I’ll preface this blog by saying that I have deep nostalgia for Disney and the Disney Parks. I had an annual pass as a kid because my aunt lived in Southern California and I would spend my summers with her. I enjoy watching the movies and experiencing the stories. However, the general interest in the parks and the company has waned as I’ve gotten older for a variety of reasons, mostly because my interests have moved elsewhere. I still enjoy the movies, but I don’t necessarily need to see them all as they are released.
The last time I went to Walt Disney World was in 2014 to run the marathon through the Disney World parks (they do an incredible job putting together a race if you have any interest in either Disney or running a marathon). The last time I was in Disneyland was in 2017 with that same aunt I spent my summers with. It’s pretty safe to say that I was nowhere near spirituality at either point.
Going back to Disney this time was a bit different. I’ve been on this spiritual journey since late 2023 and it’s 2026 at this point, so almost 3 years in. I was curious to see how things have changed and how things have stayed the same, both with the parks and with myself. I went in pretty excited because of the nostalgia.
I came out with some new perspectives I wasn’t expecting, both good and bad. To start with the bad, the amount of consumption, consumerism, and stimulation is over the top. Pin trading, bubbles, spirit jerseys, lounge flys, lightning lanes, alcohol, park maps, desserts, rides, lore, shows, music, fireworks. I love most of the things individually, but putting it all together is just a lot. I wasn’t unaware of this going in, but I didn’t recognize the gravity of it all quite the same. Because the price of getting in to the disney parks is so high, there’s a desire (on my part) to maximize the value by rope dropping (going at opening, usually 7:30 or 8am) and staying until closing (often 10pm to midnight). Much of this is spent walking or standing (which I appreciate!) but up to 16 hour days of walking multiple days in a row lead to nervous system fatigue. It makes it hard to recognize when your intuition is drowned out with loud sounds. This falls squarely into the “bad” category for me because I prefer to working using my intuition, but my intuition was completely gone. I was incapable of grounding or really tapping in psychically at all.. which I believe to be intentional on Disney’s part. I imagine it helps with crowd control and keeping people happy after walking 20,000 or more steps in a day when most people become exhausted under normal circumstances.
For the good (and partly bad), Disney is highly aware of how to manipulate energy. I put this on the mostly good side because they use the knowledge for telling a better story and creating a better experience. I noticed on the haunted mansion ride (a favorite of mine!) that my third eye start pinging when I was looking down the hallway with the floating candle and at the crystal ball with Madame Leota. At first I was thinking that I was sensing the ghosts of the ride. But then I rode a second and third time and realized that my third eye was consistently going off at those two places. It’s unlikely a ghost is THAT consistent. I listened in since my third eye was awake anyways and recognized that they are streaming frequencies into those two areas. To the untrained pyschic, it’s just enough to make you think there is a ghost. I did try to talk to any spirits that were there and was met with silence. There are certainly plenty of energies that drift through there, but nothing coherent enough to be the popularly named ghosts of the rides. This doesn’t ruin the ride for me – it’s all still in good fun, but some of the “magic” is lost in the knowing how.
Another location that grabbed my attention was the art of animation. I walked in and immediately felt artistic and that I could do all the drawing of a well trained artist. After going through several of the workshops, I can confirm that I’m years of training away from ever being considered for an artist job there. See Pua below.
It’s fun to daydream of putting together a cartoon like that, but I’m drastically underestimating the amount of effort that goes into creating a character and short. I have to say, I think this might be one of my favorite things to do in the park.
Do I think Disney is trafficking kids after this visit? No. I’ve never been convinced of that conspiracy theory and the dowsing rods have confirmed that for me. Disney is good a moving your attention away from things they don’t want you to see, but I’ve never heard of a kid having gone missing in a park that wasn’t then reunited. That theory is built out of fear, not out of a string of “missing from Disney” police cases – at least in the last 30 years.
Do I think Disney has some problematic historical roots? Yes, absolutely. But they’ve also acknowledged and adjusted their short fallings in constructive ways. Movies like Aladdin and Pocahontas and Peter Pan have notices at the beginning of their movies on Disney+ apologizing for how things were portrayed and their blatant racism. I tend to be of the mind that people (and companies) can change if they want to. Just like the future, nothing/nobody is set in stone – even stone can turn into sand.
I do think Disney is shedding light on a lot of spiritual things under the guise of “fiction”. Recent movies like Hoppers and Elio talk about body swapping and aliens. Soul is a peak into how the other side works. For all the fiction categorization, I think the story tellers of Disney are actually telling us one of many truths.
So, what’s the TLDR? Disney is as a company and a park is neutral. How you perceive the experiences/brand is reflective of your feelings about the company – which is really applicable to everything in life. Did I enjoy my time in the parks? Yes, absolutely! Am I in a hurry to go back? No, not really. Disney has created so many fun and wonderful stories and worlds to get lost in. I like visiting on occasion, but really prefer to be in my own energy most of the time.
What are your thoughts on Disney? Have you had any supernatural experiences in their parks?
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