Some lucky Disneyana collector, or hopefully a museum or fan club like The Carolwood Society, will soon be the sole owner of the original plans for Walt Disney’s Backyard Railroad. The historic lot is going up for auction next month on Heritage Auctions. Walt Disney’s… Read More »Original Plans for Walt Disney’s Backyard Railroad up for auction
We may be stuck at home right now, but our hearts are still at Disneyland. We’ve combed YouTube to find five fun and unique on ride videos from some of your favorite attractions that will give you a taste of the magic. A virtual ride… Read More »Take a virtual visit to Disneyland with five unique on ride attraction videos
The Walt Disney Family Museum has announced a new special exhibition exploring The Walt Disney Studios and its efforts during World War II. It was a difficult time for the studios with many of its animators and artists serving in the armed forces, but Walt… Read More »The Walt Disney Disney Studios and World War II museum exhibit
One of the Disney original series we’re looking forward on Disney+ is the documentary series created by Emmy and Academy Award nominated director, Leslie Iwerks. In “The Imagineering Story,” Iwerks and her crew were given unprecedented access to the Disney archives and Imagineering’s current projects… Read More »The Imagineering Story trailer – A Disney+ Original Series
With the closure of the Magic of Disney Animation a major chapter in the history of Disney’s Hollywood Studios came to an end. The building that once housed Disney’s east coast animation studio will now become something else (rumored to be a preview center of… Read More »Video: Tour The Florida Animation Studios from Disney-MGM Studios
It is with great sadness that pass along word of the death of Blaine Gibson – the man who sculpted the Disney world. Gibson joined The Walt Disney Studios in 1939 as an animator and worked on many projects, including feature length films. Among his… Read More »Disney Legend Blaine Gibson has died
If you may recall Disney recently swapped locations of Aloha Isle and Sunshine Tree Terrace, probably to ease congestion in Adventureland as they begin construction on a new restaurant coming to the old Adventureland Verandah location. What got lost in the move was the icon… Read More »Orange Bird returns to Sunshine Tree Terrace with new T-Shirt
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 the net evolution after Disneyland.… Read More »Disney’s St. Louis Development That Never Was