Episode 54: Disneyland's "Land Blender" Rides

Those Happy Places

In this theoretical episode, join Alice and Buddy as they analyze an underappreciated part of how Disneyland, specifically, blends its iconic lands together. How do these lands, ostensibly separated by genre, find themselves connected thematically, aesthetically, and narratively? Do any lands stand out as especially effective at this blending—and do some not quite fit the mold?

It’s another weekly episode of Those Happy Places! We hope you’re glad to have us back in your feeds.

Topics Include: We Should Be Published, Forgetting ToonTown, The Hub-And-Spoke Design Principle, Pirates of the Caribbean and Pirate Literature, New Orleans Square versus New Orleans The Actual City, Pirates and Haunted Mansion as a Double Feature, Big Thunder Mountain and Galaxy’s Edge, Galaxy’s Edge’s Tunnels, Rockwork, It’s a Small World: Where Does it Fit?, Thresholds, Main Street and the Castle, Land Entrances, Tomorrowland’s Tomorrowland Problem, Lands Blend…backwards?, The Tomorrowland Expansion, Matterhorn Bobsleds: Tomorrow or Fantasy?, Submarine Voyage: Science Fiction or Science Fantasy?, and The Ultimate Land Blender of Tomorrow. This is a dense one, folks!

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Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Jazz Brunch by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3937-jazz-brunch-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Still Pickin by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5707-still-pickin
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3957-kumasi-groove-plus-flugelhorn-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4460-tango-de-manzana
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4154-off-to-osaka
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license