Today in Disney Parks & Resorts History - Disneyland's New Tomorrowland - 1967

July 2, 1967 - Disneyland

Disneyland's New Tomorrowland debuts.  The Peoplemover, Rocket Jets, General Electric's Carousel of Progress, and the Tomorrowland Terrace restaurant all open in the newly updated Tomorrowland.  The Peoplemover, an all-new family friendly attraction, offers a leisurely ride over Tomorrowland in all-electric vehicles utilizing linear induction motors.  Sitting high above the Peoplemover's station, the Rocket Jets, a 12 two-person spinning rocket attraction, thrusts guests high into the sky as they spin round and round above the central Tomorrowland plaza.  

Thanks to overwhelming success at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York, Walt Disney had the imagineers bring the Carousel of Progress attraction west to Disneyland where it is still sponsored by General Electric - the World's Fair sponsor who Walt convinced to help build the attraction in the first place. Sponsored by Coca-Cola, the Tomorrowland Terrace features a stage for live entertainment, which hydraulic rises from underground when in use, and then lowers once again when dormant.  The Tomorrowland Terrace includes an all-new out of this world lunch and dinner menu.