I’m so serious that I think they should use this as an opportunity to send components of the original back to Anaheim and have two shows. Disneyland gets Walt’s Worlds Fair version (1900s-20s-40s-60s) and Disney World gets its Horizons-esque sequel (1960s-80s-2000s-future).

PINNED: Theme park fans! Armchair Imagineers! EPCOT historians! California Adventure apologists! Coaster counters! Dark ride nerds! ✨ Park Lore is my collection of stories & art meant to help us all see the parks we know and love through a new lens. parklore.com/links 🧵⤵️

Here's an updated look at the refreshed BUZZ LIGHTYEAR'S SPACE RANGER SPIN. This original Buzz ride re-used the track layout of If You Had Wings and its aviation-themed successors, cleverly wrapping around Tomorrowland's CircleVision theater! #LayoutTuesday #ParkLoreArt

#LayoutTuesday returns with LABERINTO DEL MINOTAURO at Spain's Terra Mítica. This trackless dark ride opened with the mythology-themed park in 2000. It's a genuine marvel, but it's most unique feature is that some riders don't get to the big finale at all... #ParkLoreArt 🧵

I'm excited to share that Part I of my Build-Out of Walt Disney Studios Park / Disney Adventure World in Paris is here! This first feature chronicles a walk through the first five realms of a reimagined park based not on "movies" or "Disney+", but something bigger. parklore.com/main/buildout-wds

Stories Untold: An Armchair-Imagineered Build-Out Reimagining of Disney Adventure World at Disneyland Paris - Park Lore

Step into a fan-made "Armchair Imagineering" walkthrough of what Disney Adventure World at Disneyland Paris could be, once upon a time...

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The clock has run out, and extinction has arrived. Refreshed to commemorate this Lost Legend, my hand-illustrated inside look at DINOSAUR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom… The real goatasaurus of weird, ambitious, norm-breaking ‘90s Imagineering at its most unhinged & experimental. 🥹

I started this yesterday and just finished! Inspiration from @parklore.com’s map! I tried to include as many tiny details as possible 😅

Riding on @tf1design.bsky.social’s coattails as he releases his Build-Outs of Disney World’s parks, here’s my Magic Kingdom reimagining from a few years ago! You can walk through every decision and ride at parklore.com/main/buildout-mk!

One of my favorite projects I've ever drawn up is THE POKÉMON WORLD: DOMINIO REGION – my concept for converting Toon Lagoon at Universal Islands of Adventure into an Italian-inspired region in the Pokémon World, comprised of Cipresso City, Costa di Spruzzi, and Tempio di Losario. (1/3)

It's been a long time since I've published one of my in-depth histories, but the newest entry is here – the full story of WALT DISNEY STUDIOS PARK at Disneyland Paris. It's an absolutely gargantuan feature, but if anyone will read it, I know it's you all. parklore.com/main/walt-disney-studios

i will be semi-annoying about this, but only because i really want one? our Herdling calicorn plush is 80% funded… with ONE DAY LEFT. please buy this goofy guy for your holidays!! so fluffy!! take us over the line! www.makeship.com/products/cal...

I'm always fascinated by the sort of willy nilly color selections of early Disneyland designs. Fantasyland, green? Why not! Tomorrowland, pink? Sure! Adventureland, red-orange? Okay! Main Street, gray!? If you say so!!

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One of my favorite #LayoutTuesday comparisons – the before-and-after of JAWS at Universal Studios Florida becoming The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley. See them overlaid at parklore.com/main/then-now! And join for $2/month to support ad-free theme park storytelling!

If you're doing any small business shopping this weekend, consider becoming a supporting Member of Park Lore for even $2/month. It's a great way to support the kind of theme park art & storytelling (with no ads or clickbait) that we all say we want more of! Join at parklore.com/join!

Breaking news for the microcosm of people who care: after starting and abandoning build-outs of Walt Disney Studios Paris multiple times, I found a framing device that has solved it for me. I have started a build-out, and I would genuinely love this park. 🥹 Can’t wait to share!

My belly is full. Football is on. And now it's time to thank our awesome friends who help make this little site go. In no particular order... 1/

A thank you from me!

A big project I've been working on for the last few months is finally complete- a redo of the Magic Kingdom! On their podcast, Tom and Eric conceptualized changes they would make to MK, and I brought it to life through a map and rough concept art. Check the thread for more (and read the alt text)!🧵

One of the first things I drew in the early days of Park Lore were "badges" to commemorate the "Disney Mountains." Just for fun, I thought it would be a good time to refresh and upgrade those rough sketches into more refined sticker designs! I think it's a fun collection! #ParkLoreArt

A brand new #LayoutTuesday illustration this week – a peek inside THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: OFF THE LEASH! If you're still thinking Universal can't deliver in this genre, this ride will prove otherwise. 60+ animatronics, phenomenal gags, so much detail... A home run! #ParkLoreArt

Day 11 of Disney Fans for good, a fundraiser for the 2nd harvest Food bank of OC. This food bank supports CM’s,hospitality workers & community .With layoffs ,hours reduced, inflation, & external factors.Need is high & imminent. Please share & or donate! together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...

For #LayoutTuesday, here's a look at the before & after of Islands of Adventure's Jurassic Park. The world-building walkthrough TRICERATOPS ENCOUNTER and the high speed VELOCICOASTER both bring guests close to dinosaurs...! Just, y'know, at a different speed #ParkLoreArt parklore.com/main/then-now

Earlier this year, I shared my hand-drawn Build-Out (and accompanying in-depth written walkthrough) of a dreamy, armchair-Imagineered version of Disney's Animal Kingdom. It's one of the projects I'm proudest of. Take the journey at parklore.com/main/buildou...!

As someone who lived in (and will always love) Columbus... 😮‍💨 What a terrible message this one franchisee or manager's call sends on behalf of Dollar General (a terrible, predatory vulture of a company who deserves bad press) and Columbus (a really, really nice, progressive place to live and work).

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"Though they could not elaborate further, employees confirmed that the windows were initially boarded up as a measure to prevent looting once the government shutdown of SNAP benefits take effect on Nov. 1."

Before Nemo, there was THE LIVING SEAS. Guests would access this pavilion through a complex, multi-phase introduction that included a pre-show film, a "descent" in underwater Hydrolators, and an arrival at SeaBase Alpha via an Omnimover through the ocean. #ParkLoreArt #LayoutTuesday

The annual TEA / AECOM theme park attendance estimates for 2024 have been published! So of course, I took that as an opportunity to do some data visualization, then write a 3,000 word reflection on 2024's trends. 😎 Check out my thoughts at parklore.com/vault/attendance-2024! #ParkLoreArt

I have been trying to diversify beyond the “X” ecosystem for obvious reasons, so if you happen to be on Instagram (bc meta is so great 🙃), join the fun there I guess! Hahaha

Disneyland’s absolutely spectacular Evil Queen (subject of many deservedly viral moments) seems to be hinting (in character!) that the Queen will be switching from year round to seasonal (Halloween) appearances, ending November 1. tiktok.com/t/ZTMHPVnoS/

This is so great and if it was $59.99 it would be in my cart, but $160?!?! For 12 mini-plush in a cardboard Advent calendar?! 😩

It's a brand new #LayoutTuesday, featuring SeaWorld Orlando's EMPIRE OF THE PENGUIN! The product of one of SeaWorld's periodic eras of (invariably doomed) ambition, the ride beat Disney & Universal to the trackless LPS dark ride punch! But the results? Well... 😬 #ParkLoreArt