Disneyland is the Reason Why our Childhood Memories Don't Fade (Article Sample)

Disneyland is the Reason Why our Childhood Memories Don’t Fade Everything Disneyland represents today, only but magnifies what the genius cartoonist and animator, Walt Disney stood for, all his life. A dream that one day, every American family would be able to converge and have fun at a unique and exotically unorthodox kind of amusement park; away from the madding realities of life---even if it was for a moment. A perfect channel to bask in escapism. Walt had dreamt of an amusement park where the cartoon characters he created could be brought alive. Where they would interact with the fun seekers. He also wanted a park that catered to the entire family. Creating a park after the likes of the types…that were the order of that day, was certainly not why was on Mr Disney’s mind. He had a beautiful mind! The sheer greasy nature of these other stereotypical parks made Walt’s stomach churn. There and then, he swore to create something never seen. A dream park. An amusement park like non that has ever been see…. His driving force; his motivation, was to create a family-oriented amusement park where children and parents alike would come to have all the wholesome that they could ever imagine, together. In order to begin the making of this great dream of his a reality, Walt (having already drawn out plans) solicited Harrison Price’s help in order to get the right location for his dream park. A place that had just one entrance, and was a bit away from the busy streets. This place would need to have the capacity to house facilities that emphasized more on storytelling than cheap thrills. This move prompted Mr Price to do a research and analysis…using a population data with information spanning over 40 years. Soon, he was able to locate a 160-acre area within Anaheim, Los Angeles, with access to Interstate highway. Disneyland was designed to house four distinct lands. The first land was the Adventureland. Walt wanted to create a land which would give off a picture of what being away from civilization, in the jungle and nether parts of Africa and Asia, feels like. The second land was the Frontierland. Walt created this land because he wanted ...