The Mystery of the 1888 Fire-Escape Chair
The Mystery of the 1888 Fire-Escape Chair: A Thrilling Amusement That Vanished Without a Trace While researching an 1888 article about a curious [...]
Ephemera
Discover Damascene at Lake Buena Vista
Discover Damascene at Lake Buena Vista Village! Damascene at Lake Buena Vista Village is one of those wonderfully specific bits of Walt Disney [...]
1971 Main Street USA Postcard
1971 Main Street USA Postcard I love amusement and theme park postcards. These brief snapshots in time let you share the excitement and [...]
Official Opening of the Contemporary Resort
Official Opening of the Contemporary Resort Walt Disney World opened October 1, 1971. But the official openings of the Vacation Kingdom of the [...]
1971 Vintage Florida Attractions Advertisements
1971 Vintage Florida Attractions Advertisements from WDW Vacationland After the 1965 announcement that Disney was coming to Florida, the company made sure to [...]
Bottoming Out Spaceship Earth
Bottoming Out Spaceship Earth Spaceship Earth is one of the most photographed and recognizable icons in Disney history, but some of its most [...]
Epcot Space Pavilion Concept from 1996: Part One
Epcot Space Pavilion Concept from 1996: Part One Back in the mid-1990s, Disney was looking to redo the Horizons Pavilion. G.E. decided not [...]
First Community in Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista Village Townhouses: First Community in Walt Disney World The Lake Buena Vista Village Townhouses represent one of Disney’s earliest attempts [...]
Vintage Disney World Brochure
Vintage Disney World Brochure A vintage Disney World brochure opens a clear window into the early days of Walt Disney World, showing how [...]
Senior Citizen Week at the Magic Kingdom?
Senior Citizen Week at the Magic Kingdom? Long before FastPass, Magic Bands, or after-hours events, Walt Disney World was already finding creative ways [...]