Join Tom Corless for a complete tour of WDWNT Celebration’s Museum, featuring props, artwork, memorabilia, and more from the Disney Parks around the world. Learn the history of iconic attractions such as The Great Movie Ride, MuppetVision 3D, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter, and much more in this guided museum walkthrough.
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Main Street, U.S.A.
The tour begins with the front of the museum, designed to resemble a Main Street window. We have a Main Street Electrical Parade sign, costumes worn by Disneyland Band and Tony’s Town Square Cast Members. Tom shares interesting facts and tidbits along the way.
There is also a display for WDWNT’s Carousel of Products, which includes Uncle Orville in the bathtub and a sign for a proposed theme park in Virginia that would have celebrated America.
Fantasyland
Props from Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride showcased in our museum include a handpainted shield and devil figures, both from Walt Disney World.
Tomorrowland
Travel under the Skyway to Tomorrowland. Delta Dreamflight is one of Tom’s favorite rides, and the attraction opened in the 1980s. The prop comes from one of the beginning scenes of the ride, which showcased the history of flight.
Also on display is a sketch of the mural that was planned for Star Traders. It includes artwork that showcases the history of the land — even the version of EPCOT that Walt Disney envisioned.
Among other relics from Magic Kingdom is the blue door which held the gift for the opening of Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek at Tokyo Disneyland. The yellow door represented a possible Monsters, Inc. attraction model in Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland. However, that will now be heading to Hollywood Studios instead.
There are several more props in the Tomorrowland space of our museum, including a tiny replica of the Tomorrowland Speedway vehicle, as well as the books containing architectural and structural drawings for Tokyo Disney’s version of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids attraction.
Moving on to Toy Story, we have several pieces of memorabilia, including a blaster gun and target for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
There is so much more, so be sure to watch the full video for more props, memorabilia, and stories!
Frontierland & Country Bear Jamboree
Our Frontierland display consists of several more pieces, including what may be the very first sign in any Disney park for Big Thunder Mountain, which was displayed on a construction wall when the attraction was being built.
We also have a sign for the WDW Railroad when Splash Mountain existed! It includes a place for Disney to post operational updates and schedules for any given day.
The Country Bear Jamboree room is Tom’s favorite room in the entire museum. Tom shares the story behind why the bears were included in concept art for Splash Mountain in this segment of the tour. We also have a replica of the curtain that was on stage at Grizzly Hall for the original Country Bear Jamboree at Walt Disney World. With the revamped version of the attraction, we are thankful we have this for guests of the museum to take photos with.
Among other pieces, we have plush, figurines, tumblers, ceramics, and even Beanie Babies of the characters.
Disney-MGM Studios
The final part of our tour takes us to Disney-MGM Studios, now called Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Up first, we have artwork from One Man’s Dream, now Walt Disney Presents. Now, they had several of these pieces in a small exhibit at the end, but this artwork really shows off the history of the park. This piece focuses on the Great Movie Ride and the Earful Tower. It also includes the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, which did survive the park overhaul.
We have some great props from The Great Movie Ride, including a mannequin from the Busby Berkeley footlight parade sequence of the attraction. It is untouched, unlike the ones that appeared in the park windows at Christmas in 2025. Tom also answers the question, “What happened to the jewels on the costume?” There is also the silhouette prop of Bert sweeping the chimney from the Mary Poppins sequence and the trash can from the gangster sequence.
Tom also explains why we have a Great Movie Ride prop with the the phrase “Great Moments,” and it’s not what you think!
We also have a sign for The Catwalk Bar, which was located where Disney Junior theater currently sits. That space began as a dining venue, which is why it’s attached to The Hollywood Brown Derby. The more you know!
We also have sketches of clothing, which were drawn in the style of the 1930s but shows what people would have been wearing when the park opened in 1989. In addition, we have an entire display case dedicated to 50’s Prime Time Cafe, in remembrance of the sister of one our staff members who passed away. She worked at the restaurant, and the entrée Cousin Megan’s Traditional Meatloaf is named after her.
Several props and pieces of memorabilia from the Tower of Terror attraction are also on display, including old souvenirs that were available to purchase in the gift shop.
There are so many more props, artwork, memorabilia, and more in the museum tour video so be sure to check out it out:
Are there any museum pieces you were interested to see and learn about? What do you think of our museum? Let us know in the comments and on social media.
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