Plans to Reimagine Disneyland’s Tomorrowland Were Turned Down

A recent Wall Street Journal feature on Walt Disney Imagineering reveals that there were plans to refurbish Tomorrowland in Disneyland Park, but Disney executives deemed it not worth the investment. Disneyland Tomorrowland Refurbishment Rumors of a large refurbishment of Tomorrowland in Disneyland Park have existed since 2019, when word broke of a multi-year, $600 million dollar re-imagining of the entire land with a completion estimate of 2025-26. The rumor persisted into 2022 when it was expected to be a headline announcement at that year’s D23. Disneyland’s Tomorrowland has been in a state of steady decay for years, peppered with defunct attractions and empty spaces following a series of “New Tomorrowland” update attempts, including a failed 1998 steampunk retheme that saw Space Mountain painted brown and the return of 1967-inspired details in 2020....