Todd Martens

Video games, theme parks + immersive entertainment | Columnist for the Los Angeles Times | I go to Disneyland too often | Go Cubs | [email protected]

[Todd Martens @Toddmartens]

Hi! I spent much of the past year living — and reporting — this story on the science of heartbreak, how it affects our brains and can alter our bodies.

It’s been the most difficult 14 months of my life. Please please please read if you’re able.

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Soarin' Across America. When your IP is the United States in 2026, it raises some potentially uncomfortable questions.

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today’s cure for boredom: @Toddmartens answering any theme park question I toss his way on my podcast 🤌🏼

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Trigger warning: Disney adults. I generally try not to respond to the ‘discourse,’ but media/social media keeps obsessing over Disney adults and keeps getting everything wrong.

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With this year being the 100th anniversary of Route 66, we look at one of the most loving odes to the road: Disney’s Cars Land.

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[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

The Grove, LACMA and Beverly Center by train? 19 adventures to eat, see and do along Metro’s new extension. Will you be taking the D? https://t.co/dourfwnnQ8

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An obituary, of sorts, for the ambitions of Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, once pitched as the most revolutionary theme park land ever.

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@AboutThemeParks Ah thanks, Arthur! I hope it doesn’t stink. May take me a bit to gain my footing

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@mike_denison Thanks for reading and the kind words. Hope you’re not bored. Later this month!

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Theme parks are art, cultural institutions as vital to Southern California as Griffith Park, Dodger Stadium and the Getty.

That’s one reason we’re launching a theme park newsletter.

Welcome to Mr. Todd’s Wild Ride!

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“I cannot just make art about churros and rides right now.”

How social justice transformed the career of former Disney Imagineer Nikkolas Smith.

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[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Legoland grows up. What it's like to ride the new Space Mountain-inspired Galacticoaster https://t.co/ekhewstRLA

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Downtown Los Angeles is magic

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Yes, the cars on the Fast and Furious coaster look neat, but how long is the ride?

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Disney California Adventure turns 25. Will it ever not feel like a work in progress? https://t.co/sjjcNesiiT

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“Asses.masses” is theater for the post-Twitch age, performance art for those weaned on “The Legend of Zelda” or “Pokémon.” Most important, it’s entertainment as political dissent for these divisive times. https://t.co/eHFsWNbNzc

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New film on Disney+ reveals the frenzied race against time to build Disneyland https://t.co/TPOOve1XBt

[Gene Park @GenePark]

hey guys, just to confirm this is indeed my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.

my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the very same surgery Walter White undergoes. my bills are massive, but this has been an incredible help already. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.

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Surviving cultural, technological and bureaucratic shifts, Children’s Fairyland has become the little park that could, its durability a statement of defiance in our fast-paced, divisive world.

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@GenePark Thanks, Gene! That’s very kind of you to say. I really appreciate it. Theme parks are a window into and a reflection of our cultural stories, says someone (me) on the beat! Haha.

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Disneyland is pivoting on 'Star Wars' Land. Here's why. https://t.co/olVjPlG8wS