“Beyond The Magic Kingdom: Royal Treatment Awaits “Tweenagers”.” Saturday Evening Post
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This article was published on EBSCO thus making it a published piece. The author of this article describes why older people may enjoy the Disney parks. This article included many examples about what there is to do for people over the general age people associate Disney with. Overall, this article helped with facts for proving Disney in not just for little kids.
Carr, Austin. “ The Messy Business of Reinventing Happiness.” Fast Company 195 (2015) :
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The author of this book wrote about the first ten years of the Walt Disney World Resort. This book included many facts about the rides, hotels, and background information. The book helped with information used throughout the paper including background, arguments, and counter-arguments.
Lennon, Ken. “ Let The Good Times Roll.” Lighting Design & Application 30.1 (2000): 39-41.
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This article was published on EBSCO thus making it reliable. Ken Lennon described a couple of rides at Walt Disney World. One ride he described in a lot of detail was Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. The thorough explanations he gave about this ride was used in the research paper. This article was helpful with part of the counter-argument.
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This artile was found on EBSCO which makes it reliable. The author of this article wrote about golf at the Walt Disney World Resort. He went into deep detail of each course that is there, and he also described the different tournaments that have been hosted there. This article helped shape the recreation part thus part of the counter-argument of this
The idealistic childhood memory every child thinks back to is their first trip to Disney World, “The Happiest Place on Earth, “according to Walt Disney. The ideal place where everything is magical and fairytales do exist. Disney World has become America’s most popular attraction since 1923. Whether it’s through one of Disney’s theme park, 227 radio stations, six motion studio pictures, three cruise lines, or its theatrical production companies, Disney Corporations culture monopoly has gone unnoticed by Americans. Americans are indulged by Disney’s childhood fantasies with the image every princess has a prince, and will live happily ever after in a magic kingdom. Although it all seems innocent Disney’s Corporation has America indulged with its theme parks, merchandise, films, and cruise lines.
Also, she needed to talk about Joyland’s history in the beginning of the article before she started talking about recent events involving the amusement park. At the end of the article she should have kept the section about how the preservation society in Wichita is relocating iconic pieces of Joyland. Due to the poor coverage in this article it actually makes me more interested. I now want to discover more about Joyland and why the city of Wichita is not more invested in preserving similar local landmarks. I believe this article about Joyland was assigned to the writer and was not something she wanted to do. In turn the article was not thorough and lacked quality. I will definitely use this article to gauge future articles that I may use for my research paper. If any of my future articles are as bad as this one, then I will not use it in my paper. I would not recommend this article to other researchers, though this would be a good article for general readers in the Wichita area who happen to be interested about this topic and would use it for leisurely
There is an immense amount of rides in Walt Disney World. Some of the most famous rides are The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Space Mountain, and the Rock 'n' Rollercoaster starring Aerosmith. Also known as The Tower of Terror, this incredibly detailed attraction takes people very high up so they can see out the window for just a second, until it drops them to what seems like their doom. This is done repeatedly, until the ride comes to stop. Another thrilling ride is Space Mountain. On this mostly pitch black journey, riders are pulled into action in ups and downs. Another exhilarating
As every American knows Disneyland, "Happiest place on earth", but many people do not know much about the person behind Disneyland, Walt Elias Disney. Disney is best known for his many successes, such as famous movies like The Lion King, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, and The Little Mermaid. Disney is also known for the most famous amusement park in America, Disneyland and California Adventure (depends on who you are asking, Disneyland is the original park), for all ages to forget about reality, for children to be children, and adults to become the children they once were. However, people from around the world only see and hear of Disney's successes. What people are forgetting is how Disney became famous. As a child Disney had
The idealization of Victorian values began in the eighteenth century with the wealthy upper-class. Victorians were classified as the elite that partook in aristocratic fun. They participated in military sports, organized theater, fine arts, and classical music. As the years progressed, the middle-class emerged, modernizing Victorian principles. Their careers comprised of successful business men, skilled craftsman, and politicians. The elite men were White, Anglo- Saxon, Protestants, that produced and regulated the industrialization of popular culture. The Victorian middle-class was considered the most powerful group from the 1830’s- 1916. Victorians cultivated the consumer revolution, by purchasing luxuries, including, books, mirrors, furnishings,
In the case study, CEO Eisner have idea of American history theme park within area of battlefield in Prince William County, Virginia. Eisner’s idea of building historical theme over property that already made its mark within American would be redundant. Disney’s conceptual plan was to use 650 million and authorized $130 million in local roads to serve it (Argenti, 2013, p.234). The first vulnerable would be the public opinion for and against the proposal land usage. When news first come out of a theme park being place near DC there was fifty anti-Disney rallied in protest while several hundred children was dressed to simulate as 101 Dalmatians in ...
