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.
Before you head to the theater’s queue, take a few minutes to admire the mural that covers the otherwise plain building. The biggest figure...
If you enjoyed Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and Back to the Future Part III (1990) as...
Prof. Wayne Szalinski, the eccentric scientist who invented the shrinking ray machine, is about to get an award for his great invention. You’re invited...
There have been claims that the site for these villas, which is surrounded by the Golf Disneyland course, was originally slated to be a...
La Brea Bakery isn’t just the brand for excellent, but expensive, artisan bread at your local grocery store. It’s also a well-known restaurant on...
Fifteen years ago today—January 6, 2008—was the final operating day of the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. The next day, January 7, 2008, it reopened...
P.P.F.D. is the Paradise Pier Fire Department. The department has a fire boat, the S.S. rustworthy. Let’s hope this boat isn’t needed to douse...
If this parade looks strangely familiar, there’s a reason. It’s a holiday — oops, that should be “Holly-Day” — makeover of the Disney Stars...
Unless you have 5 million lights, an incredible audio system, and synchronization between the two, your holiday display isn’t even close to The Osborne...
It’s 2005 at Yester California Adventure. The “Happiest Homecoming On Earth,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the park across the esplanade, isn’t limited to...
When it’s morning at Yesterland and you want coffee and a buttery pastry or melt-in-your-mouth muffin, just head halfway up Yester Main Street, U.S.A....
Sometimes one theme isn’t enough. Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle parade has two. The first theme involves a collection of large, colorful animals, designed to look...
It’s 2005 at Yesterland. You can visit two turkeys here—37-pound Marshmallow and 35-pound Yam. They look like regular farm-raised turkeys, albeit very large ones....
If you’re staying at the Yester Paradise Pier Hotel, you can enter and exit Yester California Adventure through a private entrance. This hidden gate...
A pair of pachyderms is precariously perched atop pillars on polychromatic pedestals. Passages for pedestrians perforate the pedestals. The portal promises production of pictures.
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Each balloon is around 45 feet tall, about the height of a four story building. And when passing down Main Street, with its reduced...
Instead of just presenting a condensed, live version of Disney’s animated Pocahontas, the show creatively retells the story from the perspective of the storyteller...
Disneyland Park has Mad Tea Party, loosely inspired by Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951). Yester California Adventure has Mad T Party, loosely inspired...
A “roundup” of books that Yesterland readers might enjoy has become an annual tradition. The emphasis is always on theme parks—their secrets and history,...
It’s 2010 at Yester California Adventure. Sunshine Plaza and Hollywood Pictures Backlot have been transformed into Glow Fest. At night, it becomes an outdoor...