i will be semi-annoying about this, but only because i really want one? our Herdling calicorn plush is 80% funded… with ONE DAY LEFT. please buy this goofy guy for your holidays!! so fluffy!! take us over the line! www.makeship.com/products/cal...

I'm always fascinated by the sort of willy nilly color selections of early Disneyland designs. Fantasyland, green? Why not! Tomorrowland, pink? Sure! Adventureland, red-orange? Okay! Main Street, gray!? If you say so!!

One of my favorite #LayoutTuesday comparisons – the before-and-after of JAWS at Universal Studios Florida becoming The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley. See them overlaid at parklore.com/main/then-now! And join for $2/month to support ad-free theme park storytelling!

If you're doing any small business shopping this weekend, consider becoming a supporting Member of Park Lore for even $2/month. It's a great way to support the kind of theme park art & storytelling (with no ads or clickbait) that we all say we want more of! Join at parklore.com/join!

Breaking news for the microcosm of people who care: after starting and abandoning build-outs of Walt Disney Studios Paris multiple times, I found a framing device that has solved it for me. I have started a build-out, and I would genuinely love this park. 🥹 Can’t wait to share!

My belly is full. Football is on. And now it's time to thank our awesome friends who help make this little site go. In no particular order... 1/

A thank you from me!

A big project I've been working on for the last few months is finally complete- a redo of the Magic Kingdom! On their podcast, Tom and Eric conceptualized changes they would make to MK, and I brought it to life through a map and rough concept art. Check the thread for more (and read the alt text)!🧵

One of the first things I drew in the early days of Park Lore were "badges" to commemorate the "Disney Mountains." Just for fun, I thought it would be a good time to refresh and upgrade those rough sketches into more refined sticker designs! I think it's a fun collection! #ParkLoreArt

A brand new #LayoutTuesday illustration this week – a peek inside THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: OFF THE LEASH! If you're still thinking Universal can't deliver in this genre, this ride will prove otherwise. 60+ animatronics, phenomenal gags, so much detail... A home run! #ParkLoreArt

Day 11 of Disney Fans for good, a fundraiser for the 2nd harvest Food bank of OC. This food bank supports CM’s,hospitality workers & community .With layoffs ,hours reduced, inflation, & external factors.Need is high & imminent. Please share & or donate! together.feedoc.org/fundraiser/6...

For #LayoutTuesday, here's a look at the before & after of Islands of Adventure's Jurassic Park. The world-building walkthrough TRICERATOPS ENCOUNTER and the high speed VELOCICOASTER both bring guests close to dinosaurs...! Just, y'know, at a different speed #ParkLoreArt parklore.com/main/then-now

Earlier this year, I shared my hand-drawn Build-Out (and accompanying in-depth written walkthrough) of a dreamy, armchair-Imagineered version of Disney's Animal Kingdom. It's one of the projects I'm proudest of. Take the journey at parklore.com/main/buildou...!

As someone who lived in (and will always love) Columbus... 😮‍💨 What a terrible message this one franchisee or manager's call sends on behalf of Dollar General (a terrible, predatory vulture of a company who deserves bad press) and Columbus (a really, really nice, progressive place to live and work).

Before Nemo, there was THE LIVING SEAS. Guests would access this pavilion through a complex, multi-phase introduction that included a pre-show film, a "descent" in underwater Hydrolators, and an arrival at SeaBase Alpha via an Omnimover through the ocean. #ParkLoreArt #LayoutTuesday

The annual TEA / AECOM theme park attendance estimates for 2024 have been published! So of course, I took that as an opportunity to do some data visualization, then write a 3,000 word reflection on 2024's trends. 😎 Check out my thoughts at parklore.com/vault/attendance-2024! #ParkLoreArt

I have been trying to diversify beyond the “X” ecosystem for obvious reasons, so if you happen to be on Instagram (bc meta is so great 🙃), join the fun there I guess! Hahaha

Disneyland’s absolutely spectacular Evil Queen (subject of many deservedly viral moments) seems to be hinting (in character!) that the Queen will be switching from year round to seasonal (Halloween) appearances, ending November 1. tiktok.com/t/ZTMHPVnoS/

This is so great and if it was $59.99 it would be in my cart, but $160?!?! For 12 mini-plush in a cardboard Advent calendar?! 😩

It's a brand new #LayoutTuesday, featuring SeaWorld Orlando's EMPIRE OF THE PENGUIN! The product of one of SeaWorld's periodic eras of (invariably doomed) ambition, the ride beat Disney & Universal to the trackless LPS dark ride punch! But the results? Well... 😬 #ParkLoreArt

Another #ParkLoreLandline has joined the villa. UNIVERSAL KIDS RESORT in Frisco, Texas will open with seven lands centered on DreamWorks, Illumination, and Nickelodeon properties. What will its landline look like in 25 years? 🤔 See all my hand-drawn land-timelines at parklore.com/main/landlines!

A new #LayoutTuesday entry this week! PINOCCHIO'S DARING JOURNEY debuted at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, built in tandem with one in Disneyland's New Fantasyland the same year. Then, it was an Opening Day Original in Paris! #ParkLoreArt See more hand-drawn ride layouts at parklore.com/main/then-now/!

I’m gonna NEEEEEED someone to be honest with me about what’s going on here. Fantasmic with ZERO pyro. Not even a cannon blast for Peter Pan. This happens at least weekly now, and it is totally unacceptable. I love Fantasmic, and my feelings rn? Just end it. Let’s be done.

