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By Michael - July 14th, 2009 Today’s flashback comes from 1982, when the first show scene had been completed and approved for EPCOT’s Horizons attraction. The first set to be completed was Scene #14, “Urban Habitat.” You remember the one:
To celebrate the first finalized scene for the attraction, what better for a group of talented Imagineers to do than […]
By Michael - July 13th, 2009
What you are looking at are forty-two projectors, all preparing to be installed in the Eastern Airlines-sponsored ride If You Had Wings. This Tomorrowland attraction operated in Florida’s Magic Kingdom from 1972 to 1987, and consisted of a whimsical, musical Omnimover trip to various ports of call serviced by Eastern. For those who missed […]
By Michael - July 10th, 2009 It took some time, but this is a biggie. Survey says…
#2 – Rethink EPCOT. Completely. Smell that? That’s the smell of potential!
It’s been a while since I last did one of these. The delay was, in part, because not only is this particular topic very near and dear to my heart, but it’s […]
By Michael - July 3rd, 2009 Rendering of EPCOT Center, 1980 (Click to Enlarge)
Things have changed a bit since our last visit to early EPCOT; the park is now looking a lot more like the version we later would come to love. Horizons has arrived, but it’s still known as Future Probe. Spaceship Earth and Communicore have lost their golden […]
By Michael - July 1st, 2009 Science & Invention Pavilion by Herb Ryman, 1979
I can’t say I have a very interesting story for this one, as this is something I don’t really know anything about. In fact, I’m fishing for information. The pavilion you see above, dubbed the “Science & Invention Pavilion,” was under consideration as part of EPCOT’s lineup […]
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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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