Eureka (California Adventure)

Eureka is the titular deity located on all the parade floats in the former titular Disney California Adventure parade "Disney's Eureka! - The California Adventure Parade".
==Background==
Eureka is a deity whose iconography was located across the parade, serving as a representation of the different cultures of California - mainly from Hispanic culture, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or the Pacific Ocean of California, presiding over the parade. Eureka's appearance varied throughout the parade depending on the unit within the park.
===Development===
"Eureka!" was an opening day parade at California Adventure when it opened in 2001. The parade ran when the park first opened depicting the many faces of Eureka whose appearance changed depending on all six units of the parade which the parade became focused on. The parade not only consisted of Eureka herself but also dancers, puppeteers, athletes, drummers, and eccentrics within the parade.
"Eureka!" had its final performance on summer 2002 due to low attendance, resulting the parade to be permanently retired, as well as resulting the character of Eureka to be retired. California Adventure would not later have another parade until Block Party Bash, which ran from 2005 to 2008.
==Appearances==
===Disney's Eureka! - The California Adventure Parade===
Eureka appeared as an iconography across all the parade floats in the former Disney California Adventure parade. The first parade float that passed through contained a spinning icon of Eureka's face depicted on a sun and behind her was the state of California icon placed within the float. The second parade float that depicted Eureka appeared in a unit representing Hispanic culture of California. The float depicted her wearing a traditional Mexican dress as well as wearing an Aztec style eagle helmet while holding two fans that would open and close at the same time with musicians wearing bird costumes accompanying her. Eureka also appeared on the third parade float with brown skin with large golden wings and within the parade float represented elements from Los Angeles and its film industry accompanied by drummers on the Watts Tower within the float.
The fourth unit of the parade depicted a parade float with Eureka with blonde hair and fair skin around her body wearing sunglasses representing the beaches of California with the float decorated with dolphins. After two performers dressed as the Golden Gate Bridge passed by, the fifth unit respectively represented San Francisco where Eureka appeared as a Chinese opera deity with phoenixes decorated around the float with a percussion musician banging on the gong decorated within the float. The sixth and final unit consisted of Eureka representing the golden goddess of the Golden State for the finale of the parade, followed by performers carrying image of Californians, just before the parade ended.
==Gallery==
Eureka bird2002ww.jpg
Eureka reachingout2002ww.jpg
==Trivia==
*Eureka is named after the Greek word meaning "I have found it", which in turn was featured on the state seal of California since 1849 and later the official motto since 1963.
==External links==
*Info about Eureka on Yesterland.
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