[Dan] What's going on Disney fans? It's Disney Dan here But- Wait a minute. Why am I on the DefunctLand YouTube-
[Kevin] Dan, let's skip the dumb intro skit and just get this thing going. - [Dan] Sounds good. Another top 5 video?
- [Kevin] Make it top 10. We're going for the big bucks. Speaking of big bucks, Did you know that you could win money
by playing trivia with the free swag IQ app? Games are at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Sunday through Thursday. [Dan] Woah, Kevin, are you alright? You're talking kind of weird. Wait, did we get sponsored by the wonderful people at swag IQ where anyone that answers the game's 10
trivia questions correctly gets to split a daily jackpot? Wow. We are really cashing in. - [Kevin] Oh yeah. [Music] -[Kevin] Opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland Park in Anaheim California
has operated for over 60 years. it might have the richest and most complex history
of any theme park in the world. Along with this comes a variety of attractions, shops,
and experiences that have gone by the wayside. Today we are going to be talking about 10 in particular. These are the top 10 extinct
opening day Disneyland attractions. [Banjo Music] -[Dan] Frontierland it needed a mascot and a
big attraction to pull in crowds and give them something entertaining. and no one man better suited that
legendary position than Davy Crockett himself. the dusty barren corner of the park featured a large wooden fort that held a very popular Davy Crockett arcade. A shooting gallery full of fun gags an interesting lore. The neighboring Davy Crockett museum featured
a few showcases including an Alamo exhibit with two life-sized wax figures
of Fess Parker and Buddy Epson, a historical firearms display sponsored by the NRA, and a recreation of a frontier mercantile
that served as a themed gift shop. The building would also serve for the
occasional Davy Crockett character meet-and-greet where guests could get photos and
interact with the legendary hero. the museum portion of the attraction
wasn't too popular and quickly closed. with the wax figures moving out to Tom Sawyer's Island. as Frontierland continue to grow
and technology improved, a new shooting gallery,
the Frontierland Shooting Exposition, open in the 80s. Leading to the original arcade to eventually close
and reopen as another gift shop experience. The original Davy Crockett arcade helped
pave the way for many Disney parks to feature some sort of fancy shooting gallery. and while not much remains of
the original Davy Crockett experience, the foundation and spirit of Frontierland that
he created still lives on today. [Music] -[Kevin] In the 1950s, television was dominated by shows
depicting the Wild West. Namely: conflicts between cowboys
and Native Americans. This staple of pop culture found its way into Frontierland
on opening day in the form of the Indian village. Located right next to Aunt Jemima Pancake House, the small village exhibit featured the ceremonial
dance circle and a full-blooded native chief. In a surprisingly progressive performance system, Disney would contract various tribes for six months stints
at the park to demonstrate their culture to the guests. Before rotating them out for a new tribe
to share their unique traditions. However, this Indian village
wouldn't last too long, as it would be quickly moved to the rivers of America in 1956 where it will be greatly expanded
in comparison to the opening day version. [Banjo Music] -[Dan] The Disneyland that you know today is not the
Disneyland at the public knew in 1955. While every corner of the park is now packed with an
attraction and no space is necessarily wasted 60 years ago the layout of the land was sparse and
empty. Over in Frontierland, families could fish, picnic,
and just relax in the wide open prairie pastures. A stark contrast to the fast-paced thrill ride
that now sits in its place. and for Frontierland's signature attraction, Was it an animatronic musical revue? Was it a runaway Mine Train? No. It was mules. Just mules. Groups of ten would hop on their own mule
and be led through the tall rock formations and desert-like conditions of Frontierland. This live animal attraction
called the mule pack lasted in the park for nearly 20 years occasionally getting a facelift
as the Frontierland area expanded. When the park built the mining village of Rainbow Ridge, the mule ride changed its name
to the Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules. and then again after Nature's Wonderland mine train opened the attraction was renamed 'Pack Mules through Nature's Wonderland.' Some incredibly original and creative naming
by the Park's team. By the end you had passed there a small village
sections of rock formations filled with animatronic animals and slowly traced the trails of an old mine train. With close to 75 working meals in the parks at any given time, the maintenance of live animals
