Buena Vista Street

 

Welcome, welcome to the park! You enter here through Buena Vista Street, an alternative of the classic Main Street. Instead of an American town at the turn of the Twentieth Century, you have an area based off of 1920s Los Angeles, when Walt Disney first arrived, similar to the area in Disney's California Adventure Park.

Like Shanghai Disneyland, there is no train around the park. However, the entrance to the park resembles a train station. This resembles the Union Station in L.A. From there, you emerge into the street. There is a small park in the area where you can meet Disney characters. On the left side of the park is Carthay Circle Theater, where you can catch the live performance of Disney's Legacy, an original musical about how Walt Disney became a legend. On the right side is City Hall, where you can get help and services.

Further down the street are shops and restaurants named after Disney characters and important figures in Walt Disney's early career. On the left is Oswald's Market, Mortimer Mouse's Pizza, Clarabelle's Candy Company, and the exhibition How Disney came to Brazil, which tells the Disneyland story from Anaheim to Rio. On the right is Laugh-o-gram Toy store, Disney Bros. Restaurant, Alice's Clothing Store, Hollywood Bowl Burgers, the largest store in the park which is called Steamboat Willie Superstore, and 1923 Welcome Wagon. At the end of the street is the Storytellers statue, which depicts Walt Disney with his suitcase and Mickey Mouse with the quote "We are just getting started here."

Help:

• City Hall

Attractions:

• How Disney Came to Brazil

Entertainment:

• Disney's Legacy

Dining:

• Oswald's Market
• Mortimer Mouse's Pizza
• Disney Bros. Restaurant
• Hollywood Bowl Burgers

Shopping:

• Clarabelle's Candy Company
• Laugh-o-gram Toy Store
• Alice's Clothing Store
• Steamboat Willie Superstore
• 1923 Welcome Wagon

References to Walt's early career:

Carthay Circle--the theater where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first Disney movie, premiered

Oswald's Market--Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character Walt created for Universal

Mortimer Mouse's Pizza-Mortimer was the original name for Mickey before the name was suggested by Walt's wife Lilian

Clarabelle's Candy Company--named after Clarabelle the Cow, who debuted in the cartoon Plane Crazy

Laugh-o-gram Toy Store--named after the original Disney cartoon studio

Disney Bros. Restaurants--predecessor of Laugh-o-gram

Alice's Clothing Store--named after Walt Disney's Alice Comedies

Steamboat Willie Superstore--named after the first Mickey Mouse cartoon

1923 Welcome Wagon--1923 is the year that Walt arrived in Hollywood

My major inspiration for this was the version of this in Disney California Adventure. I decided that like Shanghai Disneyland, there would not be a Main Street U.S.A. I went over several ideas for an entrance street, including Streets of America and Mickey Avenue. I decided on Buena Vista street because it evoked the optimism of Walt Disney himself. I wanted something that would kind of introduce to the Brazilians who started the Disney phenomenon. The rest of the park is to explore the great things that the company is. Some might say that something Brazilian would be more appropriate, but that's fr the next area, the Imagination Ring.