My Bible World “blue sky” ideas focus on stories from the Bible (maybe that’s obvious), and therefore are overtly Judeo-Christian. Perhaps, though, a Christian fictional story might be the best chance of getting Christian faith and morals into a theme park ride.
In Stanza 2 of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice imagineering competition, I had the opportunity to help create the world of Narnia in theme park form (in what is now Disney’s Hollywood Studios Park; see https://sites.google.com/view/team-power-stanza-ii/world-of-narnia). The Chronicles of Narnia are a 7-book children’s series written by the Christian writer C.S. Lewis. Although Lewis typically wrote for adults, the Narnia books were probably his most popular writings. He uses the veiled form of allegory to tell the truths of Christianity. For example, the character of Aslan the talking lion is supposed to be a figure who stands for Christ (he dies on an altar and later is resurrected). Disney (in perhaps a move to compete with Harry Potter) made three box office movies of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; and The Dawn Treader. Harry Potter was turned into theme park lands at Universal’s parks (including the Hogwarts Express train ride that spans its two Orlando parks). Narnia, on the other hand, has only been shortly found in Disney’s Hollywood Studios through a simple, walk-through exhibit of the particular movies. With all of the beloved Narnia characters like the Pervensie children, Mr. Tumnus, and Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, I think Disney would have been rewarded had they bet on a substantial Narnia theme park attraction.
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