was burdensome and unpredictable. The Mules would often refuse to move,
which didn't make for much of a ride, and if the cast member forced them to move
the situation got even worse. Also, mules would often decide to follow
their own heart rather than the pre-approved path. When Disneyland announced their new e-ticket
roller coaster, Big Thunder Mountain, in the 70s, most of Frontierland, including the pack mules,
were packed up and shipped off into the desert. The pack mule attraction was
one of a kind for Disneyland, with the no other park featuring anything remotely similar. [Music] -[Kevin] Disney's signature circlevision 360
films have been featured in multiple Disney parks throughout the world. and the first film debuted in
Disneyland's Tomorrowland on opening day. Presented as 'Circarama USA,'
the first film to debut was named a 'Tour of the West' Sponsored by American Motors, the 12-minute film utilized groundbreaking technology designed by Disney Legends. The concept apparently came from a
conversation between Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. In which Iwerks was explaining issues that the
crew of the film 'Westward Ho the Wagons' was facing when trying to adapt the newly
introduced cinema scope process. This is when Disney asked Iwerks if there was a way
to make a film that extended the screen even more. Perhaps 360 degrees around the entire audience. What Iwerks and his team were able to produce was more impressive than any previous attempts at cinematic immersion. The resulting exhibit in Tomorrowland, as with other earlier Disneyland attractions, had varying names. These included: American Motors Circarama exhibit, American Motors exhibit, American Motors presents Circarama, and just Circarama. In the sign directly outside the show building, the Circarama logo was presented in black letters. except the letters C-A-R which were colored red. just in case you didn't realize that the exhibit
was sponsored by American Motors. to further drive home the sponsorship-
-[Dan] I see what you did there. -[Kevin] Dan, it's my turn.
-[Dan] Yeah, yeah, sorry. -[Kevin] To further emphasize the sponsorship, American Motors placed five cars on the floor of the theater. The appliance company Kelvinator, which had
recently been absorbed into the American Motors Corporation, also had a variety of kitchen and
home appliances placed around the show building. The film itself was shot using the eleven cameras
placed in a circle on a specially made rig. How did that rig get around? Well, was placed on top of none other
than the American Motors Rambler! Both a sports fastback and roomy
enough for the family, too. and you thought our sponsorship was shameless. By the way, big thanks to Swag IQ for sponsoring this video. The tour of the West film comprised of
exterior shots of landmarks such as: Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon,
Las Vegas, and the streets of Los Angeles. The film was projected above the audience by 11 projectors with small black strips in between each screen. This was done in order to avoid the
blind spots created by the camera rig. Tour of the West lasted until 1960, where it was replaced by a new circle vision film:
'America the Beautiful.' [Music] -[Dan] Do you enjoy snacking at the Tomorrowland Pizza port? Or is it now Pizza Planet? Regardless, of course you don't
because the pizza there is awful. It's practically made out of cardboard and tastes like it's been rehydrated from
some weird NASA approved astronaut freeze-dried packet. Long before the pizza port was dishing out gross quick serve pizza the space was occupied by the opening
day attraction 'Rocket to the Moon' a centerpiece of the Disneyland
Spaceport in Tomorrowland. The Rocket to the Moon attraction took guests
on a simulated space trip to the moon and back using nothing more than two large screens
and circular stadium ride seating. outside the attraction
a massive 80-foot tall rocket ship greeted you. The tallest structure in the park at the time,
three feet taller than the castle. It was placed outside the attraction to give guests
a reference for the ship that they were about to board. [Man] I'd like to give you some idea
about the rocket ship itself. and explain some of the more interesting
highlights of our operation here. So when the flight gets underway, you'll be able to see, by watching the upper screen, what's ahead of you, and by watching the lower screen
you can see what you've left behind. - [Dan] Upon entering the futuristic looking Space Station, you were directed to one of two rockets:
Luna or Diane. Which changed a few years later
to Arcturus and Polaris. In this short queue area there
were special weighing stations that actually told guests what their weight
would be once they landed on the moon. After being directed to their rocket,
