In Tokyo Disneyland, it is called World Bazaar and covered by a glass Victorian-style conservatory roof to shield guests from the weather there.
[2] Each Main Street, USA (except in Tokyo and Shanghai) has a train station along the park's respective Disney railroad above the entrance.
Largely they appear as fictional businesses (gyms, realtors, dentists), and they often refer to a hobby or interest of the person honored.
Inspired by Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, Missouri (as in the film Lady and the Tramp), Main Street, USA is designed to resemble the center of an idealized turn-of-the-20th-century (c. 1910) American town.
[4] Another significant source of inspiration for the Main Street, USA concept came from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, which Walt Disney visited twice in the 1940s.
[5] Disney said, "For those of us who remember the carefree time it recreates, Main Street will bring back happy memories.
For Disneyland's 50th anniversary, on July 17, 2005, a first-story window on each Main Street was unveiled with a dedication to all the cast members (employees) who had worked for Disney throughout the years.
Main Street, USA at Magic Kingdom Park is themed as an early-20th century American town, inspired by Walt Disney's childhood home of Marceline, Missouri.
World Bazaar features the most eateries out of the "Main Streets", with three table service restaurants (four including Club 33).
Themed to America in the 1920s rather than turn-of-the-century, influenced by the jazz era, cinema, flapper, gangsters, and Art Deco architecture.
Attractions would include a 360° cinema, a speakeasy, and an elevated tramway to fit with the 1920s theme instead of horse-drawn trolleys and Victorian vehicles.
Due to often cold, rainy weather in the area, the Imagineers created covered walkways on either side of Main Street called "arcades".
Plans originally featured a restaurant under the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad station, but were scrapped due to budget reasons.
Plaza Inn has the same exterior design as the one in Anaheim but its theme is about a wealthy American couple who traveled to Hong Kong, fell in love with its culture and cuisine, and returned to create a classical English eatery filled with all the decorations they collected on their journeys.
The Market House Bakery was founded by a Viennese pastry chef who brought some of the world's most famous desserts and coffee cakes from the Austrian imperial court.