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{{quote|''HERE YOU LEAVE TODAY AND ENTER THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY, TOMORROW AND FANTASY''|'''Plaque over the entrance tunnels into Disneyland'''}}
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[[Walt Disney]] came up with the idea for his original park when he took his children to a park and noticed the parents just hanging off to the side while the children played. He decided to build a place where the entire family could have fun and enjoy themselves. While the idea was met with some skepticism, the execution was resoundingly successful.
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* '''Disneyland''': Opened July 17, 1955 by invitation only, and the following day to the general public. The original and the only park Walt saw built within his lifetime. Serves as the template for most of the parks worldwide, though fans praise the fact that Disneyland is the only park that had [[Walt Disney|Walt's]] personal touch. Its companion park, California Adventure, opened in 2001. During his visit to the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's biggest disappointment was the fact that he couldn't visit Disneyland due to security concerns (he publicly wondered if there were missiles hidden there). That [[Irony|the leader of the largest Communist state wanted to go to one of the greatest successes for capitalism ever]] should say something about A: the [[Cold War]] [[Peace Conference|at that point]], and B: how much ''everybody'' wanted to go to Disneyland. It's important to note that there are not as many resorts around the parks because Disney did not have a lot of money at the time. This is also why many attractions were and still are sponsored. For example, Dole Pineapple sponsored the Tiki Room, Mattel sponsored It's a Small World, and Honda now sponsors Innoventions (where you can see an ASIMO demonstration).
** The primary reason was that the KGB told the U.S. Secret Service that if anything happened to Khrushchev during the visit [[This Means War|it would mean war]]. And even though Walt was very anti-communist, he enjoyed having foreign dignitaries and looked forward to showing Krushchev his submarines.
* '''Walt Disney World''': The largest and most popular of the resorts opened in 1971. Includes four parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT (opened in 1982), Disney's <s>MGM</s> Hollywood Studios (1989) and Animal Kingdom (1998), as well as two (formerly three<ref>The original, ''River Country'' opened in 1976 but eventually became very outdated compared to its sister parks and closed permanently in 2001</ref>) water parks: Typhoon Lagoon (1989) and Blizzard Beach (1995). Fans constantly debate which of the four parks is the best, whether they were better in the old days, and so on. Disney World also includes many hotels, an all-purpose sports complex, golf courses, and a few shopping/dining/entertainment complexes like Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney). The actual "Reedy Creek" property upon which Disney World sits is '''huge''', and many guests are surprised to learn that it consists mostly of wildlife preserves and undeveloped natural Florida habitat. This "breathing space" is deliberate, as Walt Disney was particularly upset when the popularity of Disneyland sparked a development frenzy back in Anaheim. (Disney couldn't do this in Anaheim because other businesses got to the surrounding land first) The property on which the resort sits on was bought by Roy O. Disney, Walt's older brother. Fittingly, there is a statue of him sitting with Minnie Mouse just past the entrance of the Magic Kingdom, to complement the famous "Partners' statue at the main hub.
* '''Tokyo Disney Resort''': Opened in 1983 and run by the Oriental Land Company rather than Disney itself. Some recent additions such as Pooh's Honey Hunt and the Tokyo DisneySea park have become some of Disney Imagineering's most lavishly praised creations.
* '''Disneyland Resort Paris''' (formerly known as Euro Disney Resort): Opened in 1992, and going for an even more elaborate look (as well as [[Darker and Edgier]] for some attractions). [[Urban Legend]] has it that this park was planned and built because Michael Eisner's wife, Jane, liked to shop in Paris and wanted someplace she could stay without paying for it. It bombed spectacularly at first, though it eventually gained some legs
* '''Hong Kong Disneyland''':
* '''Shanghai Disneyland''':
Some attractions have so many tropes, they have their own pages:
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A rich well of [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate]] (or not) [[Snark Bait|Parody Fuel]], often in the form of [[Souvenir Land]]. Some of the most popular attractions have been adapted into movies, with ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' being the most successful of them, but also including ''[[Tower of Terror]]'', ''[[The Haunted Mansion (film)|The Haunted Mansion]]'', and ''[[The Country Bears]]''. There's also ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'', a series of books by Ridley Pearson, that take place at Walt Disney World; and the Wasteland of the ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' video game is based on the "Magic Kingdom" parks. Also, two DVD sets in the ''Walt Disney Treasures'' line have been dedicated to the parks: "Disneyland, USA" and "Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, and Magic".
