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.
A “scary” ride at a theme park is usually a roller coaster or other thrill ride. “Scary” suggests unnerving heights, speedy turns, and adrenaline-inducing drops.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Snow White’s Scary Adventures at Disneyland
Snow White’s Scary Adventures is...
Step into the Main Street Opera House for a tribute to a truly great American… Abraham Lincoln? No. Walt Disney!
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: The Walt Disney Story at the Main Street Opera House
Before you enter the 500-seat theater,...
It’s a warm and sunny afternoon at Flik’s Fun Fair at “a bug’s land”. The year is between 2002 and 2018. You’re at the park with kids—and they’re complaining, “It’s too hot!”
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Princess Dot Puddle...
Eighteen Audio-Animatronic bears, led by your host Henry, are ready to entertain you in a country music show celebrating violence and lust, with fat shaming, alcohol, and advice to shoot a child. There’s even a bear whose name can...
In a park that offers delicious specialties from around the world, you just ate a hamburger. But that’s okay.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland: Liberty Inn Publick Dining Room at Epcot
After all, this is the American Adventure pavilion —...
Your caterpillar vehicle exits from the show building onto a narrow ramp which resembles a series of leaves forming a vine.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Alice in Wonderland
The delicate-looking vine is hardly wider than your caterpillar. You quickly...
If the only Disney parks you’ve visited have been in the United States, this might be the best Disney parade you’ve never seen.
Its name is Disney on Parade: 100 Years of Magic. The second part of the name refers...
Leave A Legacy began as part of Walt Disney World’s Millennium Celebration, the 15-month-long party at Epcot from October 1, 1999 to January 1, 2001.
The Epcot Legacy Sculpture was often likened to a graveyard of monumental tombstones, a mausoleum,...
To the tune of “Yankee Doodle,” Sam the Eagle introduces four big musical acts while your theater is moving. When the movement stops, the acts begin.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: America Sings
When you are done reading, please leave your...
There’s so much to do in Yester Tomorrowland. Before you run to the next ride, take a moment to look up at the two ceramic tile murals that make Tomorrowland warm and inviting.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Mary Blair’s...
The real beach is about 16 miles south of the Disneyland Resort, but there’s now a beach experience within the Yesterland Resort—Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel at the Disneyland Resort
When you are...
Welcome to the Tomorrowland attraction that has Fantasyland as part of its name.
The aerial tramway ride opened at Disneyland on June 23, 1956 as two attractions: the Skyway to Tomorrowland and the Skyway to Fantasyland. On November 9, 1994,...
Its official name was Pacific Wharf Distribution Co., but almost everyone just called it the beer truck.
By early June 2023, Pacific Wharf Distribution Co. was gone. After serving guests for 22 years, all from the same spot, the beer...
Voyage of the Little Mermaid opened at Disney-MGM Studios on January 7, 1992. Although the park had only been open since May 1, 1989, it was the third show to use the same space.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Voyage...
At Paradise Pier’s row of Midway Shops, one store stands out—Man Hat n’ Beach. On its exterior, an oversized clown has popped out of a proportionately undersized box. It’s a cartoony take on the classic jack-in-the-box toy.
Read the YESTERLAND...
Yesterland presents a year-end “roundup” of books that Disney fans might enjoy. 2023 was the 100th annversary of the company that Walt and Roy Disney founded, so it’s been a good year for books.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Twelve...
It was part of the “New Tomorrowland” of 1998, which also included Rocket Rods, the American Space Experience, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, and a copper-with-a-green-patina paint scheme for Space Mountain.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port
When...
LuminAria was California Adventure’s holiday spectacular on the waters of Paradise Pier Lagoon for its very first Christmas season. The year was 2001. Then it never returned. It had nothing to do with luminarias.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: LuminAria...
Two months ago, Yesterland published Other Lands Around Disneyland in 1974 using photos from 1974. It’s now 2023. There are still plenty of “lands” around Disneyland.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Other Lands Around Disneyland in 2023
When you are...
Body Wars opened at EPCOT Center (now EPCOT) on October 19, 1989 as part of the new Wonders of Life pavilion, presented by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife). The attraction used four 40-passenger, 26-ton simulators.
Read the YESTERLAND article...