Werner Weiss
Werner Weiss is the Curator of Yesterland, the ultimate collection of Disney theme park past attractions. You'll find his handiwork featured on MiceChat every Friday.
The color of the pavement on the Wilderness Trail changes from gray to maroon. That means you’ve entered a new land. Welcome to Bear Country!
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Bear Country at Disneyland
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Welcome to French Market Restaurant. The restaurant efficiently serves guests with twin cafeteria lines and seats 250 guests at a time on its outdoor terrace. But you’re here for the food, not the efficiency.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: French...
Theme parks let you step into the movies. Welcome to Little Patch of Heaven, the ranch from Disney’s 2004 animated feature Home on the Range, at Big Thunder Ranch.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Big Thunder Ranch - Little Patch...
Before you head to the theater’s queue, take a few minutes to admire the mural that covers the otherwise plain building. The biggest figure on the mural is Queen Califia.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Golden Dreams
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If you enjoyed Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and Back to the Future Part III (1990) as much as most people, it’s likely you’d enjoy your own time-travel adventure in a DeLorean.
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Prof. Wayne Szalinski, the eccentric scientist who invented the shrinking ray machine, is about to get an award for his great invention. You’re invited to the awards ceremony at Disneyland — in 3D.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Honey, I...
There have been claims that the site for these villas, which is surrounded by the Golf Disneyland course, was originally slated to be a Disney Vacation Club.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Disneyland Paris Villas
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La Brea Bakery isn’t just the brand for excellent, but expensive, artisan bread at your local grocery store. It’s also a well-known restaurant on La Brea Avenue—with a second location at Yester Downtown Disney.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: La...
Fifteen years ago today—January 6, 2008—was the final operating day of the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. The next day, January 7, 2008, it reopened as Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The End of Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park
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P.P.F.D. is the Paradise Pier Fire Department. The department has a fire boat, the S.S. rustworthy. Let’s hope this boat isn’t needed to douse a fire on the amusement pier. The boat is a wreck.Read the YESTERLAND article HERE:...
If this parade looks strangely familiar, there’s a reason. It’s a holiday — oops, that should be “Holly-Day” — makeover of the Disney Stars & Motor Cars parade. The cars are now decorated with snowdrifts, wreaths, garland, gift boxes,...
Unless you have 5 million lights, an incredible audio system, and synchronization between the two, your holiday display isn’t even close to The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing...
It’s 2005 at Yester California Adventure. The “Happiest Homecoming On Earth,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the park across the esplanade, isn’t limited to the older park.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Block Party Bash - Disney Presents The Pixar...
When it’s morning at Yesterland and you want coffee and a buttery pastry or melt-in-your-mouth muffin, just head halfway up Yester Main Street, U.S.A. to the Blue Ribbon Bakery.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Blue Ribbon Bakery on Yester Main...
Sometimes one theme isn’t enough. Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle parade has two. The first theme involves a collection of large, colorful animals, designed to look as if they were created by folk artists from found objects.
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It’s 2005 at Yesterland. You can visit two turkeys here—37-pound Marshmallow and 35-pound Yam. They look like regular farm-raised turkeys, albeit very large ones. But these gobblers have bragging rights.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Happiest Turkeys on Earth at...
If you’re staying at the Yester Paradise Pier Hotel, you can enter and exit Yester California Adventure through a private entrance. This hidden gate is exclusively for Paradise Pier Hotel guests.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Original Private Entrance...
A pair of pachyderms is precariously perched atop pillars on polychromatic pedestals. Passages for pedestrians perforate the pedestals. The portal promises production of pictures.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Hollywood Pictures Backlot Elephants
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Each balloon is around 45 feet tall, about the height of a four story building. And when passing down Main Street, with its reduced scale upper stories, the balloons look even taller.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Party Gras Parade,...
Instead of just presenting a condensed, live version of Disney’s animated Pocahontas, the show creatively retells the story from the perspective of the storyteller Werowance and the Powhatan tribe.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Spirit of Pocahontas, Fantasyland Theatre
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