A bust of Goldberg attired in queenly raiment was the target of a projected image showing Goldberg narrating the story—the sculpture appeared to come to life. The attraction, at Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened with the park on February 8, 2001. It closed to the general public on September 7, 2008, and was open only to school groups until March 2009. It was demolished in July 2009 to make way for the construction of a dark ride called The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure. In 2021, the town of Sausalito, California staged the "Queen Calafia Welcoming Event", in which the Sausalito Historical Society and local actors depicted the fictional return of Queen Calafia to present-day California, in celebration of the legendary queen and the etymology of California. References Footnotes Bibliography External links "The Queen of California" (March 1864) The Atlantic Monthly Vol.13 Nº 77 p. 18 (Google eBook) Edward Everett Hale (1885) "The Queen of California" in His Level Best: And Other Stories. (Google eBook) Translation from the Sergas of Esplandian of every passage relating to the imagined island of California. Reprinted in part from an unsigned article in the Atlantic Monthly for March 1864. Hubert Howe Bancroft (1899) "Story of Calafia, Queen of California" in The New Pacific chp.22 p. 535, The Bancroft Company, New York Characters in Spanish novels Fictional caliphs Fictional queens Fictional women soldiers and warriors Latin American folklore Etymology of California Fictional characters introduced in the 16th century