Disney secret #42: Attractions Experience in 1955

A list of attractions that Disneyland guests could experience in 1955. Some were operating on opening day, while others premiered as the year progressed. It’s amazing that there are attractions from 1955 that you can still enjoy 59 years later.

Main Street, USA

Horse-drawn Street Cars

Horse-drawn Fire Wagon (no longer operating)

Horse-drawn Surreys (no longer operating)

Main Street Arcade (now primarily a shop)

Main Street Cinema

Main Street Shooting Gallery (removed 1962)

Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad (renamed to Disneyland Railroad, 1974)

Fantasyland

Canal Boats of the World (became Storybook Land Canal Boats, 1956)

Casey Jr. Circus Train (Storybook Land scenery added, 1956)

Dumbo Flying Elephants (enhanced, new location, 1983)

King Arthur Carrousel (new location, 1983)

Mad Tea Party (enhanced, new location, 1983)

Mickey Mouse Club Theater (renamed to Fantasyland Theater, 1964; closed 1981)

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride (enhanced, 1983)

Peter Pan Flight (enhanced, 1983)

Snow White’s Adventures (became Snow White's Scary Adventures, 1983)

Tomorrowland

Autopia (numerous enhancements over the years)

Circarama U.S.A., “A Tour of the West” (original film closed 1959; original theater closed 1966)

Dutch Boy Paint Color Gallery (closed 1963)

Kaiser’s Hall of Aluminum Fame (closed 1960)

Monsanto Hall of Chemistry (closed 1966)

Rocket to the Moon (closed 1966)

Space Station X-1 (became Satellite View of America, 1958; closed 1960)

Thimble Drome Flight Circle (closed 1966)

Tomorrowland Boats (became Phantom Boats, 1955; closed 1956)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (closed 1966)

The World Beneath Us, presented by Richfield Oil Co. (closed 1960)

Frontierland

Conestoga Wagon (closed 1959)

Davy Crockett Museum (converted primarily to retail space, 1955)

Golden Horseshoe Revue (original show closed 1986)

Indian Village (originally near Adventureland; moved to current site of Critter Country, 1956; closed 1971)

Mark Twain Riverboat

Mike Fink Keel Boats (closed 1997)

Mule Pack (became Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules, 1956; became Pack Mules Through Nature’s Wonderland, 1960; closed 1973)

Stagecoach Ride (became Rainbow Mountain Stagecoach Ride, 1956; closed 1959)

Adventureland

Jungle Cruise (numerous enhancements over the years)