The Main Street, U.S.A. Starbucks in Disneyland has received new decorations referencing Disney stories and attractions.
New Props in Disneyland Starbucks
Market House on Main Street is the Starbucks location at Disneyland. The venue has a bookshop theme with shelves of classic novels and historical collections. This is where we spotted several new books, framed pictures, and sculptures.
In one corner are two vintage Peter Pan artworks. One depicts Peter flying with Wendy, while the other shows him dancing with his shadow.
Among the framed pictures and portraits on this wall is a draft of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The president was a hero of Walt Disney’s and, of course, inspired Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.
A framed black-and-white picture of Lincoln and his family is also on one of the bookshelves, near The Annals of the Civil War.
On a lower bookshelf are some familiar titles: Avventure di Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and collections of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The latter includes several tales that inspired Disney films, including The Brave Little Tailor, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, and Cinderella.
Also on this shelf is a basket of vintage prints. Guests can flip through these pictures.
On another shelf is a 1905 atlas for Linn County, Missouri. Walt Disney’s hometown of Marceline is partially located in Linn County.
This palmistry hand sculpture was previously part of a Halloween display window in Town Square.
Among the books on this shelf are The Novels of Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend and Martin Chuzzlewit. Though Disney has not adapted these titles, they have adapted other Dickens works. Alongside these novels is The Wind in the Willows, which inspired the Mr. Toad segment of Disney’s The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and then Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
Speaking of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, there is a portrait of Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which inspired the other half of the Disney film.
Several copies of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are on another shelf. Disney has adapted this classic work into Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) and A Christmas Carol (2009).
Facing forward to be obvious to guests are copies of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. These novels inspired Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland. There’s also a portrait of Twain.
There’s a copy of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Disney adapted this into a 1954 film and continued to use it as inspiration for Disney Parks attractions. These attractions include the defunct Magic Kingdom ride 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, the Tokyo DisneySea ride 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and the Disneyland Paris Les Mystères du Nautilus walkthrough attraction.
Multiple shelves hold copies of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, including one copy that is propped open to a description and illustration of the family’s treehouse. Disney adapted this story into a 1960 film, which then inspired the Swiss Family Treehouse attraction at multiple Disney Parks. The current Disneyland version of the walkthrough attraction is the Adventureland Treehouse Inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson.
Next to a copy of The Swiss Family Robinson is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Disney adapted this into a live action film in 1950, released Muppet Treasure Island in 1996, and created the sci-fi Treasure Planet version in 2002.
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is alongside several volumes of History of Our Country. The abolitionist was highlighted in a Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln pre-show a few years ago.
There are two pieces of art from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a.k.a. the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. Though Walt Disney was just four years old at the time of this fair, he would have a major presence at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
Other props include a collection of writing utensils and old-fashioned rubber stamps.
Main Street Window Displays
The coffee shop’s new window displays extend the bookseller theme while maintaining a Halloween atmosphere for the fall, and feature more Disney references. There are more books by and about Robert Louis Stevenson on a shelf behind a candelabra, skull candle, and bottles.
Two of the windows have brown leather books with green eyes, a reference to the spellbook from Hocus Pocus.
The Evil Queen’s spellbook is propped open to information about the Poison Apple. This is not only a reference to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs film but also the golden storybook from outside Snow White’s Scary Adventures. A waxy apple is in a nearby cup.
The windows include other magical props like colorful bottles, a mortar and pestle, candles, and more creepy books.
Another new Market House window display is appropriately filled with tea sets, a box of tea, and dozens of faux pastries. Seasonal pumpkins fill out the space.
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