Main Street, U.S.A. (location)

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Main Street, U.S.A., also known just as Main Street is the setting of the land of the same name in the Disney Parks.

Description[]

Main Street, U.S.A. is a neighbourhood in the town of Marceline, Missouri. While primarily on the street of Main Street, it has been shown to include other streets such as Flower Street and Center Street. The neighbourhood is one of the lands making up the realm of, "The Magic Kingdom". The town is often set around the turn from the 19th to the 20th century.

Features[]

105 Firehouse:
Casey's Corner: A restaurant at the corner of Main Street. The restaurant opened in 1888 and is themed to legendary baseball batter, Casey.
Chapeau shop:
The Crystal Palace:
Emporium: The Emporium is a shop founded in 1863 and run by Osh Popham.^[1]
Franklin Electric Lighting & Appliance Co.:
Jolly Holiday Bakery and Cafe: This is a cafe and bakery with imagery and theming connected to the magical nanny Mary Poppins, as well as decor referencing her former London clients the Banks family.^[2]
Kitty Hawk Bicycle Shop:
Mad Hatter: A millinery with theming to the Mad Hatter from the Alice stories. The upper levels had, "Ragin Ray's – River Rafting Expeditions – Experienced Guides Since '55" run by Ray Van De Warker, locksmith John Louis Catone, and, "The Musical Quill Lyrics and Lobrettos" run by X. Atencio.
Main Street Bakery:
Main Street Cinema:
- Disneyland Casting Agency: Adjacent to the cinema is the office for the Disneyland Casting Agency which hires performers and odd-jobs for businesses around the world. The business was established in, "'55" (likely 1855) by Walt Disney.
Main Street Haunted Hotel:
Main Street Ice Cream Parlor: An ice cream parlour, the second floor of which held Walter E. Disney's, "Graduate School of Design and Master Planning".
Main Street Train Station: Main Street's train station, located near the tunnels at Main Street's entrance. The station used trains from WED Locomotive Works and which provided service for the Disneyland Railroad and Walt Disney World Railroad. Walt Disney was president of the business while R.E. Broggie was general manager.
Market House:
New Century Notions Flora's Unique Boutique:
Opera House: The Opera House is an opera theatre which has a, "Disney Gallery" which showcases exhibits. The building is most famously identified with, "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", in which Abraham Lincoln (or a historic animatronic of him) gives a speech to guests.
Penny Arcade:
Plaza Restaurant:
Refreshment Corner:

Center Street[]

Center Street is a small side-street located around the centre of Main Street, U.S.A..

Center Street Boutique:
Crystal Arts:
Uptown Jewellers:

Flower Street[]

Dapper Dan's Hair Cuts shop:
Discovery Arcade:
Emporium: An emporium at 1401 Flower Street, founded in 1892.
Liberty Arcade:
Market House Delicatessen:
Prehistory Arcade:
Walt's: Located on the corner intersection of Flower Street and Main Street.

Town Square[]

Engine Co. 71 Firehouse: This was a Main Street fire station with a collection of patches collected from around the world, and various Dalmatian puppies of Pongo and Perdita. The firehouse has also been depicted as a headquarters for the wizard Merlin (referred to in Main Street as, "Professor Merlin") which he used to guard the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom which protected the many lands of the realm.
Main Street Chamber of Commerce: The neighbourhood's chamber of commerce, established in 1871.^[3]
Main Street City Hall: The neighbourhood's, "City Hall" building which has a large clock atop it. Inside is a collection of texts on different characters, written by those within their stories.
Main Street Confectionary:

The Train Station as seen from outside Main Street
Main Street Train Station:
Harmony Barber Shop: A barbershop established in 1886, and run by the Dapper Dans.
Stables: The stables are located near the Harmony Barber Shop and which were once used as a criminal hideout for Cruella de Vil.
Tony's Town Square Restaurant: A restaurant run by Italian American man, Tony and which was known to serve the dogs, Lady and the Tramp.
Town Square Theater: This is a theater which was created in the year 1901. The theater hosts performances like dances and magic shows, while sending their funds/receipts to the McDuck$ Fiduciary Bank in Duckburg.

History[]

Background[]

19th century[]

The neighbourhood's, "Disneyland Casting Agency" was established in the year, "'55" (likely 1855) by Walt Disney. In 1863, the emporium was established by Osh Popham, a postmaster, caretaker and shopkeeper from the town of Beulah, Maine.

Prior to his death in 1865, president Abraham Lincoln may have given a speech in the Main Street Opera House.

In 1871, the Main Street Chamber of Commerce was established. In 1886, the Harmony Barber Shop was established and run by the musical, "Dapper Dans". In 1888, Casey's Corner was established, possibly by legendary baseball batter, Casey.

In 1889, a woman named Victoria Maxwell died in a Main Street Hotel and became a ghost, seeking new victims.

In 1892, the 1401 Flower Street emporium was founded.

