Explore the troubled history of Disney’s California Adventure. From the Burbank Disney Park, its origins as Westcot, to the original abandoned plans for the Disneyland Result, and what led to one of Disney’s Worst Theme Parks. Donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Yester_World Follow Mark on Twitter! (@yester_world) http://bit.ly/yesterworld_m Follow Mark on Instagram! (yester_world) http://bit.ly/Yestergram SHOP: https://yesterworldentertainment.spreadshirt.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YesterworldEntertainment/ Music sourced from MusicVine.com: Adi Goldstein - Mysterious Thoughts https://musicvine.com/track/adi-goldstein/mysterious-thoughts Thanks to Davelandweb for digging up the amazingly detailed initial conceptual rendering of the original California Adventure. INFORMATION SOURCES: Yesterworld: The Disastrous History of Disney’s California Adventure - Part 1 https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20180603/33914/declassified-disaster-disneys-california-adventure-part-2 https://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2008/03/disney-california-adventure-that-never.html http://angryap.blogspot.com/2013/03/disneys-california-adventure-concept.html https://www.yesterland.com/dcapreview.html https://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/dca-what-happened_03.html https://alchetron.com/WestCOT https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20151212/31106/california-mis-adventure-how-disneylands-second-gate-crashed-burned-and-was?page=3 https://www.sfgate.com/offbeat/article/superstar-limo-california-adventure-monsters-inc-15465342.php https://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2001/01/01/278.aspx https://www.mouseplanet.com/12123/The_Burbank_DisneyMGM_Studios_That_Never_Was http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/08/24/why-for-didn-t-the-walt-disney-company-go-forward-with-construction-of-the-port-disney-project.aspx http://progresscityusa.com/2009/04/29/neverworlds-bicentennial-special-port-disney/ http://samlanddisney.blogspot.com/2009/09/plausible-impossible-westcot-center-and_21.html https://www.yesterland.com/westcot1.html VIDEO SOURCES: “The Imagineering Story: The Midas touch” “The Imagineering Story: Hit Or Miss” Disney Decade News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVPO8ZegCi8 ProgressCityPublicTV - Disney-MGM Backlot Presentation 1987 - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BHoHFQFUkNs ProgressCityPublicTV - Mickey’s Birthdayland 1988 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuHLgskCxY Resort TV1 - 1993 WDW Vacation Planner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCfudEgns8 Sam’s Disney Diary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWS1G0sd1eM ProgressCityPublicTV - Grand Opening of Euro Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgcBk8CeUQQ DisneyParkVideos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gUcKp20LQs Fantasy on Skis - GrassRoots Community Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hjRXIawkQ&t=186s The Disneyland Story - DisneyParkVideos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZe2kbkCGU RetroWDW - WDW Concept Art from Imagineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-5DCTQgNek David Oneal - 1998 Disneyland Tomorrowland Press video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjDBj4wMNg Disneyland 40th Anniversary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGRJGrWOa0&t=7s Resort 1TV - Backstage magic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5zon2XFT8 Disney’s California Adventure Teaser Promotional Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_5TBntbJM MouseSteps / JWL Media - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RByhjVxesTA&t=102s ozzyray - Re-Dedication of Disneyland's New Tomorrowland in 1998 Rocket Rods - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YesabifxyAs&t=6s Laughingplace - Main Street Electrical Parade Farewell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDl21d8cyEc