Book Update October 4, 2007George 2 The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life by Steven Watts was one that I wasn’t familiar with. But I [...]
Daily Figment 76 – Epcot Center History Germany October 4, 2007George Comment Jacob and Wilhem Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786, respectively (must not have been a lot to do back then) near Frankfurt, [...]
Epcot Center Art October 3, 2007George Comment Heads up! Alain, over at Disney and More, has some great original pre-1982 concept artwork for Spaceship Earth. Here is a little teaser [...]
Daily Figment 75 – Epcot Center History China October 3, 2007George Comment China has several ties to the Walt Disney Company. The two most recent would be Hong Kong Disneyland and the 1998 animated feature [...]
Book Update October 2, 2007George 1 This is the first non-travel guide book about Disney that I ever read. Probably in 1995, before the interweb made so much information [...]
Daily Figment 74 – Epcot Center History Japan October 2, 2007George 2 Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park built outside of the United States. It is owned by the Oriental Land Company (OLC), [...]
Daily Figment 73 – Happy Birthday Epcot Center October 1, 2007George Comment Today, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Epcot Center. Where were you 25 years ago? I was a geeky twelve year-old living in [...]
Book Update! September 29, 2007George 2 How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams came in last week. More than [...]
Daily Figment 72 – Epcot Center History France September 28, 2007George Comment During World War I, patriotism was the word of the day. Born in 1901, Walt Disney was too young to enlist in the [...]
Daily Figment 71 – Epcot Center History Norway September 27, 2007George 3 Norway joined the World Showcase Pavilions in 1988. Each year, more people visit the Pavilion than actually live in Norway. Sounds pretty good, [...]