20th century[]

In 1901, Elias Disney did contract work in Main Street's pavement. In the same year, the Town Square Theater was created.

Main Street could frequently be seen hosting the mysterious and magical nanny, Mary Poppins, as well as her chimneysweep companion Bert. The two and their former affiliates the Banks family were presumably connected to the, "Jolly Holiday Bakery and Cafe" which had items and decor relating to them and their past.

Around 1909, the dog couple Lady and the Tramp were present in the neighbourhood. The two dined at, "Tony's Town Square Restaurant" and left their paw-prints in a heart shape in the pavement outside.

Around the 1920s, the Main Street Cinema frequently showed Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Main Street would be frequented and/or home to Roger & Anita Radcliffe along with their dogs Pongo, Perdita, and 99 Dalmatian puppies (presumably around/after the 1950s). Various of the puppies could be found in the Engine Co. 71 Firehouse, while Pongo was the face of the Main Street Volunteer Fire Department. The family's enemy Cruella de Vil also seemed to have a presence in Main Street, and may have been responsible for the puppies going missing which caused Roger to leave out missing notices for them.^[4]

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom[]

The Arthurian sorcerer Merlin (known on Main Street as, "Professor Merlin") used the Main Street fire house to guard the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom. The crystal being a magical orb which protected not only Fantasyland, but other realms such as Main Street, U.S.A., Tomorrowland, Frontierland, Liberty Square and Adventureland. The Greek God of the Underworld, Hades, sought to steal the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom so that he could take over the realm of the Magic Kingdom. Hades sent his unintelligent demonic henchmen Pain & Panic to steal the crystal from the fire-station, only for the two to inadvertently shatter the crystal into many pieces which became scattered across the lands of the Magic Kingdom.

Hades then began recruiting, resurrecting and manipulating different villainous figures from across the lands to assist him in assembling the crystal-shards, causing Merlin to recruit various apprentices within the firehouse to help him to save the realm. Within Main Street, Hades posed as Underworld Crime Boss, "Boss Teal" and noticed Cruella De Vil having her henchmen Horace and Jasper rob house to house on Main Street while trying to track-down Pongo and Perdita's puppies, while threatening to use the pair's skins instead of the dogs if they failed. Hades recruited Cruella to find the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom for him, in return for him promising to give her the Dalmatians for her coat.

Cruella and Hades plotted to steal the crystal shard while under the cover of the Main Street fireworks show. While Merlin was on the trolley pursued by Hades' minions, he had Pongo act as guide for his apprentices in their fight against Cruella. Horace and Jasper also rounded up some of Main Street's dogs to lock up in the stables. The apprentices confronted Jasper at a fireworks storing location where he tried attacking them with fireworks as he discounted them for using illusions and magic-tricks, only to wind up trapped in a barrel and knocked aside. When Pongo attempted to rescue the town's dogs, he was dognapped by her and her henchmen.

While Hades and Cruella made plans to steal the crystal shard, Cruella left Horace to batter the dogs to death with a piece of wood. Horace was stopped by Merlin's apprentices who freed the Dalmatian puppies that subsequently attacked Horace. During the fireworks show, Cruella broke into Merlin's secret vault on Main Street by breaking the wall down with her car. When the apprentices confronted her and she attacked them with bombs. While Cruella was distracted, Pongo replaced the crystal shard with a chew toy and while Cruella was enraged by being outsmarted by dogs, the apprentices attacked her. This ruined Cruella's fur coat and caused her to be trapped in the sewers where Hades found her and became enraged.

Later history[]

Development history[]

While often attributed to being based on Walt Disney's home-town of Marceline, Missouri, Main Street was modelled off of designer Harper Goff's home-town of Fort Collins, Colorado. Many of the denizens of the town are tributes to real-world imagineers and Disney Legends.

Appearances[]

Disney Springs[]

Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail[]

A poster on the trail promotes the Main Street Cinema while showing Donald Duck and Daisy Duck in the audience.

Main Street, U.S.A.[]

Main Street is the setting of this land.

Ghost Post[]

Main Street Haunted Hotel[]

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom[]

This defunct interactive attraction started in Main Street. It also had a Main Street based mission themed to One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Trivia[]

Main article: List of Secrets and Easter eggs in Main Street, U.S.A.

Main Street is similar to Buena Vista Street as both are fictional street-based neighbourhoods set in the early 20th century, used as entryways to their respective parks, and which are tied into a fictionalized version of Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company's histories.
Walt Disney wanted Lady and the Tramp (1955) to be set in Marceline, Missouri, the same town which influenced Main Street and which the neighbourhood is often set in.

Gallery[]

References[]

[1] ttp://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-regards-to-mr-popham.html

[2] ttps://allears.net/dlr/dining/photos/jolly-holiday-bakery-cafe/interior/

[3] ttps://touringplans.com/blog/disneys-details-main-street-usa/

[4] ttps://www.bestoforlando.com/articles/find-the-easter-eggs-at-mickeys-town-square-theater/

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