EDITORIAL: Back when Disneyland opened, it represented a revolutionary new way to entertain guests. Among Walt's edicts: his park wouldn't sell peanuts, gum, cotton candy, or ice cream bars; it would charge an entry fee; it would be built by filmmakers, not carnies... And – according to some, most important of all – it wouldn't serve alcohol. That's about to change. Will it destroy Disneyland...?

Today, we'll take a look at some of the animatronic figures you can find at Disney and Universal Parks without being on a ride...

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Here, we've collected a countdown of the 10 most immersive theme park lands we know

The four theme parks operating outside of North America have created some of the most wonderful attractions in the world.

Some of the greatest characters in Disney's vast collection are theme park exclusives; original characters created just for the parks

The Walt Disney Company owns, operates, or authorizes the usage of its brands at six different theme parks around the world. Four of them are outside of the United States, with one in Europe and three in Asia. Few theme park tourists are fortunate enough to visit all of them. That’s tragic, because

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LOST LEGENDS: The Timekeeper: In the 1990s, Disney set out to revitalize the tired Tomorrowland concept. Their new generation of the land of the future would be marked by ambitious world-building, original characters, and absolutely no Disney intellectual properties. As wild as it might've seemed, one of the standout attractions from these new and very different worlds was an adaptive re-use of 1950s technology... Watch as Circle-Vision becomes THE TIMEKEEPER.

POSSIBILITYLAND: Never-Built Disney Mountains: If there's one thing Disney Parks thrill-seekers know to look for, it's a mountain peak. After all, since Disneyland's first decade, the connection between Disney and its mountainous thrills has become second nature. But these ten Disney peaks never saw the light of day... Would-be wonders, almost-headliners, and could-be classics, these towering mountains could've changed Disney Parks forever...

In this special countdown, we'll conquer the 12 headlining Disney Parks attractions built around "mountains" to see which peaks truly come out on top.