Chuck Schmidt

Chuck Schmidt, bitten by the Disney bug at an early age, remembers watching The Mickey Mouse Club after school in the mid-1950s. During his 48-year career in the newspaper business, he channeled that love of Disney as the Sunday News and Travel editor for The Staten Island Advance. Chuck has written or co-authored seven books for Theme Park Press, including Disney's Dream Weavers, On the Disney Beat, An American in Disneyland Paris, Disney's Animal Kingdom: An Unofficial History and The Beat Goes On. Chuck has shared his passion for all things Disney in his Still Goofy About Disney blog on AllEars.Net since 2015. He resides in Beachwood, N.J., with his wife Janet. They have three adult children and seven grandchildren.

The story of C.V. Wood and Freedomland, the East Coast Disneyland

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The cover of a Freedomland guidebook, with a map of the park. CHUCK SCHMIDT / Still Goofy about Disney AllEars.net Guest Blogger If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, why wasn’t Walt Disney bursting with pride and joy after learning that a former trusted colleague had built his own version of a Disneyland-style park … Continue reading "The story of C.V. Wood and Freedomland, the East Coast Disneyland"
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In greenlighting Epcot and Tokyo Disneyland, Card Walker cemented his Disney legacy

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Walt Disney Company president Card Walker, left, and Masatomo Takahashi of the Oriental Land Co. sign an agreement in 1974 to join forces in the creation of Tokyo Disneyland. [The Walt Disney Company] CHUCK SCHMIDT / Still Goofy About Disney AllEars.Net Guest Blogger On Oct. 24, 1982, E. Cardon Walker stepped onto a small podium … Continue reading "In greenlighting Epcot and Tokyo Disneyland, Card Walker cemented his Disney legacy"
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Under Card Walker’s guidance, Epcot begins to take shape

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One of the many concept drawings, done in the mid-1960s, depicting the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow — Epcot. [The Walt Disney Company] CHUCK SCHMIDT / Still Goofy about Disney AllEars.net Guest Blogger In early 1956, several months after E. Cardon Walker hired Marty Sklar to produce The Disneyland News, Card was named vice president … Continue reading "Under Card Walker’s guidance, Epcot begins to take shape"
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Marty Sklar and Card Walker: A winning combination

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CHUCK SCHMIDT / Still Goofy about Disney AllEars.net Guest Blogger In very real sense, Marty Sklar is the keeper of the flame … the Disney flame, that is. Since retiring from the Walt Disney Company in 2009, Marty has gladly taken it upon himself to ensure the stories of Walt Disney, The Walt Disney Company … Continue reading "Marty Sklar and Card Walker: A winning combination"
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Still Goofy About Disney: A blog, re-imagined

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This week AllEars.Net welcomes new Guest Blogger Chuck Schmidt. Chuck has written a blog about all things Disney for the past seven years on SILive.com. He also has authored two books on Disney with a third due out this spring. Chuck has re-imagined his blog and, much like the Festival of the Lion King show that moved to another location, he'll now be blogging regularly on AllEars.Net, with his contributions titled Still Goofy about Disney.
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