Werner Weiss

The shop is now Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats at Pixar Pier, but it had two previous lives at Paradise Pier. Please visit both Yesterland links below: Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Catch a Flave at Paradise Pier Read the YESTERLAND article...

The Tahitian Terrace Restaurant in Yester-Adventureland is your gateway to the islands of Tahiti, Samoa, and Hawai‘i. This is a popular place. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Tahitian Terrace Restaurant When you are done reading, please leave your comments below.

Would you like to go inside Sleeping Beauty Castle? Not just across the drawbridge and through Sleeping Beauty Castle… and not just into Glassblower shop… but actually up into the Castle? Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through,...

Cinderella Castle doesn’t have a giant “Magic Kingdom” sign above it. The Tree of Life doesn’t have a giant “Animal Kingdom” sign above it. But Spaceship Earth at Yester Walt Disney World is blessed with a giant “Epcot” sign...

From a distance, the Hollywood Tower Hotel is an elegant, if oddly shaped, edifice. As you get closer, you notice that something went terribly wrong at some point in the hotel’s history. It’s scarred. Parts of it are missing. Read...

“Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” Movie Set Adventure opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) on December 17, 1990. It had been less than six months since the release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids in U.S. movie...

When you think of the Disneyland sign, what do you visualize? It probably depends on when you first visited Disneyland or became aware of its sign. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Yesterland: Disneyland Signs, Part 1: 1955-1999 Read the YESTERLAND article...

It’s 52 ½ feet down at a 47-degree slope. Logs reach a top speed of more than 40 m.p.h. Yikes! Do you still want to take this ride? Sure you do. It’s one of the best rides in Yesterland. Read...

It’s a warm summer night in Yesterland. The year is 1993. You could have an ordinary dinner in the park, but consider the Aladdin’s Oasis dinner show instead. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Aladdin’s Oasis Dinner Show at Disneyland When you...

You’re at Flick’s Fun Fair. You—and all the other human guests—are the size of bugs. Clover leaves tower over your head. Heimlich, the voracious caterpillar from a bug’s life, has transformed himself into a five-car train. Read the YESTERLAND article...

Wander among teepees of the Plains Indians, an Iroquois birch bark longhouse, and a cedar plank house and totem poles of Indians of the Pacific Northwest. There’s even an Indian burial ground. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Indian Village at...

It’s been Trolley Car Café, an in-park Starbucks since February 4, 2015. During the first two years of the park, it had three different names and three different themes. Then it became L.A. Cinema Storage. Read about here: Read the...

A golden dome houses Wonders of Life, Presented by MetLife. It’s not an attraction in the traditional sense. It’s more like a whole theme park “land” under one roof. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Wonders of Life at Epcot When you...

For the most part, this park is all about putting you into detailed environments that immerse you in another place and time. Sorry, folks. Mickey’s Toontown Fair Train Station is an exception to that rule. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE:...

You may have heard that Catal is the indoor part and Uva Bar is the outoor part. It would be more accurate to say Uva Bar is on the ground floor, while Catal is one floor up. Read the YESTERLAND...

It’s 1990 at Disneyland. Upon entering through the park’s turnstiles, you receive a commemorative “35th Anniversary Dream Machine” ticket. A prize box on the ticket will reveal if you won anything. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: “35 Years of Magic”...

Mules are unpredictable. Sometimes they move right along; sometimes they barely move at all; sometimes they just stop; and sometimes they even back up. You never get the same ride twice. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Mule Pack, Rainbow Ridge...

This parade is a cross between a Fantasia 2000 movie tie-in, a Disney character cavalcade, and a “see other park guests look silly” parade. Eight floats showcasing Disney characters form a regal procession along the parade route. Read the YESTERLAND...

“You are not the first to pass this way, nor shall you be the last. Those who seek the spirit of Norway face peril and adventure—but more often find beauty and charm.” And, these days, they will find Anna...

Have you seen the high-striker game at a carnival midway? Yester California Adventure is no ordinary carnival, and Maliboomer is no ordinary high-striker game. Read the YESTERLAND article HERE: Maliboomer at Paradise Pier When you are done reading, please leave your...