THE ULTIMATE GHIBLI THEME PARK!!

(Please read my update here)

Okay, so when Ellen and I went to Great America, we started designing a theme park based off of the Ghibli movies. They should completely make a park like that!
Even if no one ever builds the park, I'll at least post all our ideas for it. Maybe some billionaire will find our plans and build the park for us. A fun, if illogical, thought.
Well, here's our theme park notes. They'll make more sense if you've seen the movies.


Ghibli Theme Park
RIDES
Bumper Boars: Like bumper cars, except with boars from Princess Mononoke. The normal boars, boars with battle paint, Akoto, Nago as a demon, Akoto as a demon.
Nausicaa’s Glider: One of the rides where you get in a swing and spin around, except you’re in the gliders from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Barracuda: One of those huge boats that spins upside down in a circle) The Barracuda ship from Future Boy Conan flipping in circles.
The Cat Kingdom Tower: Like Drop Zone. You ride the tower to the top of the tower from The Cat Returns, and then the tower “collapses” under you and you drop. The flock of crows saves you from hitting the ground. The line for the ride weaves through the Cat King’s maze.
Pazu’s Kite Ride: A roller coaster ride where your feet hand down below you. The coasters look like the kite from Castle in the Sky.
On Your Mark: A roller coaster based off On Your Mark.
Rollercoaster based off train ride in Castle in the Sky.
Rollercoaster based off the car ride in The Castle of Cagliostro
A ride of the flaptors escaping the collapsing Laputa
The Toxic Jungle: Not really a roller coaster, but you drive through scenes from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. You’re in the Toxic jungle, riding on Lord Yupa’s bird’s. You pass by the giant insects and get chased by the ohmu, and finally escape to the haven under the forest.
Riding the wolves-running from the rampaging forest spirit. Again, not a rollercoaster, but diving through scenes of the movie.
Water ride: Floating down the Kohaku river in boats that look like Chihiro’s pink shoe.
Spirited Away Water Coaster: A rollercoaster that gets you wet. The carts look like Haku, and one looks like the river spirit that Chihiro helped in the bathhouse.
Warrior Howl: Like Space Mountain. Dark ride with bird Howl flying through the war zone.
Hurricane: Like Space Mountain. Various Castle in the Sky vehicles floating through the hurricane surrounding Laputa.
Conan’s airplanes. A rollercoaster where all the carts look like the planes and boats from Future Boy Conan.
Laputa’s Robots: Robot carts all attached to a hub that goes in circles and up and down (like the Dumbo ride in Disney Land).
Spinning airplane ride with all planes from Porco Rosso.
Spinning hats: Sophie’s hats-sit in one and spin around (like teapot ride in Disney Land).
Another spinning ride-riding on Totoro’s tops.
Dust Bunny Spinner: (Like teapot ride in Disney Land) everyone gets in their own dust bunny cart that rotates around the platform and spins in circles.
Cars: Slow ride where you ride along a pathway in a car. All the different cars from the movies.
Ferris wheel with aircraft from all the different movies. Some of them are rocking carts. Spirit of Freedom blimp, Tombo’s plane, Glider kite, Goliath, Tiger Moth, Air ship at beginning of Castle in the Sky, flaptors, robots, military spy plane, Laputa air crafts, Porco Rosso’s plane, hover planes from Howl, battle ships, Howl’s flying castle, Nausicaa’s glider, Asbel’s gun ship, Valley of the Wind gun ship, big Tarumekia ship, Tarumekia barge, Tarumekia fleet, Tarumekia boarder, Tarumekia gunship, Pejite ship, hover craft that carries baby ohmu On Your Mark helicopter, On Your Mark hover car, On your Mark plane, Conan ships and planes.
Howl ride-flying through meadow away from battle ship.
Kiki broom ride
Riding on “cat carpet” from The Cat Returns.
Running from No Face
Tombo’s bike
Dragon Teru
A kids ride from Panda Go Panda.

