AFAR – September 2019

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50 AFAR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019

DISNEY FOR

GROWN-UPS

How midcentury design lovers,

gastronomes, and, now, Jedi

masters can find their happy place

in the Happiest Place on Earth.

by Nicole Antonio

mousse and fresh

berries from Jolly

Holiday Bakery Cafe

at the end of Main

Street, U.S.A. Guests

can also head to Star

Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

and try Braised Shaak

Roast (pot roast

and kale on cavatelli

pasta) with a glass

of blue milk.

see what surprises

await. Whether pilot-

ing the ship on the

Millennium Falcon:

Smugglers Run ride

or telling a Storm-

trooper where to find

a fugitive rebel, you

are more than a

visitor here—you are

a de facto citizen.

mac-and-cheese

at Harbour Galley

outside Haunted

Mansion, pork belly

skewers with shred-

ded daikon at the

Bengal Barbecue on

the way to Indiana

Jones Adventure,

and a hockey puck–

size French macaron

filled with raspberry

and food are sold,

spare signage writ-

ten in Aurebesh (the

fictional language

of the Star Wars

universe) requires

guests to translate

the text with the Play

Disney Parks mobile

app. Or they can

just duck inside to

Elevate Your Eats

Disneyland’s most

famous snacks

may be Dole Whips

and churros, but

what some visitors

don’t know is that

the menus have

expanded beyond

traditional theme

park fare. Visitors

can now find lobster

Use the Force

Immersive Star

Wars–themed park

expansions recently

opened in both

Disneyland and

Walt Disney World

in Orlando, Florida.

Instead of marquees

broadcasting

where lightsabers

Dial in on Design
When Disneyland
opened in Anaheim,
California, in 1955,
the style we now call
midcentury modern
was all the rage.
Many of those retro
touches remain.
After entering the
park and passing
under a plaque that
begins HERE YOU
LEAVE TODAY, check
out vintage posters
for such classic rides
as Jungle Cruise,
Matterhorn Bobsleds,
and Autopia. Take
a dizzying spin in a

cup on Mad Tea Party,

a ride that sports

the same clean lines

and pastel hues

that it did on open-

ing day; drift by boat

through It’s a Small

World to revel in

mid-mod sunbursts

and geometric

designs; or glimpse

a nuclear family of

superheroes as you

shoot through neon-

lit tunnels on the

Incredicoaster ride

at Disney’s California

Adventure, the theme

park across the plaza

from Disneyland.

Marvel at a

full-size replica of the

Millennium Falcon,

dodge a Stormtrooper,

or build a functional

R2D2-style droid at Star

Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAX-O-MATIC