A nearby plaque describes
Disney's arrival in
California.
by chezp

Carthay Circle Restaurant
by GingerJ

Disney calls Buena Vista Street one of its seven "lands," but it's really more of an homage to Walt Disney and the California he lived and worked in during his early years, in the 1920s and '30s (the real Buena Vista Street, in Burbank, is the home of Walt Disney Studios). "Storytellers," a statue of the young Walt Disney and an early version of Mickey Mouse, stands on a street corner, waiting for a picture with you, while a nearby plaque quotes Walt Disney's description of how he arrived in Hollywood.

The street entertainers, too, hearken back to that era. The Red Trolley News Boys sing tunes from the '20s and '30s, and try to hawk their newspapers, while Five and Dime are a jazz group, hoping to hit it big in Hollywood. Other "Citizens of Buena Vista Street" from those days may appear and interact with visitors.

Street signs and shops are reminiscent of those days, while the Carthay Circle Restaurant pays tribute to the theater that premiered Disney's first feature-length film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.