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As the World Cup begins tomorrow, you may not care about soccer, but I know you care about theme parks! This thread will take a look at the top theme park in each park represented in the World Cup. If anyone wants to present on a particular country, reply here!

Welcome fellow Imagineers to an Imagineering Theory course. I thought I would try making a thread that would pull out many of the things that are discussed in David Younger's Theme Park Design textbook (http://www.themeparkdesignbook.com/) and see if we can come up with either real world...

I believe that the D23 Convention is the most exciting planned announcement of theme parks in the industry. We are fast approaching the 2022 D23 Convention on September 9-11. Certainly rumors will be circulating prior to the event, so there's certainly a place on the Forums for that. But I think...

I watched most of the Defunctland’s video titled Disney's Fastpass: A Complicated History. If you have, too, I’d be interested in what you thought about it (How about this: “Let’s go ride the Triangle ride in Shapeland” ;) ). The video was very detailed in the history of the types of lines (or...

So Lance Hart of Screamscape posted a couple of interesting things last month: https://blooloop.com/theme-park/opinion/amazon-theme-park/ http://screamscape.com/html/industry_news.htm#General (Netflix buys rights to Roald Dahl and promises “immersive experiences”) Might Disney and Universal...

It’s October, which means everyone is gearing up for Halloween (literally “All Hallows Eve,” which is the night before All Saints Day). I have watched Scooby-Doo most of my life, so naturally all the monsters from the TV series and movies come to mind. The Mystery Inc. gang solves mysteries in...

With Universal Beijing about to open, it is fun to think about where the next big theme park resort will spring up! Certainly a lot of individual projects on the Imagineering Forum have been put forward as to what a Disney resort would look like in other countries around the world (e.g. South...

Pixar’s “Soul” will be released on Disney Plus on December 25th (just in time for Christmas). As I start this thread, none of us have watched the movie. As is the case with any big release, Disney will be watching closely to see how well the movie is received. “The Princess and the Frog” (2009)...

Do you have favorite books, podcasts, websites, etc that help you design like an Imagineer? Maybe some good ideas for a Christmas list? Walt Disney Imagineering book Designing Disney book The Imagineering Story and Day at Disney on Disney Plus Imagineering in a Box class by Khan Academy The...