Dedication Plaque
Main Street, U.S.A. is America at the Turn of the century - the crossroads of an era. The gas lamp and the electric lamp - the horse-drawn car and the auto car. Main Street is everyone's hometown - the heartline of America.
Attractions
Walt Disney World Railroad
Town Square Theater (Character Meet & Greet)
Casey’s Corner Pianist
Main Street Vehicles
Flag Retreat
Main Street Trolley Show
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Move It! Shake It! Mouskedance It! Street Party
Enchantment
Food
Casey’s Corner
Crystal Palace
Main Street Bakery (Starbucks)
Plaza Ice Cream Parlor
Plaza Restaurant
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant
-heart with two dog prints on the ground
-twelve paintings on the wall are original works from Don “Ducky” Williams
Shops
City Hall
Harmony Barber Shop
The Chapeau
Confectionery
Crystal Arts
Disney Clotheirs
Disney & Co
Emporium
Main Street Athletic Club
Main Street Cinema
Main Street Gallery
Uptown Jewelers
Attractions of the Past
Penny Arcade (1971-1995)
Main Street Cinema (1971-1998)
Swan Boats (1973-1983)
The Walt Disney Story (1973-1992)
VMK Central
Dream Along with Mickey (2006-2016)
Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom (2012-2021)
Town Square Cafe (1971-1989; now Tony’s Town Square Restaurant)
Iconic Characters
Summer Magic
-Osh Popham is proprietor of Emporium
-Carey girls own the Chapeau
-From Imagineering: “Nancy [Carey] moved to Main Street after spending many happy years with her family in the ‘yellow house’ in beautiful Beulah. She had set out to seek her fortune, but she wanted to do something artistic, something that would bring happiness to people.
And at the height of ragtime and hometown Easter parades, nothing could compare to fine headwear! So Nancy enlisted her notoriously fashion-conscious cousin, Julia Carey, and opened a small millinery and hat shop, where together they would design, make, and sell hats of all sorts for the ladies and gentlemen of Main Street. They dubbed their new venture the Chapeau, a suitably highbrow name reflecting the time Julia spent in the fashion capital of the world, Paris.”
Citizens of Main Street
-Dapper Dans
Details to check out
Entrance under the train tracks acts as entrance to movie; posters for coming attractions; smell of popcorn; window names act as credits
The Windows on Main Street
Partners statue (sculpted by Blaine Gibson)
-“I chose to depict Walt as he was in 1954. I think that was when Walt was in his prime. It was tough trying to match the media image of Walt Disney, the one the public knows, to the real Walt, the one we knew. I think Walt is admiring the park and saying to Mickey, ‘Look what we’ve accomplished together,’ because truly they were very much a team through it all. ‘Look at all the happy people who have come to visit us today.’”
-‘STR’ logo reference to Smoke Tree Ranch
-has an Irish Claddagh wedding ring on right hand
-size of Mickey based on Walt’s gestures while voice acting for “The Pointer”
-installed in 1993
Sharing the Magic statue (sculpted by Blaine Gibson)
-“Roy is sitting back in the bench which indicates he was there first and Minnie came to him, not that he came to him, not that he came up to her to ask why she was sitting down and not working…Also, he is holding her hand underneath so he is supporting it, just like he always supported Walt’s dreams. Roy was very underrated.”
-installed in 1999
Related Media
Disney
Classic
Summer Magic; So Dear To My Heart; Pollyanna
Kids
Casey At The Bat; Lady and the Tramp; The Muppets (2011)
Teens/Adults
Books
Windows on Main Street (Chuck Snyder)
Walt Disney: An American Original
Peanuts
Carl Barks’ Donald Duck comics
Misc
Four Parks, One World
-“All Aboard”
-“Welcome Medley”
Walt Disney World Official Album
-“All Aboard”
-“Flitterin’”
Walt Disney World Band
Non-Disney
Classic
Hello, Dolly!
The Music Man
Kids
Teens/Adults
Lars and the Real Girl
Books
Misc.
“World Traveler” (Counting Stars, Andrew Peterson)
“Hoopes I Did It Again” (Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right, Relient K)
Rock Hilloploy (board game)
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