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We have our first look the World of Disney product experience pavilion at D23: The Ultimate Fan Expo ahead of the convention’s official start. World of Disney The Product Experience Pavilion This exhibit features a comprehensive look at the history of Disney merchandise, starting all the way back in the late 1920s up to the … Read more
A plaque on the construction wall surrounding Astro Orbitor containing incorrect dates and information about the Magic Kingdom version of the attraction has been removed. Incorrect Plaque on Astro Orbitor Construction Wall Removed We noticed a series of plaques on the construction walls surrounding the Astro Orbitor containing history and information about the attractions at … Read more
An antique mechanical, singing, toy bird was purchased by Walt Disney while he was in New Orleans, Louisiana. He gave the bird to his Imagineers and encouraged them to improve upon the device that animated the bird. From there, Lee Adams, an electrician at the Burbank studio, along with Roger Broggie and Wathel Rogers, were … Read more
Mary Blair is one of the most famous artists to ever work for The Walt Disney Company. Her work is known for being colorful, vibrant, and playful. She has been featured on prominent anniversary merchandise over the years and led development on “it’s a small world,” as well as created the iconic mural inside Disney’s … Read more
Cast members dug up a time capsule buried beneath Disney’s Animal Kingdom 25 years ago, in a video shared on TikTok by the Disney Parks. Upon opening this historic relic for the park’s special anniversary celebration, various interesting opening day items, trinkets, and technologies were discovered. Among the lot were two floppy discs entitled “DAK … Read more
The Journey Into Imagination attraction has gone through many changes since it opened at EPCOT on March 5, 1983. In honor of its 40th anniversary (and the 40th birthday of the lovable dragon Figment), let’s take a look at the history of this beloved attraction and its characters. Development Our story of the imagination ride … Read more
By 1993 the Disney-MGM Studios was fully up and running, hotel capacity had been greatly expanded, and the Magic Kingdom had its first major addition since 1975. Plans were now on the table to update areas that had been struggling. Tomorrowland and Future World were both outdated and needed to be modernized, or even future … Read more
Today at 12pm ET, don’t miss the debut of WDWNT’s new weekly series “Timekeeping: The Chronological History of Walt Disney World” on our YouTube channel! Inspired by the article series right here on WDWNT.com, the show will aim to summarize year-by-year events at the Vacation Kingdom of the World, starting this week with the planning … Read more
It’s time to go back! Time travel with us at 9pm ET on April 7th at WDWNTunes.com or on YouTube, as WDWNT presents the complete history of a Walt Disney classic: the Carousel of Progress! This multimedia experience will include rare imagery, thoughtful insights, and more as we celebrate 45 years of our favorite time traveling … Read more
With Disney Parks around the world closed for the foreseeable future, WDWNT is dipping into our archives of vintage parks materials for a look back into parks history! Today features a flashback to the early days of EPCOT Center with this booklet all about Spaceship Earth, given to cast members at the attraction during EPCOT’s … Read more
The American Adventure isn’t just about our Founding Fathers. It’s about the founding peoples of America, and within The American Heritage Gallery at The American Adventure in World Showcase, a fantastic new exhibit curated by the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum of Seminole culture and history is now on display. Located on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in the … Read more
Editor’s Note: “Road to the Ride” was a column that focused on the background and development of Disney attractions, including all the twists and turns a project takes as it goes from original concept, to theme park attraction, and beyond. This article was originally published on October 14th, 2018, but we’d figured we’d bring it back … Read more
Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series diving into different aspects of Disney food, attractions, and history, and how those things impacted the culture of Disney fandom. Sometimes being a Disney fan is a hard thing to explain. From the near-obsessive preoccupation with new attraction announcement and an undying faith in a … Read more