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By Michael - March 29th, 2012 EPCOT Center was well-received upon its debut in 1982, but in the endless amount of press coverage at the time a number of issues frequently bubbled to the surface. Amid all the grumbling about long lines and technical breakdowns, or of a lack of attractions in World Showcase, a glaring and oft-repeated complaint was the […]
By Michael - January 31st, 2011 A recent post on the always-entertaining Retroist blog directed us to a number of home movies that have recently been posted to YouTube as part of something called the “Elmer Gerlock Film Project.” There are several fascinating films dating from the 1950s-80s, with lots of footage of now-extinct sights from Las Vegas’s Strip, Disneyland, Walt […]
By Michael - October 14th, 2010 AAAAH! Related Posts…A First Look At EPCOT’s Culinary RenaissanceDo You Know This Man?Follow Figment to the Image WorksRiding the Monorail to EPCOT, 1984The Progress City Radio Hour – Episode 59 – […]
By Michael - September 20th, 2009 I love the internet. Sure, there are always interesting stories and facts coming to light, but every now and again you see something you never, ever thought you’d see. Or see again, that is.
From YouTube comes this amazing video; it’s a trip from the TTC to EPCOT in the driver’s cabin of a Mark […]
By Michael - March 11th, 2009 This inaugurates a new series of posts entitled “Oh, Eisner…”, in which I will reproduce for you every single annual letter to Disney company stockholders that former CEO Michael Eisner ever wrote. Why? I have no idea. Because I can?
Actually, these old annual report letters can be pretty entertaining. There are fleeting mentions of […]
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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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