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EPCOT: Origins – A Model Future, 1978

For those of us in the lowly demographic called “fandom”, true insight is only gained through extreme displays of excess and obsessiveness. This especially holds true when researching older Imagineering projects, and most particularly projects that were somehow altered or never came to be. So little artwork or information escapes from Fortress Disney, that each […]

Meanwhile, At Disney World, In The 70s…

"Hey Murph, you sure you got these brownies from the Main Street bakery?"

Just a reminder. Nighttime at Walt Disney World is a great time to visit. There’s an array of entertainment that shouldn’t be missed. The Class of ’27 is presenting an old time revue in the Diamond Horseshoe nightly. The Character […]

Fresh Faces Of The Frontier

The original Hoop-Dee-Doo cast at rehearsal, June 1974

On this day in 1974, the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue held its first public performance in the timbered hallows of Pioneer Hall at Walt Disney World’s Fort Wilderness campground. The show got its start when Disney managers felt the need to better utilize the large performance […]

The Circus Comes To Town

If you looked closely, you'd see tiny, angular carnies

The official Disney blog has released new artwork for Florida’s Fantasyland remodel, and it shows a new and revised perspective on the Storybook Circus area which will be based on the film Dumbo.

This “mini-land”, which occupies the space formerly belonging to Mickey’s Toontown […]

Let’s All Sing Like The Birdies Sing… Again!

My siestas keep getting chorter and chorter…

It began, like so many things, with one little spark…

Although this was not a spark of imagination, but of conflagration. More specifically, a fire that took place this last January in the Magic Kingdom’s Enchanted Tiki Room – Under New Management attraction. Since this was […]