April Foolishness (Johnsonverse)

April Foolishness was an event that took place at the Disneyland Resort on April 1, 2019. The first April Fool's Day event in the resort's history, it was described as "the most elaborate event ever staged in any theme park ever in the history of the world".
The event's backstory described "mischevous winds" blowing through the resort during the night of March 31, scrambling the rides and attractions.
== List of changes ==
* Space Mountain's soundtrack was replaced by music from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. This wasn't a new idea, as Imagineer Tom Morris had actually used the film's music to test timings for an onboard soundtrack on the ride in 1985. For the April Foolishness event, Morris' timing notes were used, but with edits due to the track profile and train speeds having changed since 1985. This particular change has been repeated every year on April 1, except for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* In the SpaceVenture queue, Rom and Ram spoke Japanese. In the ride itself, "Ace" (the SpaceVenture pilot droid) was replaced by an animatronic Captain EO. And to round out the whole mess, the ride's video and audio swapped with that from Soarin' over California (making the latter ride much more exciting than many guests expected).
* On Pirates of the Caribbean, the Wicked Wench was repainted like a Disney Cruise Line ship, the skeletons dressed in circa-1960 cast-member costumes, and the auction "bride" nobody will bid on was replaced by Louise from Detective Jenny; Kristen Schaal recorded new dialogue for Louise, shooting at them when they shout "WE WANTS THE REDHEAD!", and coming dangerously close to attacking the Auctioneer.
* An exhibit on the history of the Disney Gallery was featured in the Disney Gallery (featuring a model of the Disney Gallery in which there is an exhibit on the Disney Gallery). Also in the Disney Gallery: print-on-demand Disney Dollars (that have no value; the reverse side of these print-on-demand Disney Dollars simply state "April Fools!").
* The Splash Mountain critters had their original America Sings soundtracks restored.
* All of the Main Street vehicles were hooked up with Electrical Parade music.
* Jungle Cruise guides ran the Monorail's resort loop, firing a pistol at rampaging Harbor Boulevard traffic (this had to be stopped by 11 AM after the Anaheim Police Department received numerous calls from panicked pedestrians who thought someone was shooting at them), and showing guests a rare sight -- "the back side of the Matterhorn"
* Billy Hill and the Hillbillies played on the Tomorrowland Terrace stage, and the Golden Horseshoe was taken over by Playhouse Disney.
* The Country Bears were replaced by the Rock-afire Explosion.
* The music and sounds from the Grand Canyon Diorama were replaced by that from Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and the Primeval World Diorama music was replaced by the Jurassic Park theme.
* The Matterhorn yeti took the place of honor in Mickey's House, and Mickey AnimeTronics were placed in the Matterhorn, waving to guests.
* The Boudin Bakery, Mission Tortilla Factory, and Seasons of the Vine films played in the Main Street Cinema
* Outboard motors were attached to Davey Crockett's Explorer Canoes.
* Blue Bayou Monte Cristo sandwiches were sold in place of McDonald's French fries (with no change in cost, which led to very long lines).
* In Drawn to Animation, guests learned how the character of Squanto was developed. After the show, they visited the Beast's library, sat at a computer, and found out which member of the Detective Jenny rogue's gallery they were most like.
* Plush prizes from the Games of the Boardwalk were replaced with Nintendo Switch games.
* Silly Symphony Swings and Golden Zephyr both ran backwards.
* The Indiana Jones Adventure was converted to the Merlin Jones adventure
* Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular was replaced with an "all-toon" production of Hamlet.
* Popcorn that tastes like turkey legs, turkey legs that taste like churros, and churros that taste like popcorn.
* Deep-fried cheesecake replaced by deep-fried pretzels; cheesecake served nacho-style.
* Replica 20,000 Leagues submarines were put in Discovery Bay, where they carried out mock naval maneuvers with Phantom Boats.
* Disneyana had nothing but Shrek merchandise.
* Disabled guests requesting Guest Assistance Cards (GAC) received free tickets to Knotts Berry Farm instead (these tickets had the same functionality as GAC cards, though, mainly to avoid complaints).
* The Disneyland Railroad ran counter-clockwise (as the park lacks a turntable or wye, all locomotives ran tender or bunker-first). A special spiel was also activated for this event, acting as if nothing was wrong.
* The PeopleMover had its original 1967 spiel restored.
* All of the Autopia cars had NASCAR wraps added to them.
* The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror gained a Guardians of the Galaxy overlay.
* Guests could go back and forth between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure as if it were just one big park (this was actually an experiment investigating the feasibility of combining both parks into one large Disneyland on a permanent basis; as of 2023, however, both parks remain separate).
* The Moonliner in front of the Tomorrowland Transit Center had its TWA lettering restored.
* Whenever the Rocket Jets ran, the old Observatron music was played.
* In the evening, the Fantasyland Theater was converted back into Videopolis.
* The Jedi Training Academy became the "Sith Training Academy", with adult participants selected instead of kids. All participants were encouraged to act like jerks.
* Keroro's Tokyo Tours had its ride film replaced by the original 1990 version of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.
* All of the music in it's a small world was replaced by Queen music, and the animatronics were all reprogrammed using Looney Bird's Lab to have their lips synced to the music.
* A to-scale Godzilla 1954 animatronic was placed in Storybook Land, equipped with a smoke machine in its mouth to shoot atomic breath at buildings in Alice's village.
* The CDA animatronics in Monsters Inc.: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue! were converted back into their original forms as celebrities from the infamous Superstar Limo; Randall's animatronic was converted back into Regis Philbin.
* A simulated fire broke out in the Firehouse while the Firehouse Band was playing, forcing them to put it out.
* The day's edition of the Main Street Gazette was replaced by an exact replica of what the Los Angeles Times looked like on November 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall fell.
*The Fantasyland area loop now consists of various pop songs, with the carousel’s music also being fairground organ-styled covers of said pop songs.
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