ALSO SEE: \u2018Disneyland Handcrafted\u2019 changes everything you think you know about Disneyland<\/a><\/p>\n Disney executives calculated a Tomorrowland makeover would not do enough to increase Disneyland\u2019s attendance, according to the WSJ report.<\/p>\n The rejected Tomorrowland proposals happened at a time of diminished ambition at Disney when theme parks executives didn\u2019t trust Imagineering could deliver projects on time and on budget, according to the WSJ report.<\/p>\n ALSO SEE: Meet the \u2018unsung hero\u2019 who helped Walt Disney build Disneyland<\/a><\/p>\n Bob Chapek, who took over Disney\u2019s theme parks business in 2015 and served as CEO from 2020 to 2022, was intensely focused on getting Imagineering to stick to budgets and manage costs of theme park projects, WSJ reported.<\/p>\n Disney financial executives approved or disapproved Imagineering budget items line by line during the Chapek era, according to the WSJ report.<\/p>\n Tomorrowland has been a challenge for Imagineering ever since its debut at Disneyland in 1955 \u2014 with visions of the future always becoming dated with the passage of time.<\/p>\n The first makeover of \u201cNew Tomorrowland\u201d in 1967 brought the Carousel of Progress, Adventure Thru Inner Space and the PeopleMover.<\/p>\n A second refurbishment dubbed the \u201cNew New Tomorrowland\u201d in 1998 introduced Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Innoventions and the ill-fated Rocket Rods.<\/p>\n Fans hoped a \u201cNew New New Tomorrowland\u201d was coming in 2019 when the \u201cFrench Fry Rocks\u201d that flanked the land\u2019s entrance were removed and concept art promoting a fresh new look was posted at the entryway.<\/p>\n Reports surfaced in 2019 that Disneyland would soon embark on a $600 million multi-year reimagining of Tomorrowland, according to WDW News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n Year after year, Disneyland fans anxiously awaited an announcement that never came.<\/p>\n Over the past decade, Tomorrowlands at Disney parks around the globe have added new attractions like Tron Lightcycle Power Run (Magic Kingdom in Florida), Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle (Hong Kong Disneyland), Iron Man Experience (Hong Kong Disneyland) and Happy Ride with Baymax (Tokyo Disneyland).<\/p>\n The Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster-style rides<\/a> at Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Magic Kingdom have been undergoing extensive upgrades. Tokyo Disneyland\u2019s Space Mountain is getting a $400 million makeover<\/a> with a facade featuring neon blue undulating curves.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, empty or idle attractions continue to dot Disneyland\u2019s Tomorrowland, including Innoventions\/Star Wars Launch Bay, People Mover\/Rocket Rods, Tomorrowland Theater and Starcade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney accountants forced Walt Disney Imagineering to shelve a massive makeover of Disneyland\u2019s Tomorrowland because the return on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-131874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Workmen](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768326487_150_OCR-L-DISNEYLAND-HANDCRAFTED-0105-07.jpg\")
Workmen install the Moonliner rocket in Tomorrowland at Disneyland before the park opened in 1955. (Courtesy of Disney)<\/p>\n![\"Overhead](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-DIS-DISNEYLAND-03-JAG.jpg\")
Overhead tracks of the PeopleMover, defunct since 1995, at Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-DIS-NILES-0331-031.jpg\")
The Rocket Rods attraction took over the PoepleMover track as part of the New Tomorrowland in 1998 at Disneyland. (File photo by Michael Kitada, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n![\"As](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DisneylandRocks2.jpg\")
As seen in 2018, The entrance to Tomorrowland at Disneyland on Monday, Sep 17, 2018. The rocks were being removed as of August 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n![\"Star](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCR-L-DISNEYLAND-JG-15.jpg\")
Star Wars Launch Bay in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n