonderland, hops on a mining cart for a trip to the diamond mines of the Seven Dwarfs; 2) Adventureland-an outdoor museum of natural wonders, designed to complement the True-Life Adventure Films, which will offer a Tahitian village populated by real live Tahitians (peddling papaya juice), and a trip down a tropical river past nattering monkeys, gnashing crocs and yawping plastic hippos; 3) Frontierland -"a glimpse into America...
...into the TV major leagues. Created by Walt Disney, this opening show was mostly an hour-long promise of good things to come. Disneyland will be divided into four parts: 1) Frontierland, dealing with U.S. history and folklore; 2) Tomorrowland, featuring rocket trips to the moon and Mars; 3) Adventureland, assembled from Disney's outstanding nature films; and 4) Fantasyland, represented by animated cartoons of Disney's well-loved characters. Despite its fragmented character, the opening show had the true touch of Disney enchantment, ranging from a Portuguese bullfight, in which neither the beast nor its baiters...