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Tag Archives: history
Official Disney Fan Club Opens Free Membership Level, Finally
In a much anticipated move, D23, the Official Disney Fan Club has relaunched their website. It now includes more member-exclusive content, but the cost to become a member has been reduced to zero. Paid membership levels with additional benefits will … Continue reading
Posted in D23
Tagged D23, d23 expo, fan club, history, membership, official dinsey fan club, walt disney
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RetroLand: 1960 Tomorrowland Spaceman and Spacewoman
Construction for Disneyland’s original Tomorrowland didn’t even start until December 1955, that left them just 6 months to pull it all together. If you visited the early incarnation of Disneyland’s Tomorrowland you would have encountered a number of exhibits that … Continue reading
Posted in Disneyland, History
Tagged Disneyland, history, retro, spaceman, spacewoman, tomorrowland, walt disney
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Disney’s St. Louis Development That Never Was
Todd Pierce at the Disney History Institute has wrapped up his 10-part series on the Saint Louis Riverfront Square development that Walt Disney has proposed building in what he considered his home state of Missouri. The project was to be … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged dhi, history, History, riverfront square, st louis disneyland, theme park, themepark, walt disney
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Disney Parks Then and Now
Earlier this month, I posted a marvelous photo of Walt Disney standing on the steps of the Main Street Train Station in 1955 looking out into the present. The component parts of that picture came from a amazing collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Disneyland
Tagged 1955, 1964 world's fair, Disneyland, dlr, epcot, history, magic kingdom, then and now
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DAK History Lesson: Grandmother Willow knows what you did last summer…
Welcome back for another Animal Kingdom History Lesson! We are counting down until April 22nd, the 15th Anniversary of Animal Kingdom! This time we will be discussing everyone’s favorite painter (using the Colors of the Wind of course!), “Pocahontas and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Walt Disney World
Tagged dak, dak15, disney's animal kingdom, history, pocahontas, theme park, WDW
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