Disneyland Sydney: A Grand Opening for the Ages

 was a live broadcast that aired in the U.S. evening and Australian morning on February 11, 2000, covering the grand opening of the Disneyland Australia Resort.

Hosts

 * Bruce McKechnie
 * Bruce McKechnie
 * Bruce McKechnie

Disney Characters

 * Mickey Mouse (performed by Paul McIlroy; voiced by )
 * Minnie Mouse (performed by Ann-Marie Matossian; voiced by )
 * Donald Duck (performed by Daniel DiBaldissera; voiced by )
 * Daisy Duck (performed by Kelly St. Peter; voiced by )
 * Goofy (performed by Jon Topcagic; voiced by )
 * Horace Horsecollar (performed by ; voiced by )
 * Clarabelle Cow (performed by Alexandria Chuquisengo; voiced by )
 * Pete (performed by Nate McIlroy Jr.; voiced by )
 * Mortimer Mouse (performed by Simon Bachmayer; voiced by Duncan Brannan)
 * Marie (performed by ; voiced by )
 * Toulouse (performed by ; voiced by )
 * Berlioz (performed by ; voiced by )
 * Peanut Otter (performed by L. Vanessa Bachmayer; voiced by Nathan Bouwmeester)
 * Jelly Otter (performed by Sarah Mallinson; voiced by Jenell Slack)
 * Baby Butter Otter (performed by Robert "Bobby" Sloboda; voiced by Gina Marie Tortorici)

Special Guest Characters

 * Characters (United States):
 * Barney (performed by Antwaun Steele; voiced by Tim Dever & Duncan Brannan)
 * Baby Bop (performed by Jeff Ayers; voiced by Julie Johnson)
 * B.J. (performed by Jeff Brooks; voiced by Patty Wirtz)
 * Characters (United States):
 * Bear (performed by )
 * Tutter (performed by )
 * Pip and Pop (performed by Samantha Turei and ; Pip voiced by Peter Linz via pre-recorded dialogue)
 * Ojo (performed by Vicki Eibner)
 * Treelo (performed by ; voiced by Tyler Bunch via pre-recorded dialogue)
 * Shadow (performed by Emmerich Kerckhoff; voiced by Tara Mooney via pre-recorded dialogue)
 * Characters (United States/United Kingdom):
 * C-3PO (performed by )
 * R2-D2 (performed by Jimmy MacAskill)
 * ' Wiggly Friends (Australia):
 * Captain Feathersword (performed by Paul Paddick)
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur (performed by Leeanne Ashley; voiced by Carolyn Ferrie)
 * Henry the Octopus (performed by Reem Hanwell; voiced by )
 * Wags the Dog (performed by Cameron Lewis; voiced by )
 * Others:
 * Charlie Cheese (voiced by Patrick Guttormsen; appears three times, first in a in-joke regarding Barney's singing voice and Mortimer's voice actor being the same, second in "Aussie Differences" and third in "Resort Eats")

Distinguished Guests

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 * (in-character as Crocodile Dundee) (Australia)
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 * Whose Line Is It Anyway? Ensemble (United States/Canada):
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Musical Acts

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Home Video Release
In 2003, for DVD, VHS, and TES, Disneyland Sydney: The Grand Opening was released.

Changes/Oddities

 * Duncan Brannan's credits typo is fixed
 * The Disney watermark is removed
 * Several of the recycled animation on the DVD and TES prints are presented in 5:4 instead of 4:3
 * The VHS and TES use the computer print, while DVD uses a 35mm duplicate
 * TES Portable has some text bigger due to the lower video quality.

Trivia

 * Horace Horsecollar wears his Band Concert clothing.
 * Scott Innes voiced Goofy and Keith Scott voiced Horace due to being unavailable. Duncan Brannan also voiced Mortimer due to  being busy with Futurama.
 * Marie from The Aristocats is voiced by Louise English, the daughter of Marie's original voice actress Liz English.
 * Charlie Cheese (the Australian version of Chuck E. Cheese) is introduced as "Chuck E. Cheese's Aussie cousin".
 * Australian actor Jimmy MacAskill performed R2-D2 due to being unavailable.
 * Character dialogues were recorded at Buzzy's Recording in Los Angeles, Pomann Sound in New York City, Audio Dallas Recording Studio in Dallas, and Trackdown Digital in Sydney. Most of the Muppet performers did their characters' voices live (except for those who played multiple characters - they played one character while their other characters were performed by other puppeteers to pre-recorded dialogue)
 * Kraftwerk performed the first half of their set wearing Sydney sports team jerseys:
 * Ralf Hütter -
 * Florian Schneider –
 * Fritz Hilpert –
 * Henning Schmitz –
 * Midnight Oil reused their "SORRY" outfits from this performance for their infamous performance of "Beds Are Burning" at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
 * The joke about how both stations are called ABC is different in the UK compared to the Australian and American versions, while the Australian Version focuses on ABC and the US Version focuses on ABC, the UK is neutral to the two networks.
 * This was the first time Devo and Kraftwerk had played the same event since the 1990 Fourth of July celebration concert at Carwardine Colony (which was on Devo's Smooth Noodle Maps tour and one of Kraftwerk's early "Mix-ed" concerts). They had also previously performed on the same 1981 episode of At Last, the Band's Performance (Devo's New Traditionalists tour, Kraftwerk's Computer World tour).
 * Band rehearsals occurred at and the . Live performance rehearsals occurred at.
 * The special had a copyright date of 1999 at the end of it, due to the animated segments made months in advance, in DVD versions, the copyright is listed as "(C) 1999-2000"

Goofs (except animated segments)

 * During the otter trio from PB&J Otter ' s performance, you can briefly see part of Baby Butter Otter's performer Bobby Sloboda's actual legs during parts of "Noodle Dance".
 * Duncan Brannan in the credits is misspelled Duncan Brannon.
 * Gina Marie Tortorici in the credits is misspelled Gina Marie Totorici

Construction Remnants

 * In aerial footage, you can clearly see flat land, in stark contrast to the resort's appearance today as a tree-filled, bustling resort, which it looked like consistently until the 2020 bushfires (in which the resort was protected from fires due to the work of the local fire departments, who were able to get the fires around the resort under control).
 * Several trees are still growing.
 * The asphalt is still fresh black instead of it's brownish color it gained overtime.
 * Cinderella Castle is still being painted in some portions.
 * Several areas are still filled with dirt (some of it hydroseeded) and sand.
 * The Disneyland Railroad is still surrounded by hydroseeded dirt.