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The Magic Kingdom, 1989 Look! Skyway! 20K! Birthdayland! No Splash Mountain! And if you squint, the unmolested Tiki Room. Ahh, 1989. Related Posts…The World of MotionDateline: Walt Disney Imagineering – DreamflightMaps! EPCOT Center, 1989Maps! The Disney-MGM Studios, 1989The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 58 – Town Hall: Davy Feiten, Part II 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 […] Staying at the Wilderness Lodge in 1994, and feeling a bit peckish? Well just take the paper bag you’ll find in your room and head down to Miss Jenny’s for some provisions! Or, even better, have a basket of goodies brought up to your room! Mmm! Who wants muffins?? Related Posts…Inside Out! Episode TwoInside […] From a 1989 guidebook I just stumbled upon in my files: A pettin’ zoo?! Two tickets to Orlando, please!! What’s really atrocious is that the darned jingle from the Railroad spiel is still stuck in my head, twenty years later. Curse you, Mickey’s Birthdayland!! Related Posts…Podcastin’!The All-New D23 WebsiteHooray For Disney World!The World of […] One of the most oft-repeated elements of early EPCOT lore is how, when the park opened in 1982, it was completely devoid of any of Disney’s signature characters. Disney executives thought it important that the new theme park create its own unique identity, and feared that taking Mickey and the others outside the borders of […] |
 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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