Marc Davis Fan
Well-Known Member
To add another voice reiterating what others have said in various ways here:
Disney theme parks were designed to be a holistic experience, with carefully-designed environments creating different feelings as you move through the space. It’s known as “the architecture of reassurance” (see the classic article “Disneyland is Good for You” and John Hench’s book “Designing Disney”). The “magic” this creates was a major part of what has made Disney parks so successful—and so different from the rest.
Standing on the banks of a wide, picturesque beautiful river with a beautiful riverboat sailing past is—along with Main Street—the quintessential example of this.
People are not necessarily expected to realize this, so it won’t necessarily show up on surveys, but it shows up in their happiness and return visits.
(If the new area is similarly peaceful, picturesque, etc., it might still have at least some of that effect—but I have no idea if we can expect this…)
Disney theme parks were designed to be a holistic experience, with carefully-designed environments creating different feelings as you move through the space. It’s known as “the architecture of reassurance” (see the classic article “Disneyland is Good for You” and John Hench’s book “Designing Disney”). The “magic” this creates was a major part of what has made Disney parks so successful—and so different from the rest.
Standing on the banks of a wide, picturesque beautiful river with a beautiful riverboat sailing past is—along with Main Street—the quintessential example of this.
People are not necessarily expected to realize this, so it won’t necessarily show up on surveys, but it shows up in their happiness and return visits.
(If the new area is similarly peaceful, picturesque, etc., it might still have at least some of that effect—but I have no idea if we can expect this…)