Tucked away on a sleepy street in Seattle stands an unassuming weatherboard known as the happiest house on Earth. At the entrance, a gold Mickey Mouse door knocker guides guests into a series of themed rooms: a Ratatouille-style kitchen, a Lilo & Stitch living room, a Little Mermaid ensuite and a newly renovated Encanto guest room, remodelled in honour of last year’s film release. No, this isn’t a quirky Airbnb experience or even a room at one of Disney’s resorts, but the home of Kelsey Hermanson, 36, a self-confessed Disney adult, her husband, Eric, and their two children. “It’s my little happy place,” Hermanson tells me via Zoom, from her Cinderella themed master bedroom. “When the world is just going crazy, I come in here and I’m in a fairytale.”
According to the internet, Disney adults are defined as millennial grown-ups, often without children, whose passion for Disney extends far beyond the park walls. From “Disneybounding” (a low-key form of cosplay where instead of a costume, colour blocking and accessories are
