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EYE CANDY: Not Having Fun at Disneyland
Sit back and let your eyes feast on these beautiful vintage pics of people NOT having fun at Disneyland. Ok, they WERE having fun at Disneyland except for the moments they were being photographed....
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Ride Concept Competition: FINAL DAYS
Yes, it's been six weeks since we began accepting entries to our first-ever competition. We have decided to continue accepting entries until Monday at midnight EST. So take advantage of the extra two...
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Downtown Disney Would Be So Lucky
The on-property out-of-park non-hotel entertainment offerings leave so much to desire. At least for guys like me who: buy few Mickey-shaped knick knacks, don't wear temporary tattoos, can only handle...
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Carolwood Pacific and Other Backyard Railroads
Large image 1900x2050.Extra large image 3800x4100. Take a look at specific pieces of Walt Disney's backyard miniature live steam train. Enjoy amazing photos of similar railroads from decades ago and...
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Ride Concept Competition: WINNERS
We've had a blast hosting our first-ever ride concept competition. Judging was extremely fun yet extremely difficult. A big thanks to our judges (listed below) and a huge thanks to all of our...
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Marc Davis and His Early Days at WED
Marc Davis is my hero. He is the best Imagineer to ever live. His influences in theme park design continue today more than a decade after his death. But his early Imagineering experiences weren't all...
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WDW Before Opening Day 1971
Walt Disney World opened 40 years ago today. Here we bring you photos of some of the work that went on before Opening Day- October 1, 1971.
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Walt Disney and Steve Jobs
I wish to write down a few thoughts about Steve Jobs and the impact he had on his organization and compare it to that of Walt Disney. I must also point out that it is my opinion that the current Walt...
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ABANDONED DISNEY: River Country [Part 4]
We present the fourth part of our River Country series. Rumors continue, as they have for years, about what will happen with the River County land. One thing is for certain, River Country will never...
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Buena Vista Street Model
This week, while visiting the walled city of California Adventure, I took the chance to study the Buena Vista Street model. The model shows us what we can expect from DCA's upcoming new "Main Street"....
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Trip Report- Disneyland/Disney Cruise 10-2011
We’ve never done a trip report before. But recently all of us have visited multiple properties and thought it would be fun to share a few things. My wife and I enjoyed the Disney Cruise with another...
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Trip Report- Disneyland/Disney Cruise 10-2011 [Part 2]
After a couple days at Disneyland we boarded the Disney Cruise Line’s second ship, The Wonder. We’ve been lucky to cruise three times in recent years for almost no cost (thank you, various perks). 7...
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THEN AND NOW: Disneyland [Part 1]
Tomorrowland New Orleans Square Frontierland Main Street, U.S.A. I do love Disneyland. The Disneyland of today and the Disneyland of "then". All of us here at the blog frequented Disneyland as...
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EYE CANDY: Behind the Scenes Muppeteering
The new Muppets movie "The Muppets" will be released in a few days. We thought we'd bring you some old behind the scenes photos of Muppet magic– mostly from Sesame Street.
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Bob Gurr answers "How do I become an Imagineer?"
Recently a reader of the blog, David Blakeslee, sent us a set of questions and answers between himself and legend, Bob Gurr. Bob even addressed the very common question "How do I become an...
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Frito Kid Mysteries Continue
Last year we posted a look at the mysterious Frito Kid at Disneyland. Since then we have set out to answer a few questions about him– specifically “Where exactly was he located??” and “What still...
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Mars and Beyond Robot
Take a look at my latest little side project. I set out to make a maquette of one of my favorite martians from Disney's 1957 "Mars and Beyond". Years ago my pal Hoot Gibson gave me this DVD set and...
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Mural-Removin' Season at Disney
We bring you rare documentation of an old mural you might remember. Recently my soul was hit with a sledge hammer when I read Kevin Kidney's post about a different mural literally being hit with a...
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YEAR IN REVIEW– 2011
Let's look back at some popular posts of 2011. Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific and Other Backyard RailroadsWe did lots of investigating in order to map out Walt Disney's very own backyard railroad and...
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Photo Hunt!
Dig through your basement, search through Grandma's attic, it's time for the ImagineeringDisney.com Photo Hunt. We are looking for old Disneyland and Walt Disney World photos. Remember your mother...
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