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DINOLAND REBORN
For the next entry in my Wishful-Thinking-Birds-Eye-Illustration series (previous entry Tokyo Fantasyland viewable below), I decided to tackle Animal Kingdom’s Dinoland. This is an area with great...
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A Mountain for Potterland
UPDATE It was suggested that the Dragon Challenge Queue be themed as the stadium from the fourth Potter film. It made sense, so that's what I did: One of the trademark features of what I term “Tier...
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Scenic Plan - Daark Valley Orphanage
UPDATE: Video at end has new scene added.Professional illustrator Kevin Karstens has pulled off a pretty remarkable piece of ‘home-imagineering.’ Inspired by the Haunted Mansion, Kevin created an...
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Memorial Tribute to Alain Littaye
Among the disproportionate woes of this year was the sudden and unexpected passing of Alain Littaye last March. Co-author of the quintessential theme park design coffee table book (Disneyland...
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River Country
The world's first Themed water park, River Country had a great Tom Sawyer Island-esque feel, a beautiful location and a number of unique features. But when Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach came...
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Parallel TDL
Here is a version of TDL I drew before the recently completed changes. GRAND AVENUE World Bazaar is transformed into a romanticized, open-air urban boulevard. For variety's sake, this land is...
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Fifth Gate - Mythica Revisited
When imagining a fifth theme park, I typically use it as an occasion to address several problems that I see at WDW.Problem 1: Overdevelopment of WDW & Orlando - Sprawl at the expense of greenspace....
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Mega Kingdom
I enjoy imagining and drawing riffs on the Castle park template. And out of the scores of them I've drawn, this is one of the larger examples. The on-show park area of this park is larger than any...
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EPIC UNIVERSE
An end to America's decades-long new (Tier I) park drought is on the horizon.My drawing is an amalgamation of the artwork, plans & models that have surfaced on the internet, with some personal...
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WILD ANIMAL KINGDOM - PARIS
This is another exploration of "what could have been" for the 2nd Gate plot at Disneyland Paris. This plan has the park stretching out to the circular perimeter road, even though a significant part...
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Universal Beijing - Reimagined
Universal Studios hasn't built an actual studios park since 1990 in Orlando. Their newer parks have a nominal Hollywood theme, typically in the Boulevard entrance and a movie-making show or...
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EPCOT Center - Resurrected
EPCOT Center of the 1980s into the 90s as created by the original team of Imagineers - an inimitable group of visionary geniuses - aimed to inspire and instill in the visitor something of value about...
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Walt Disney Studios - Paris
Hope all are well. When looking at the possibilities for the 2nd Gate to Disneyland Paris, I've typically started from scratch, as it is more enjoyable for me to imagine & lay out a park that...
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