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The History of Disney’s Most Changed Park: Hollywood Studios

April 5, 2020 by Nathan Schmidt

Find out all about Hollywood Studios' history, from its early attempts to challenge Universal Studios to its name change from MGM Studios to how new lands like Galaxy's Edge have come to the park.

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Why Disney World’s Scariest Ride Ever Had to Close

April 3, 2020 by Brian Delpozo

Was the Extraterrorestial Alien Encounter at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom too scary for its own good?

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Discovery Bay vs Beastly Kingdom: Which Unbuilt Disney Land Would Have Been More Successful?

April 3, 2020 by Brian Delpozo

Discovery Bay and Beastly Kingdom are two of Disney's most legendary unbuilt lands, but which would would have been more successful?

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Taking a Look Back at the History of Animatronics in the Disney Parks

March 30, 2020 by Nathan Schmidt

Discover all the amazing details of how Disney Imagineers and Walt Disney himself developed and improved audio-animatronics at the parks.

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Herb Ryman’s Everlasting Impact on Disney Parks and Films

March 30, 2020 by Chuck Schmidt

Herb Ryman was one of the most important figures to have ever collected a paycheck from the Walt Disney Company. In fact, it was Ryman who played a key role in charting the course of the company during several critical junctures.

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Five Disney Parks Ideas that Never Came to Be

March 12, 2020 by Sarah Fournier

We're diving deeply into Disney Parks lands and ideas that never came to fruition.

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Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Fulfills a Years-Long Promise

March 9, 2020 by Chuck Schmidt

More than five years ago, Walt Disney Imagineering’s creative director Kevin Rafferty made a promise to Marty Sklar, his former Imagineering boss, mentor and long-time friend. “I promised Marty years ago that I was going to come up with an original attraction with an original song that was centered around Mickey Mouse,” Rafferty said. “And every time I saw Marty after that, he’d always ask me, ‘How’s that new attraction coming?’” On March 4, 2020, Rafferty made good on that promise.

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“Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic” Exhibition Opening at the Bowers Museum

March 6, 2020 by Jeanine Yamanaka

We're taking a closer look at the "Inside the Walt Disney Archives: Preserving 50 Years of the Magic" exhibit at the Bowers Museum.

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Epcot, Once a Sketch On a Napkin, is in the Midst of a Long-Overdue Makeover

February 24, 2020 by Chuck Schmidt

Walk around Epcot these days and it feels like 1980 all over again. Construction equipment and barricades are everywhere, from the front entrance, through the former Communicore/Innoventions courtyard in Future World, right back into World Showcase. Epcot’s long-overdue makeover is in full swing.

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