When I posted my EPCOT rant last week, little did I realize that there was a bit of a wave of EPCOT discussion sweeping the web already. Specifically, this thread on WDWMagic discussing a recent interview with Imagineer Eddie Sotto. The article itself is revelatory; it’s full of Sotto’s ideas of what Tomorrowland and [...]
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Those of you who are new to Progress City – and there are many! – can catch up with previous entries in this series here. #3 – Overhaul Resort Transportation Guess which one transfixed me as a child with its awesomeness? Go ahead, guess. Criticism – even loving, constructive criticism like the kind your [...]
When Walt Disney was involved in planning the Florida property, transportation was one of his highest priorities. A jet airport of the future, a revolutionary city (EPCOT) that would provide public transportation to all, and a welcome center where folks could leave their cars behind and board a high speed monorail [...] We’ve spoken before about Community Transportation Services, the division of Walt Disney Productions founded in 1974 to develop and market the monorail and WEDway PeopleMover to outside businesses and municipalities. By 1982, CTS had been rechristened WED Transportation Systems and had just completed the first and only installation of a WEDway system outside [...] So you’re vacationing at Walt Disney World in 1992, and as you wake up in your Treehouse Villa you wonder where you’re going to go today. Should you jump the green and gold EC bus and head to EPCOT Center for a ride on Horizons? Or should you head to the Magic Kingdom on [...] |
 
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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