Disneyland Casting Agency

The **Disneyland Casting Agency** is a fictional organization from the Main Street Cinema of Disneyland's *Main Street, U.S.A.*.

## Description

This was an international agency which hired actors and odd-jobs for a variety of clienteles. The agency was based out of the Main Street Cinema building in Marceline, Missouri but also had offices across the world such as in Florida.

## History

### Background

The agency was founded in the year, "'55", most like 1855 given the time of its operations and turn-of-the-century setting. The agency was founded by one Walt Disney with the slogan, "*It takes people to make dreams a reality*".

## Appearances

### Main Street Cinema

The offices of the Disneyland Casting Agency can be found outside the cinema.

## Jungle Cruise connections

### Jungle Cruise

One of the advertisements reads, "*EXCITEMENT! EXCITEMENT! EXCITEMENT!: Adventurous heroic role as a jungle guide and skipper. Must demonstrate bravado, comedic timing and nor fear of snakes. For auditions, contact T. Sam*". This identified the agency as assisting in the hiring of skippers (presumably for the Jungle Navigation Company) and Sam as having been a member.

### Other connections

#### Skipper Canteen

One posting read, "Ground Control: Rocket to the Moon (and back). No experience necessary. Report to Mr. Morrow, Moonliner Flight Systems" referencing the character of Professor Tom Morrow from Rocket to the Moon. There are multiple books written by Morrow in the library of the Skipper Canteen. The agency is also connected to the Haunted Mansion's *Ghost Relations Department* while a book by, "Gracey" is in the skipper canteen, referencing the manor's Master Gracey and his family.

#### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Two of the postings from the agency reference the operations of the Enchanted Tiki Room. One was, "Experienced Bird Trainer: To work with Macaws, Toucans, Cockatoos in new tropical musical comedy revue. Contact Jose, Enchanted Tiki Room" while the other was, "Tahitian Dancers: Polynesian dinner show coming soon! Auditions at Enchanted Tiki Room", the latter referencing the defunct *Tahitian Terrace*.

## Trivia

* The *Trader Sam's* bars also identify Trader Sam as having known Walt Disney and the two as having met when Sam lead Walt's 1941 goodwill tour of Brazil.
* Some of the postings have looser connections to the Jungle Cruise mythos.
	+ One posting is for B. Thatcher productions and involves wearing a Mark Twain suit while piloting a riverboat, implied to be the *Mark Twain Riverboat*. This riverboat was previously piloted by assumed Falls family member member Captain Rowan D. Falls from Phantom Manor and there are books by Mark Twain in the Skipper Canteen. The characters of Mark Twain were also connected to the Adventure Trading Company where Jackson Island (Tom Sawyer Island) was a location.
	+ The postings, "Can-Can Dancers, Comedians:  Old west revue requires energetic dancers and slapstick comedians. 25 year commitment. Apply Golden Horseshoe. Ask for Miss Slue Foot Sue" and, "Stagecoach & Wagon Drivers: Seeking experienced drivers to carry passengers through Nature’s Wonderland and the Painted Desert. Apply Rainbow Ridge" both reference characters and locations in *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad*. The characters of Rosita, Society of Explorers and Adventurers, Jason Chandler, Lytum & Hyde, Captain Rowan D. Falls and Barnabas T. Bullion are also *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad* characters.
	+ The agency is mentioned as being connected to the *Ghost Relations Department* from the Haunted Mansion. The hitchhiking ghost Phineas is seemingly referenced via a bottle of, "Prof. Plump's Miracle Tonic for Everlasting Life" in the Amazon River Base of Walt Disney World's Jungle Cruise. Also, a book by Gracey appears in the Skipper Canteen, *Hightower Industries* is connected to late mansion owner George Hightower, and a member of the trapped safari looked identical to the mansion's caretaker while being asserted as being his distant cousin.
* In the Magic Kingdom, the parallel to the agency is the *Magic Kingdom Casting Agency* said to have been founded by Walt in, "71".