As part of the prelude to EPCOT Center’s opening, Walt Disney World put on quite a show. In addition to a preview center, guests were also able to take a trip aboard the monorail to view the project in the final stages of its construction, and there was even a way to excite friends and family back home.
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Secrets of Disney Movie Magic (1938 - 1941): Herman Schultheis and his Special Effects Notebooks
John Canemaker's new Disney-related book project is now official. John writes on www.johncanemaker.com:
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Auctions of Rare Artifacts
Get out your checkbooks and get ready to bid on these wonderful items. The Profiles in History Animation Auction and Dreier Collection Auction begin very soon!
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The original Windows of Main Street
So here’s the big question for today’s blog post—which windows were at the park on opening day in 1955? And what might this tell us about how Walt understood the purpose of the name windows?
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July 22, 1955, Disneyland's TWA Rocket to the Moon opens
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The "Buzz" Around Disneyland's Location
With Disneyland's 57th birthday being just three days ago, I thought it might be fun to go back before the beginning today. Most of us take it for granted that Disneyland is in Anaheim. Of course it is. Where else would it be?
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It takes a lot to make Mickey lose his ears! This limited edition, numbered cel captures that moment of panic in gleaming black and white, hand drawn and painted.
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Disneyland Year One - pt 3
57 years after Walt first opened his park for Press Preview Day--I thought I should return to my “Disneyland Year One" series, with two very rare photos I've saved for just this occasion.
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The Richest Adventure of Them All
Beautiful, right? Treasure Island, Discovery Island, however you know it, this jewel of Bay Lake served as a sanctuary to animals long before Disney’s Animal Kingdom was a glint in Joe Rohde’s eye.
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While I was in Florida, I took a trip to the Magic Kingdom specifically to pay my last respects to the soon to be removed Snow White’s Scary Adventures. After 41 years, Snow White and her mighty little troop are being evicted by a coup made up of Snow White’s fellow princesses who were jealous she got so much space.
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