And yet Walt’s vision for Disneyland was that it would be everchanging. Always being updated and improved. But these days a strange mix of nostalgia and and hero-worship people now insist that nothing change. Main street was supposed to evoke the early 20th century small towns of his (and the parents of the customer’s) childhood. To be proportional now it would be filled with 1950s mid-century modern architecture. And you would have thought that main-streets in the Disneylands in other countries would have been localized. But people are so “respectful” of Walt’s original plans that they preserve and repeat them, while ignoring his penchant for constant change.
It reminds me of how bronze age best practices for food safety and humane treatment of animals have been fixed and unchangeable kosher and halal practices. It’s almost like Disney has founded a religion.
And if it was a word, it would mean 110 years…
The uniform in Disneyworld 10 yeas ago was similar, but powder-blue IIRC. And yes, the riding crop and faux (it was soft, not hard) riding helmet does seem a little fetish-y.
