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Is there really anything I could say? I mean… sigh. The best part of the commercial? It doesn’t pander. There are no characters, aside from Figment and Mickey, no distortions of the truth – just images of EPCOT. It shows you how exciting EPCOT is, rather than telling you. There’s no cheesy footage of canned […] Michael Eisner didn’t get EPCOT. He didn’t understand it, he didn’t like it. He wanted to make it more “exciting.” And so, when he arrived at Walt Disney Productions in 1984, those grand expansion plans for the park were all put away, never to be seen again. Instead, EPCOT would begin to see a series […] In 1987, Walt Disney World was in the midst of a huge expansion. Construction was underway at multiple locations, on projects that would change the face of the resort forever. Disney’s new CEO, Michael Eisner, was intent on making the resort a full-service destination that could keep a family occupied for an entire vacation without […] First, if you haven’t seen it already, go watch the new trailer for Rapunzel. For years I’ve worried that executives and marketing slobs were ruining Disney animation. Now I’m starting to worry that they already have. Has the vast studio bureaucracy – ranks upon ranks of Vice Presidents and marketing mavens – really salted the […] This Herb Ryman rendering shows an unbuilt covered bridge proposed for Walt Disney World’s Adventureland What better way to kick off Herbert Ryman’s centennial month than to take a look at some of his art? And, in a convenient bit of timing, some of his work will go on auction next Thursday, June 10th. A […] |
 From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.  |
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