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.
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.
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This attraction is not a ride or a theater. It’s an authentic, working tortilla factory. Get ready for a four-part experience! Before you enter the factory, admire it from the outside.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Mission Tortilla Factory at...
Adventureland Treehouse opened last week. Take a look the two treehouses that proceeded this new attraction.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Swiss Family Treehouse (1962–1999)
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Tarzan’s Treehouse (1999–2021)
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Orange County historian Chris Jepsen did some amazing research into the authentic San Francisco Cable Cars that operated at Knott’s Berry Farm from 1955 to 1979.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: San Francisco Cable Car Ride at Knott’s Berry Farm
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Procession is a procession. Procession means people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, often as part of a ceremony.
In a slightly earlier incarnation, it was The Hunchback of Notre Dame Topsy-Turvy Cavalcade....
This Yesterland article features vintage photos of California Screamin’ from 2001, 2002, and 2003. Click below to go back in time to when the attraction that’s now Incredicoaster was new.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: California Screamin’ on Paradise Pier
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The Walt Disney House & Birthplace in Chicago welcomed “ordinary guests” for the first time ever this past weekend—and proved there’s a huge public demand to go inside the house where Walt Disney was born and lived the first...
Disneyland put Orange County on the map in 1955. The park included Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. By 1974, a bunch of additional “lands” had popped up in the vicinity of Disneyland.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Other Lands Around...
There’s a carnival in Yester-Frontierland. It’s at Big Thunder Ranch. Or, more accurately, it’s at the Jamboree area deep inside it.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Halloween Carnival at Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree
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It’s 2003 at Yester California Adventure. X marks the spot for the X Games Xperience. Be immersed in a fast-paced array of activities inspired by ESPN’s X Games.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: X Games Xperience at Yester California Adventure
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Most Yesterland ride vehicles run on electricity. A few, such as the Pack Mules and the Conestoga Wagons, are animal-powered. Others involve a diesel engine or steam engine.
One attraction has human-powered vessels. Welcome to the Indian War Canoes!
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You don’t have to be a myrmecologist to be fascinated by how ants build elaborate underground tunnels and other complex structures. Flik, the hero of A Bug’s Life (1998), is a particularly ingenious ant.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Flik’s...
It’s 1991 at Yesterland. The park is celebrating Disney’s successful entry into afternoon syndicated television with Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip ’n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, and TaleSpin.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Disney Afternoon LIVE! / Disney Afternoon...
Pacific Wharf was one of the original features of Disney’s California Adventure when it opened in 2001. Park maps showed Pacific Wharf as one of the six districts (mini-lands) of Golden State, one of the four lands of the...
The Dixieland Bandstand is the home of the Disneyland Strawhatters, a Dixieland jazz combo whose members—not surprisingly—all wear straw hats.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Dixieland Bandstand on the Rivers of America
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The same performing bears who used to present the Country Bear Jamboree have a new show for you—with new songs, new costumes, new props, and even a replacement for old show’s raccoon (a skunk).
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Country...
When Disney’s California Adventure opened in February 2001, Greetings from California was the park’s version of the Emporium at Disneyland—a large store on the right as guests headed for the exit after a day at the park.
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The World Showcase Promenade makes a 1.3-mile loop around World Showcase Lagoon. That’s a long walk. But there’s an alternative. A fleet of old-fashioned double-decker buses can get you off your tired feet—but not at today’s Epcot, only at...
Jim Korkis—the Disney historian whose books, printed and online columns, and podcast appearances delighted Disney fans for decades—died Friday in Orlando of stage IV colon cancer. He was 72.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Remembering Disney Historian Jim Korkis (1950-2023)
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A troupe of Chinese circus performers and the main characters from Mulan recreate memorable moments from the film — dazzling the audience with dance, acrobatics, juggling, and feats of super-human skill.
Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Mulan, The Legend (Mulan,...