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."
It is this movement into the future that has, on occasion, left
Tomorrowland mired in the past. 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 Disney animated film Meet the Robinsons (which is set mainly in the year 2037) features an amusement park called Todayland, which has rides that look remarkably like Space Mountain and Disneyland's original Rocket Jets.
Dedication
"A vista into a world of wondrous ideas, signifying Man's
achievements... A step into the future, with predictions of constructed
things to come. Tomorrow offers new frontiers in science, adventure and
ideals. The Atomic Age, the challenge of Outer Space and the hope for a
peaceful, unified world."
— Walter E. Disney, July 17, 1955
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