Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 I have heard about a never-built dark ride for Disneyland back in the 1970s, called Mickey's Mad House, which was created for the never-built Dumbo's Circusland. According to The Book of Mouse: "Using a traditional wild mouse coaster similar to the Primeval Whirl in Disney's Animal Kingdom, guests would careen madly back and forth, not able to see clearly where they were going, while they experienced the wild antics of early black-and-white Mickey Mouse cartoons." Here is another source about it: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/may721051SMALL.jpg">http://parksandresorts.wdprome...MALL.jpg</a>. My question is, does anyone have any additional information about this never-built attraction?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt From what I know that's about it. I remember seeing the concept art and the model for Circusland in the old Preview Center on Main Street when I was kid. It looked pretty cool, and there was even an AA circus and a hot air balloon ride that traveled to Discovery Bay. Another cool feature was that Casey Jr. was to be rerouted so that its loading station was in Circusland. Model: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://media.tumblr.com/13824e856c493a36c3122b594c4ff4a3/tumblr_mq5223z8zq1rz4i0fo2_1280.jpg">http://media.tumblr.com/13824e...1280.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 Do you (or anyone else) know of any way I can find more information about it?
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 >>Google search?<< I've done that several times, and I just get the runaround.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think the info linked in this thread covers pretty much everything I've ever heard about it. I might be mistaking it with something else, but I think one of the concepts was to have the ride be in black & white, which would have been a fun treatment In general, I'm glad that they decided against building Dumbo's Circusland. The concept model and art remind me of all of those regional parks with a "county fair" themed area that was built in the 70's. While it's a logical and easy theme, they haven't aged gracefully, and really don't compare to the level of theming that Disney typically does. Storybook Circus in MK is really the first time I've seen that theme done <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://negative-g.com/six-flags-great-america/2002/SFGAM-2002-County-Fair.jpg">http://negative-g.com/six-flag...Fair.jpg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparkarchive.com/Archive/Large/6039.jpg">http://www.themeparkarchive.co...6039.jpg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparkarchive.com/Archive/Large/3253.jpg">http://www.themeparkarchive.co...3253.jpg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.negative-g.com/six-flags-worlds-of-adventure/2003/SFWoA-5-10-03-Midway.jpg">http://www.negative-g.com/six-...dway.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "In general, I'm glad that they decided against building Dumbo's Circusland." Circusland (as a concept, not the exact execution) was eventually built, but not at Disneyland: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.easywdw.com/reports5/ytrhniuks80.jpg">http://www.easywdw.com/reports...ks80.jpg</a> Many of the thematic elements from Circusland eventually made their way to the Magic Kingdom.
