Happy Star Wars Day to all that celebrate!! ☄️✨🪐 #maythe4thbewithyou

Sequel to the Universal Studios Yoshi costume question: what would you call Mario's universe? The Mushroom Kingdom is a principality within that world (and galaxy...) Donkey Kong visits, but his jungle is ostensibly not within those borders 🦍🪠

We've talked history, we've talked design... What's it actually like hanging out in #MainStreet?

Emily gives her thought on the Main Street guest experience, from robo-presidents to chimney sweep coffee ☕

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Is Toad fuzzy? What about Mario?? HE'S A DINOSAUR WHY IS HE FUZZY

This is the first time I've seen non-industry people talk about "eras" in theme parks, outside of obvious ones like early WED or Tony Baxter's golden years at Imagineering. Its exciting!!

If you’ve ever walked down Main Street at #Disneyland, you’ve likely felt a wave of nostalgia and comfort wash over you.

In our newest #substack post, Tanner breaks down the what and why of #MainStreet design and nostalgia.

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Our first piece is up!!

Tori's analysis of Main Street's mimicry of a faux golden age, and how Walt forced reality to conform to his imagination - runningdownmainstreet.substack.com/p/main-stree...

#disneyland #waltdisney #mainstreetusa #themeparks

We'll pin a more formal introduction soon, but for now:

Hi! We're Tori, Emily, and Tanner, and we're starting a Substack zine all about theme parks: Running Done Main Street!!! 🎡✨🎟️

You can check it out here - open.substack.com/pub/runningd...

#themeparks #disneyland #universalstudios #disneyparks