Among the many activities that attracted young men and women to vacation in Coney Island. One of the main attractions were the many amusement parks, “The most striking expression of the changing character of American Culture, however, lies in the new amusement parks that were developed at the turn of the century.” These attractions turned Coney Island into “a symbol
The family vacation is an American tradition. Thinking and planning for this adventure captures the imaginations of thousands of families each year. While parents and children may disagree over what constitutes the ideal vacation, there is no question about there being a family vacation. Savvy entrepreneurs are aware of this fact and spend millions of dollars in advertisements to capitalize on the money families spend for family vacations. Most advertisers craftily market to children, believing that children, through coercion (whining), can get their parents to buy what they want (see advertised on television). The Walt Disney World advertisement, however, takes a different approach by marketing to the entire family. The Disney advertisement is extremely effective, appealing to both the parents’ and children’s sense of wonder and excitement, while also making an emotional appeal to the parents’ sense of value.
A basic of Disney theme parks is the Main Street USA zone. This section features highly in all of the parks, usually coming right after the entrance. Key services like Guest Relations are located in this section, inside the "City Hall" (HK Disney Source, 2014). There are a number of elements to the Main Street, USA exhibit, and these will be discussed along with the history of Main Street USA in this paper. In particular, how the different elements of Main Street USA work together are covered. The concept has proven to be long-lasting, even across cultures, because of its magical portrayal of idealized American life, which draws heavily on Walt Disney's own childhood experiences.
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There’s an old adage that says Disney World is really a human trap set by a mouse named Mickey. Of course, when you think about the millions of people from around the world who step foot onto a Disney property, you begin to wonder how one mouse has such an effect on people. For one, Disney has been around for years and some people go to celebrate different occasions, other people may go as a result of a friend telling them it’s worth the cost to go. Besides the people going to the famous parks and cruises for their own personal enjoyment, others go because of the appealing advertisement the company creates. In Disney Cruise Line’s commercial for the Disney Fantasy, you can see Disney attempting to persuade people to board their spellbounding cruise by showing various age groups in happy moods while enjoying the ship’s activities that have hidden Disney symbols and branding throughout.
Euro Disney’s decision to open its Theme Park near Paris has caused a negative publicity in the sight of many French politicians. In fact, they have objected the existence of Theme Parks in the center of their French culture since the park has been viewed as a visible symbol of the U.S. culture. Although Euro Disney marketers probably choose this location, in particularly France, due to the fact that is the center of Europe and could most probably be the most convenient place for people to arrive and settle in their hotel to be entertained. For instance, people from all over Europe could travel quickly to Paris due to short distance and travel convenience like people from Germany or Spain could quickly and conveniently arrive in Paris.
The first theme park opening in 1955 was Disneyland in California. After one full year of construction demands and a total investment of $17 million the Six thousands invitations to the grand opening had been mailed inviting people to experience the magic Disney had created but when the gates opened the Disneyland was far from magical. Workmen were still planting trees, the paint was still wet and the asphalt wasn’t set. The food stalls and restaurants ran out of food due to the high number of people because of counterfeit tickets being sold. Walt Disney didn’t know didn’t know what was going on because his attention was on the live broadcast. The rides broke down shortly after use. When Walt Disney World opened in 1971 the
“It is a common misconception that the history of the Walt Disney studios begins with Steamboat Willie in 1928.” (Kaufman, p. 68). Contrary to this misconception there have been ninety plus
The second I stepped foot onto the amusement park’s property, I could feel the magic swirling all around me. As I walked through the crowds of people young and old wearing Disney apparel and Mickey Mouse ears, everything seemed so enchanting: the cheerful music, the twinkly lights on all of the buildings, and the stores that could have been from my favorite Disney movies. Walking along the streets, I took pictures of everything around me because I did not want to forget a single detail; I took pictures of the vibrant yellow, red, and pink flowers that lined the streets, the buildings with intricate details and designs, and the massive roller coasters that glided so swiftly on their tracks. The air was filled with heavenly scents of sweet churros, and I had to get one; it was delectable. Everything at Disneyland seemed perfect and like it was out of a movie. Even as I was about to leave, I got drawn back in; spectacular, bright, colorful fireworks started bursting right over my head, and I could not bring myself to go. My first visit to Disneyland was truly enchanting and magical. At the time I thought no other vacation could