Geek-End Update (Festooned Edition), Saturday, July 3, 2010

• Foxxfur from Passport to Dreams makes a case for the Florida Pirates.
• Princess Fee at DF’82 shares some fantastic artwork from Toad Hall at Disneyland Paris: Part One and Part Two.
• Dider Ghez at Disney History looks at Dave Smith and his retirement from the Archives.
• Michael Barrier salutes Dave Smith on his retirement from the Disney Archives.
• Kevin Kidney looks at concept art for the Casa De Fritos.
• Michael Crawford at Progress City, USA takes a look at some fantastic artwork by former Imagineer Tim Delaney. Michael is also celebrating the life of Herb Ryman.
• SamLand takes a stroll through Future World and Urban Design.
• Jack Spence takes a seriously in depth look at Splash Mountain. Check out Part two!
• Robert at A Filmic Light explains how they trained animators back in the day.
• Meet the World shares some information on the WESTCOT Preview Center at the Disneyland Hotel.
• John Frost at The Disney Blog posts a concept drawing for a Blue Sky roller coaster. 
• Ryan from the Main Street Gazette invites us to wander (and wonder) a bit. 

The Progress City, USA boys have released their THIRD Progcast. Make sure you check it out!