* [[Adventurers' Club]]
* [[Beware of Hitch-Hiking Ghosts]]
* [[I'm Going to Disney World]]
* [[Tomorrowland]]
* [[3D Movie]]: Several, including ''[[Captain EO]]'', ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]],'' and ''[[A Bug's Life|It's Tough To Be A Bug]]''
* [[Aborted Arc]]: The nods to dragons and unicorns in Animal Kingdom were hinting towards a land that they ended up never building, Beastly Kingdom, focusing on fantasy creatures. The only things left of that (so far) are a dragon shaped rock formation near Camp Minnie Mickey, a bridge that looks like the entrance to a castle, and the big dragon who appears on the park's logo to the confusion of many a guest. The concept of including mythological creatures into the park was eventually picked up by Expedition Everest's Yeti, but has yet to be paid off in full. It's speculated that the ideas for Beastly Kingdom might finally be realized in the upcoming ''[[Avatar]]'' Land, but so far they've been very tight-lipped about details.
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*** Which is in turn now being partially scrapped in favor of a [[Harry Potter]] area.
** In the super-secret-invite-only Club 33 restaurant, several disused animatronic animal heads hang from the wall. Walt had planned to be able to speak through them to his guests. The idea was abandoned because it was deemed too silly for a high-class restaurant, and because of privacy concerns. The idea sort of came to fruition at the recently shut-down Adventurers' Club in Disney World's Pleasure Island.
** The giant, unused building at Epcot's Japan pavilion was originally built to hold an American version of ''Meet the World'' (see [[Politically-Correct History]] below for why this was cancelled).
* [[Actor Allusion]]: At ''The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management'', William calls Morris a hockey puck, a favorite insult of his voice actor Don Rickles.
** In the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' stage show at California Adventure, Iago may squawk "Aflac!?" like another bird that Gilbert Gottfried has voiced.
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* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: One of the radio transmissions in the queue for Jungle Cruise has a skipper warning the dockmasters about the natives attacking passing boats, cracking in and out before being lost in static.
* [[Artificial Atmospheric Actions]]: Hearing Spanish instructions can feel this way in the California park - The english voices are all very expressive and in-character. The Spanish announcements by comparison sound almost like a text-to-speech announcement. The "Exit" signs in some attractions and Dark Rides too...but really, you'd have to be [[Too Dumb to Live]] to ''not'' make them visible, or to have some way to fix the ride/rescue stuck people.
** ''VERY'' nicely averted in ''It's A Small World'' with the foreign language instructions - fits the theme ''and'' all sound very nice and expressive. ''Alice in Wonderland'' and ''Casey Jr. Train'' also avert this, too.
** The Animatronics can also seem this way. When they fail, it's either quite hilarious at best or downright scary at worst.
* [[The Artifact]]: The Imagination pavilion at EPCOT had its ride and Image Works section re-themed to correspond with ''Honey, I Shrunk The Audience'', which is now replaced with ''Captain EO''.
** If you've ever seen the Electrical Parade, most of the people around you were probably murmuring "Who is that?" when the ''[[Pete's Dragon]]'' float came by. The ''Pete's Dragon'' float that is immediately followed by an America's Bicentennial float..
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: A number of meet-and-greet characters that were once common are gone now. Examples include [[Bambi|Flower]], [[Doug|Doug Funnie and Patti Mayonnaise]], [[Oliver and Company|Oliver and Dodger]], and a whole lot more...
* [[Collectible Card Game]]: ''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'' is looking to be partially this, though played within the parks and utilized to battle various Disney villains at interactive screens.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Snow White's Scary Adventures, Peter Pan's Flight, and Alice in Wonderland originally didn't have the title characters in them - the idea was that you ''were'' the heroes and that everything in the dark ride you saw was through ''his/her'' point of view. However this was changed because a lot of people were asking "Why doesn't the Snow White/Peter Pan/Alice ride have Snow White/Peter Pan/Alice in it?"
