Disneyland: Fantasy vs. the Future Walt Disney had a dream. He wanted to conjure up a place, “where every one is happy and nothing ever goes wrong and where you could wish upon a star and your dreams would come true.” (Mouse Tales, pg. 18) It sounds nice but in a world that had recently been wracked by world war and would soon see the likes of Vietnam, the Kennedy assassination, and pair figure skating this …showed first 75 words of 655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 655 total…atrocities on the news and many kids are subjected to both violence and atrocity right where they live. All I can say is it’s a wonder that Disneyland can exist. Or maybe that is its real secret. People actually go to Disneyland to escape all the problems in the world. They may enjoy the roller coasters and scream and the frightening effects in the 3-D movie, but they come for a sense of purity.