The story goes that when Disneyland was first being built, they had no funds, no good ideas, and no edible landscape with which to manufacture a good Tomorrowland. Today, they might just fill it with character greeting areas and call it a Fantasyland Expansion, but back then they just went with whatever they had: Bathrooms […]
Lost and Abandoned Disney Details
Lion King House of Horrors
Who doesn’t love the Lion King? It is non-stop cuddly creatures from the opening number until the very end of the movie. Snuggly lions, huggable warthogs, squeezy giraffes. Just sitting in the movie theater makes you want to save all the animals in the world, to spread a message of peace, love, and harmony. We […]
Is the Walt Disney World Radio Station Still Broadcasting?
It’s been quite a few years since my first trip to Disney World. Even my hundredth trip is far back in the rearview mirror. But every kid who ever made frequent pilgrimages to this little patch of Central Florida has that favorite “tell,” a fun little indicator that you were close. Really close. So close […]
Top 10 Name Changes That Changed Nothing – Part 2
Before we begin Part 2, I just want to say that I could have changed the title of this article to something different, just to trick you into thinking that you are getting something brand new, when it’s really just more of the same. That may be good enough for Disney, but I always look […]
Top 10 Name Changes That Changed Nothing – Part 1
This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Head over there to see more great Disney-related posts and articles. —————— “I think I’ll go meet the boys for a cold sasparilla. Oh I forgot, we’re calling it root beer now. Same kind of thing, different name. Well, that’s progress for you!” — Carousel of Progress Remember […]
Orlando’s Lost Links to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Last week I had some time to sit down with Robert Watts and listen to him tell stories about being back in Orlando for the first time since Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. For those of you who don’t know, Robert Watts is a movie producer. He’s worked on countless films, most of […]
Disney’s Handwich: Whatever Happened to this Food of the Future?
Be sure to read to the end for a newly added (some might say shocking) update to our original post! Once upon a time Disney had a revolutionary idea that was going to transform the future of food, so what went wrong? When Michael Eisner and Frank Wells took the reigns of Disney in […]
ECPOT CENTER: The Purple Park
Steven Spielberg is a plagiarist! Clearly owes it all to Disney That’s right, the acclaimed wunderkind director/producer/writer/gaffer/best boy has been blatantly stealing from Disney for years. First he steals Robert A. Mattey, the special effects supervisor who created the giant squid effects for Disney’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, to create the mechanical […]
You’re Fat: Disney’s Gold Key Dining Plan Was the Trip of a Lifetime!
At least according to statistics you are. If you are an American then chances are good that you can’t fit into those huge pants of yours and it’s all Disney’s fault. Donald’s Lipitor prescription has not helped. Disney is pushing the Disney Dining plan these days… hard. It’s not because they are […]