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By Michael - June 16th, 2012 I was pointed towards this video by Foxx at Passport to Dreams Old & New; it shows a still-pristine Walt Disney World in the flower of its first decade, and also features an unexpected surprise. According to whoever posted the video, it’s from 1977; I have no idea what this could have been for, as […]
By Michael - June 12th, 2012 From across the aether this week come the voices of myself and Beacon Joe thanks to the fine folks at WEDWay Radio. The first, briefer piece is a news update about the death last week of Ray Bradbury, science fiction icon and friend of Walt Disney. We discuss an interview I conducted with Bradbury in […]
By Michael - June 11th, 2012
Fantastic news emerged yesterday for fellow Disney history buffs and Fans of Walt (TM). It turns out that Jeff Kurtti, prolific (to say the least) author, historian, former adviser to the Walt Disney Family Museum, producer of fabulous DVD content back when Disney actually released DVDs worth buying, and general all-around swell guy has […]
By Michael - April 17th, 2012 Good news, everyone!
Under the cover of night, a ray of sunshine landed in Adventureland at Walt Disney World and the Florida Orange Bird reappeared at the Sunshine Tree Terrace, from which he had been absent for many years.
First, please watch:
So with the Orange Bird back and spiffed up, and Citrus Swirls back […]
By Michael - April 12th, 2012 "Your bathing suit might catch on something on the way down…"
In February of 1976, River Country was hardly a water jamboree. It was still under construction, as we see from this picture which was published on February 27th.
Well, “thar’s bin aplenty goin’ up” in River Country since our last status report. […]
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The Progress City Primer
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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