Circarama / America the Beautiful


The Circarama was one of the original attractions at Disneyland.
It was sponsored by American Motor Cars and the first movie was called "A Tour of the West" where you could watch a 360 degree movie of the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Las Vegas, Balboa Bay and Los Angeles.

Wow... look how little there was back then!


Here is an old entrance picture:


Here is the building front after things started filling in around it:


Once inside, there was a huge room with car displays:


And Kelvinator displays:



In 1960 Bell System took over sponsorship and the film changed to America the Beautiful.




It stayed pretty much the same until 1975 when they added some Bicentennial scenes and then in 1984 it was changed to The Wonders of China in the morning and American Journeys in the afternoon. In 1997 they brought back The Bicentennial version of America the Beautiful for the final year before it was closed down for good.

Hope you all have a great Disney Sunday!

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