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By Michael - October 12th, 2008 I’ve been occupied with a bit of research lately, trying to cobble together something interesting as well as trying to ascertain what the current economic situation is going to mean for the tenuous future of many long hoped-for park enhancements. So I’ll let other writers do the heavy lifting, as I empty out my bookmarks […]
By Michael - October 10th, 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, your new chair of the Federal Reserve
So, the economy.
With the Dow plunging straight into the Briar Patch and investment banks worldwide failing like the Disney Institute, one might wonder what the economic crunch might mean for Disney’s plans for upgrading their theme parks. In the last few days, we’ve started […]
By Michael - October 6th, 2008
The backstory of the occasionally-lamented ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter (Walt Disney World, 1995-2003) was that aliens had arrived on Earth to set up trade relations. X-S Tech, a sort of intergalactic Halliburton, had set up shop in the Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center to demonstrate their latest teleportation device. Then – spoiler alert! – something went […]
By Michael - October 1st, 2008
After 26 years of visiting Walt Disney World, I’ve seen many attractions come and go. Some were great, some were past their prime, and I miss many of them. I miss Horizons the most.
Horizons opened 25 years ago today, on the 1st of October, 1983. Arriving in EPCOT Center a year after the […]
By Michael - September 22nd, 2008 I smell sitcom!
I was digging through some of my files trying to get them in some type of order, when my eyes just happened to scan this passage from an old training manual for Countdown to Extinction (now known, rather moronically, as Dinosaur!). I thought it amusing enough to share. The next time you’re […]
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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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