** Even then, Snow White and Alice only appear one time each in their respective Disneyland rides. Peter appears twice.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Dreamfinder, [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Mark Twain]] in "The American Adventure", and the Sage of Time from Tapestry of Nations.
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* [[Cosplay]]: A decent amount of merchandise involves [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey and friends]] ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Stitch]]) as characters from non-[[Disney Animated Canon]] movies, mainly ''[[Star Wars]]'' but also ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', and ''[[Indiana Jones]]''.
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Main Street USA, of all places. It's hard to hear them, and sometimes they aren't played at all, but some of the audio bits played from certain second-story windows reveal, among other things, that the local dentist is life-threateningly incompetent at his job (and doesn't seem to care if one of his patients is seriously injured during a procedure), the fire chief (who is also the postmaster and general store owner) [[Too Dumb to Live|cannot begin to comprehend the idea that a fire is a dangerous emergency that requires IMMEDIATE action]], the town populace is extremely prone to spreading gossip and will openly and offensively insult one another on occasion, the [[Police Are Useless|police]] have totaled their new paddy wagon and are engaged in a cover-up to keep the Mayor from becoming aware, and the piano teacher is [[Sadist Teacher|physically abusive to the children she teaches]] (that last one, unfortunately, could be considered [[Truth in Television|accurate]] [[Values Dissonance|for the time period MSUSA is set in]]). It's all [[Played for Laughs]], but when you [[MST3K Mantra|think about it too hard...]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: On 9/11, cast members in Walt Disney World (yes, even the ones in costume!) evacuated themselves and the guests from all six parks. [http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/09/11/what-was-it-like-to-be-at-disneyland-and-or-walt-disney-world-six-years-ago-today.aspx In ten minutes.]
{{quote|Note That the Magic Kingdom at Disney World has a truly massive underground tunnel system, partially designed to help protect any guest to the park.}}
* [[Death Mountain]]: Big Thunder Mountain, the Matterhorn, and Expedition Everest's Forbidden Mountain fit the role pretty well.
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* [[Disneyfication]]: Disney did this to one of their own attractions: The Sinbad ride at Tokyo [[Disney Sea]], which went from a rousing adventure in a Mary Blair-esque visual style to a musical that took out all the danger in Sinbad's adventures, gave him an adorable sidekick and basically went full Small World.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: General Knowledge (played by [[Corey Burton]]) from the now-gone ''Cranium Command'' show.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Disney's done this with whole rides. The [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]] Castle walkthrough at Disneyland opened several years before the movie, ''It's Tough to be a Bug'' opened a few months before ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]'', and ''Countdown to Extinction'' featured Aladar and the Carnotaurus from ''[[Dinosaur]]'' about two years before the movie came and the attraction was renamed for the movie (though they have ''nothing'' in common, otherwise).
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] In the old Tokyo [[Disney Sea]] show 'Over the Waves' The Main characters, Tonio and Maria seem to get this.
* [[Easter Egg]]: Entire ''books'' have been written about the so-called Hidden Mickeys, inconspicuous images of Mickey Mouse or his silhouette placed in various unexpected locations around the parks. It is also very common, when one attraction is closed and replaced with another, for the Imagineers to include an unobtrusive tribute to the old attraction in the new one.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Dreamfinder was somewhere between here and [[The Obi-Wan]] to Figment until the [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|attraction was updated to remove him]].
* [[Egopolis]]: Does this trope REALLY need explaination? The ENTIRE theme parks are smothered with Walt Disney's likeness, including the name!
* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]: At Walt Disney World, certain landmarks from the four parks are used to represent them: Cinderella Castle for the Magic Kingdom, Spaceship Earth for EPCOT, the Sorceror Mickey hat for Disney Hollywood Studios, and the Tree of Life for Animal Kingdom.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: There's a ''lot'' going on behind the scenes.
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: Very prevalent in the late Eisner-era, like so many other things at Disney. Shut down the Subs for the first time, the entire fiasco surrounding Journey into Imagination, the infamous cost-cutting that went into California Adventure, the Paris Studios park and Hong Kong Disneyland and other problems.