CAROUSEL
Heen
Monster Howl
Bird Howl
Calcifer
Turnip Head
Suliman’s monsters
Haku
Pigs
Stink spirit
Radish Spirit
Spirits
Mouse
No Face
Yubaba’s vulture
Vulture fly
Soot balls
Robots
Dust bunnies
Totoro
Little white Totoro
Little blue Totoro
Cat Bus
Goat
Mononoke wolves
Mauro
Boars
Akoto
Demon
Akoto demon
Yakul
Apes
Forest Spirit
Samurai horses
Iron Town oxen
Kodama
Kiki Crows
Jiji
Lily
Broomstick
Tombo’s Bike
Jeff
Cows
Lord Yupa’s birds
Teto
Ohmu
insects
Aaron’s llama
Teru
Toto
Muta
Yuki
Prince Lune
Cat King
Cats
Seiji’s bike
Raccoons
Tikki (tern)
Conan shark
Gold ram (Lupin III)
Silver ram
Koro (bear from Horus)
Chiro (Squirrel)
(Goshu animals)
(Wolf Link) for randomness
(Ponyta) for randomness

ATTRACTIONS
Yubaba’s Bath House: A water park that’s just like the real bath house. Boiler room, ex. Pig pen and the pathway through the flowers.
A movie theatre that plays all the movies.
Music from all the different movies playing in the background of the park.
Plays of certain scenes.
People dressed up as the characters that wander through the park.
Different parts of the park look like areas from the movies.
Full-size models of the characters throughout the park.
The Underground City in Future Boy Conan with water in it.
Shizuku’s story
Laputa garden
Pool of the forest spirit.
Totoro’s giant tree. Surrounded by bush maze. Slides that lead down into Totoro’s pit. You land on a bouncy Totoro tummy.
Seiji violin performance
Only Yesterday orchard
Grave of fireflies cave
Mines from Castle in the Sky
One of those little “pools” full of plastic balls that are painted like dust bunnies.
A bounce house designed like the room of Yubaba’s baby.
Nanny’s vegetable garden
(Goshu performance)

TRANSPORTATION
Cat busses transport you around the theme park.
A sort of ski lift that takes you from one end of the park to the other, where each of the carts looks like Totoro. You ride on a chair in front of his tummy. He has the umbrella and the two little Totoro on his stomach too. He’s riding the top.
A train that goes around the park, making certain stops and seeing cool views of the park. One train looks like the one from Spirited Away. It stops at the bath house. One looks like the train from Whisper of the Heart that has Muta riding on it. Stops at the library. The train from Kiki that stops at the bakery.
Witch of the Waste’s cart pulled by two blob men.
(Goshu hay ride)

RESTAURANTS
Calcifer’s Breakfast: Looks like the cluttered insides of Howl’s Castle. The oven is Calcifer, and the food served is from Howl’s Moving Castle. Howl’s bedroom-magic and normal room. Whole castle-building looks like the castle too.
Pirate’s Diner: Like the galley on the Tiger Moth from Castle in the Sky. Serves food from Castle in the Sky. Pazu’s meatballs, toast, apples, Sheeta’s cooking, ex.
Totoro’s Veggie Stand: Sells the vegetables from Nanny’s garden. Lunches from the movie too.
Good Cooking Pan Bakery: From Kiki’s Delivery Service. Has all the breads plus Kiki cakes and pot pies. Has Kiki’s room, Jiji, and is on the hill just like in the movie.
Cat Palace Banquet: Food from the Cat Returns. Food that looks like raw fish, and all the pastries, cat nip jelly, fish crackers, ex.
Club from Porco Rosso

SHOPS
Sophie’s Hat Shop: With Sophie’s hats, along with the huge stuffed vulture hat her mom wears.
Ghibli Style: Clothing from all the different movies. Other things straight from the movies too.
A toy shop that has toys, figures, ex, from all the movies. Figures of all characters.
Ghibli’s library: Like the library from Whisper of the Heart. A shop that sells all the movies, books, soundtracks, ex.
Shops from “Tales from Earthsea.”
A giant building that looks like an ohmu shell.
Whisper of the Heart Antique shop with the Barron, clock, ex.

ACCESSORIES
Kodama bobble head
Kodama rattle
Ursula’s gum
Seiji violin
Atherium crystal
Bird cage with stuffed Jiji.
Turnip head pogo stick
Packages of acorn candy, like the one Totoro gives Mei.
San’s crystal dagger
Totoro bean bag chair
Totoro bamboo leaf package

GAMES
Throwing coal into a furnace (Spirited Away).
Twisty ladder: Pazu climbing in Laputa.
Ashitaka archery