Why Is Disneyland a Place to Study Joy?

Kelly McGonigal says you cannot study joy without going to Disneyland. Something much bigger than the amusement park is going on, and the park itself is spectacular.

All 30,000 people there have decided they are going to have a great day. The energy is infectious. The grounds stay clean and well run, and there is a reason the place works as it does. The feeling still lands for someone with no tie to the Disney properties and no wish to feel childlike.

The rest of the world does not exist inside the park by design. Highways and the outside stay out of view. If a building would show, a tree was planted, so people stay encapsulated in a separate world. Sitting in the middle to watch the crowd is the best people-watching on planet Earth.