* [[Expansion Pack]] - Well, Toontown and California Adventure. And well before either, New Orleans Square and Bear Country/Critter Country.
** It's much harder to do in California specifically because they couldn't buy as much land when they started out - by the time they could have bought the land to make it mirror the Florida and other worldwide parks; third party hotels and restaurants had already gobbled it up and capitalized on it.
* [[Fantastic Voyage]]: ''Body Wars''. Was taken further in "Adventure Thru Inner Space", which went down to an atomic scale.
* [[Fantasy Ghetto]]: Averted in that classic fantasy aspects are a major part of the parks - Fantasyland is even front and center in the Magic Kingdom-style ones. Affirmed in that, more than ever, the fantasy aspects are almost all fairy-tale princesses and, well, fairies; intended to appeal to young girls. You want stuff like knights, sorcerers, or dragons; you're pretty much out of luck. Supposedly part of the major expansion to Florida's Fantasyland is intended to fix this.
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** Harold the Yeti on the Matterhorn.
** Bucky, the fire-breathing dragon in Fantasmic!
*** And now the new model is called
** Space Mountain has been given a temporary overlay for Halloween, called "Ghost Galaxy." Its star is [http://media.hkdlsource.com/image/gallery/1118-M.jpeg the charming fellow seen in the background here]{{Dead link}}. His name is [[Everything's Better with Bob|Bob.]]
* [[Frivolous Lawsuit]]: Too many to count; hardly any are successful. A lot of people only saw the [[Theme Park Version]] of law... so as a result they thought they could sue for absolutely trivial things. One of the more hilarious ones is a woman who claimed to have gained 50 pounds after The Three Little Pigs apparently fondled and harassed her - the charge was dropped when the costumes were found to have had inoperable stub-arms.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]:
** There of course have been jokes about other things it could stand for, like "Every Person Comes Out Tired".
** Among Cast Members it's "Employee Paychecks Cut On Thursday"
** The boat operator on a recent trip gave this gem: "Experimental Polyester Costumes Of Torture"
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* [[The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson]]: In the vein of the original movie, the ''Aladdin'' stage show keeps its pop-culture references up to date.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In Anette's Diner in Disneyland Paris, every once in a while the waiting staff jumps on the counter and dances to [[Grease|Greased Lightnin']]. It's the uncensored version which says "pussy wagon".
** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20140405101237/http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/96720-redheaded-pirate-painting-disneyland.html#post2808525 bar painting of a pirate lass] in "Pirates of the Caribbean" at Disneyland is topless with just a few wisps of [[Godiva Hair]].
* [[Ghost in the Machine]]: ''Cranium Command'''s premise
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Averted. Cast members point with at least two fingers.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: The "plot" of several thrill rides.
** Before ''Great Moments with Mr Lincoln'' was opened, Disney's demonstrated their new animatronic technology to a group of Illinois government officials. They were not amused when the Lincoln figure broke down and started leaking '''[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|red]]''' [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|hydraulic fluid]] from its head. From then on all figures were switched to blue fluid.
* [[Green Aesop]]: Contained in EPCOT's ''The Land'' pavilion and almost the entirety of the Animal Kingdom park.
** During the 1970s, the burning cabin on Tom Sawyer Island was changed to fake fire as people complained it wasted energy. The actual energy was trivial compared to Disneyland as a whole, of course.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Some of the Hidden Mickies are in very hidden locations. How do people find these without a guide?
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101033127/http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/hidden-mickeys-disneyland/ Ta-] [http://hiddenmickeysguide.com/ da!!]
* [[Hell Hotel]]: The Tower of Terror.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Patrick Warburton]] plays a chief flight attendant in the pre-flight videos on Soarin' over California.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Several. [[The Simpsons (animation)|Troy McClure]] and [[Toy Story (franchise)||Mr. Potato Head]] as the talent agents at ''The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management'', [[Beauty and the Beast|Lumiere]] as Pierre in the same attraction, Paul Reubens as Rex in the ''Star Tours'' ride, [[Robin Williams]] in ''The Timekeeper''. [[Thurl Ravenscroft]] also provided his voice for many of the rides. In fact, he's that singing bust everyone mistakes for Walt Disney.
