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Disney History

D23 Expo: What’s Next? Disney and Pixar Movie News!

This year's D23 Expo is in full swing, featuring updates and sneak peeks from the many worlds of Disney. During Friday's presentation Studio Showcase Day...

D23 Expo: Walt Disney’s airplane lands at the Anaheim Convention Center!

Making its triumphant return to California as part of D23 Expo, Walt Disney's airplane has landed at D23 Expo!  The Grumman Gulfstream I plane,...

Yesterland: Rocket Jets at Disneyland

It’s the Space Age. The centerpiece of Rocket Jets is a rocket that would look at home on a NASA launchpad, complete with three...

D23 Expo 2022 News: Tickets, Panels, Exhibits, Merchandise and Essential Info!

D23 Expo 2022 kicks off on September 9th! Let's take a look at new information and what's known so far about the event and...

Yesterland: The American Space Experience in Tomorrowland

You’ve just completed your thrilling high-speed loop through Tomorrowland with Rocket Rods. What are you going to do next? Visit The American Space Experience! Read...

Yesterland: The Rock Star of Fantasyland — Skull Rock

Welcome to Skull Rock Cove. You’re in the world of Walt Disney’s 1953 classic, Peter Pan. The secluded cove is hidden behind Captain Hook’s...

Disney Legends Revealed… So… What Makes a Disney Legend?

New Disney Legends! We have all the details about the newly minted Disneytastic honorees, including what makes a Disney Legend and all 300+ people...

Yesterland: Malibu-Ritos at Paradise Pier

Just thinking about burritos might make you want one. Here at Yester California Adventure, there’s a counter service eatery that specializes in these these...

Yesterland: Disney Stars and Motor Cars

When the stars of Disney’s classic family movies and current television series travel to a red-carpet Hollywood movie premiere, they don’t use boring, conventional...

Yesterland: Retro Space Mountain, Presented by FedEx

It doesn’t really look like copper or bronze. But pretend that it does. And try to like it. After all, colors like this are...

A Magical Southern California Vacation with a Disneyland Railroad Twist

Nearly as famous as Disney’s seven dwarves are Disney’s nine old men, the key animators who created some of the most memorable Disney characters...

Yesterland: The All-New Woody’s Roundup at the Golden Horseshoe

Hey Howdy Hey! Come and join the fun with fun with Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl, Bullseye the Horse, Stinky Pete the Prospector, and, of...

An Unexpected Crossover:’The Walt Disney Studios and World War II’ at...

I recently had the opportunity to preview the new exhibit “The Walt Disney Studios and World War II” at the Seattle Museum of Flight....

Yesterland: Mulholland Madness at DCA

The ride is decorated with a cartoony mural that folds in and out like a roadmap. In fact, it is a roadmap. It shows...

Yesterland: King Triton’s Carousel of the Sea at Paradise Pier

Most carousels have horses. Some also have African land animals. On King Triton’s Carousel of the Sea, the only horses are seahorses, and the...

Yesterland: Original Test Track, Presented by General Motors (1999 –...

It may seem that extolling the virtues of a car company by emphasizing car crashes makes as much sense as promoting an airline by...

Yesterland: The Bell System presents America the Beautiful in Circarama

This presentation puts you “in the middle of everything.” Eleven movie screens form a circle above your head. Eleven perfectly synchronized projectors show eleven...

Yesterland: Disneyland Presents Animazement – The Musical

Animazement begins with four singing, dancing animators working on large paintings. Animators are artists. They’re wearing vests and berets because that’s what artists wear. Read...

The Walt Disney World that ALMOST Was: Western River Expedition

Did you know that Pirates of the Caribbean was never supposed to be built at Walt Disney World? As hard as it is to...

Yesterland: Midget Autopia, the third Autopia

Are you too young to drive a Tomorrowland Autopia car or even a Junior Autopia car? If you’re around four years old, the answer...