my idea for a new disney world ride. please signal boost this so that this ride can be at disney world.

What's old is new, time to get on the move. Trash cans are needed at the reimagined Adventureland Treehouse! // Disneyland Resort, Disneyland, Adventureland, Adventureland Treehouse, 2023 [Source: Sent from Disneyland. Used by Permission.]

1959 Disneyland poster

California Adventure Opening Day Map, February 8, 2001

Artwork that came with a limited edition pin at Disneyland.

Monsters After Dark fun facts!

Apologies for the delay on the major Tower posts; real life is busy, you know how it goes. But in the meantime, here's some interesting things I just learned/confirmed about the only version of Mission Breakout I like, Monsters After Dark:

Aside from the launch, and the timing of the show stops, the drop profile is the same as original DCA Tower of Terror. This is most obvious in the "final charge" up the drop shaft to the big final plunge. During regular Mission Breakout, "Born to be Wild" also uses this combination of drops.

At least one of the Hallway Scenes is still installed in the ride, just covered over by the screen in front. It's in poor condition, as one would expect, but it IS still there.

In the junk section in front of the old "face shaped boiler", not only are there the King and Queen portraits (although the Queen seems to have been missing from her frame for a bit) and one of the dragon statues from the lobby, but allegedly some of the cables hanging down are actual retired drop shaft car cables from the Tower of Terror era. Supposedly they're near Harold the Yeti.

The interior black paint in the loading/unloading zone is EXCEPTIONALLY peeling. In one first-floor zone (I believe it was far left), an entire section of wall had peeled back to expose the original Tower of Terror beige and teal coloring. Seriously, was there no budget for paint that actually sticks to the wall???

The source for 1-3 was a cast member I chatted with while waiting in line; apparently he's one of the few who's worked there since the Tower of Terror era (he said the combination of the re-theme swiftly followed by covid closures meant many other CMs left). #4 was merely an observation I had while riding the ride. Seriously, there was like a 2.5-foot circle of wall that was just... Tower of Terror's wall.

I'm not sure I'd personally say Monsters After Dark has "the same" drop profile as Tower of Terror--changing the launch and the placement of the show stops IS changing it, in my opinion. However, I did notice it felt similar from my first ride on Monsters After Dark, and from the start felt like the Halloween overlay was very much "let's get as much of Tower back as we can within GOTG constraints." Apparently I was far more correct than I thought! I also thought that Born to be Wild had the drop profile that least fit the intended song--perhaps that's a result of it using a "recycled" profile. Meanwhile, Monsters After Dark fits its drops perfectly, likely because the music was custom-composed for it the same way Tower's score was.

I'm curious about the remains of the Hallway Scene. I assumed that the GOTG elements required all of the space it had taken up, so the fact that at least one is left is intriguing. Unfortunately, we'll probably not get answers regarding that anytime soon.

Moana preview 5

San Fransokyo Square Has Opened on Disney's California, the area features some easter eggs to the Big Hero 6 universe which includes Big Hero 6: The Series.

The San Fransokyo Makers Market gift shop on San Fransokyo Square on Disney's California Adventure has nods to Big Hero 6: The Series with the bots on the artwork being from the series.

The San Fransokyo Makers Market Gift Shop features many merchandise featuring artwork from Big Hero 6: The Series.

In Animal Kingdom news, Zootopia is now replacing Tough to be a Bug, with a show emphasizing the biomes of the city while the current frontrunner for the Dinoland replacement is now a Central/South America land based around Encanto and Indiana Jones.

I still say the ideal compromise for a Dinosaur replacement is "Indiana Jones and the Lost World", especially since Carnotaurus was already a South American species.

The new Figment walkaround has been unveiled.

If Jurassic Park was real the DefunctLand video on it would open with "66 Million Years ago, an asteroid the size of Mount Everest slammed into the Gulf of Mexico,"

you KNOW youre about to have a good time when defunctland is covering a really shitty children's dark ride that doesnt exist anymore

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner: doctor, I have depression

Kevin “Defunctland” Perjurer: go see the great clown Michael Eisner. He sucks shit and he knows it. He’s so bad at running a theme park he makes me roar with laughter. He cries at board meetings because he knows he’s nothing.

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner: but doctor–

Kevin “Defunctland” Perjurer: I know who you are

After being vacated from World of Motion in 1996, this Sea Serpent took a hike over to Disney’s California Adventure! They could be found in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot and later next to the Backlot Stage, before being removed in 2010. They have sadly not been seen since.

California. Food. Wine. Salt?“ // Salt & Pepper Shaker, Disney California Adventure, Food & Wine Festival, 2023 [Source: smartwatermelon. Used by Permission.]