www.themeparkinsider.com: On November 1, Disney+ will debut another season of the behind-the-scene docuseries about the company's theme parks. This six-episode second season features two of the attractions I worked back in the day at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom: Pirates of the Caribbean and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. So I was especially excited to see a preview of the season earlier this month at Walt Disney Imagineering's headquarters in Glendale.
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I watched the first season of ‘Behind the Attraction’ on Disney+ last year. When I was watching it, I remember feeling enlightened and special in a way, like I was being told secrets that are only exclusive to very few people, and I was one of them. Although I don’t remember all the rides that were covered, I felt – just like Lomboy said – it was a “love letter to the many generations of Imagineers” and many others who put the magic together. It was this spirit and the ‘legacy’ that touched me the most. As an audience to the documentary and a guest at the parks, I definitely felt a lot of warmth and welcome as if I were part of the project. I’m also excited to watch season 2 of the docuseries. Pirates of the Caribbean left a profound memory in my mind when I went to Shanghai Disneyland when it first opened. It was so magnificent that I forgot that it was one of the oldest rides in Disney history. This year when I went to Anaheim, I went on to the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Even though the technology might be outdated, the storytelling aspect of the ride never gets old.
I love watching and learning about behind the scene things, because even though it often ruins the illusion and the fantasy, it’s really interesting learning about and appreciating how the illusion is created and how it brings so much more to the immersion. I love the personal connection we get to this type of documentary, and how like the article says, its not like documentaries about Abraham Lincoln or Dinosaurs, but this is something we have experienced before. The part about the fireworks was really interesting as well, about how it wasn’t about a firework show, its a story in the sky. I never really thought about fireworks in that way, but whenever I watched fireworks, I always appreciated the colors and the pictures it painted in the night skies. There are many things that have components of stories embedded within it, even if you didn’t realize consciously. I love listening to songs and watching dances, and thinking about the story behind each part, such as how a part may seem sad, then the next may be angry.
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