Renaissance Street

In a tranquil garden setting at the park entrance, guests admire the 'Main Street Station' of the park which doubles as 'Chishiki Temple' that opens up the portal to these fanciful, romanticized worlds of the past, present, and future. As soon as you walk underneath the temple gates - you enter 'The Renaissance'

Rather than embody Walt Disney's hometown in Marceline, MO (something personal to Walt and Americana; less relevant for Japan), Renaissance Street accomplished the same goal as Main Street by welcoming guests into the park with a timepiece street that guides them towards a central icon. Only this time, it's themed to the European Renaissance throughout the 14th-17th Centuries.

Akin to Main Street in Disneyland, as you walk down a linear path from the entrance to the hub, you travel forward in time. The architecture of Renaissance Street reflects this change, as you begin in Florence inspired architecture, while transitioning into Venetian, Parisian, and other European styles representing everything from the High Renaissance to Mannerism (Late Renaissance). The immediate immersion into the medieval world sets the stage for the fanciful, romanticized versions of history's stories frozen in time.

Land Location

1 - Dreamland Edo Railway ドリームランド江戸鉄道

The second level of the Temple is home to the Dreamland Edo Railway, a replica of the Class 150 steam locomotive by Volcan Foundry, part of Japan's first railway in 1871, tying a purpose for the railroad to Japan and the park as a whole. It makes one stop in Bushiland, within the sacred mountains, before returning.

2 - The Divine Mansion ディバイン・マンション

The Haunted Mansion is a staple of the Disney parks and other amusement parks around the world. Ironically though, the Mansion in Disney Parks is located in a different land for each iteration. New Orleans Sqaure (Disneyland), Liberty Square (Walt Disney World), Frontierland (Disneyland Paris), Fantasyland (Tokyo Disneyland), and the offshoot Mystic Manor at Mystic Point (Hong Kong Disneyland).

In keeping that same spirit, the 'Haunted Mansion' inspired attraction will be in the 'Main Street' of the park, Renaissance Street, and be themed around Dante Alighieri's work, The Divine Comedy. Most famous for its 'Inferno' chapter, the backstory for this attraction is exploring the beliefs that defined the Middle Ages. On this slow moving dark ride adventure, guests will be escorted into a Gothic Cathedral Mansion that provides the passageway into 'the Inferno'. Guests descend through 4 levels (floors) of the attraction, with the surrounding effects displayed via motion-based robotics and digital special effects.

Sample Attraction Music

Blueprint of the Level Descent and Ascent in The Divine Mansion

While dark themes are omnipresent throughout the Inferno section of The Divine Comedy, the effects and story in the attraction will be presented in a family-oriented and edutainment fashion, illustrating the depths of the underworld through a more cogent lens. Furthermore, the finale of the attraction brings the guests up from the depths into Paradiso, offering an uplifting (pardon the pun) ending to the attraction.

Attraction Length: 7 minutes, 30 seconds; Capacity: 2,120 guests per hour,

3 - Rinascita リナシータ

Live Action Role Playing (LARP) is a popular form of story-telling and has never truly been explored in theme parks before. Given the edutainment of the park's philosophy, and the Middle Ages land you enter at the park's beginning, Rinascita will be a role playing 'attraction' that acts like an enhanced version of an Escape Room attraction. Defend the King and Queen from invading tribes and create your own version of a Renaissance man or woman in this adventure.

Check your times guide for more information. Recommended ages 8 and up.

Sample Character

4 - The Polymath Quarters ポリマスクォーターズ

The center for park information, lost items, First-Aid, as well as a variety of other necessities (ponchos, park maps, tech assistance, and more) *A Polymath is a Renaissance term defining a person with expertise in a wide range of subjects. So this should be your one stop shop for all Dreamland questions!

5 - Scappi's スカッフィー

Table-Service restaurant themed after the Italian Renaissance chef, Bartolomeo Scappi. Among the various food options are selections from his Opera dell'arte del cucinare cookbook, recently translated. The botanical villa that the restaurant resides in blends in with the Italian village architecture of the proximal end of Renaissance Street. Reservations are recommended. Adult Average Cost: ¥2700

6 - Art of the Ages 時代のアート

A walk-through museum exhibit showcasing the history of the Renaissance and its significant contributions. Many of the art pieces, sculptures, and other items tie in with time periods in Da Vinci Square as well as Ancientland, contributing to the synchronicity of the park themes of learning and world history.

7 - Orator's Palate オレーターの口蓋

A quick-service Italian and French pastry shoppe with menu items themed after famous orators and philosophers of the age such as The Coconutty Copernicus Cone, The Strawberry Sistine Chapel, and more.

A Night in the Renaissance

8 - Forum Rerum Venalium フォーラム

Latin for Emporium, on the right side of the main pathway, guests can browse and shop through a variety of merchandise and become a true 'Renaissance figure'!

Throughout Renaissance Street guests can also watch and interact with walk-around characters of the age, and engage in a dialogue with historical figures, much like the streetmosphere characters made famous by Hollywood Boulevard in Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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