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.
Most carousels have horses. Some also have African land animals. On King Triton’s Carousel of the Sea, the only horses are seahorses, and the...
It may seem that extolling the virtues of a car company by emphasizing car crashes makes as much sense as promoting an airline by...
This presentation puts you “in the middle of everything.” Eleven movie screens form a circle above your head. Eleven perfectly synchronized projectors show eleven...
Animazement begins with four singing, dancing animators working on large paintings. Animators are artists. They’re wearing vests and berets because that’s what artists wear.
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Are you too young to drive a Tomorrowland Autopia car or even a Junior Autopia car? If you’re around four years old, the answer...
It’s 2008. The park has brought back a new version of the long-gone Monsanto House of the Future—just without Monsanto. Well, actually, there are...
You’re in an eerie city. It’s as if the city has been abandoned. Although everything is clean, and there are plenty of people walking...
Red Wagon Inn was an opening day restaurant at Disneyland.
Swift’s involvement was not just a sponsorship deal. Although the Red Wagon Inn was designed...
As they say around here, “Greetings, Programs!”
Step into ElecTRONica—a party in the world of the TRON: Legacy, the long-awaited 2010 follow-up to TRON.
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It’s summer of 1972. Walt Disney World has been open less than a year. Walt Disney World wants you to know that there’s a...
It’s a toy store. It’s a candy store. It’s two… two… two stores in one!
And there are two sides to Engine-Ears Toys at Yester...
It really should be called Mr. Toad’s Wild Rides—with an “s” at the end. Although it looks like one ride from the outside, there...
Your first stop is the room where Sabor is ready to pounce on you. Unlike the brilliantly animated Sabor in the film, this Sabor...
Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian and actor who voices Iago, dominates the tone and content of the revised show. It’s essentially become Gilbert Gottfried’s Enchanted...
It’s 2002 at Yester California Adventure. Lilo and her “dog” Stitch—actually a dangerous extra-terrestrial fugitive—invite you to hang around the Pizza Oom Mow Mow...
Yesterland takes you back to a time when paper FASTPASS tickets were dispensed from themed kiosks. Click for more photos and details.
Which was best:...
Sorry. You can’t take your pet into Disneyland. So let your pet stay at the Ken-L Land Pet Motel.
Look for the wide building with...
Some of these four Disney Vacation Clubs that never opened were officially announced. Others were not announced, but also not secret.
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You won’t break the sound barrier, but you will have fun circling around. Control the elevation of your craft with a small lever. The...
Wine Country Market at Golden Vine Winery seemed like a good idea, but it didn’t last long. It opened in February 2001 — and...