A major expansion to the Y-axis today with Disneyland's annual ticket price hike. A 1-Day, 1-Park ticket now ranges from $104 to $224. Add up to $90 for Park Hopper access and up to nearly $50 for Lightning Lane access.

It’s actually wild that my Magic Key is blocked out on Saturday when my friends are in town and I can’t upgrade my pass. The only choice is to buy two 1-day tickets for THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH. 😭 This has really gotten out of hand and I’m embarrassed. BUT my motto will be…

NEW! At Hong Kong Disneyland, the JUNGLE RIVER CRUISE was one of just two opening day headliners. Serving as the park's "Rivers of America" (with Tarzan's Treehouse as its Tom Sawyer Island), this unique version ends with a battle of the fire & water gods. #ParkLoreArt #LayoutTuesday

If you catch me at Disneyland wearing my own merch over the weekend pls be sure to say in a loud, clear voice how much you enjoy my work so the friends I’m bringing (for their first visit!) will know I’m not a loser and people actually read my stuff! 🥰

There's maybe no more legendary lost coaster than Busch Gardens Williamsburg's BIG BAD WOLF – a suspended, swinging Arrow classic that turned a generation into a rampaging storybook creature terrorizing a German village. #ParkLoreArt #LayoutTuesday

As someone with a Verbolten tattoo..

Real ones remember when in 2013, for like three weeks, Disney replaced the legendary voice of Mara (rumored to be James Earl Jones) with a voice that can best be described as (and I can say it because it applies to me too) a gay leprechaun. youtu.be/YlPDXuHLOnU?...

Over the years, a few people have asked for Park Lore logo merch! Since I'm headed to the parks in a few weeks, I whipped some up for myself. If any of you are interested, check it out at shop.parklore.com, and keep an eye out for me in Anaheim... 👀

I realized this week that somehow, I had never drawn the layout for Disneyland's version of Tiana's Bayou Adventure! So for #LayoutTuesday this week, we're goin' down the bayou. See how it compares to Magic Kingdom's at parklore.com/main/here-there #ParkLoreArt

sinning extra hard tonight so i dont get raptured tomorrow. too many things coming to disney california adventure. i wanna ride the coco boat ride.

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

The website where I got my start – Theme Park Tourist – shut down this spring. Maybe you read my little eulogy (parklore.com/main/theme-park-tourist). In any case, TPT's owner, Natalie, let me know that she now has themeparktourist.com redirect to Park Lore. 🥹 Idk, it's just nice. That's all.

Guys, I thought the "TRON Lightcycle Run is turning red!" thing was... nothing. But it's something! The ride begins with its usual score, but is then "corrupted" by the MCP, who basically commandeers your Lightcycle to spread virus code, kicking in the NIN soundtrack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiU9...

The wings are there if you look closely! I feel pretty confident this is a hardware duplicate of the “DCA TOT” model with the show building out front, the motor wings, and the wider three-shaft combined show/drop VVC tower.

The wings are there if you look closely! I feel pretty confident this is a hardware duplicate of the “DCA TOT” model with the show building out front, the motor wings, and the wider three-shaft combined show/drop VVC tower.

I am excited to share my blue sky expansion concept for Universal Studios Hollywood. My goal was to significantly expand the park while respecting and prioritizing the film making significance of the property. Here's the new proposed site plan. More info below and throughout the week!

Given recent permit filings, let's kick off a new #LayoutTuesday series with a look at the LOST CONTINENT – a legendary land at Islands of Adventure, once containing three mystical, literary realms. Read more: parklore.com/main/lost-continent Compare then & now: parklore.com/main/then-now

It sure sounds like Epic Universe would benefit from a very intentional, steady expansion of its reliability and capacity, pulsing an army of well-themed flat rides into the park… 👀 parklore.com/main/buildout-ueu

It's just a nice place. 😌

A vast, sweeping refresh of Tom Sawyer Island would be such a no brainer at Disneyland. The Pirates thing has not only outlived its usefulness, but it’s pretty much abandoned. A play-based redo with the spirit of the Adventureland Treehouse and Toontown would be a great project. 🤞

It's interesting that the revelation post-Potter was, "People don't just want an E-Ticket ride; they want a land where they can live the story!" That era peaked, so we now reach its logical conclusion: a ride that has to pretend it's a land by having a snack stand and bathroom. 🧵1/4

A YouTube channel with 250,000 followers just posted a 15 minute video that retells one of my stories in the same order, literally speaking many of my sentences and phrases aloud. Of course, no citations (at all!) 😭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2d...

This was one of the de-themings post-Paramount (used to be "Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle," which Sally basically converted to their IP-free "Ghost Blasters II" but with a CF-exclusive name) and I remember thinking we'd hit a new low. BOO BLASTERS ON BOO HILL.

You, a slack jawed Neanderthal: Duhh my tik tok where I make a weird face just made a million dollars. I'm going to eat a gold crusted steak to celebrate Me, a modern philosopher: I've crafted a magnificent sentence on a website where my only reward is getting yelled at. I live for this shit

A real pinch-me moment to see this! If you want to hear how I got started writing about theme parks, my favorite projects, and what I consider in my Build-Outs, check out this week’s “Epic Universal Podcast.” Thank you so much, Jim Hill & @erichersey.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

I'm not a Disney World regular so forgive me for asking... but the queue and ride is optional and you can just enter through the exit, which now has a marquee like an entrance? That didn't exist in the Living Seas bc there were Hydrolators there, right? parklore.com/main/then-now