“Zoom out” from individual parks and attractions in this epic collection of Special Features, which trace the larger stories, threads, and connections of the industry! Dive deep into Disney’s sensational cross-continental secret society frame story, explore the lessons behind the eras of attraction design, see how Disney and Universal “co-parent” Marvel heroes in their parks, explore classic Roadside Wonders, and so much more!
The Extra Features below are available exclusively to Park Lore Members who support this ad-free theme park history project with a Gold or Platinum Membership of $8 / month or more.
Passholders can unlock our entire Vault of quick-read Extras and in-depth Special Features, receive a member card and merch in the mail, unlock podcast extras, reveal rare concept art and audio streams in stories, and much more! If you appreciate the in-depth stories on Park Lore, join the story and become a Member to keep this unique theme park project growing!
Armchair Imagineering Blue Sky Build-Outs
In-depth walkthroughs of hand-drawn creative reimaginings and “Build-Outs” of existing theme parks as well as design ideas for just-for-fun, from-scratch “concept parks.”
Hand-Drawn Park Art Projects
New ways to see the parks we know and love, these unique art projects include a collection of over 100 hand-drawn entries in Park Lore’s Ride Layout Collection, turning parks’ “negative space” (their pathways) into embodiments of their stories and histories, and unique graphical representations of parks’ ride lineups.
Park Lore’s Ride Layout Collections – Then & Now | Here & There | One & Only
- Comparing Kingdoms: Diagramming Disney’s Six “Castle Park” Ride Lineups, Exclusives, & Overlaps
- Park Paths: The Histories & Personalities of Theme Parks As Seen From a New Perspective
In-Depth, Big Picture Industry Explorations
- The Bob Swap: Parting Words to Chapek’s Era and Essential Reflections on What Went Wrong
- A Timeline of Disney Parks’ Annual Campaigns from the Millennium to 100 Years of Wonder
- Universal Alignment: The Path to Universal’s Epic New Theme Park… and Why Disney Doesn’t Seem Worried
- The New Coaster Wars: Pantheon & Iron Gwazi as a Case Study on a Changing Coaster Era
- Disney+ Parks: Thoughts on the Diminishing Themes and Increasing Interchangeability of Disney Parks
- MyMagic Minus: The Fall of Disney’s Billion Dollar Pre-Planning MagicBand Empire
- AVENGERS: Custody War – How Disney & Universal Co-Parent Marvel Heroes
- DISNEY•PIXARLAND: Inside the “Pixarificaton” of Disney Parks
Road Trips, Amusements, and Asides
- MEOW WOLF: A Glimpse into the Cosmic, Creative Future of Themed Entertainment Design
- LOST ISLAND: An Opening Year Expedition into the Country’s Newest Major Theme Park
- Weeki Wachee Springs: Mermaids are Real… This is the Florida Spring They Call Home
- Gatorland: Florida’s “Cold Blooded” Theme Park, the Alligator Capital of the World
- Exploratio Continua! Inside Disney’s Secret S.E.A. – The Society of Explorers and Adventurers
- The Real Pizza Rat: How Chuck E. Cheese Revolutionized Gaming and Reinvented Family Entertainment
- Artificial Worlds: The Rise of Screens and Simulators at Theme Parks
- Dole Whip: The Sweet Story from Polynesian Paradise to Tropical Hideaways
- PARKSTROLOGY: A Park Lore Primer on Disney Parks, the Zodiac, and the “Magic in the Stars”
Beyond The Blacklight: Stories, Scores, and Scares from the Industry-Changing SALLY DARK RIDES
Disney History, Imagineering, & Trip Planning
- Genie+ 101: Park Guide to Getting Your Magic and Money’s Worth at Disney World Parks
- Secrets of the Resistance: Inside the Imagineering Tricks of Disney’s Modern Dark Ride Masterpiece
- Park Perspective: Seeing Disney’s Animal Kingdom Through Joe Rohde’s Eyes
- Tickets to Paradise: Disney Parks Prices from 1955 to 2021 (and What It Really Means)
- Who’s Who At the Mouse House? A Primer on the People Shaping Disney Parks (2022 Edition)
- The Waiting Game: A Brief History of Queueing and the Many Lives of Lines at Disney Parks
- THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE
- “Once Upon a Time…“: From Fairy Tales to the Dark Age of Animation
- “Happily Ever After…” Disney’s ’90s Pop Culture Royal Rebirth
- Enchanted Tale: The 30 Year Wait for a “Beauty and the Beast” Dark Ride and its Unusual New Genre
- “Just Open the Line!” Nope. The Case for Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups
- Poster Art: Stories & Secrets Behind The Poster Art of the Disney Parks
- “It’s Not My Disneyland Anymore”: An Emotional Time Capsule on the Impermanence of Disney Parks
- BLOCKBUSTER: THE RIDE – Inside Disney’s “Ride the Movies” Era
- The Booziest Place on Earth: How Alcohol Leaked Into Disney’s Magic Kingdoms
- EDITORIAL: Why Disney Parks Should Get Rid of FastPass & Line-Skipping For Good
