The Public is Invited in January 2025 to Learn From & Meet the Minds Behind Disney’s Most Iconic Thrill Ride and The Future That Never Was. “Promising Tomorrows” celebrates a legacy of reinventing Tomorrowland all around the Disney World, from a high-speed rocket-ride through the dark of space, to an encounter with a terrifying alien … Read more
Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland has been facing a crisis for some time due to its hodge-podge identity. Once highly cohesive and charming, the land has since been updated — without any actual full updates. With plans to overhaul the land scrapped, the best parts of Tomorrowland remain only as ghostly echoes of a bygone era, and … Read more
Ever wanted to know what it takes to make a Circle-Vision 360 film? Well, director Jeff Blyth has just released a memoir doing just that! Blyth, known for such Disney classics as “The Timekeeper” and “Reflections of China,” has written “Polishing the Dragons: Making EPCOT’s Wonders of China” – an in-depth look at his first … Read more
As we reported earlier today, famed French actor Michel Piccoli, known to Disney park fans as Jules Verne in the Circle-Vision 360 presentation “The Timekeeper” or “Le Visionarium,” has passed away at the age of 94. Filmmaker Jeff Blyth, who directed Piccoli in “The Timekeeper,” spoke to WDWNT about his experience working with the French … Read more
For film buffs and Francophiles, Michel Piccoli starred in Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. And who could forget his role opposite Brigitte Bardot in Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt in 1963? But for Disney fans across the world, he’s known as Jules Verne in the popular Le Visionarium and The … 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, we’re taking a look back at “the future that never was” at the Magic Kingdom with a 1995 New Tomorrowland press kit! Note: This article will … Read more
In this time of quarantine, perhaps you’re looking for a way to capture some of that Disney magic you’ve been missing. Well, never fear because Dreamfinders with Nathan Hartman has you covered! If you’ve never listened, Dreamfinders is a podcast that deep dives into Disney culture, interviewing Imagineers, those associated with the parks, and even … Read more
From the mountains of China, to the plains of Kenya and even Moscow’s Red Square, filmmaker Jeff Blyth has focused his camera on all sorts of wonders of the world. Well…more like cameras… nine to be exact. Throughout his career, Blythe has directed six circle-vision films for Disney, including Portraits of Canada, Wonders of China, … Read more
It’s just been announced that four new limited edition collector keys will be arriving in 2020 at Disneyland Paris; The Timekeeper (Le Visionarium), Space Mountain, 20,000 Leagues, and Ratatouille. The release dates for these keys will be staggered throughout the year, with the edition size mirroring the opening year of each attraction. Ratatouille: February (2014 pieces) … Read more