Obscured Lines of Sight At Disney
The Disney Parks are all about staging—about the concealment of visual elements until the exact time when Imagineers want Guests to see them. For example, the Railroad Station and overpass in the Magic Kingdom block Guests from seeing Cinderella’s Castle until they are on Main Street, where they’ll get an idealized, head-on view.
Within the park, the Imagineers situated the trees and foliage to separate the lands from one another, so that you cannot see Adventureland from Liberty Square, or see Tomorrowland from Frontierland. The intent is for each area to exist as a unified, immersive experience. The most inventive example of this is in Disneyland’s Adventureland, where if you stand on the second floor of the Jungle Cruise queue, you cannot see the Matterhorn in Adventureland, because it’s covered by a tree that’s cut in the shape of the mountain.
