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Get On The Magic Bus

“The World Tour introduces you to the fabulous array of vacation activities available at Walt Disney World with a guided, 3 hour long excursion around the entire World.”

Long, long ago when Walt Disney World was billed as the Vacation Kingdom of the World, more emphasis was placed on the recreational opportunities in the resort […]

California Here We Come?

There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle on the message boards lately about a brochure that someone found on the website of architecture firm George Coon, Inc. The brochure, now removed, described Coon’s work at other firms for a variety of clients. Working with Glover Smith Bode, Coon helped design a new Disney Vacation Club […]

Neverworlds – The Israel Agreement

Concept art for shopping street in the Israel pavilion at EPCOT Center by Herb Ryman

Another press release from the sad file of fruitless announcements, this excited blurb comes from November of 1981:

ISRAEL JOINS COMMUNITY OF NATIONS AT EPCOT CENTER

Representatives of the State of Israel and Walt Disney World signed an agreement for […]

A Krafty Birthday

It’s October, which means that it’s Walt Disney World’s birthday month. This year, of course, the resort turned thirty-nine, an anniversary mostly overlooked as Disney musters its resources to prepare to overlook the fortieth anniversary next year (“I gave her Indiana Jones Adventure, she gave me a pen.”) But maybe we can fit in a […]

Ahead Of The Curve

With the focus of the automotive world ever-so-slowly shifting towards more sustainable vehicles, and the increasing popularity of hybrid-electric vehicles, this news from Disney is a welcome reminder of Walt Disney World’s ambitious origins:

ELECTRIC VEHICLE TEST PROGRAM AT WALT DISNEY WORLD PROVES SUCCESSFUL

About two months ago, Walt Disney World began participating in a […]