The Canopy

or the marquee, or the covered passage, or that huge victorian Crystal Palace placed over Main Street. Let’s look how Tokyo Disneyland’s own World Bazaar is so unique that it stands among the greatest piece of Disney architecture.

Contrary to the other Main Street which are one street with alleys giving the feeling of a genuine crossing, World Bazzar works as a real junction that leads to three different lands. So the Marquee doesn’t only cover a street, but two plus the large empty space left by this massive crossing. The importance of the structure can be seen on the google earth snapshot. The left side leads to Adventureland and the right one to Tomorrowland.

The roof is mainly supported by the shops buidlings so poles are only needed for the exit opening leading to the castle and the structural gap over the crossing. They are beautiful Victorian pillars similar to those holding in place the canopies of many 19th century european train stations.

And as those exisiting constructions of the world this glamourous victonrian marquee impresses with its grand allure, towering the smaller buildings around it. It gives a certain grandeur to the landscape and interestingly defy the castle opposing its exit.

It also affect the general feel of the land by cuting short the Main Street pespective, though this is a different kind of wow you experience walking inside and up World Bazaar Canopee, suprisingly it really blends with the main street atmosphre and even overplay the themed immersion.

On a more confort note, let’s add that the infrastructure can be heated in winter and cooled in the summer making it for sure a great addition to any Kingdom. 

Don’t think it the Canopy diminishes the beauty of Main Street, it juste changes it, pushes it toward a slightly different direction, that is not only one of the boldest Disney ever take, but also quiet a astonishing one.