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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

A Tarzan deathtrap and an 80ft Goofy: prepare for your tour of scrapped Disneyland rides

Mickey Mouse poses in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.
Mickey Mouse poses in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. Photograph: Joshua Sudock/Walt Disney Resorts/Getty Images

Sad to say, but you have just missed out on one of the greatest auctions of all time. Earlier this month in Beverly Hills, as part of its The Art of Disneyland collection, Heritage Auctions sold off a collection of artwork commissioned by Disney, for a number of rides and attractions that were initially conceived for Disneyland but never actually built.

As such, the lots amount to a parallel universe; one in which millions of visitors a year would have strolled through the bellies of giant crocodiles gazing at aquarium exhibits, travelled around on Steamboat Willie’s paddle boat and embarked on another Pinocchio-themed water flume that would have flung visitors through the mouth of Monstro the whale.

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