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Book Review: They Drew As They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years

I recently received a review copy of Didier Ghez‘s latest masterpiece, They Drew As they Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years – The 1940s – Part One. I’m pleased to report that – unsurprisingly – it’s another fantastic effort by Didier with an incredible amount of previously unseen conceptual artwork from perhaps […]

Inside Out! Episode Five

It’s been quite a week… quite a month… quite a year… pretty much all around the world. So why not let’s escape all that – escape through space and time to a magical place called 1994. When the world was new.

Yes, it’s time for a new episode of Walt Disney World Inside Out, this […]

For Your Christmas List…

We live in something of a renaissance for Disney history publishing, and I was beyond ecstatic to see a new title pop up on Twitter this morning. From the masterful art publisher Taschen comes The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968, a sprawling (624 pages!!) collection of artwork and historical text from […]

Now In Print: The Progress City Primer

I’m thrilled to announce that after more than a year of work, The Progress City Primer is now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook from a variety of booksellers. At 340 pages, the book contains 33 stories covering the full span of Disney history from Walt’s time until today.

The book is currently available […]

Gordo’s Gold

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain, and here, courtesy of Tom Morris, is part of the attraction’s first queue safety spiel. It features Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper who, let’s just say, was a heck of a pilot but possibly not ready for prime time as an actor.

https://progresscityusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WDW-RCA-Space-Mountain-Gordon-Cooper-Safety-spiel-edited-1_15_15-3.33-PM.mp3 Related Posts…First Launch – May 27th, 1977Star Tours, Those Crazy Star Tours!A Model Kingdom, 1968Trippy TomorrowlandAnd The Relaunch – 2005