** [[Neil Patrick Harris]] is the new announcer for California Screamin'
* [[Hub Level]]: In the Magic Kingdom parks, the Central Plaza at the end of Main Street is a real-life example and possible [[Trope Maker]].
* [[Hula and Luaus]]: The Enchanted Tiki Room and Walt Disney World's Polynesian Resort. Also the long gone Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland.
** There's apparently going to be a Disney resort in ''Hawaii''.
*** Which has the unexpected ''positive side effect'' of both raising the value of
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Happens with glorious frequency on the Jungle Cruise.
{{quote|"And here we see the back side of Schweitzer Falls, named after the back side of the famous explorer, [[wikipedia:Albert Schweitzer|Dr. Albert Falls]]."}}
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** Not to mention the extinct Kitchen Cabaret / [[Affectionate Parody|Food Rocks]] show at The Land pavilion.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: A Bug's Land, a part of California Adventure themed to the movie ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]],'' is built to make guests feel bug-sized, with giant shamrocks, benches made of popsicle sticks, and restrooms disguised as a giant box of tissues. ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' became the basis for a playground/set walk-through (Hollywood Studios) and the 3D show ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' (EPCOT/Disneyland/Disneyland Paris/Tokyo Disneyland). Before all of these, however, the trope was taken to the maximum possible severity in the long-gone Disneyland ride ''Adventure Thru Inner Space'', in which riders were "shrunk" small enough to travel inside an atom.
* [[Indian Burial Ground]]: Combined with [[Never Say "Die"]] in some versions of ''Big Thunder Mountain''. There's a curse on the mountain due to it being a "sacred place" to the natives.
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: Disney World's ''Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management)''. The new management? [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Iago]] and [[The Lion King|Zazu]].
** The Tokyo version is invaded by [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]].
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** Also, people once said this about Disneyland, back when Walt was trying to get funding to build it. They couldn't have been more wrong.
* [[Jungle Japes]]: A major portion of Adventureland and Animal Kingdom.
* [[Kayfabe]]: Or, as the company puts it, "Character Integrity". As far as '''every''' character is concerned, ''that'' is [[Mickey Mouse]], ''that'' is [[Frozen (Disney film)|Elsa]], and ''this lady over here'' is [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs|Snow White]], and as such everyone is expected to interact with the cast members as if they are the characters in question. The cast do not break character, and are given a code for them to say that they are "friends with" the characters they play as a hint at what they do while not directly admitting to it.
* [[Large Ham]]: The costumed characters often make exaggerated gestures and do goofy things.
* [[Legion of Doom]]: Walt Disney World currently has the villains in a "Halloween Villain Mix and Mingle." Maleficent and Captain Hook seem to be an item (?!), and Frollo is there again, ''dancing''. [[Out-of-Character Moment|Hey, Frollo! I thought you didn't enjoy these kinds of festivals?!]]
** That's ''absurd.'' Everyone knows [[Crack Pairing|Maleficent is dating Jafar]].
* [[Light Gun Game]]: Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters and Toy Story Midway Mania are theme park ride versions of this.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: [http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Parks_characters Well] [http://www.charactercentral.net/ of] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510172024/http://www.kippel.com/philip/portfolio.php?cat_id=15&PHPSESSID=08fdec4beba44c91304934b7a22b78c5 course]. Some of them, including [[Doug]], [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]], [[Darkwing Duck]], and [[Power Rangers]], have become subject to [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]].
* [[Mad Scientist]]: ''The Timekeeper'' starred a robotic one voiced by [[Robin Williams]].
* [[Matrix Raining Code]]: Shows up in the current version of Spaceship Earth at the start of the descent. This probably wasn't meant to be unnerving but...
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** And pretty much any other character in the park who isn't from a pre-existing Disney movie or TV show is named meaningfully or [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|punnily]].
* [[Mega Corp]]: An intergalactic one in the form of X-S Tech in the now-gone ''Alien Encounter'' attraction at Magic Kingdom.
