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By Michael - October 26th, 2010 Concept art for shopping street in the Israel pavilion at EPCOT Center by Herb Ryman
Another press release from the sad file of fruitless announcements, this excited blurb comes from November of 1981:
ISRAEL JOINS COMMUNITY OF NATIONS AT EPCOT CENTER
Representatives of the State of Israel and Walt Disney World signed an agreement for […]
By Michael - October 8th, 2010 One of the highlights of the recent Destination D event was a great presentation by Imagineer Dave Fisher about the creation of Disneyland, with a focus on attractions that were planned but never built. This is always a rich topic for discussion, as could be seen in Fisher’s presentation; while some of these lost attractions […]
By Michael - September 12th, 2010 So much to say about this one…
Promising times, eh? I can’t even describe how exciting it was to be a young fan in these years. I was thirteen and it seemed that the awesome was just never going to stop.
Of course, it’s pretty ironic that of all these promised goodies, we only ever […]
By Michael - August 4th, 2010 Herb Ryman at work on EPCOT Center’s Mexico pavilion
Herb Ryman’s work on EPCOT City for Walt Disney ended well before Walt Disney World’s debut in 1971. Ryman departed WED Enterprises that year, and set off on another round of world travels. He returned to the halls of Imagineering in 1976, though, in order to […]
By Michael - June 24th, 2010 Someone posted this chestnut from 1990 on a message board today, and I thought it was good for a chuckle or two. Or, you know, tears. Lots of tears.
Counting generously, I have them at zero-for-seven on those announcements. That’s a hitting percentage of… .000. Nice. Although I guess you could be super generous, and […]
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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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