Walt’s Wrecking Ball

Disneyland isn’t a museum. Walt said it would never be complete. So did he actually demolish attractions that were still drawing guests? A 1956 Disneyland Incorporated guidebook is the map. Phantom Boats didn’t work. Tomorrowland’s early exhibits left for the new Tomorrowland, and the buildings mostly stayed. Fantasyland held. Pack mules were an operations problem, not a hit Walt killed. Jungle Cruise stayed. When Small World came home from the World’s Fair, he built past the berm instead of clearing a favorite. Greg walks the 1956 guidebook land by land. The verdict: he only cut the crap. 51 Minutes.