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“But then I thought of the skeletons in Snow White’s Scary Adventures. The whole dungeon scene was leftover from a lost concept from the feature film, where the Evil Queen chained up the prince in her dungeon after he refused to marry her. Ken Anderson had pulled the forgotten storyboard keyframes and used them to concoct a dark dungeon for us to ride through, horrifyingly ghoulish but adding all the drama Walt wanted for the ride. And that’s when I realized why Walt wanted us to be scared. Because our fear could either keep us chained up like the skeletons in that long-forgotten attraction, or it could push us forward toward places we would never have the courage to go without it. Fear was a catalyst for change—if we chose to lean into it rather than run away.” - From my book Who the Mirror Reflects To be honest, this book is a hard one for me to talk about because it made me revisit parts of my past I’d rather leave buried and hidden. But in the process of writing, of exploring how Walt wanted us to experience the Disney parks and why, I had to face my fear of looking something ugly in the face and deciding not to back down. To move through it, feel it, and come out a new person on the other side. It was scary. And painful. And liberating. Imagine if Disney’s attractions didn’t ever have moments of fear or uncertainty. If they were all as pleasant as the Storybookland Canal Boats. Walt knew we needed rides with drama, craziness, and beauty, so he asked his animators-turned-imagineers to give him three (almost four, but that’s another story) rides that brought just that. There’s often a lot of fear in our lives that we can let steamroll over us or paralyze us into inaction. Many choose this route, because it’s easy. Safe. But when we lean into the fear of facing what holds us captive and choose to hold our ground, that’s when we are no longer held hostage. We are free. Fear is a catalyst for change, but only if you choose to make it so. (Note: My dear husband @Eliot composed this music a few years back called the Odyssey of These Days as part of a project to help people process loss) - #disney #disneyparks #disneyland #disneyworld #wdw #disneygram #disneytok #disneytiktok #disneyhistory #disneyvintage #snowwhite #snowwhitesscaryadventures #evilqueen #retrodisney #disneyrides #disneybook #waltdisney #disneyattractions #disneyauthor #fantasyland #disneylandpark #disneyfan #disneyfans #disneyquotes #snowwhiteandthesevendwarfs #snowwhiteride

“But then I thought of the skeletons in Snow White’s Scary Adventures. The whole dungeon scene was leftover from a lost concept from the feature film, where the Evil Queen chained up the prince in her dungeon after he refused to marry her. Ken Anderson had pulled the forgotten storyboard keyframes and used them to concoct a dark dungeon for us to ride through, horrifyingly ghoulish but adding all the drama Walt wanted for the ride. And that’s when I realized why Walt wanted us to be scared. Because our fear could either keep us chained up like the skeletons in that long-forgotten attraction, or it could push us forward toward places we would never have the courage to go without it. Fear was a catalyst for change—if we chose to lean into it rather than run away.” - From my book Who the Mirror Reflects To be honest, this book is a hard one for me to talk about because it made me revisit parts of my past I’d rather leave buried and hidden. But in the process of writing, of exploring how Walt wanted us to experience the Disney parks and why, I had to face my fear of looking something ugly in the face and deciding not to back down. To move through it, feel it, and come out a new person on the other side. It was scary. And painful. And liberating. Imagine if Disney’s attractions didn’t ever have moments of fear or uncertainty. If they were all as pleasant as the Storybookland Canal Boats. Walt knew we needed rides with drama, craziness, and beauty, so he asked his animators-turned-imagineers to give him three (almost four, but that’s another story) rides that brought just that. There’s often a lot of fear in our lives that we can let steamroll over us or paralyze us into inaction. Many choose this route, because it’s easy. Safe. But when we lean into the fear of facing what holds us captive and choose to hold our ground, that’s when we are no longer held hostage. We are free. Fear is a catalyst for change, but only if you choose to make it so. (Note: My dear husband @Eliot composed this music a few years back called the Odyssey of These Days as part of a project to help people process loss) - #disney #disneyparks #disneyland #disneyworld #wdw #disneygram #disneytok #disneytiktok #disneyhistory #disneyvintage #snowwhite #snowwhitesscaryadventures #evilqueen #retrodisney #disneyrides #disneybook #waltdisney #disneyattractions #disneyauthor #fantasyland #disneylandpark #disneyfan #disneyfans #disneyquotes #snowwhiteandthesevendwarfs #snowwhiteride

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