Description: THIS IS a 1990s PHOTO COPY PRINT and NOT ORIGINAL ART This is a PHOTO COPY PRINT from the WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING Art Department RESEARCH PHOTO featuring DISNEYLAND's 1998 version of the New New TOMORROWLAND with Concept Art by Imagineer TONY BAXTER with an attention to ASTRO ORBITOR Tomorrowland 1998–2004: The "New-New Tomorrowland" incarnation Disneyland's Tomorrowland entrance, 2006–2009 Tomorrowland reopened on May 22, 1998, at the cost of a mere $100 million, as the land was hit with budget cuts from Disneyland's president at the time, Paul Pressler. It is loosely based on the retro-futurist concepts of Jules Verne that Disneyland Paris's Discoveryland featured. The entire land was painted in bronzes, golds, and dark browns, with occasional green highlights. New landscaping featured apparent vegetable plots and made reference to "neo-agrarian" concepts. The flagship attraction of the makeover was the Rocket Rods, which attempted to run a fast-paced ride on the former slow-paced PeopleMover track; the ride closed two years later due to intractable mechanical problems. Many of the attractions remained fundamentally the same, but Circle-Vision, Captain EO, and Mission to Mars were all removed. The space formerly occupied by Circle-Vision was partly used for the queue of the Rocket Rods, while Captain EO was replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Mission To Mars was replaced by a restaurant called Redd Rockett's Pizza Port. The Rocket Jets attraction was redressed as a moving sculpture called the Observatron, while a similar attraction called the Astro Orbiter was placed at ground level in the entrance of Tomorrowland where the World Clock once stood. The former America Sings theater became Innoventions, a technology showcase based on the Walt Disney World: EPCOT original. The famous Tomorrowland attraction Space Mountain, which had been a gleaming white color for more than twenty years, was re-painted a copperish-brown color to go along with the redesign of Tomorrowland. The new form of the attraction opened one year later as Astro Orbitor at Disneyland. The new version is a replica of the Orbitron, Machines Volantes at Disneyland Paris. The Astro Orbitor at Disneyland was planned to be placed where the Rocket Jets were, but weighed too much for the current building. Instead, it was relocated to the entrance of Tomorrowland, and placed on ground level, thus making the ride the new focal point as guests step from the main plaza of Disneyland into Tomorrowland. One concept drawing had guests boarding the attraction underground and others had the center of the attraction featuring a water moat (similar to the "Dumbo the Flying Elephant" attraction in Fantasyland). Neither ideas were ever carried out. Tony Wayne Baxter (born February 1, 1947) is the former senior vice president of creative development in Walt Disney Imagineering and was responsible for creating designs and carrying out the construction of attractions all over the world. Baxter was first hired at Disneyland Park in 1965 as an ice cream scooper on Main Street, U.S.A. at the age of 17. During his employment at the park, he held many different positions. He later caught the attention of WED Enterprises (now known as Walt Disney Imagineering). During his first 24 years he built up his rank within the company until he was given the position as senior vice president of creative development in Walt Disney Imagineering. His projects include Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris, and remodeling Fantasyland and Tomorrowland in Disneyland Page is large 17 X 11 in size - This IS an Actual WDI RESEARCH COPY PRINT and is from the 1990s. Item in FAIR /GOOD condition, it DOES HAVE SOME CREASES AND AGE WEAR AS SEEN BEST WITH BACKSIDE WHITE PHOTO. please see pics Multiple purchases can combine shipping. PLEASE USE THE "ADD TO CART" BUTTON TO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS This is a PHOTO COPY PRINT from the WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING Art Department RESEARCH PHOTO featuring the new new TOMORROWLAND. THIS IS A Vintage 1990s PHOTOCOPY AND NOT ORIGINAL ART
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