Disneyphilia

All the other shoppers were mousepeople, too, each one a nightmarish assemblage of disparate organs, the hideous creation of some demented vivisectionist, some latter-day Dr. Moreau with Disneyphilia and a sharp scalpel.

1987 July, Vance Aandahl, “Deathmatch In Disneyland”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 73, number 1 (whole 434), →ISSN, page 149, column 1

Arlene and Irwin Isaacs, psychotherapists from Fort Lauderdale, gush with Disneyphilia. “We believe that Walt Disney was a visionary person who had certain spiritual revelations of how the world should be, and we’d love to live in the middle of it.”

1995 December 10, “Celebration — it’s a small town, after all”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 278, section “Forum”, page 6

Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.

1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110

Finally, it would be no fun working on a book like this if I couldn’t share my Disneyphilia with my wife, Alice, and daughter, Jessie.

2000, Leonard Maltin, The Disney Films, Disney Editions, →ISBN

Different selections from Dress Shop, created by Disney Parks Merchandise, match the level of Disneyphilia of the customers.

2017 April 28, Dewayne Bevil, “Dress Shop makes snazzy Disney duds”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D8