xdWDW Compendium Guide
This guide contains all requirements for the xdWDW Compendium Project for ART 436/536 Experience Design: Walt Disney World. Use this tool as a checklist while on-site at Walt Disney World.
Reminder: Everyone in the course must complete at least one of each Experience Type.
Study at least one of each of the following.
Attractions include:
- The Haunted Mansion
- Spaceship Earth
Lands include:
- Tomorrowland
- Dinoland USA
Resort hotels include:
- Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s
- Wilderness Lodge
- Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
- Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Disney’s Old Key West Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
- Disney’s Pop Century Resort
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
- Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
- Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
- Disney’s Riviera Resort
- The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
- The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Vacation Club Resort
- The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
- The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Dining includes:
- Raglan Road
- Club Cool
- Casey’s Corner
Entertainment or services include:
- First Aid
Describe the experience type in one sentence.
Describe the context that surrounded this experience. For example, weather conditions, location, etc.
Explain what this experience is intended to create inside participants (emotions, memories, physical sensations).
Describe the formal properties of the experience, including its physical details and style. Include at least one image. Video and sounds would be great! Paint a clear picture of the experience.
Describe the step-by-step process involved in participating in this experience.
Describe the abilities required for people to participate in this experience.
Describe how usable this experience was—what was “effortless” and what created problems for you and others?
Highlight what types of design specializations are involved in this experience, such as interaction design, service design, architecture, game design, graphic design, etc.
Share how Cast Members were involved in this experience. What was their role?
Share the theming style of this experience:
- Realistic
- Heightened Reality
- Exaggerative
- Interpretive
- Metaphoric
- Associative
Describe the social norms that are in place for this experience. What social norms did the experience encourage?
Share the design techniques from Younger’s Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment used to create this experience.
Share the manifestation theme (setting and subject) and the Dramatic Theme.
Share the story techniques from Younger’s Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment used to create this experience.
Share if this was an Aspirational, Popular, or Medium Design and why.
Share which of Marty Sklar’s Mickey’s Ten Commandments were observable for this experience.
Share what audience mix for whom the experience was targeted:
- World Travelers
- Character Huggers
- Thrill Seekers
Share what levels guests could easily engage with the story:
- Divers
- Swimmers
- Waders
Describe the makeup of the people who were experiencing this with you.
Record your experience as an autoethnography.
Share details about the physical sensations you felt.
Share details about the emotions you felt.
Highlight the happiness (or sadness) level this experience created for you and write why you felt this way about the experience.
What memory did you make from this experience?
Topics
References
This content by David Younger and adapted for this Field Tool.
Younger, D. (2016). Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment. Inklingwood Press.