Editor’s Note: Since Lou hosted the WDW Radio event at the Walt Disney Family Museum this weekend, we thought it would be fitting to re-post this trip report of the family museum by Anthony Sbarra, guest blogger and member of the WDW Radio family. Anthony visited the museum in the summer of 2012 and shared [...]
I am always looking for ways to get a Disney fix, and after hearing on Lou’s newscast (which goes live every Wednesday night at 7:30pm) that there would be an event offered to the general public for a D23 Fanniversary in Boston, I HAD to get a ticket! I was able to get to the [...]
by Josh Taylor When Walt Disney World was first being built in the late 1960s, Walt Disney had several plans lined up for the large plot of land in central Florida. One of the plans was to have a vast array of hotels at which guests could stay. Land all around the man-made Seven Seas [...]
by Josh Taylor Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tim Burton was on a role with film choices. He made Beetlejuice, Batman, and Edward Scissorhands, and our topic for today, The Nightmare Before Christmas. So when I think of October and Halloween time, I think Tim Burton and The Nightmare Before Christmas. If [...]
by Josh Taylor Tomorrowland was one of the original lands of the Disneyland park. Without question, it made its way to the Magic Kingdom park when it opened as part of Walt Disney World in 1971. It’s become a household name with favorite attractions such as Space Mountain, Carousel of Progress, and so many others. [...]
by Josh Taylor The Walt Disney Company saw a huge shift in the right direction during the mid-1980s with Frank Wells and Michael Eisner taking control of the company and Jeffrey Katzenberg becoming head of the animation and motion picture department. Films like The Little Mermaid, Splash, and several others were put out during the [...]
Poor Skippy… A look back at the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter by Brian Vasil Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Center Officially Opens: June 20, 1995 X-S Files for Chapter 11: October 12, 2003 Famous Quote: “If something can’t be done with X-S, then it shouldn’t be done at all!” – LC Clench “Stitch’s Great Escape was NOT done [...]
by Candra Spirtoff and Megan Voisard Did You Know? August 21, 1995 – Disneyland’s PeopleMover closes (it will be replaced 3 years later by a faster attraction known as Rocket Rods The attraction opened as part of the New Tomorrowland in 1967 and required a “D” ticket to ride Its hourly capacity could hold up [...]
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