Distilling Disney

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Boss Radio

Walt remembered tales of swashbuckling pirates from his youth - we remember the thrill of hearing "Dead Men Tell No Tales" right before the once terrifying waterfall descent into the place where dream, memory, fantasy, and nostalgia all happily intersect, and for a fleeting moment, we are 5, 7, 10 years old again.

What a knockout punch. I'd never thought of it that way...a physical manifestation of nostalgia becoming nostalgia itself. That's actually a good barometer to measure whether a new attraction will be good or not - does it tug on your heartstrings from when you were younger? Even Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters fits this bill. From the generation that discovered Pong and onward, who doesn't want to be inside of a huge video game?

[Boss Radio]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

What a knockout punch. I'd never thought of it that way...a physical manifestation of nostalgia becoming nostalgia itself. That's actually a good barometer to measure whether a new attraction will be good or not - does it tug on your heartstrings from when you were younger? Even Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters fits this bill. From the generation that discovered Pong and onward, who doesn't want to be inside of a huge video game?

I concur.

Disneyland is Nostagia defined - a place where you can revisit your childhood, the childhood you never had, and the thousand happy childhoods that you only dreamed of.

Best of all, Disneyland is all things to all people. No two people see it exactly the same way, possibly because we are all seeing our better selves reflected in it.