How I would improve Disneyland, part one

This is the first in a series of posts of something so near and dear to me...

I love Disneyland. I love it a lot. I go there all the time, in spite of the constant hikes in prices that will probably price me away from it someday.

However, I have also contributed to several forums on Disney that involve things that ordinary people would have done to improve and Imagineer the Disney theme park experience, especially Disneyland. I've done many, many threads on that one subject, all with varying degrees of success. With that, in mind, this is the first in a series of posts on the subject of the Imagineering of Disneyland that I would do, if only I could.

We begin on Main Street USA. First and most obvious, the Disneyland attraction posters in the tunnels leading into the park are updated to reflect what I would do. The train around the park will receive a new script, which I will get to later.

Main Street itself will receive the least amount of updates, but it will have some updates nevertheless. Everything will be generally cleaned up and freshened up, and the merchandise will now again reflect only the names of the store establishments rather than just have everything in the same shops. The one exception is the Emporium, obviously.

In the Opera House where Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln is shown, the short film on Disneyland with Steve Martin and Donald Duck is replaced by another film about Disney parks in general, with an emphasis on Disneyland, of course. This film will be added to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, too.

Meanwhile, the Main Street Cinema will now have a brand-new set of Disney cartoons. The only one left intact will be Steamboat Willie. The rest of the cartoons, like Steamboat Willie, will all have something in common: the debut cartoons of classic Disney characters or series in question. Steamboat Willie obviously is the premier debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The other five cartoons therefore will be Mickey's Revue (first appearance of Goofy), The Chain Gang (first appearance of Pluto), The Wise Little Hen (first appearance of Donald Duck), Don Donald (first appearance of Daisy Duck) and The Skeleton Dance (the first Silly Symphony cartoon). As in the past, these cartoons will all be black and white and deprived of sound. The ragtime music will be the same as usual:

By retaining Steamboat Willie, the main marquee seen from the street bearing the title will be the same. Also, Steamboat Willie itself will be changed. The version seen today continues to be an edited version which removes Mickey playing with a mother pig's nipples to make her squeal so he can make music. But now, that scene will be restored.

Other than that, though, Main Street will be pretty much as it is right now.

Stay tuned for when I start moving on around the park, beginning with Adventureland...