guests would enter and sent to a large round. The room featured a screen above their heads
to show where the rocket was going and a central screen on the floor to show a bird's-eye view
of where the rocket was taking off from. The floor would begin to rumble as the rocket took off
thanks to large speakers hidden under the floor. Then guests could peer down in the central screen
showing an ever increasingly distant Anaheim below the ship as the screen up above them showed the
moon growing closer and closer. Eventually the guests would reach the moon,
slowly passing around its orbit, While learning facts from the movies voiceover before flying back down to the surface and landing like one of Alon Musk's new fancy rocket pods this was seriously ahead of its time. Over the many years and many facelifts of
Tomorrowland the ride would get rethemed eventually ending on 'Mission to Mars; until of course the major renovation
to Tomorrowland in 1998, when the ride was gutted and the show building
was transformed into a pizza joint. A new rocket about 30% smaller was built outside
to promote Coca-Cola products, and the only remnant of the ride today is
the high peaked front facade painted over after the Douglas Aircraft Company dropped their sponsorship. [Music] -[Kevin] One of the most recognizable
features of Disneyland's Tomorrowland is the lagoon that currently
hosts Finding Nemo submarine voyage. but this was of course not
present on opening day. it would not be until 1959 that the original
submarine voyage would open in Tomorrowland. So what was in that spot when the park opened? A lagoon. A much less impressive Lagoon. -[Announced] Well, we ought to go down to the boat landing! Ronnie Reagan are you there? Take it away! -[Reagan] Thank you very much, Artie,
and here on the lake of Tomorrowland we have boats made out of fiberglass and
they're as strong and safe as anything afloat. -[Kevin] An attraction named the Tomorrowland boats allowed guests to drive small boats
in laps around the small pond. You heard that right.
Guests were given the wheel. Surprisingly, this turned out to be a bad idea. The small motors of the boat would overheat
when guess attempted to speed up and a tow bow had to come around
and pick up the stranded vessels. On top of this, the smoke released by
the motors was dense and problematic. Disneyland's management came up with a
brilliant solution to enclose the motor within the boat. In another shocking twist,
while this did reduce smoke It only made the overheating problem worse. Another attempted solution was to
add a cast member to each boat which drastically increased the
operating cost of the attraction. The attraction was eventually renamed
to the 'Phantom boats' but the issues proved to be
too much for the small Lagoon, and it would close in August of 1956. It was the first attraction to close, and it is still
the shortest lived Disneyland attraction. [Music] -[Dan] It's almost hard to remember that before
omni movers and massive rotating theatres attractions were sometimes nothing
more than a large moving floor that passed by windows displaying gorgeously detailed paintings. This was the case for Space Station X-1 a futuristic experience that took guests high into orbit to a remote Space Station that overlooked a vast, distant,
picturesque views of the earth below. upon boarding the large circular yellow Space Station
you would begin your journey on the East Coast as a sunrise crested over the horizon and by the end of your journey,
you would witness a lovely sunset on the west coast. The show building was a large circular room
with a massive painted portrait of the earth that wrapped around the exterior. The mural was textured and 3-D giving the illusion of
a live topographical view of the earth from orbit. The black space above the painting was lying
with pinhole lights to simulate distant stars while clouds and storms were projected under the surface. [Music] [Announcer] Close by one of our studio artists was painting
a miniature model of what was to be our cyclorama. When completed in full-scale,
it will be seen in Tomorrowland. And would give the illusion of a panoramic view of America As seen from a space station. Traveling in an orbit 500 miles above the Earth. -[Dan] You would travel around the room in front of your
small 3 foot by 4 foot window peering out over the painting that showed off small cities, rolling mountains,
and even a deep forest with a fire that billowed smoke. eventually the ride was updated and renamed a satellite view of America after the first real US satellite provided
aerial views of the world in 1958. But low attendance and disinterest in space
led to the attraction closing in early 1960 replaced by the Art of Animation exhibit. [Music] -[Kevin] Visiting present-day Disneyland could be a fantastic experience The rides, shows, and various entertainment options
