11 classic (and modern) anchor attractions that don’t rely on a catastrophic turn-of-events to leave an impression or to make guests feel invested in the story.

DECLASSIFIED DISASTER: Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama: Disney's Animal Kingdom is perhaps the world's most immersive theme park... filled with crumbling Asian ruins, hyper-real alien jungles, ecclectic African villages and... a cheesy carnival of off-the-shelf rides. But the tale of this “cheap-out” fair supposedly built on an old bit of Animal Kingdom parking lot may not be exactly what it seems…

walkthroughs remain across Disney and Universal parks, from sweet asides to special effects spectaculars. Here are some of our favorites...

Take a read through our absolutely unforgettable theme park scents (good and bad!) and just imagine... it's almost like you can smell them right here, right now...!

Believe it or not, half a billion people – that's 7% of the planet! – visited a major theme park in 2018.

"Here you leave today and enter the worlds of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy."

For most Disney Parks and Imagineering fans, explaining the differences between Disney's resorts is like an art. Disneyland is quaint and charming and naive; Walt Disney World is grand and organized; Disneyland Paris is elegant and rich and romantic...

From cartoon carousels to intergalactic adventures; trippy dark rides to adrenaline-packing thrills, 2019 was another banner year for theme parks across the United States.

POSSIBILITYLAND: Disney's America Theme Park: Seeing Civil War re-enactments, learning 1800s farming techniques, setting sail for Ellis Island... Even if history has always played a part in the story of Disney Parks, there's never been anything quite like Disney's America. Disney's first-ever regional theme park would've been a living history experience set near the real battlefields of Virginia... It never opened. This is why...

In fact, peeling away the characters and attractions completely, there's something exceptionally simple about what makes Disney's theme parks different: their commitment to cleanliness, order, and beauty.