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List of media based on Disney theme-park attractions

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This is a media based upon Disney attractions produced by Walt Disney Pictures. While Disney Parks generally adapt movies into rides, some Disney theme park attractions have been adapted into or have served inspiration for films,[1] books,[2] comic books,[3] and television pilots. Disney entered the television field with a network TV show named after Disneyland (which was then its only park, and was being built at the time), in order to fund the park. In this series, some episodes featured the park or a park attraction.[4] The Walt Disney Company pioneered and is the only film company and theme park company to have converted theme park attractions to film productions. However, lackluster results were achieved for most of these films except for the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[5] Walt Disney Pictures produced two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels in 2006 and 2011 that made approximately a billion dollars each at the box office.[6]

At first, Disney had merely dabbled with this type of film. Disney Telefilms made the first movie-based-on-ride, Tower of Terror, for the Wonderful World of Disney anthology television series in 1997.[7] In 2000, Touchstone Pictures made Mission to Mars based on the closed ride of the same name.[5][8]

With the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise being on Disney's top franchise,[6] the company had been looking for additional projects in this category.[9] Disney Pictures took another push at additional adaptations in the 2010s.[9]

television series[edit]

title genre attractions year/s number of series number of episodes original channel
It's a Small World: The Animated Series animations It's a Small World 2013 1 8[10][11][12] Disney.com
Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings[13] Documentary Disney Parks 2017–20 2 14 Freeform (series 1)
Disney+ (series 2)
The Imagineering Story 2019 1 6[14] Disney+
Behind the Attraction 2021 1 10[15]

short film[edit]

title genre attractions year director
Tales of the Code: Wedlocked fantasy/swashbuckler Pirates of the Caribbean 2011 James Ward Byrkit

video games[edit]

title console/s attraction year
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom[16] NES Disney parks 1990
Mickey's Great Adventure in Tokyo Disneyland .[17] SNES Tokyo Disneyland 1994
The Walt Disney World Explorer Microsoft Windows
Apple Macintosh
Walt Disney World 1996
The Walt Disney World Explorer - Second Edition
Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour[18] Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Windows, PlayStation 2000
The Haunted Mansion[19] PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube The Haunted Mansion 2003
Virtual Magic Kingdom[20] Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X Disney parks 2005
Toy Story Mania! in 3D[21] iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Toy Story Midway Mania! 2009
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures[22]  Xbox 360 (with Kinect), Xbox One, Microsoft Windows DisneyLand 2011
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge[23] Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge 2020

Reception[edit]

Critical and public response[edit]

Note projects with no score on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and/or CinemaScore are not included in this list.
Note 2 video games are not included on the list.
project Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
The Imagineering Story N/A 62 (7 reviews)[24]
Behind the Attraction N/A 72 (4 reviews)[25]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • N/ANot applicable

References[edit]

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  4. Griffin, Sean. "Walt Disney Programs". Encyclopedia of Television. The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Search this book on
  5. 5.0 5.1 Bacle, Ariana (April 23, 2014). "Theme park ride-based movies: Will 'Small World' follow the trend?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Fleming, Mike, Jr. (March 21, 2017). "Sean Bailey On How Disney's Live-Action Division Found Its 'Beauty And The Beast' Mojo". Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "Disney Sets ABC Pix". Variety. May 1, 1997. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. Schwarzbaum, Lisa (March 17, 2000). "Mission to Mars". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Breznican, Anthony (January 28, 2013). "Disney's mysterious '1952' movie has a new name ... 'Tomorrowland'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. "Disney Creates "It's A Small World" Animated Web Series". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  11. "Design Behind the Scenes, The making of It's a Small World: The Animated Series – Disney Insider". Disney Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  12. "DISNEY IT'S A SMALL WORLD: THE ANIMATED SERIES & TRAILER". Mommy Factor. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  13. https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-ben-higgins-lauren-bushnell-host-disneys-fairytale-weddings-1202018736/
  14. https://dtcimedia.disney.com/disney-plus/the-imagineering-story
  15. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/dwayne-johnson-dany-garcia-nacelle-company-behind-the-attraction-disney-plus-1203358877/amp/
  16. https://archive.org/details/total-10-october-1992/page/34/mode/2up
  17. "ミッキーの東京ディズニーランド大冒険 [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20000511194904/http://www.gamefan.com/repre.asp?g=1722&t=r
  19. http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-haunted-mansion-review/1900-6083733/
  20. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/organizing-a-museum-can-take-a-lesson-from-design-and-digital-media/
  21. http://www.gamefaqs.com/iphone/972578-toy-story-mania/data
  22. https://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/feature/gamescom-2017-day-three-wrapup-call-of-cuphead,471669
  23. Brooks, Dan (16 September 2020). "In Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, You'll Encounter Anthony Daniels' C-3PO…and Meet Master Yoda". StarWars.com. Lucasfilm Ltd. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  24. https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-imagineering-story
  25. https://www.metacritic.com/tv/behind-the-attraction


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