Today, we're going to investigate the real histories of six iconic structures at Disney Parks that sprung not from the minds of Imagineers, but from real landmarks of Tinseltown.

DECLASSIFIED DISASTER: TH13TEEN: Would you be in line to tackle the world’s first “psychoaster?” And if so, how might you feel if your multi-hour wait leads to a ride about as extreme as Big Thunder Mountain? That's the reality faced by hoardes of thrillseekers who followed the viral marketing campaign around Thirteen – a ride promised to be so intense, it was said that riders would be limited to one ride per day... Spoiler: it wasn't.

Below, we've taken a look at the six Disney Parks in the U.S. from above to highlight their opportunities for expansion.

Almost every successful Disney ride has at least one moment where sets, sounds, lighting, and music crescendo to create an epic, emotional reveal that leaves audiences breathless

Check out these eight massive features that we're glad to have seen removed in our lifetime.

But just as good voice acting can define an attraction for decades, a bad voiceover can tear you right out of the immersive worlds Disney and Universal work so hard to build.

If you try your best to avoid these common pitfalls, you'll be contributing to a better experience for everyone! Which of these eight are you guilty of?

What if the very first Disney theme park was being built today? Would the classics make the cut?

While many Disney and Universal queues are themed, significantly fewer can truly be said to be interactive – that is, to offer things for guests to actually do

POSSBILITY WORLD: Epcot's Future World: "What could be?" It's a question Future World's pavilions set out to answer. And today, we turn that question back on the park: "What COULD'VE been?" The follow-up to our "Possibility World" tour of an alternate reality Magic Kingdom, we invite you to join us on a pavilion-by-pavilion tour of the never-built projects that could’ve changed Epcot's Future World forever.