** Prior to 2023 Disney itself
** ''[[Root of All Evil]]'' declared Disney to be ''more evil then [[Church of Happyology|SCIENTOLOGY]]''. Well, it is a whole lot bigger, wealthier, and influential, and thankfully hasn't caused anyone's death. On purpose. That we know of.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: If it's a popular movie or other Disney property that sells a lot of merchandise, odds are you can expect to see an attraction based on
** Every ride built for the last several decades ends by dumping you right into the gift shop for that attraction.
*** And some are being actively remodeled so that they will dump guests into a gift shop. It's a Small World is, at the time of writing.
* [[Minecart Madness]]: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
** And in the reworked Fantasyland Expansion for Magic Kingdom, there will be the [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride]].
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The "Celebrate a Dream Come True" used to have a villain float where they talked about ''their'' dreams coming true.
** Also happens in Snow White's Scary Adventures. The Disneyland version cuts immediately from the witch falling off a cliff to a giant storybook reading, "...and they all lived [[Happily Ever After]]."
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Increased a lot after the original park hit 40 years or so, especially as so many rides have gone away. It's not uncommon to see a nod to ''Horizons'' around today's EPCOT, an attraction which itself had a [[Continuity Nod]] to ''Carousel of Progress.''
* [[Nice Guy]]: Practically a prerequisite for working in a Disney park. It's incredibly hard to find someone working there who ''doesn't'' genuinely enjoy doing their job (or at least do a decent job of ''acting'' like it), from the costumed characters to the guys who walk around with brooms and dustpans who keep the place obsessively clean.
** This is a big part of Disney's corprate policy.
*** It should be noted that they certainly don't get paid extra to smile.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Mainly (but not exclusively) the iconic mouse ears. It started with the classic Mouseketeer style and exploded from there. You can get one for practically any conceivable occasion or character now.
** [[Animal-Eared Headband]]: The Minnie Mouse counterpart to the classic Mickey hat.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The Pirate Zombie Robot part,
* [[Noble Savage]] and [[The Savage Indian]]: Disneyland capitalized on the popularity of [[The Western]] with a full-blown Indian Village in the early days. [[Tom Sawyer]] Island featured a burning cabin and arrow-studded settler. As attitudes changed, the Indian Village closed in the 1970s and the burning cabin went through a series of new back
** Furthermore, you hear the narrator of the Railway train ride tour blabber on and on about "the spirit of [[Pocahontas]]" as you pass through the remains of the Indian Village.
* [[Official Cosplay Gear]]: One of the many things available as souvenirs.
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** In fairness, ''Tower of Terror'' (at the U.S. parks) is based on [[Twilight Zone|an intellectual property]] that Disney had to license, so discrepancies could arise from that situation.
* [[Oven Logic]]: In the last part of the current version of ''Carousel of Progress''. It wasn't intentional. The oven was programmed to automatically set the temperature if it hears numbers spoken aloud (that's one hell of a design flaw) and the father was talking about the Grandmother's score in a video game.
* [[Pantomime Animal]]: Cast members in character costumes who roam the parks. (This doesn't include "face characters", like Alice or Snow White.)
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Disneyland has (or at least had) a few areas where parents could take a breather and enjoy some relatively tasteful atmosphere and fine dining, complete with (gasp!) alcoholic drinks. Oh, and the Submarine Lagoon used to have comely Mermaids in there to wave and smile at passing men. There also used to be a working Pharmacy and a shop selling women's underclothes.
** While Disney World's Magic Kingdom has a very, very strict "no alcohol, EVER" policy, said policy does not extend to the non-Magic Kingdom parks. As a matter of fact, "Drinking Around the World" (guests attempt to try the signature alcoholic beverage of each country in World Showcase) is a popular extra-curricular activity for some guests. They'll even would let you bring a margarita on Mexico's El Rio del Tiempo until it closed in 2007.
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*** Hard mode: leave the end of the broken-down Soarin' line in Florida, hop on a ''real'' plane to LAX and arrive in Anaheim to get in line for ''their'' Soarin' Over California before you would've gotten to go on the Florida version.
* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: Well, what else would you call the costumed versions of Mickey, Minnie, etc?
