Fort Comstock, a remnant from before the
gold rush, pays homage to the many legendary folk of the Wild West, with a
detailed series of tableaux and an excellent, inspiring viewpoint over the
whole of Thunder Mesa.

Attraction Experience

Legends of the Wild West uses all the
nooks and crannies of Fort Comstock to present wild and interesting Far West
legends at every turn.  From the Gold Rush to Buffalo Bill, the
attraction aims to celebrate the heart and soul of the frontier pioneers.

Scene 1: The Forty-Niner

A lonely miner’s office.

Eureka!

With a cry of “Eureka!” gold was
discovered in California and the historic “Gold Rush” of 1849 began. 
Hundreds of thousands of dreamers from America, Europe and Asia travelled
West, expecting to find streets paved with gold.  Instead, they found
lonely nights at high mountain mining camps, often with little more than a
trusty pack mule for company.

Scene 2: The Outlaw

A dark and breezy prison cell hidden in
the Northern fortifications.

Waitin’ for a Jailbreak

Itinerant cowboys, fugitives from the
East and brash boys roamed the West in search of easy money and big
reputations.  Between robbing stages and rustling cattle, they usually
cooled their heels at hideouts.  Occasional visits to town usually
meant two things: a shootout and a run-in with the sheriff.

Scene 3: The Lawman

A traditional Western sheriff’s office.

Three Down and Six to Go!

In wild frontier towns, justice was
dispensed with the blaze of a gun, and the job of lawman went to the man
with the quickest draw.  Names like Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickock and
Bat Masterson became synonymous with daring bravery and sharp-shooting in
towns like Tombstone, Abilene and Dodge City.  These men who wore the
badge stood as stalwart guardians of Western law and order.

Scene 4: The Frontiersmen

Davy Crockett poses with his gun in a
room of the fort.

The West would still be wild if not for
those who blazed trails through America’s wilderness in the early 1800s. 
In the mythic realm of these courageous folk heroes, Davy Crockett’s
exploits were as big as the West itself.  According to popular tales,
he “Kill’t him a bear when he was only three” and “whup’d his weight in
wildcats”.  With every telling of the tale, backwoods folk ensured that
heroes like Crockett would live forever as Legends of the Wild West.

Fun Facts

A surprising poster in the first
scene, the miner’s office, reads:
To gold-diggers, coquettes and moochers, among whom are Slue-Foot Sue, alias
Dakota Belle, Long-Finger Lil, Gorgeous Gussie, Rough & Ready Rosie, Lucky
Lucy, and a dozen others.
If found within the limits of this town after ten o’clock p.m. this night,
you will be invited to attend a grand tar and feather party.  The
expense of which will be born by the vigilantes.
July 18th, 1889.

History

This walk-through attraction is
unique to Disneyland Resort Paris, however the concept of using an old
Western fortification as the entrance to Frontierland was actually borrowed
from the original Disneyland in California.

This walk-through experience was
inserted into Fort Comstock in 1993, as part of the park’s drive to increase
capacity with extra walk-through attractions. 
Le Passage Enchant�
d’Aladdin and Les
Myst�res du Nautilus were also created.