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By BeaconJoe - February 28th, 2010 Meet the World has a new post up of a photo essay of Tom Sawyers Island in 1974. It’s pretty interesting to see how little has changed on the Island save the very significant growth of foliage. I went back to some pictures I took last year on a visit to WDW, and […]
By Michael - February 26th, 2010 OK, I’m actually at work so I can’t linger but I’ll bet that when you woke up this morning you didn’t think your day would involve seeing a 1977 Bollywood musical that was filmed guerrilla-style at Walt Disney World. I mean, I always hope my day will wind up that way but it never does. […]
By Michael - February 17th, 2010 The Disney Look – Summer Options for Supervisory and Office Personnel
Once upon a time…
Dick Nunis was the head of what is now known as Disney Parks & Resorts.
Nunis had risen through the ranks back in Walt’s day, eventually receiving the assignment of traveling to Florida to whip things into shape when Walt […]
By Michael - February 16th, 2010 Long before the Pueblo Room was a glint in Dick Nunis’s eye, planning was underway for Walt Disney World. Who knows how long Walt had mulled privately over his ideas for a megaproject in the east; but even before the scope of his plans for the Florida scrub became apparent to the public, work was […]
By Michael - February 14th, 2010 With all the stress of the modern world, why not instead take a trip to our happy place?
Now this is what I call a Vacation Kingdom:
Wow. Just try getting that song out of your head. I guarantee that for the rest of your life when you heard someone mention River Country you’ll […]
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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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