* [[Scenery Porn]]: No shit! Some look very artificial... but many of the resorts and rides are ''very'' [[Scenery Porn]]. Special mention goes to Storybook Land in Anaheim - Those plants you see in there? There's a good reason they look so realistic - they ''are'' real.
** Also, there are herbs growing throughout the parks in Anaheim, but there's a lot in Tomorrowland. There are herbs growing such as lavender, sage, and basil; fruits such as bananas, grapes, pomegranate, and oranges, and even peppers and coffee beans. All selected based on an "Agrifuture" concept for the area's landscaping.
** In the Animal Kingdom park, the designers even made sure the streetlights and power poles looked correct for the regions of the world the park sections represent. And the entry rainforest contains plants from every continent.
* [[Script Wank]]: ''Ellen's Energy Adventure''. The original Universe of Energy spent a lot of time discussing alternate energy sources, such as the solar panels on the attraction itself. The new version may well be titled "I love fossil fuels".
* [[Serious Business]]: Ah, pin trading... Just to name one thing.
* [[Sigil Spam]]: The Mickey symbol is everywhere.
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* [[Souvenir Land]]: Parodied by ''Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama'', though the area itself would [[Scrappy Level|grow to be hated by park fans]].
* [[The Starscream]]: The Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game shakes things up and has Maleficent play this part to Hades, who serves as the [[Big Bad]]. Jafar and Ursula are also trying to take the [[MacGuffin|Crystal of the Magic Kingdom]] pieces for themselves or shake off Hades' leadership.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Mostly in shows, and not just fireworks displays.
* [[Take That Us]]: The park staff often makes pot shots to "It's a Small World After All".
* [[The Talk]] - Yes, "The Making of Me" was real. While [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618084859/http://waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id233.htm this site] does not include the film, it does have a photo of the hilarious disclaimer outside the theater. Still to be answered: Is the middle of an already overstimulating Disney World vacation ''really'' the best time to have this subject brought up; possibly for the first time for some kids? That said, Martin Short actually handled it pretty well.
* [[Temple of Doom]]: The ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' attractions. At Disney Sea, it's complimented by the ''Raging Spirits'' coaster.
* [[Thememobile]]: The ''Disney Stars and Motorcars'' parade at Disney-Hollywood Studios featured popular Disney characters (and characters licensed by Disney for the parks) riding in themed cars.
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* [[Title Drop]]: ''Tower of Terror'', ''Sounds Dangerous''.
* [[Toon Town]]: One inspired by the [[Trope Namer]], no less.
* [[Toy Time]]: Both ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] Midway Mania'' and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command|Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin]]''/''Astro Blasters'''.
** As well as Hong Kong Disneyland's new themed world, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Toy Story Land]], which will open in November 2011.
* [[Tron Lines]]: They're going to be everywhere in the 2012 redo of Test Track.
* [[Under the Sea]]: The Submarine rides, the ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' attractions and ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' dark rides.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: Quite a few rides have been altered over the years. Although whether or not this is a good thing is up to debate, most have just received technical upgrades.
** This also helps keep some rides from getting too old.
** Among others, the ''Star Tours'' ride recently got retooled to include scenes from the prequels and more characters from the movie series.
* [[Variable Mix]]: Many of the rides with iconic theme music have that music change slightly from scene to scene, utilizing different instrumentation, rhythm, and even chords to provide the right atmosphere for the visuals.
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* [[The Wild West]]: Frontierland (and Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland).
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The backside of water at the ''Jungle Cruise''.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Quite a lot of unused concepts for attractions come up online. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140130225729/http://waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id203.htm Have a look.] and also [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526160426/http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/ Look Here]
** According to the Haunted Mansion anniversary issue of Disney's "Twenty Four" magazine, plans were made and eventually scrapped for an indoor, perpetual-twilight (think Blue Bayou/Pirates Of The Caribbean) Disney park featuring at the end of their Main Street USA equivalent, not the familiar princess castle, but the Haunted Mansion on a hill. Crowning Hub Of Awesome!
* [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men]]: This exact phrase is used in the recorded narration for the ''Sailing Ship Columbia'' attraction (a full-scale replica of the historical ship)
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