Stage Two

Built from 1947 to 1949 in cooperation with Jack Webb, Stage Two served as the production facility for filming the television series "Dragnet," with construction completed in April 1949. As one of the largest stages on the West Coast, it was used in many creative and varied ways. In the 1950s, before there was a separate Walt Disney Imagineering facility, much of the fabrication for Disneyland was done there. The superstructure of the "Mark Twain" paddleboat was built entirely on the stage, then dismantled, transported, and reassembled at the theme park for its inaugural voyage in July 1955. Major Disney film and television productions were also shot there, including the original "Mickey Mouse Club," "Mary Poppins," Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes," and 3-D productions for EPCOT Center, all making use of its open span, acoustics, and high technical capacity. The stage is 40 feet high, 240 feet long, 130 feet wide, with a weight capacity of 200,000 pounds and 31,200 square feet of space.

Burbank, California · United States