Lastly, there are Iron Town and the Great Forest from Princess Mononoke. Nothing would excite us more than having a high speed roller coaster zooming through the barren and harsh Iron Town and then suddenly flying through the incredibly lush and mythical forest filled with legendary animals of Japanese folklore. If there were to be a ride in this area, a dark ride similar to Peter Pan’s Flight or Mr. Beside the Totoro area is the bathhouse from Spirited Away (which the artist calls Aburuya), which seems to be more of a cultural area filled with Japanese artifacts and different traditional foods. One can picture Totoro themed bounce houses and bumper cars that would easily please children and parents alike. The right side of the theme park includes the lands from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke. The Totoro area would most likely be a family-oriented land, similar to Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland or Cars Land in California Adventure. Presumably, the castle would function in a similar way to Sleeping Beauty‘s Castle from Disneyland: mostly a centre piece where people can pose for pictures, but one would still be able to enter the castle and explore a walk-through. In the middle of the map is the titular castle from Howl’s Moving Castle. However, the reason the Disneyland layout was presumably chosen as an influence is very simple: it works.
Even the most oblivious person would be able to recognize the commonalities between the two parks.
These similarities are just the tip of the iceberg. For starters, both have a huge castle in the center, many branching paths, and areas that are color-coded. It’s very hard to believe that this Studio Ghibli map was not based off of the Disneyland layout.
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