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Cosmic Play

Exploring Play's Transpersonal Dimensions

Tomorrowland

Karey Pohn

4 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland, on the other side of the park from Frontierland and Adventureland,

Frontierland and Adventureland

Karey Pohn

2 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

Frontierland and Adventureland

Frontierland and Adventureland are on the left side of the park which, as previously mentioned,

New Orleans Square

Karey Pohn

3 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

New Orleans Square

New Orleans Square sits between Adventureland and Frontierland, and as Marin (1984) maintains mediates between the two. Marling (1997),

Fantasyland

Karey Pohn

4 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

Fantasyland

Fantasyland was Walt’s favorite land when the park opened (Thomas, 1976). The rides in Fantasyland are based on the children’s classic...

The Central Importance of the Center—The Hub and Sleeping Beauty Castle

Karey Pohn

7 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

The Central Importance of the Center—The Hub and Sleeping Beauty Castle

Disney was very insistent on the idea of the hub.

Main Street USA

Karey Pohn

6 min

The Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Land

Main Street USA

Main Street USA is “one of the most successfully designed streetscapes in human history” and has exerted enormous impact (Francaviglia, 1981

Neptunian Playground

Karey Pohn

6 min

Disneyland’s Structure

Neptunian Playground

Disneyland has been called heart-shaped (Marling, 1997).

Archetypal Nature and Cartographic Correspondences

Karey Pohn

3 min

Disneyland’s Structure

Archetypal Nature and Cartographic Correspondences

As Disney’s entertainments are geared for a mass audience, they have to work with universal concepts.

More Playful Visions-- Nye and I

Karey Pohn

3 min

Disneyland’s Structure

More Playful Visions-- Nye and I

Nye (1981) distinguished eight different ways of looking at amusement parks

Many Maps, Many Meanings or Many Meanings of the Map

Karey Pohn

3 min

Disneyland’s Structure

Many Maps, Many Meanings or Many Meanings of the Map

Bukatman (1991) associates Disneyland’s structure with the psychologists’ topology of the brain

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