Castle in the middle. Railroad traipsing around. Man-made "mountains" concealing family rides. A meandering waterway through an American frontier landscape. The periodic hoot of a steamboat whistle. That's the formula that made Disney parks great. It's repeated at Disneyland in California, Magic Kingdom in Florida, Disneyland Paris, and Tokyo Disneyland—they all establish and celebrate the…
Ask any theme park aficionado to list all the things you can do during a day at Walt Disney World near Orlando, and you'll hear the resort's inventory rattled off as easily as the alphabet: four theme parks, two water-slide parks, a huge shopping district, a sports center, and more than 20 resort hotels. Not…