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By Michael - September 2nd, 2009 Euro Disneyland Paris, 1994
This isn’t an official park map; it’s from a booklet that Disney distributed at Walt Disney World to promote the Euro Disney Resort to American guests. It shows the park as it was in 1994, which is remarkably similar to how it is today. There were still some small attractions to [...]
By Michael - August 19th, 2009 EPCOT Center, 1989
This one’s for Hoot Gibson.
Is there really anything I can say? Horizons. Motion. Imagination. Seas. Kitchen Kabaret. Radok screens. Cronkite.
Where’d I put the time machine…
By Michael - August 13th, 2009 The Magic Kingdom, 1989
Look! Skyway! 20K! Birthdayland! No Splash Mountain!
And if you squint, the unmolested Tiki Room. Ahh, 1989.
By Michael - August 9th, 2009 Click! Enlarge!
Let’s return to the days of yesteryear, when the Disney-MGM Studios had just opened in Florida. Looking back, one thing really stands out – look how small it was! The area labeled “Theme Park” really only consists of three buildings – the Indiana Jones stunt show, the Backlot Express burger joint, and the [...]
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Four Decades of Magic

Essays about the first forty years of Walt Disney World, including two pieces by yours truly. Available in print and for Kindle.
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