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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 - September 19th, 2008
We’ve spoken before about Community Transportation Services, the division of Walt Disney Productions founded in 1974 to develop and market the monorail and WEDway PeopleMover to outside businesses and municipalities. By 1982, CTS had been rechristened WED Transportation Systems and had just completed the first and only installation of a WEDway system outside of […]
By Michael - September 16th, 2008
Magic Kingdom
We’ve mentioned already several of the rumors regarding the next few years as Disney ramps up for the Magic Kingdom’s 40th anniversary in 2011. If planning continues along current lines, and management steps up with sufficient funding, the park will finally receive a series of refurbishments that will begin to restore it […]
By Michael - September 16th, 2008
Things have had a bit of an historical flavor lately here in Progress City, but like any good city of the future we must always keep looking forward at what’s just over the horizon. This means a trip to the Rumor Mill, which just so happens to be currently bursting at the seams with […]
By Michael - August 27th, 2008 Being a history-oriented Disney obsessive means that occasionally, from time to time, you find yourself immersed in activities both arcane and inexplicable to the general population. Sometimes you have to invent names for these pastimes; for this post I’m voting for “berm analysis.”
When Walt Disney Productions announced in 1978 that it would proceed with […]
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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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