Fantasyland
Fantasyland has always been of a vague time period.In both incarnations,it has very obvious Old-World European tones.The 1955 Fantasyland was chock-full of Renaissance tournament facades and the 1983 Fantasyland is a charming storybook village with Toad Hall and the Evil Queen's Castle.Both Fantasylands had one major transportation attraction in common:The Skyway to Tomorrowland.This attraction loaded from a beautiful little Swiss chalet that sat among the hills of Storybook Land.When paired with the Matterhorn,especially after the 1976 update of that ride,the two went together amazingly.However,due to the small footprint of Disneyland's Fantasyland there aren't any other transportation attractions.
Frontierland
Frontierland is a big one when it comes to transportation.This is thanks to the Rivers of America.Now what is the Rivers of America supposed to represent?It represents the many rivers and forests of America.The river succeeds in seeming to be all these different rivers at once,which is why it doesn't seem strange to see a southern steam wheeler next to a wooden sailing ship.The real secret to why the Rivers of America seems so grand is the river traffic.The river just seems so alive.There are steamboats,sailing ships,and canoes plowing her waters.Now don't get me wrong,the river still looks amazing without ships,but the watercraft add real kinetic energy to Frontierland and the other adjacent lands.And anyone who has seen the Columbia or Mar Twain rolling around the bend knows how amazing that looks.
Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland is the last land of Disneyland we will look at and this one is a big one.Tomorrowland thrives off the kinetic energy provided by transportation rides.Peoplemovers moving above you.Rocket Jets spinning in the air.There are submarines and cars going right by each other.Now the interesting thing is that Tomorrowland wasn't designed to look like a lived space.There are none of the little windows or false portals that are used in other lands to look like there are people living in those lands that are just out of sight.Yet,it still benefits from this kinetic energy because it conveys a sense of the future.Looking at videos of Tomorrowland 67 I'm reminded of the Jetsons.After all,Tomorrowland is an abstraction of "the world on the move" motif.
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