provide fun for all ages. But there is one thing missing
in the Happiest Place on Earth. That is, of course, a science museum. While this is absent from
Disneyland current attraction line up, on opening day such an experience did exist. The Monsanto Hall of Chemistry was a free walk through museum
focusing on the wonders of chemicals and plastics. The outside of the building featured an illustration of an atom with fountains and lights dancing along the wall. the inside was an exhibit promoting
Monsanto's creation of various products. The signature exhibit in the Hall of chemistry was the Chemitron, Eight tubes each containing a different basic natural element
that was used by Monsanto to create over 500 chemicals. The idea of this aged about as well as an exhibit
called the magic of lobotomies would have, but it lasted a surprising 11 years. Eventually closing in September 1966
due to declining interest from the public and a better utilize the large building in Tomorrowland. In 1967, the space would be transformed
into another Monsanto sponsored attraction: Adventures through Inner Space which would eventually be replaced by
the building's current tenant Star Tours. [Music] The Tomorrowland area of Disneyland was
one of the most heavily sponsored parts of the park with tons of companies trying to
put a face and brand on the future. And while most riots were sponsored by big corporations, some took it a step further by actually installing
exhibits of their futuristic products in the park. Which is what brings us to: The Kaiser Aluminum Hall of Fame. The bright shiny lightweight material was
the metal of the future in 1955, and the aluminum Hall of Fame was there
to dazzle guests when all its splendid wonders. The self-guided walk through tour attraction featured
dozens of wild creations all out of aluminum. First, guests were greeted by the Kaiser aluminum pig,
the mascot for the attraction alongside a massive aluminum telescope structure. Next, guests would see more practical uses of aluminum
with appliances building materials and various showcases. You eventually ended up in the final large hall
that housed the future of aluminum. The two big highlights of the
final hall were the 'Timesphere': a massive highly polished aluminum sphere that
displayed medieval knights, firemen, and astronauts all wearing aluminum in one form or another. And the Brightest Star in the World of Metals: a large metallic glowing star. -[Announcer] And now we take you into the
future again and the aluminum exhibit and show you the aluminum telescope. Bob Cummings take it away. -[Cummings] This is Dr. Heinz Harbor and I'm sure you will
remember him from Walt Disney's Tomorrowland. Mr. Harper has a very interesting experiment to show us here
as we stand in front of this giant aluminum telescope which was built especially for the Disneyland show. -[Dan] Soon after the park opened, Kaiser felt
that Disney was spreading himself too thin and introducing too many possible
competitors to the Kaiser brand. They immediately wanted out but Walt convinced them
to stick around for a few years longer. But eventually, the company and their lavish display packed up and
left the theme park of the moment their five-year contract expired. Today the building that once housed the shiny metal now houses a robot made of shiny metal as it was absorbed into the show building needed for Star Tours. [Music] -[Kevin] Disney, being such a family-oriented brand,
rarely tries to appeal to a strictly older audience. Rarely. That said, when Disneyland first opened
Main Street USA featured a small little shop with the sign: Intimate apparel, brassieres, Torsolettes. -[Deep Voice] Oh yeahhhh -[Kevin] Walk inside and it is in fact a lingerie shop. Presented by Hollywood Maxwell brassiere company of Los Angeles. -[Deep Voice] City of Angels, baby. -[Kevin] Inside you will meet the Wonderful Wizard of Bras Speaking from a smooth 8-track
and turning round and round on a rotating stage, the wizard takes you through the history of the land down undies See the unmentionables of recent history n 3-D illusion boxes and watch those undies appear or
-[Deep Voice] You get the idea. -[Dan] Kevin you're having a little too
much fun with this we should probably wrap it up. -[Kevin] Fine. That's basically it.
it was a lingerie store right next to Grandma's baby shop. Which intimate apparel, brassieres,
and torsolettes actually outlived. The Wizard of Bras and the store only lasted
until January of 1956 before it was absorbed by the neighboring glass and china shop. Special thanks to Disney Dan for
helping out with this video. Go check out his Youtube channel with
the link in the description, and forget to download swag IQ with the link below. Thanks for watching and-
-[Deep Voice] we'll see you next time on Defunctland. -[Dan] Oh man you've got some issues. [Rap Music] [The end of The Star Spangled Banner Plays]
