America The Musical: Celebrating 40 Years of Walt Disney World History
“America The Musical” appeared on the Castle Forecourt Stage from 1987-1989. I have seen a few conflicting sources that say it ended in [...]
Vintage
Walt Disney World Recipe Index: Thought You’d Never Ask, Part Two
Thought You’d Never Ask, Part Two by Dorothy Chapman (1921 – 2004) was published in 1983 and is one of the first books [...]
Mickey Mouse Globe Trotters and Tar Heel Bread
Mickey Mouse Globe Trotters and Tar Heel Bread I ran across this image of a Mickey Mouse Globe Trotters button on the North Carolina [...]
Borrow a Polaroid Camera, Free*
Borrow a Polaroid Camera, Free* Polaroid operated the Polaroid Camera Center on Main Street at the Magic Kingdom from 1979 to 1984 (GAF ran [...]
Unity, Fellowship and Harmony
The Epcot Center logo symbolizes unity, fellowship, and harmony around the world. Five outer rings are linked to form the shape of a [...]
Video Theme Parkeology: Third Session
The third segment of the Walt Disney World Tencennial special sponsored by Kraft doesn’t have as many good images to capture. The segment [...]
Video Theme Parkeology, Second Session
Previously, we looked at the first segment of a whimsical four-part video posted by Michael Crawford at Progress City, USA. The video was [...]
Video Theme Parkeology
Michael Crawford alerted the world to a video on the Progress City Public TV Youtube channel. Much to his chagrin, the world did not stop turning… [...]
Fantasy Faire Resurgent
Sometimes, finding information on early Walt Disney World can be quite daunting. If it isn’t covered by Mike Lee’s Widen Your World, Foxxfur’s [...]
Marketed this Spring as a New Attraction, Not a New Movie
From the Winter 1985-86 Disneyana Collector: This billboard at Disneyland publicizes Captain EO, the 3-D musical narrative film that will play exclusively at [...]