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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. […]
By Michael - April 11th, 2012 Not pictured: Tom 1.0
I just happened upon this picture of a “solosub” undergoing animation testing at WED Enterprises in January 1983. Later that year it would be packed and shipped to Orlando for installation in Horizons, which opened that October.
All I’m saying is that it’s been almost thirty years since the […]
By Michael - April 9th, 2012 As Orange Bird mania sweeps the nation, we felt it necessary to point out this sterling bit of cultural anthropology by Hoot n’ Chief over at Fresh Roasted Corn. Back in the 90s, as the vestiges of old Florida began to fade in earnest, they took a fantastic voyage through the wilds of central Florida […]
By Michael - April 7th, 2012 Long ago, we old people had something called “film”. Film was how we made pictures move, and some of us had machines called “projectors” that we would use at home to make the pictures appear on a wall or bedsheet.
Before the era of smartphone video, and even up to the advent of the VHS […]
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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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