The next part of the tour brought us to the Frank G Wells Building. Home of the Walt Disney Archives! The lobby has various Disney theme park, film and animation
Continue readingTrip Report: D23 Day at The Walt Disney Studios and Archives Part 1
This past weekend I went on a tour of the Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Archives. D23 holds tours of the studios a few weekends out of the year so
Continue readingDisneyland 35th Anniversary Booklet from 1990
This booklet was attached to an issue of the Disney News magazine in early 1990. The front features half of the Sleeping Beauty castle under construction in 1955 and half
Continue readingMain Street Electrical Parade Farewell Party Commemorative Ticket
I’ve posted several items from the Main Street Electrical Parade farewell party before, but not the actual ticket from the event. The envelope the ticket came in. The farewell party
Continue readingDisney News magazine Spring 1992: WESTCOT and vintage ads
I’ve posted from this issue of Disney News twice now. In September I posted the feature story about the making of Fantasmic, and this awesome one called “Galactic Gifts From
Continue readingMonday Morning Vintage Disneyland
It has been a while since I posted some vintage Disneyland pictures. I’ve always liked these style of pictures that were used for publicity and various souvenir books and guide
Continue readingEpcot Guide Map from December 1997
Epcot in 1997 was going through a transition from classic EPCOT Center to just plain old Epcot. Thankfully, most of the classic attractions were hanging around at this point. This
Continue readingDisneyland Guide from the infamous 1997 Light Magic AP party
In 1997 Disneyland retired the popular Main Street Electrical Parade. Its replacement was called Light Magic, a strange half parade, half stage show (or “streetacular” as Disney called it). I
Continue readingDisneyland Pog Wild set and Collector Caps Magazine from March 1994
First, thanks to the excellent Disney Tourist Blog for linking Angry AP in their blog post from the past weekend.Second, sorry for no update last week. Overtime at work again
Continue readingVintage Walt Disney World: Disney World Village, River Country, and LBV
The Walt Disney World Village was WDW’s original shopping district. It opened 4 years after Magic Kingdom in March of 1975. In 1997 it was renamed to Downtown Disney. Evidence
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