Disneyland's Never Built Westcot
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Westcot, the west coast version of Epcot planned to be built as the second park in the Disneyland Resort in the 1990s was intended to have a land, based on the various countries and cultures of Europe.
One of its major attractions was set to be a recreation of the Timekeeper, an attraction from multiple other Disney Parks.
The Timekeeper was a Circlevision attraction, meaning a film attraction where film screens completely surround you in a circular theater room. But unlike most other Circlevision attractions, this show was hosted by animatronics named the Timekeeper and 9-Eye, who took you on a time travel adventure through history, mainly focused on Jules Verne and other famous figures.
This show also would have most likely featured a unique preshow, as other versions did, to place it in Europe as opposed to Tomorrowland, where the other versions of the attraction were found in Tokyo, Paris, and Orlando. The main show likely would have been a clone of the Walt Disney World version of the show, featuring Robin Williams as host.
This would have ensured that Circlevision remained a part of the Disneyland Resort, as at the moment no Circlevision theaters remain in the two theme parks. But the show would not have aged well, as happened in other versions of the show. A section of the show set in the future featured a flyover of New York City, prominently featuring the Twin Towers. This would have inevitably created problems for the show after 2001, just as it did in Walt Disney World, leading to alterations to be made to the show, leading to its eventual decline.
This is a show that was popular in many different Disney Parks, but it never came to the Disneyland Resort. Assumably it would have seen a similar level of popularity there, maybe even outlasting other versions of the show given that it would have been built much later.
Would you have liked to see a version of The Timekeeper in the Disneyland Resort?
yes would loved to
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